Michael Jackson’s kids, Paris, Michael, and Blanket, will be front and center today (in about 20 minutes) to immortalized their father in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. The kids will use a pair of Michael’s shoes as well as his sequined glove to forever cement his mark in a ‘Hand and Footprint’ ceremony.  TMZ will be livestreaming the event at 11am.

A slew of celebrities will be on hand for the ceremony – including Justin Bieber, Smokey Robinson, and more.

What do you think Michael would say about his kids being in the spotlight so much since his death? He worked so hard to keep them away from the public.

Johnny Depp has been tipped as the hot favorite to play Michael Jackson in a biopic about the life of the King of Pop.

Other contenders include Usher, Zac Efron, Will Smith or Justin Timberlake.

The director will have his hands full trying to cast the right person with a source revealing: “It’s going to be one mammoth task trying to get someone good enough at acting and dancing to fill Michael Jackson’s moon-walking shoes. They will need someone with edge, with uniqueness about them.”

Ghostbuster director Ivan Reitman and Up In The Air producer Tom Pollock are currently in talks regarding the project.

Who do you think should be cast as Michael Jackson?

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All the Fame Monsters start marinating those meat dresses and get your best Poker Face on, because Gaga’s far-from-boring life is being made into a movie.

Lifetime have picked up the deal to create a biopic in the style of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker combined with a touch of Dreamgirls but with more grit, crazy costumes and an egg and an alien or two thrown in for good measure. Could we expect anything less from the controversial Grammy Winner?!

The project titled Fame Monster: The Lady Gaga Story, will follow the singer-songwriter’s life from her being bullied at school and growing up in a strict Catholic household to strutting her stuff in her bra and undies and becoming one of the most successful and talked about artists of all time.

Gaga wants to commit herself 100% to this project and will be involved in the development of the script, production, editing and of course, costuming. “When she wants to do something, she will get it done, but she wants to do it right. She wants to work with the best of the best. In every music video, in every performance, in every red carpet arrival, she will give it her all – 150%. I can tell you now that this is going to be epic,” reveals an insider.

We will have to wait with bated breath to find out if Lady Gaga was Born This Way as the film is not expected to be complete until late 2012.

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Remember that awesome red jacket in Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ music video?!

Well, that red jacket is going up for auction in a few weeks in Beverly Hills… and it could be yours for $400,000!

The jacket — which MJ personally autographed to his former costume designers — is expected to fetch between $200k and $400k … though we wouldn’t be shocked if it soared past half a mil.

The jacket is one of several MJ items featured in the Julien’s Auction event on June 25 and 26. Among the more interesting pieces — the wig Michael wore at his “This Is It” news conference in London and a glove he wore at the American Music Awards.

The wig is expected to haul in between $4,000 and $6,000 — and the glove is valued between $20k and $30k.

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Well, here’s your chance!

Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson has introduced to the world a new line of body scents.

Joe debuted a “Jackson” scent line for both MEN and WOMEN in Cannes, France this week … with acologne called, “Tribute,” and perfume called, “Legend.”

Apparently, “Greed” and “Abuse” didn’t make the cut.

So what do they smell like you ask? The cologne is described as “heavily musky” and the perfume is a “floral harmony” combined with a “fruity note.”

No word on when the smells will be available to purchase

For the record, this one is NOT on my shopping list.

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Michael Jackson‘s doctor, Conrad Murray, is still fighting back! The doctor’s lawyers have subpoenaed Sony for the raw footage from the ‘This Is It’ rehearsals to show the jury that Michael Jackson, indeed,  was physically and mentally unstable before he died. TMZ has the scoop:

We’ve learned Murray’s lawyers want the tapes to show Jackson was slow, lethargic and weak in the days prior to his death.  Although some of the video shows an alert MJ, other portions, we’re told, clearly show something is wrong with the singer.

Murray’s lawyers want to show jurors in the manslaughter case … Michael was ill or even dying before the fateful morning … so it wasn’t really the June 25 Propofol injections that killed MJ.

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In case you don’t remember, Dr. Conrad Murray was the personal physician of Michael Jackson.

Applied Pharmacy is the Las Vegas pharmacy that supplied Dr. Conrad Murray with massive amounts of Propofol for Michael Jackson… and according to court documents obtained by TMZ, “Applied Pharmacy has been shut down by the State of Nevada and will file Bankruptcy in 90 days.”

Applied Pharmacy shipped multiple packages of Propofol to Dr. Murray at his girlfriend’s house in the months before MJ’s death.

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