Janet Jackson pays tribute to her brother at the BET Awards.  She makes a better job of it than her father, Joe Jackson, did.

This is just plain weird. Joe Jackson on the red carpet at the 2009 BET Awards. First he awkwardly answers a couple of questions about Jackson’s death, then his publicist and attorney hove into view.  Then – and this takes the cake – he plugs his new record company.

Intriguing video that purports to show Michael Jackson sitting up on his stretcher during his helicopter ride to the Los Angeles County Coroner. This will give ammunition to many, many people.

The untimely death of Michael Jackson may produce a custody battle over the singer’s three children.

Maria Chapur placed a message on her Facebook account saying: “I’m not Belen Chapur, I’m Maria Elisa Chapur, a plastics artist from Buenos Aires.”

Here’s a stream of the 911 call from Jackson’s LA home. The call confirms there was a doctor at the scene – and he was the only one to witness Jackson’s collapse.

Michael Jackson wrote a secret library of around 100 songs for his children. Jackson biographer Ian Halperin claims the songs may be released as a package now the “King of Pop” is dead. Jackson has three children, Prince, 12, Paris Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II aged seven.

LAPD are reported to be looking for Michael Jackson’s live-in doctor, although they stressed he was not under criminal investigation. Jackson’s family initially expressed concern that the singer died from an overdose of the morphine-like drug Demerol. Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, is believed to have given the singer an injection shortly before the cardiac arrest.

(Updated – video added) Michael Jackson died of a cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009 and an autopsy was performed the following day. A few days later, a document that appeared to be Michael Jackson’s leaked autopsy report supplied grim details about the physical state of the singer when he passed away.

LAPD are reported to be looking for Michael Jackson’s live-in doctor, Conrad Robert Murray.  Jackson’s family are concerned that the singer died from an overdose of the morphine-like drug Demerol. 

Unconfirmed reports suggest that Michael Jackson’s death may have been caused by Demerol – a powerful drug similar to morphine. The Sun Newspaper in Britain: “An emergency room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol.”

Black Eyed Peas manager Polo Marino was arrested for allegedly punching Perez Hilton in the face after an award show on June 20. Here’s his mugshot. Hilton went on to record a YouTube rant about the incident.

Maria Belen Shapur has been named as the Argentine woman involved in an affair with now-disgraced Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford. She’s married, has two teenage sons, is a former journalist and lives in Buenos Aires.

The worst kept secret in the world.  Jon and Kate Gosselin announced they are separating after weeks of gossip-mongering about affairs on both sides.

NSFW still shots purportedly from a Leighton Meester sex tape have appeared on the internet. The video, which was sold to a paid-membership website called Celeb Hotline (totally NSFW), reportedly shows the actress nude with her boyfriend…but also giving him some footjob action.

This is slightly worrying. The National Enquirer alleged Morgan Freeman has been having a long-term affair with his step-granddaughter E’dina Hines, 27.

“I know that I have deeply hurt and disappointed my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my staff and the people of Nevada who believed in me not just as a legislator but as a person.” So says Republican Senator for Nevada John Ensign.

Third wife to David Carradine, Gail Jensen, revealed that her ex-husband’s sex games involved being tied up in a Jesus Christ pose.  She describes how she found signs and arrows leading into the basement only to find Carradine hanging from a rope in a crucifix position.

Rihanna looking good in Santa Monica.

Rapper Pitbull landed one on a “fan” who was throwing money at him during a performance in Aspen, Colorado. He pulled the guy on stage, bopped him, then carried on with the song.