Just in case you were wondering - how much do Michael Jackson's kids get for a monthly allowance - it has just been upped from $60,000!

Judge in the Michael Jackson's estate case just ruled that way on Wednesday and reason given was that the guardian and lawyers underestimated the monthly expences. The exact amount to total allowance was not revealed, but one things is pretty sure - they are going to be well taken care of!

Meanwhile, there is still quite a bit going on with the estate and new creditors keep popping up all the time!

And can you believe that an alleged do-gooder has filed a claim against the estate - on behalf of the City of Los Angeles? This guy - Jose Freddie Vallejos filed the claim based on it being illegal for the city to underwrite the Michael Jackson memorial that cost $3.3 million. He claims that the memorial benefited the estate so the estate should pay.

Another creditor's claim was filed by a woman who says that she had a very special bond with MJ. The filing is a bit cryptic - Shellie Doreen Smith claims that she was married to MJ in the 1970's - but she can remember when. Now - that is almost too funny to go into!

The estate is taking hits from all sides - the newest creditor to come forward is a company that claims it's owed money for re-financing the MIJAC catalog. The claim is for $328,299.03 in unpaid fees to a small investment banking firm from Baltimore - Signal Hill Capital. The unpaid fees are apparently related to music publishing assets.

So - in total, it looks like the MJ estate  now has a grand total of all creditor's claim exceeding $20 million - and that is no chump change!

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Conan should be scratching his head and firing some people right about now - we hear that his contract has no mention about time slots for his show - and Jay's certainly does. So Jay will get his one hour show back and it will be again called "The Tonight Show".

The NBC powers still have to have a sit in with Jay's reps and do the finishing touches on the deal and that pretty much deals the fact that Conan will be leaving - and not leaving on good terms!

You can tell by his comments - for one, he called Jay's show a "comedy program" and he will not talk to NBC guys anymore. He is now chatting away with Fox people about a late night show from 11 to midnight. And we are pretty sure this whole issue will go away and both Conan and Jay will have what they want. But do they know?

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We were wondering - can you cheat and get away with it? Apparently so - because the officials at the Baseball Hall of Fame have confirmed that Mark McGwire's records setting bat will remain on display. And no comment on his confession that he used performance enhancing drugs. So - the record remains and so does the bat - enhanced by a disclaimer noting "mounting evidence" and noting that displayed articles are showcased "without respect to suspicions" of illegal substance use.

Give me a break - the guy cheated!

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Not sure if future contestants on American Idol will be happy or sad to hear that Simon Cowell will not be delivering his crushing judgements and destroying their stardom dreams.

Simon announced that this will be his last season on the most popular show on TV - he is leaving to be the judge and executive producer of the upcoming American version of the "X Factor" - the British talent show.

He was apparently offered a lot of money to stay on American Idol, but he felt that it is time to do something different. Hmmm - he reportedly makes about $36 million a year on American Idol so all you can say is that it must be nice not to need that money!

Ryan Seacrest congratulated Simon on Twitter and paid him a very nice compliment by stating that Simon is one of the most brilliant people in the business. And you thought they didn't like each other!

Now we are all just wondering what will Ellen do - she was featured with simon on the cover of Entertainment Weekly last week and she did make a comment regarding Simon possibly leaving American Idol. She said that if he goes, she goes! Hey Ellen - we all hope that it is what your contract has in the fine print!

Oh - and best of luck Simon - but judging by how everything else has turned out, we are pretty sure it will be yet another blockbuster!

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The news is out - and it is pretty certain that Dr. Conrad Murray will be criminally charged in the death of Michael Jackson. The LAPD has concluded investigation and everything is now being sent to the D.A - that is as soon as schedule allows (whatever that means) So you can bet that the presentation will turn into quite a spectacle! It is pretty certain the authorities will do their best to try to keep the presentation date as secret as possible, but that is almost impossible.

The reports now say that the LAPD investigation was exhaustive and extremely thorough and enough evidence has been collected to criminally charge the good old Dr. Murray. That will for sure be quite interesting, since he actually didn't break any existing law in administering Propofol to Michael Jackson. So - you have to wonder what they have on him to lay the charges! One little bit of information goes that the authorities have enough evidence to charge him with at least - a manslaughter. That charge requires a showing of gross negligence and my guess is that it will be based on the fact that Dr. Murray left Michael alone after administering the drug.

Stay tuned for more on this - and make wish along with me that will put the good doctor behind the bars!

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Casey Johnson, an heiress to the Johnson & Johnson empire (her daddy Woody owns the New York Jets) has now been dead for couple of days and we are still wondering what happened.

Her body was discovered on Jan4th in the morning - she was only 30 years old.

And she is a classic example of how being rich all your life doesn't really mean all that much when you have trouble after trouble. Not only was she arrested in November for grand theft - the alleged victim was her girlfriend - she was having numerous fights with her fiancé Tila Tequila. Tila said she has been trying to contact Casey since the 29^th of December, but Casey's phone has been shut off.

