Category: Rumours

Michael Jackson Denies Surrogate Mother Report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Beleaguered pop star Michael Jackson on Tuesday flatly denied a magazine report that he is about to become a father to quadruplets by way of a surrogate mother.
“This is not true, and we are not going to further comment on stories of this nature,” publicist Raymone Bain told Reuters when asked about the report in Us Weekly magazine.
Bain also denied that Jackson, who is facing a trial later this year on child molestation charges, was to be the father of any children born through a surrogate-mother arrangement. “This is not true. None of this is true,” she said.
But a spokeswoman for Us Weekly said the magazine stood by its story, which cited unnamed sources close to Jackson as saying he recently spent time in Florida with an identified woman who was pregnant with quads she was to bear for the singer.
The 45-year-old performer already has three children — Prince Michael I and daughter Paris Michael by his former wife, Debbie Rowe, and Prince Michael II, the child he notoriously dangled from the balcony of a Berlin hotel in November 2002.
Jackson later revealed in a television documentary that Prince Michael II had been born to a woman who was essentially a stranger to him. “I used a surrogate mother and my own sperm cells,” he told British interviewer Martin Bashir. “She doesn’t know me.”
It was in that same interview that Jackson ignited a public furor by saying he saw nothing wrong with having other children spend the night with him in the bedroom of his Neverland ranch home in California.
One youth who appeared in that documentary is now at the center of the child molestation case pending against the performer.
Jackson is charged in a 10-count indictment with committing lewd acts on a boy under the age of 14, as well as child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment. He has pleaded innocent, and a trial is set for Sept. 13.

Report: Michael Jackson to Be Father of Quadruplets
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Michael Jackson, facing a trial on child molestation charges, is about to become a father to four more children — quadruplets — by way of a surrogate mother, Us Weekly magazine reported on Tuesday.
Citing unnamed sources close to the self-proclaimed “King of Pop,” the magazine said Jackson recently spent time with the pregnant mother-to-be in Florida, where he stayed in a $4,000-a-night luxury hotel suite in Miami Beach.
The magazine said Jackson’s spokeswoman Raymone Bain declined to confirm or deny the story, saying, “We do not respond to these kinds of stories.”
Bain could not be immediately reached for comment by Reuters.
Jackson, 45, already has three children — Prince Michael I and daughter Paris Michael by his former wife, Debbie Rowe, and Prince Michael II, the child he notoriously dangled from the balcony of a Berlin hotel in November 2002.
Jackson later revealed in a television documentary that Prince Michael II had been born to a woman who was essentially a stranger to him. “I used a surrogate mother and my own sperm cells,” he told British interviewer Martin Bashir. “She doesn’t know me.”
It was in that same interview that Jackson ignited a public furor by saying he saw nothing wrong with having other children spend the night with him in the bedroom of his Neverland ranch home in California.
One youth who appeared in that documentary is now at the center of the child molestation case pending against the performer.
Jackson is charged in a 10-count indictment with committing lewd acts on a boy under the age of 14, as well as child abduction, extortion and false imprisonment. He has pleaded innocent, and a trial is set for Sept. 13.

Just Die Already!!
DIE HARD 4, originally titled DIE HARD 4: DIE HARDEST, has gone through some changes. Doug Richardson (HOSTAGE, DIE HARD 2) has come on board as screenwriter on DH4.0 (or D.H. Four Point Oh).
Yes, that’s seriously the title. Filming is expected to begin between spring and summer 2005. Reginald Vel Johnson will also return as Al Powell.

Future Past?
Staring August 3 through November, NBC Universal is planning to release several classic series on DVD: MIAMI VICE, BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY, MURDER, SHE WROTE, MAGNUM, P.I., THE MUNSTERS, COLUMBO, AMAZING STORIES and NIGHT GALLERY. NBC/Uni is also planning to release the more-modern SLIDERS and HBO series DREAM ON, as well as current series THE APPRENTICE, LAS VEGAS, AMERICAN DREAMS, the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA mini-series and all seasons of LAW & ORDER.

The ACADEMY Is Back
Warner Bros and Village Roadshow are developing an eighth sequel to POLICE ACADEMY.
The project is out to writers currently; no direction for the story has been set.
ACADEMY creator Paul Malansky said, “I felt it was time to start again. I saw that STARSKY & HUTCH and a number of other revivals were doing really well. POLICE ACADEMY has such a great history. I thought, ‘Why not?'”
Malansky also said that the actors from the first films are interested in returning. He plans on blending those characters with a new cast.
Malansky is executive producing with Bruce Berman. Jerry Weintraub is producing.

Ash vs Jason vs Freddy
According to Ronny Yu, director of FREDDY VS JASON, he was very interested in directing the epic battlefest Freddy Krueger vs. Jason Voorhees against EVIL DEAD’S Ash, but Sam Raimi wouldn’t release the Ash character played by Bruce Campbell. You can still get your NIGHTMARE fix this fall when Freddy Krueger himself hosts a reality show, based on viewers’ worst nightmares.

Bat Trailer Is Coming
Cinescape.com has confirmed that the new BATMAN BEGINS trailer will show before Will Smith upcoming I, ROBOT, which begin its theatrical run on July 16.

Graham Scrubs In
Heather Graham is in negotiations with NBC to join the cast of SCRUBS next season as a regular.
If she signs on, Graham would play a new therapist at Sacred Heart Hospital that “wreaks havoc among the other staffers.”
Coincidentally or not, Graham and SCRUBS star Sarah Chalke are currently filming the movie CAKE together.

RETURN TO THE MOTHERSHIP?
William Shatner considering reprising his role as Captain Kirk on UPN’s Star Trek: Enterprise next season, according to sci-fi magazine Starburst.

There Can Be Only One Bond, James Bond
Clive Owen told About.com that despite rumors he won’t be playing 007 any time soon. TheRuggedElegance website is saying that the new 007 just might be Adrian Paul (HIGHLANDER).