Archive for July 31, 2009

Jaime Pressly Engaged!

ET confirms that "My Name Is Earl" star Jaime Pressly is going to tie the knot! Read on for the delightful details… The Emmy-winning blonde beauty is engaged to Simran Singh, an entertainment lawyer, according to her rep. A wedding date is still to be determined. According to Usmagazine.com, Pressly and Singh plan to celebrate her 32nd birthday with a red velvet cake and 50 of their friends at the rooftop nightspot Float atop the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. The couple reportedly checked into the Hard Rock on Thursday. Read More »

La Toya Jackson: Keeping Michael’s Legacy Alive

La Toya Jackson is dedicated to keeping brother Michael Jackson's legacy alive, and she's doing her part with a new Public Service Announcement in an ET exclusive. Read on for details… La Toya is working with charities that Michael personally donated to and cared about, and she's speaking out for AIDS Project L.A. "I'm here to ask you to keep my brother Michael's dream alive," says La Toya. "A dream where there's no discrimination, a dream where people are not suffering from the HIV or AIDS virus. You can do that by donating your time and anything that you possibly can to AIDS Project L.A." Read More »

Katherine Jackson and Michael’s Will

This Monday marks the highly anticipated probate hearing on Michael Jackson's will, and attorney Herb Nass, author of Wills of the Rich and Famous, tells ET what to expect. Yesterday, an agreement was reached between Katherine Jackson and Debbie Rowe (the birth mother of Jackson's older children, Prince and Paris), naming Katherine as the sole guardian of her son's children, and Nass says this takes one big issue off the table for Monday's hearing. "This agreement just vindicates and ratifies what Michael Jackson said in his will," says Nass, "and he also named other people as the executors in his will, so the fact that this is being supported by Katherine Jackson as in accordance with his will might hurt her in her bid to become an additional executor of that will." Read More »

Proceeds from Michael Jackson Memorial Donated

AEG, the company that owns the Staples Center, has donated some of the proceeds from Michael Jackson's public memorial to a nonprofit organization supporting the LAPD. "We told people that paid $5,000 for suites for the Michael Jackson memorial that the money would be donated to the L.A. Police Foundation. The service was 24 days ago. We pay bills within 30 days. The check was cut yesterday and was to be mailed today. We can confirm the check has been delivered," an AEG rep tells us. AEG donated a total of $90,000 to the foundation. Read More »

‘Real Housewife’ Kim Zolciak Talks Choking Allegations

"Real Housewives of Atlanta" castmember Kim Zolciak is speaking out to ET about filing a police report against NeNe Leakes, who allegedly strangled Kim during a heated exchange. Kim's publicist tells ET: "The police report that has went public today pertaining to my client Kim Zolciak and a serious physical altercation that was started by fellow housewife NeNe Leakes is a very serious matter that is still under investigation. "Mrs. Leakes has now proven to the world that she is not the woman she claims. She has spoken publicly of being a former victim of domestic violence and her charity work to help others that have suffered the same. And then she would have such anger to choke my client instead of acting like a REAL woman and talking their personal conflicts out or simply walking away. Violence is a very serious issue and we are not going to be ... Read More »