This show is dedicated to gettin’ caught up on all the past couple of week’s news (i.e., Kanya West & Lil Mama’s rudeness at MTV Awards Show; Serena Williams; Michael Jackson; Whitney Houston; McKenzie Phillip’s consensual incestuous relationship with her daddy; and so much more). Just pick a HOT TOPIC and we will go there with you! tcp live | black cultural | hot topics mckenzie phillips | news media | michael jackson obama

Elizabeth Taylor is said to be looking for a burial plot next to Michael Jackson. She is said to have been spurred by Jackson’s recent funeral, which she attended along with close friends and family. The evening service was held at the Great Mausoleum at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California. A source said: “After sitting through Michael’s funeral service at the Great Mausoleum, with its magnificent stained-glass windows and replicas of Michelangelo’s artworks, she later told friends, ‘I felt a sense of peace there that I’ve never experienced before’.” The precise location of Jackson’s grave is not publicly known.

Michael Jackson’s half-sister has spoken of her hurt at being ignored by the singer and being left out of his obituary by dad Joe Jackson. In her first interview in US television, Joh’Vonnie Jackson – born after an affair between Joe and her mother Cheryl Terrell 30 years ago – talked about growing up as an illegitimate member of the famous clan. Joh’Vonnie, who was born the day after Michael’s 16th birthday, said: “I was taunted and teased and beat up just about every day… because I was Joh’Vonnie Jackson, Joe Jackson’s daughter, Michael Jackson’s half-sister.

In never-before aired tapes, Michael Jackson declares his admiration for Adolf Hitler. Calling Hitler a genius, Jackson also says he could have got rid of Hitler’s evil, according to his one-time friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: “Hitler was a genius orator. To make that many people turn and change and hate, he had to be a showman and he was.” The tapes of Jackson and Boteach in conversation will air in an NBC Dateline exclusive on Friday night.

Cue the countdown for Mark Kirk’s next campaign-related meltdown : Michael Steele has reportedly withdrawn his sole endorsement for Illinois Representative Mark Kirk in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Roland Burris, according to the Chicago Daily Observer. The Observer article doesn’t reveal where it learned the information, and RNC officials contend that Steele never officially endorsed Kirk’s candidacy. The RNC is furiously trying to push back, claiming that Steele had never made an endorsement in this race.

Did Avril Lavigne leave her husband for *gulp* Brandon Davis? – CB Ashlee Simpson looking skeletal – MJ Pamela Anderson is over $1M in debt – HM Robert Pattinson throws darts at his own face – ABH Kate Moss is never tardy for the party – PB Fluffer, a dream job – CR Elizabeth Taylor wants to be buried by Michael Jackson – GB Coked up cougar – WB Top celebrity quotes of the week – GH Past Smacks Lindsay Lohan at the Premiere of ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ Michael Jackson Memorial Service Televised If They Mated..

Mark Lester, the godfather of Michael Jackson’s children, has said he is “not pushing for any DNA tests” to see if he is the father of Michael’s daughter, Paris. Mark, 51, recently came out and said that he had donated sperm to the 50-year-old star and that he believed he could be the father of his 11-year-old daughter Paris. Mark recently confirmed that he is still close with the family and is not demanding a DNA test. He said: “Look, I’m not pushing for any DNA tests.

Bill Clinton just doesn’t know when to hold his tongue. Shortly after his inauguration in 1993, the former president arranged to have monthly discussions with longtime friend and author Taylor Branch recorded for posterity, keeping the tapes in his sock drawer. Branch’s book, The Clinton Tapes , comes out next week and some tidbits, from Clinton comparing Al Gore to Mussolini and a drunk Boris Yeltsin sneaking out of the White House for pizza, have been making headlines.

Today we are learning new information supposedly from the late Michael Jackson by way of the King of Pop ’s religious leader Rabbi Shmuley Boteach . According to the rabbi, MJ believed that after a few dates in the early 90’s, Madonna fell in love with him and that MJ did not return her love because he did not find her “sexy at all”. HMMMM.

I’m no Hollywood insider. Nikki Finke does not rely on me for her tips and I don’t ever expect to attend the Vanity Fair Oscar after party. Nevertheless, there’s one thing I do know about show business: personality goes a very long way in “this town.” And so a few of us press people recently found ourselves the subject of a 50 megaton charm offensive by the four stars of the new Fox sitcom, “Brothers” — C.C.H.