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After opening statements in which prosecutor Tom Sneddon characterized Jackson as Jeffrey Dahmer and defense attorney Thomas Mesereau painted a portrait of St Francis of Assisi, the main action has centered around TV reporter Martin Bashir’s documentary Living With Michael Jackson, which aired on ABC in the U.S. three days …

You think pseudonymous conservative gay pornographer-escort White House correspondent Jeff Gannon stuck out like a sore … wait, check that … was highly UNUSUAL among the White House press corps? Think again: Marlin Fitzwater, former press secretary to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, said in an interview that he …

The jury for the Michael Jackson trial has been chosen with very surprising rapidity: only five total court days and 2 1/2 days of questioning by attorneys. The process of choosing eight alternates is under way. The panel ranges in age from 20 to 79, and includes whites, Latinos and …

Is it just me or does jury selection for the Michael Jackson case — which resumes today after a week’s hiatus because Jacko is a delicate flower (he was given intravenous fluids at Santa Maria’s Marian Medical Center for what doctors described as “a flu-like illness with some vomiting”) — …

What is the future of the newspaper? The Bad: the “evening paper” was killed off in the ’70s and ’80s. The circulation of morning papers has dropped annually since 1987, Sunday papers since 1990. For example, the Washington Post has seen average daily circulation drop from 779,898 to 709,500 in …

Jury selection for the Michael Jackson trial was delayed a week in deference to the death of lead defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr.’s sister. Meanwhile, the media, chafing at the restrictions and gag orders laid down by Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville, has gone to court to …

Ashlee Simpson is Cosmo’s “Fearless Female of the Year,” whatever the hell that is, and displays her most prominent assets on the February cover: Her tour begins February 16, of which she tells AP: “It’s really stripped down. There’s no pyro(technics) or anything like that. The stage has a mud …

If you have an unlimited ad budget like Budweiser or the automakers and can afford the repetition throughout the game, maybe it is worth it, but for smaller players shooting their wad on a single showing, I doubt it is. IFILM has its super cool and handy compendium of Super …

Jury selection — which could last a month or more — begins today for the Michael Jackson trial on charges of “lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 and conspiring to commit the crimes of abduction, false imprisonment and extortion.” Jackson released a video-taped statement Sunday, with …

The Michael Jackson child molestation trial touched upon almost everything we ponder: celebrity, fabulous wealth, the media, sensationalism, law, image, race, sex, eccentricity, a whole lot of cosmetic surgery, and oh yeah, he’s a singer or something. We followed it. For coverage after the verdict see here. Michael Jackson Trial: …