Janet Jackson and her boyfriend Wissam Al Mana.

Janet Jackson is dismissing reports she’s engaged to her wealthy Arab businessman boyfriend Wissam Al Mana.

Appearing on “Good Morning America” on Oct. 25 to promote her new film “For Colored Girls,” the singer-actress said, “He’s a very, very private man so I don’t talk about our relationship but I really think it’s important that I just say this: they’ve (the press) been trying to marry me off for a very, very long time. But I’m not engaged so I will say that.”

Also during her “GMA” interview, Jackson told co-host Robin Roberts how excited she is to play a character “so bold and so shrewd” in “For Colored Girls.” Asked if she’ll stick with acting or go back to music, Janet says her “first passion is acting” but she’s not turning her back on music, either. “I’ll always do both, God willing,” she explained.

Michael Jackson

Times must be hard when a cemetery starts charging mourners.

Effective immediately, Michael Jackson fans looking to leave flowers at his final resting place will now be hit with a $3 “delivery” fee, according to TMZ.

Sources tell the website that Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA has decided to remove the stage where fans were previously allowed to place gifts. Instead, only floral gifts will be allowed, and cemetery staff will hand-deliver them inside of Jackson’s mausoleum for a $3 fee.

Any gift other than flowers – such as teddy bears, posters, picture frames, candles, etc. — will be trashed, according to TMZ. And if the mausoleum runs out of space, overflow flowers will have to brave the elements outside.

Fans, meanwhile, are still forbidden from stepping foot inside of the mausoleum.

Michael Jackson

On June 25th, 2009 we lost the greatest pop singer of our time, Michael Jackson.  One year later it is still hard to accept that a man who changed the game of the music business is no longer with us.  So today honor MJ by rocking your red leather jacket and your glittered glove.

Big Mike

It’s over for “Big Mike” on “American Idol” – all because of a fictional killer whale. Although Michael Lynche impressed the judges during his second song – a rendition of Bryan Adams’ “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman” with fellow contestant Casey James – it was his performance of Michael Jackson’s “Will You Be There” from the “Free Willy” soundtrack that did him in.

The panel found his interpretation too “predictable,” and apparently, America did as well. “It was tough,” said the 26-year-old personal trainer from Queens, N.Y. “It’s a really big song.”

Lynche was rescued by the show’s judges five weeks ago, but he received the fewest viewer votes for Tuesday’s movie-themed edition.

Before Lynche’s dismissal, Bon Jovi took the stage for “Superman Tonight.” Earlier in the evening, third-season winner Fantasia Barrino crooned “Bittersweet,” and fifth-season finalist Chris Daughtry and his band sang “September.”

The other finalists remaining in the singing contest are 24-year-old musician Crystal Bowersox of Toledo, Ohio; 24-year-old paint sales clerk Lee Dewyze of Mount Prospect, Ill.; and 27-year-old musician Casey James from Fort Worth, Texas.

Next week, the final three will perform after traveling to their hometowns, with one more tossed before the finale on May 26.

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In case you missed it... Janet Jackson and Tyler Perry were on The Oprah show to talk about their film, Why Did I Get Married Too? .

 Michael's father Joe and sister La Toya are believed to have been the only family members to attend the secret service, according to World Entertainment News Network.

 A cemetery source told the Web site: "Michael has already been laid to rest, but other than the Jackson family and the management at Forest Lawn, no one knows the exact spot. Staff at the cemetery have been fed several different locations, it's as if they are hoping to confuse everyone so it can't leak out. The fear is that thousands of Jackson fans will descend on the cemetery and create a security issue or maybe even damage or deface the grave. If the grave's security is threatened, the Jacksons have reportedly identified four other sites - including the star's former home Neverland and a memorial site in Las Vegas - they will consider moving the body to.  

 A cemetery spokesman declined to comment on rumors of Jackson's burial, and a rep for the family was not immediately available for comment.

Jackson's leaving Michael's rental home

“In one of the darkest moments of our lives we find it hard to find the words appropriate to this sudden tragedy we all had to encounter. Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times.

“We miss Michael endlessly, our pain cannot be described in words. But Michael would not want us to give up now. So we want to thank all of his faithful supporters and loyal fans worldwide, you - who Michael loved so much. Please do not despair, because Michael will continue to live on in each and every one of you. Continue to spread his message, because that is what he would want you to do. Carry on, so his legacy will live forever.

“In addition, Joseph Jackson wishes to personally convey: ‘My grandchildren are deeply moved by all the love and support you have shown for them and their father, Michael Jackson.’”

Jackson was in full cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived at his rented mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon, with his personal physician trying desperately to revive him.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

It's a sad day today as we lose one of our greatest entertainers.  If you haven't already heard pop icon Michael Jackon has died in a UCLA hospital. 

TMZ reports: Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.

A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of cardiac arrest.

Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.

We're told one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911.

La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.

Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.

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