Michael Jackson was a very beloved pop icon and I can still hear his music blaring throughout the streets.

Celebrities came out at the BET Awards to pay their respects to the legend. OK! Magazine thought it was a fitting tribute to put his final picture on the cover of their latest issue.

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Pitchman extraordinaire Billy Mays died from a pulmonary embolism, according to the coroner in Tampa, Fla., who announced preliminary autopsy results at a press conference Monday. Evidence of heart disease was also found.

According to Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams, Mays “had an enlarged heart, a thickening of the wall of the ventricle which takes blood to the heart.” Final results of the autopsy and cause of death will not be known for several weeks.

Mays, 50, the bearded man with the booming voice best known for his ubiquitous OxiClean ads died in his sleep in his Florida home over the weekend.

On Saturday, Mays was aboard a U.S. Airways flight that had a rough landing in Tampa. Mays told a TV crew that he bumped his head in the landing, fueling speculation that a possible injury could have lead to his untimely death. But the coroner says there was no evidence of head trauma. Internal and external injuries also did not exist.

“The news of Billy’s death came as a total shock to me,” Anthony Sullivan, his longtime friend and comrade on the Discovery Channel series Pitchmen told People Sunday night. “I’m devastated.”

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A custody battle may be brewing over the future of Michael Jackson’s three children. Just four days after the singer’s sudden death on June 25, Jackson’s mother, Katherine, has filed a petition in Los Angeles Probate Court seeking legal guardianship of Jackson’s three children.

“Joe and Katherine Jackson want those children!,” a source close to the family tells People.

Jackson had two kids – Prince, 12 and Paris, 11 – with ex-wife Debbie Rowe. His youngest son, Prince Michael II, 7, was born to an unnamed surrogate. Although Rowe is still the legal parent of the two older children, her next step is unclear.

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“Debbie sent her condolences, and said she was not going to do anything about the kids … yet,” the family source tells People. Still, “Joe and Katherine think she’s going to come after them.”

Katherine Jackson’s 22-page petition claims the children “have no relationship with their biological mother” and have been in the care of their grandmother, “with whom they have a long established relationship,” since Michael’s death. A hearing on the petition has been scheduled for August 3.

Experts in California family law say the grandmother’s petition could be granted – as long as Rowe, who is the sole surviving legal parent of the two older children, has no objection. If Rowe does object, the Katherine Jackson could face an uphill battle to prove the kids would be better off in her care, no matter how close she is to them.

“[Rowe] is the biological mother and upon Michael Jackson’s death, technically she has every right in the world to have custody of those kids,” Los Angeles family attorney Michael Trope tells People.

The petition for guardianship was filed in Katherine Jackson’s name alone. Joe Jackson, 80, maintains a separate home in Las Vegas but also spends time at the family house in Encino.

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The women of The Real Housewives of New Jersey will be back on Bravo for a second season of Garden State–style drama, with shooting starting in a month, Life & Style can report exclusively.

“They’re doing a second season, and it’s going to be crazier than the first,” an insider tells Life & Style. “It’s going to explode.”

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“There’s no premiere date, but everyone knows it’s going to be a huge hit,” the insider adds. “The reason it has taken so long to announce is that once the show became such a hit, the women held out for much bigger paychecks.”

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Karl Lagerfeld and three toes! – DListed

While Sacha’s away, Isla and Olive Play – Pop Sugar

Jackson mom wants to be the kids’ guardian – Pop Eater

Lindsay Lohan’s crackhead birthday party – Lainey Gossip

Jamie Foxx is Michael Jackson – IDLYITW

Details on the end of Heath Ledger’s life – Hollywire

Diddy flips out during Michael Jackson’s tribute party – The Superficial

Liv Tyler & Milo’s play date – Celebrity Baby Scoop

BET Award winners remember Michael Jackson – ASL

Michael Jackson is tearing up iTunes – Popsquire

Lily Allen bares all at Glastonbury – Allie Is Wired

Johnny Depp loves to gossip in French – Celebitchy

Whitney Port in a fake City romance? – I’m Not Obsessed

John Stamos, just because he’s cute – Popbytes

Too Faced is having a sizzling summer sale! – Make Her Up

RIP Fred Travalena – SOW

Tori Spelling heads out for the afternoon on June 28, 2009 with husband Dean McDermott with tots in tow posing for photographers in a very loose chiffon shirt in Malibu, CA.

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