The Jackson family has just released a statement via their newly acquired reps, saying there will be no public service for Michael Jackson at Neverland.

“Contrary to previous news reports, the Jackson family is officially stating that there will be no public or private viewing at Neverland.

Plans are underway regarding a public memorial for Michael Jackson, and we will announce those plans shortly.”

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The close, lifelong ties between Michael Jackson’s and his friend Diana Ross are made dramatically clear in his 2002 will – he chose her to raise his three children if his mother is unable to do so.

The Jackson family matriarch Katherine Jackson, who is now watching the children, is named as the primary guardian, followed by Ross, 65, if Katherine dies or “is unwilling or able” to act as guardian, according to the will, released Wednesday.

As for what Jackson leaves behind, a petition attached to the will values his estate at $500 million – nearly all of it “non-cash, non-liquid assets” in the form of a lucrative music catalog and “interests in various entities.”

The inheritance goes into the Michael Jackson Family Trust, administered by lawyer John Branca, music executive John McClain and accountant Barry Siegel.

Although it is the first indication of what Jackson wanted done in the event of his death, the will does little to settle the issues of custody and inheritance.

It was signed almost exactly seven years ago, on July 7, 2002, and predates a 2005 custody fight between Jackson and Debbie Rowe, 51, the mother of his two older children, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11. Rowe’s attorney claims Rowe now has parental rights over those kids, which she can exercise now if she chooses. (Jackson has a third child, Blanket, 7, whose mother is unknown.)

With a custody case possibly brewing, Katherine Jackson has been granted temporary guardianship.

Also, the $500 million value of the estate is seriously in question, with Jackson hit by a number of severe financial setbacks after the will was signed and now facing a variety of lawsuits for unpaid bills.

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Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson might be off on a dreamy St. Lucia honeymoon with her new husband, NFL player Hank Baskett, but she is still taking time to contact her fans.

Wednesday the former Girls Next Door star posted “My Honeymoon Playlist” on her Web site, letting everyone know that “there’s no one music genre for a honeymoon.”

She includes:
Marvin Gaye, “Let’s Get It On”
Al Green, “Love and Happiness”
Van Morrison, “Crazy Love”
Jack Johnson, “Better Together”
Ne-Yo, “Closer”
Lionel Richie, “All Night Long”
Weezer, “Island in the Sun”
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Hard to Concentrate”
Michael Jackson, “The Way You Make Me Feel”
Stevie Wonder, “Love Light in Flight”
Al Green, “Let’s Stay Together”

Of course Wilkinson, 24, couldn’t forget George Strait’s “Cross My Heart” since “it was Hank’s and my wedding song!!!!! ” she writes.

She adds that they are “having the best time” on their “secluded beach.”

Wilkinson and Baskett are expecting a child on Christmas Day, so fans can probably expect a birthing playlist to follow!

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Sigourney Weaver certainly isn’t in a very nostalgic mood… Not only has the actress just rebuffed a role in the second Ghostbusters sequel, but she’s also ruled out making a return to Ridley Scott’s Alien film franchise…

Her onscreen alter ego Ellen Ripley died in the third Alien film, but Weaver still returned for 1997’s Aliens Resurrection, giving fans hope that she’d resurface again in a prequel. However, she told TVSquad.com that she doesn’t “think that Ripley could appear in an Alien prequel “because she doesn’t have any access to the creature until the first Alien,” before adding that she wouldn’t be making an appearance in Ghostbusters either.

“I think they’re trying to create something new completely with the Ghostbusters, although I know Bill [Murray] is in it. I don’t expect to have anything to do with it, although I wish them well.”

Only original screenplays for Ms Weaver from now on then…

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Even at the young age of 19, country star Taylor Swift has already done enough touring and traveling to know that having — and keeping — a steady boyfriend is a lot easier said than done.

“It’s always going to be long-distance, even if I date the boy who lives next door to me in Nashville,” she admits in the upcoming issue of Glamour. “I’ll be flying to see him and flying him places to see me. It feels like it would involve more scheduling, and I already deal with a lot of scheduling in my life.”

But considering Taylor’s penchant for writing confessional songs about the real people in her life, maybe it’s for the best that the young guys out there don’t get their hopes up?

“For me, rebelling is done with words,” she explains about her candid songs. “I love to write honest songs that name real people, then get up onstage and live out those emotions in front of 15,000 people. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.”

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Want to dress like Kim Kardashian?

Well, not only can you snag some of the stylish star’s fashions directly out of her closet, but you can help the Dream Foundation, the first national wish granting organization for adults suffering from life-limiting illness.

The star has put select pieces of new and gently used clothing up on eBay to help benefit the organization, which seeks to enhance the quality of life for individuals, and their families, at the end of their lives by realizing a final wish.

Kim explains, “I love to be able to pass along some of my favorite pieces to someone else who will get to enjoy them as much as I have. I even have many items I never had a chance to where yet. A few times a year, I bring my outfits, shoes, and accessories to Auction Cause who puts them on eBay for me.”

Click here to check out all of Kim’s items on eBay, and click here to find out more about the Dream Foundation.

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There’s a hearing underway over Michael Jackson’s will.

Here’s the problem. On Monday, Katherine’s lawyers got an order from the judge making Katherine the temporary administrator of her son’s estate, based on her belief that no will existed.

Now that a will has been filed, the named executors want to make sure they have control over the assets and are asking the judge to nullify Katherine’s power to move assets around — even temporarily.

We’re told there isn’t a conflict between Katherine and the new executors — it’s just to button things up.

Source, Bauer-Griffin