The Complete Jackson Chronicles

It was still unclear how much the children or their grandmother would receive. Katherine Jackson currently has custody of the three children, 12-year-old Michael Joseph Jr., known as Prince Michael; 11-year-old Paris Michael Katherine Jackson; and 7-year-old Prince Michael II, known as Blanket. -- The Huffington Post, 5:43 p.m. ET July 23

Probate Judge Will Have to Approve Jackson Deal

Lawyers and financial experts are still haggling over the details for a film about the final days of Michael Jackson that Sony has been close to securing since the weekend. Negotiations have been led by John Branca and John McClain, the executors of the Jackson estate. The back-and-forth has left concert promoter AEG Live on the sidelines, according to one person involved in the negotiations. The deal will close somewhere between $55 and $60 million, but its complicated by numerous factors including the fact that a probate judge will have to approve it. Other studios confirmed that they fell out of the bidding, which began at $50 million, in part because of the onerous terms that were being imposed by Jackson's representatives. Universal dropped out when the price tag reached $55 million. The film is scheduled to be released on Oct. 30. -- Wrap Staff, 10:40 p.m. ET, July 22

Jackson's File Improperly Viewed by Coroner Staffers

Los Angeles County coroner's officials have discovered security breaches involving the investigation into Michael Jackson's death, including hundreds of improper views of the pop star's death certificate. At least half a dozen staff members inappropriately accessed Jackson's death certificate, officials said. Within two weeks of his death June 25, the certificate had been viewed more than 300 times. "There's only one person in the investigation of Mr. Jackson who needed to have a copy of the death certificate, and that was the investigator," said Craig Harvey, chief coroner's investigator. -- Los Angeles Times, 10 p.m. ET July 22.

DEA Agents Raid Jackson Doctor's Houston Clinic

Federal drug agents searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor Wednesday, according to a Houston TV report. KTRK-TV reported that officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration were at Dr. Conrad Murray's clinic in north Houston. Video showed two Houston police officers guarding the front door. Murray was Michael Jackson's personal physician, and was with Jackson when he died. Murray, who is based in Las Vegas and is licensed in California, Nevada and Texas, has been interviewed by police but he has not been considered a suspect in the singer's death ... Meanwhile, investigators in California are also seeking more information from Murray, according to his attorney, Edward Chernoff. -- L.A. Times, 12:45 p.m. ET July 22

The Jackson Movie You Never Saw

Jackson's long association with a small-time filmmaker led to a featured role in a campy 2007 film unknown to many of his fans, and may well have led to another project he was developing. Three months before his death, B-movie producer, writer and director Bryan Michael Stoller says Jackson committed to co-directing and financing a movie -- a drama about foster children -- and planned to get started as soon as he completed his London concerts.

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