AEG Live, the concert promoter behind Michael Jackson's canceled "This Is It" tour, tells ET that the late icon "insisted" they hire Dr. Conrad Murray for him. "Dr. Murray was Michael's personal physician. Michael wanted him to go to London and asked AEG to pay for him as an expense of the tour," the company tells us. "We would have preferred to hire a doctor in London, as it would have been more cost effective, but Michael insisted on Dr. Murray." Earlier Wednesday, Murray's attorney told ET that federal authorities searched the doctor's offices for manslaughter evidence. Read More »

Cherilyn Lee, formerly a nutritionist to the King of Pop, is speaking out to ET about the medical file on Michael Jackson she handed over to L.A. County Coroner officials on Wednesday after she was served a subpoena. Lee says she met privately in her Inglewood office with Asst. Chief Ed Winter of the Coroner's Office and gave him her medical file on Jackson with all information pertaining to her treatment of him from January 2009 to April 19, 2009, including information about vitamins, shakes and IVs she provided to him. She also handed over lab results that supposedly indicated Jackson was "very healthy" during that time. Lee has claimed in the past that the King of Pop asked her to acquire an anesthetic for him to treat his insomnia. Read More »

"Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria Parker was spotted in Las Vegas on Tuesday planning the debut of her newest restaurant and nightclub, BESO Las Vegas. Read on for the tasty details. This December, Longora Parker is bringing her Hollywood hot spot to the Vegas strip inside Crystals, CityCenter's retail and entertainment district. Beso gives classic steakhouse cuisine a lively Latin twist, featuring an eclectic and contemporary dinner menu for which Eva shares her own recipes. BESO's Hollywood location opened last year and has been known to attract star diners such as the Beckhams, Zac Efron, Justin Timberlake, Salma Hayek and others. Read More »

Ed Chernoff, an attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray, has released a statement to ET about Wednesday's search of Dr. Murray's offices. Chernoff tells ET: "We can confirm that a search warrant was executed today on Dr. Murray’s offices in Houston, Texas. We reviewed the warrant and remained on the premises while the search was being executed. The search was conducted by members of the DEA, two Robbery -- Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and Houston Police officers. The search warrant authorized law enforcement to search for and seize items, including documents they believed constituted evidence of the offense of manslaughter. Law enforcement concluded their search around 12:30 p.m., and left with a forensic image of a business computer hard drive and 21 documents. None of the documents taken had previously been requested by law enforcement or the L.A. Coroner's office." Read More »

ET was with Whitney Houston, Clive Davis and Gayle King at a listening party for Whitney's highly anticipated new album, I Look to You, in NYC on Tuesday night. "I just think that the songs themselves will speak to you when you hear them, and you'll understand where I am [and] some of the changes I've gone through for the better," Whitney tells ET. "This album is really a very, very special one," Clive adds. "Whitney does find meaning in lyrics and songs that the composers don’t even know was there, so she is really an all-time artist." Read More »

ET was at the opening of Madame Tussauds Hollywood when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled Los Angeles' new attraction at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Watch the video and check out the contemporarily designed, multi-story wax museum. It's the first time that the world-renowned, 200-year-old institution, which debuted in London, has opened a Hollywood edition. This September, ET's Mary Hart's wax figure will be unveiled at the $55 million museum, located at the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Orange Drive. Read More »

A rep for Mischa Barton is giving ET an update about the actress' condition since she was hospitalized last week. Her rep tells ET that Barton is "still seeking treatment but making improvements." The 23-year-old former star of "The O.C." will return to work on the new CW series "The Beautiful Life" later this month, her rep tells us. Read More »