ET has learned that the Los Angeles County Coroner's office will announce the cause and manner of Michael Jackson's death on Friday morning. A press conference is not expected, but rather a paper statement will be released. This comes on the heels of the unsealing of two more search warrants on what police found in both Michael Jackson’s rented home and the abandoned car connected to his former personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. One of the warrants says: "During the course of the investigation, family members of the decedent notified L.A. County Coroner's Assistant Chief Winter, that they had located a quantity of tar heroin in a bad in the decedent's bedroom located on the 2nd floor. Chief Winter notified LAPD detectives of the found evidence" Read More »

It's Michael and Mac! ET has obtained exclusive footage from the 1992 set of 'Home Alone 2' where Michael Jackson dropped by for a visit with pal Macaulay Culkin! Click to watch… Culkin appeared in the King of Pop's memorable "Black or White" video and the two remained close friends over the years, with Culkin making frequent trips to Neverland -- and even testifying on Jackson's behalf during the infamous molestation trial, of which the singer was acquitted. Culkin is one of Jackson's only confidantes who has not come forward to talk about their friendship after Michael's death. The exclusive 1992 video was shot by Culkin's 'Home Alone' co-star Devin Ratray in Chicago when the opening scenes of the movie were being filmed. Devin played Culkin's older brother, Buzz. Devin just happened to bring his video camera the day that Jackson came by for a visit. ... Read More »

A source tells ET that the "tar heroin" found in Michael Jackson's rented home, as listed in a search warrant, was not heroin -- but was rancid marijuana. One of the newly unsealed warrant says: "During the course of the investigation, family members of the decedent notified L.A. County Coroner's Assistant Chief Winter, that they had located a quantity of tar heroin in a bag in the decedent's bedroom located on the 2nd floor. Chief Winter notified LAPD detectives of the found evidence." Entertainment Tonight convinced the court in Los Angeles on Thursday to release two more search warrants in the Michael Jackson investigation. Read More »

ET can confirm that former Presidents George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter will pay their final respects to Ted Kennedy at the late senator’s private funeral mass on Saturday. Bush and Carter will be accompanied by their wives to the mass, at which President Barack Obama will eulogize Kennedy. The mass takes place in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood, and then the senator’s body will be flown to Arlington National Cemetery. ETonline will be streaming live from Kennedy's funeral this Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST/7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PST. Read More »

Entertainment Tonight has convinced the court in Los Angeles to release two more search warrants in the Michael Jackson investigation. One of those warrants relates to what is being characterized as the "crime scene," Michael Jackson's rental home at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. The other warrant revolves around the 2005 BMW connected to Dr. Conrad Murray, left at the Carolwood home after the singer’s death and impounded and searched as part of the police investigation. Read More »

Mischa Barton is opening up about the "hell" in her life that led to her hospitalization in July, and she reveals whether or not she thinks she had a nervous breakdown. The former "The O.C." star tells Time Out New York that her life took a downward spiral after a "terrible surgery" in which she says she had four wisdom teeth removed and “it all went wrong and I had to have a second surgery.” She says the second operation nearly delayed shooting on her upcoming The CW show "The Beautiful Life." "I couldn’t deal with the thought of not getting there on time," she says. "So with the travel, and surgery and prep for the show -- it was hell." Read More »

After the momentous passing of Senator Edward Kennedy from brain cancer on Tuesday, attention now turns to his estate -- and who will get his untold fortune? With Kennedy's real estate, stocks and even an autobiography worth millions in question, ET talks to author Herb Nass, the author of Wills of the Rich and Famous. "Ted Kennedy died a very wealthy man," says Nass. "America has no idea how wealthy this family really is. He inherited a lot of money from his parents, from the family trusts that had been established." Read More »

An arbitrator ruled in favor of Jeremy Piven regarding a lawsuit over a Broadway play. Piven was sued by the producers of David Mamet's Speed the Plow after he left the show citing mercury poisoning. The arbitrators found that Piven didn't breach any contractual obligations by leaving the show. The arbitrator found that there was "sufficient evidence to establish that Piven's decision was a reasonable one; that it was reasonably based, and that the contrary evidence is insufficient." Piven said in a statement to ET regarding the matter, "I'm pleased with the outcome of the arbitration and to be completely vindicated in this matter based on the facts and the medical evidence." Read More »

A private mass was held for the late Senator Edward Kennedy today in his Cape Cod home, with family and relatives paying final respects to the Massachusetts democrat. ET has video of the senator's casket being loaded onto a hearse headed for Boston, draped in an American flag and handled by a uniformed honor guard of Armed Forces body bearers representing all branches of service. Kennedy's family, including Caroline Kennedy and California first lady Maria Shriver, stood by as the body of their beloved was secured, a nearby flag flying at half mast. They then got into a funeral motorcade headed to Boston, the first leg of the senator's journey to his final resting place at Washington's Arlington National Cemetery near his assassinated brothers, John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy. Read More »

George Clooney was injured in an accident in Lake Como, Italy. Read on for details. Clooney broke his hand after slamming it in a car door. A rep for Clooney tells ET, "There was an accident and he did break his hand." The actor's injury will not affect production on any of his projects. Read More »