Casey also had some serious money problems - which is almost hard to believe. She had lost her Porsche for not paying her lease and was sued by nanny service agency - all that in the last couple of months.

And Casey - who was a regular on Twitter - last tweeted on December 29^th at 1:13 am.

The cause of her death remains undetermined and law enforcement sources have reported that Casey's body has been undiscovered for several days. The LA County Coroner's office also reports that there is no evidence that she took her own life and that there are "no anatomical findings" to determine the cause of her death. And there is no evidence of foul play either and no significant amount of prescription medications has been found in her house. We will have to wait for toxicology report, which should determine the cause of her death.

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The protective order Brooke Mueller had on her hubby Charlie Sheen is pretty much gononly queste - the fighting couple wants to give their co-habitation another shot.

Brooke wants to come back to LA with the kids so the lawyers for both sides are trying to get the protective order changed so they can resume living together. The only question is who will monitor the couple. The prosecutor is asking for a public agency keep an eye to make sure Brooke is safe - but she herself is concerned that there would be leaks to the press and problems from that for sure. The judge who has to modify the order may have his own idea as to what should happen next.

Brooke's lawyer Yale Galanter has contacted Charlie's lawyers but sources close to Brooke tell that it has absolutely nothing to do with money or their prenup. Why he made the contact is unknown.

So now it's up to the judge to untangle this one - but if they want to work on their relationship, we hope they will get all the helpful tool they can get.

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Some more information from the LA County Coroner's office:

Brittany Murphy's husband and mother tried frantically to revive her before the paramedics arrived and there were tons of prescription meds on her bedroom nightstand. Investigation also reveals that Brittany has been complaining of shortness of breath and severe abdominal pain for 7 to 10 days before her death. She went into her bathroom around 7:30 am on a Sunday and when her mother Sharon went to check on her about half hour later, she found her lying on the floor unconscious. Brittany's husband Simon Monjack heard her screams and ran to the bathroom. Sharon ran to call 911 and Simon attempted to revive Brittany by putting her in a shower and running the water. That was not successful and when paramedics arrived, they couldn't find any signs of life. They moved Brittany to the bedroom and that is where the noticed numerous empty prescription medication bottles in Brittany's name, as well as in her husband's name, the mother's name and another, unidentified name. They noted medications used to prevent migraines and also anti-seizure,  depression, anxiety, anti-inflammatory, diabetic control, pain relievers, antibiotics and other pain control medications. No alcohol containers of drug paraphernalia or other illegal drug were found.

Brittany had consumed leftover Thai food with noodles, Gatorade, water and tea with lemon prior to her death.

The fact that she complained of shortness of breath and severe abdominal pains was apparently not alarming to anyone, because that happened often in the past.

The death certificate that was just issued states that the manner of death is pending investigation and immediate cause of death is deferred. That means that the LA County Coroner is awaiting toxicology and tissue tests. The possibilities of cause of death include natural, homicide, suicide, accident and undetermined.

The interesting piece of information is that even though a number of reporters have interviewed Brittany's father, her death certificate lists the father as unknown. The death certificate also names Tayebe Pajooh - a cousin as an Informant, and she has an address in North Carolina. That means that she gave information which was deemed important.

I guess we will just have to wait for the coroner's further findings to know what really happened to Brittany Murphy.

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At 32 years of age, Brittany Murphy was without a doubt way too young to die - she went into a full cardiac  arrest yesterday and could not be revived.

Los Angeles Fire department received the 911 call at 8 am from the home of Brittany's husband Simon Monjack and Brittany was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre where she was pronounced dead.

It was her mom, who found her unconscious in the shower and when paramedics arrived, they could only determine that she was in full cardiac arrest and administering CPR on site and on the way to the hospital several miles away did not help.

The LA County Coroner' office has started full investigation, but there is no evidence of foul play. Full report of autopsy is still expected from the coroner's office and if there is anything, LAPS stated that they will launch a full investigation.

Brittany's family has release this statement: "The sudden loss of our beloved Brittany is a terrible tragedy. She was our daughter, our wife, our love and a shining star. We ask you to respect our privacy at this time."

Brittany will be remembered for the films she made - such as "Clueless", " 8 Mile" and "Don't Say a Word" and you might also recall that she was actually fired from her last film "The Caller" for being difficult. But that's all water under the bridge.....

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Lindsay's daddy  ended up back in the slammer this weekend - and this time it was over aphone call he made to his ex-girlfriend.

The authorities nabbed him in Medford, NY after he called Erin Muller - the woman who had a restraining order against him.

He was charged with criminal contempt, because the restraining order clearly says that he is restricted from trying to communicate by phone.

If you recall - he was arrested in connection with this lady back in April, when he threatened to kill himself and her, because she tried to dump him.

Looks like the guy just never learns and it also looks like that he enjoys his stays in various jails - why else would he be continuously doing stupid things?

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