Jackson 'baby dangle' statue in Britain angers fans

The father of late pop icon Michael Jackson on Monday helped start work on a $2 billion hotel-entertainment complex called "Happyland", billed by Vietnam as the region's largest tourism project.Joe Jackson told Vietnamese television he has invested in a five-star hotel as part of a major development project in southern Long An province.During a live broadcast of the groundbreaking ceremony, Jackson -- whose son died in 2009 -- said the legendary singer "lived to make people happy and I am proud to maintain that, making Vietnamese people happier.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor is to be arraigned on Tuesday on involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly killing the pop icon with an overdose of powerful sedatives.Conrad Murray, who claims he was just treating the singer for insomnia when he died in June 2009, is to stand trial after preliminary hearings earlier this month found enough evidence against him.Murray had his license to practice medicine in California suspended after six days of pre-trial hearings which included evidence he tried to cover up having given Jackson an overdose of the drug propofol.

Michael Jackson's personal doctor is to be arraigned Tuesday on involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly killing the pop icon with an overdose of powerful sedatives.Conrad Murray, who claims he was just treating the singer for insomnia when he died in June 2009, is to stand trial after preliminary hearings earlier this month found enough evidence against him.Murray had his license to practice medicine in California suspended after six days of pre-trial hearings which included evidence he tried to cover up having given Jackson an overdose of the drug propofol.

A judge has ordered Michael Jackson's personal doctor to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly killing the singer with an overdose of powerful sedatives.Conrad Murray, who claims he was just treating the pop icon for insomnia when he died in June 2009, also had his license to practice medicine in California suspended.The cardiologist will be arraigned on January 25, the Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled after six days of hearings that included evidence that Murray tried to cover up having given Jackson an overdose of the drug propofol.

Michael Jackson's death was homicide due to incompetent medical care, a forensics expert said Tuesday at pre-trial hearings into manslaughter charges against the singer's personal doctor.Christopher Rogers, head of forensic medicine for the Los Angeles County coroner's office, said the late pop icon was in generally good health when he died in June 2009.Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray is accused of administering an overdose of the powerful sedative propofol while trying to help the over-tired singer to sleep in the run-up to a series of concerts in London.

Pop star Janet Jackson wanted to find her most avid fans -- and they are apparently in Asia. After asking fans for suggestions over her website, Jackson announced that she would launch her world tour in Singapore on February 7. She will also perform in Hong Kong on February 14."Your votes are helping me decide where to bring this very intimate, very different show," she said in a statement issued Monday.The chart-topping singer and younger sister of late pop icon Michael Jackson plans to tour 35 cities in 2011 to promote her new album, which features 35 of her top hits.

A rhinestone-studded leather glove worn by pop icon Michael Jackson on his maiden Moonwalk in 1983, was on display Tuesday in New York before it rocks on to the auction block.The sparkling bit of pop history was among 350 lots in the catalogue at the sale set to take place Saturday at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York's Times Square.For fans of the late King of Pop, about 80 items are up for grabs, from the singer's public and private sides.

Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed has told fans they can "go to hell" if they don't like the statue of Michael Jackson he has erected at the club's Craven Cottage stadium.Al Fayed, who was a close friend of the "King of Pop", caused controversy after announcing he wanted to place the tribute to Jackson outside the west London ground.The statue was commissioned following Jackson's death in June 2009 and was due to be erected at Harrods before Al Fayed sold the Knightsbridge store.