Michael Jackson's six-year-old son Blanket is still unsure of what has happened to his father and asks whether he has gone on holiday, says Mark Lester, godfather to the late pop star's children.

Jackson, who died June 25, has three children - 12-year-old Michael Jr, 11-year-old Paris Michael Katherine and six-year-old Prince Michael II whom Jacko called Blanket.


According to Lester: "It is obvious to me that Blanket is still unsure about what exactly happened to his father. He said, 'Where's Daddy gone? On holiday?' It was a rhetorical question and it broke my heart."

"Prince was taciturn, unusual for him, but we still had a hug," mirror.co.uk quoted Lester as saying.

"Paris gave me a tight hug and we just held each other for a while. We were both welling up. I told her that her dad would always lie in her heart and be remembered by at least half of the world. Paris replied: 'I'm just glad he is at peace'," he added.

Michael Jackson's death is to be treated as a murder and would be investigated as such after an autopsy has shown that the King of Pop died from an overdose of heavy-duty painkiller Diprivan, police said.

Police have told Jackson's family that they will press charges against one or more people within a few days and that there will be a criminal trial. According to Thesun.co.uk, the astonishing development was revealed in an interview by Terry Harvey, a long-time friend of the Jackson family.


"The autopsy shows that Michael died of a drug overdose with Diprivan and a range of pills in his stomach. He had needle marks on his neck and all over his body. The authorities have told the family the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are pushing for a criminal charge," said Harvey.

"It is likely to be second-degree murder, due to the actions which led to his death. They have been assured that someone, or maybe more than one person, will be brought to trial. The family is working with the DEA and Los Angeles Police Department to work out which doctor prescribed Michael these drugs and how far back this serious problem runs," he added.

Last week La Toya Jackson told the News of the World she knew who had murdered her brother.

Jackson died in Los Angeles June 25. He was 50.

Colors, India's leading Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) by Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd (a joint venture between Viacom Inc and Network18), celebrates its first anniversary by setting record-breaking milestones.

Colors made fiscal 2009 a truly remarkable one in Indian television history, as it saw the birth and unprecedented rise of one of India's most preferred GECs. Within a year of launch, Colors has surpassed entrenched incumbents with exceptional program performance, innovative show formats and a fast growing loyal audience base.

Colors has been widely heralded as a "game changer" in the intensely competitive and cluttered GEC space and has had a significant "category growing" influence as well.

Key Highlights for FY 2008-2009:

Programming: Post a high decibel launch with flagship format show, Khatron ke Khiladi, Colors embarked on series of daily and weekly shows which have gradually built a loyal base of viewers for the channel and led to its leading position. Within nine months of launch, shows such as Balika Vadhu and Jai Shri Krishna established COLORS reputation for differentiated entertainment along with shows such as Na Aana Is Des Laado and Uttaran.

Advertising: Colors has generated a lot of advertiser traction commensurate with its stupendous viewership performance and robust revenue run rate.

Platform diversification and Affiliates: Colors has made major forays in terms of distribution in international markets, especially those with a large NRI diaspora, such as India, Australia/ANZ, Fiji, Japan/Korea/Taiwan, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The channel plans to enter markets such as US, UK and the Middle East shortly. Distribution revenue has begun since the beginning of the new financial year and this holds tremendous upsides in the future, as the brand gets strengthened. The channel has also made headway in terms of content syndication deals for some of its leading shows in the sub-continent and the Middle East.

Awards: In view of the impressive launch and growth of the channel's viewership, Colors won several awards at all leading television award platforms ranging from India Today Women Achievers', Indian Television Academy, Gr8 Television to the PROMAX awards.

Colors also innovated with films — always a big draw with audiences — screening them without breaks.

It started out as the 10th general entertainment channel in India, but after a year in that space, Colors has ended up at the top.

Colors climbed to the No 1 position (TAM, TG C&S 4+, HSM) in week 15 of 2009 and 38th week post launch. Its journey has been remarkable. From 81 GRPs (Gross Rating Points) and the No 3 position on the day of the launch, Colors crossed 100 GRPs in the 2nd week; 200 GRPs in the 9th week; 250 GRPs in the 16th week and 300 GRPs in the 32nd week.

Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Gangubai Hangal passed away at a hospital in Hubli on Tuesday after a brief illness. Hangal, 97, is survived by two sons and a daughter.

According to doctors, she was put on life support on Monday night and breathed her last on Tuesday morning.

Born in 1913, Hangal was a classical singer of the Kirana Gharana. She studied under Sawai Gandharva. Her autobiography is titled Nanna Badukina Haadu (The Song of My Life).

Hangal began her concert career with a performance at the Bombay Music Circle in 1933. She was bestowed with several honours, including the Padma Bhushan, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Tansen Samman.

Actors in Bollywood are getting more and more open about the display of their love for their girlfriends/wives. After Saif Ali Khan made news for tattooing 'Kareena' on his left hand, now it's the turn of superstar Hrithik Roshan to show the world how much he loves his wife Sussane (Suzanne).

Tabloid Mumbai Mirror reports that the Jodhaa Akbar actor has got 'Sussane' engraved on his wrist. The paper quotes tattoo artiste Sameer Patange saying that Hrithik got the tattoo done when Sussane was away in London with their sons Hrehaan and Hridaan. The artiste also said that the actor was as excited as a child after the tattoo was done.

Hrithik wanted to surprise his wife with the show of affection. Now, that's a great way to put all rumours of Barbara Mori and him being a pair to rest!

Sony is to release a movie based on more than 80 hours of footage filmed during Michael Jackson's final days, as he was rehearsing for his comeback concerts in London, trade paper Variety reported Monday.

Sony is expected to pay over $50 million for the rights to the footage, which was offered by concert promoter AEG to Hollywood film studios over the weekend.

The film will include several videos that were shot and meant to be shown during the concerts, including an alternative version of Jackson's most famous video, Thriller.

High School Musical director Kenny Ortega, who shot the rehearsal footage, is expected to become the director of the film, which could be released before year's end.

Though Universal, Paramount and 20th Century Fox were also interested in the footage, Sony had the inside track since the studio owns the music publishing rights to Jackson's songs.

The report said that AEG is also selling TV and video rights to the tribute concert featuring Justin Timberlake and other artistes, scheduled for Aug 29, on what would have been Jackson's 51st birthday.

The singers will perform the songs that the King of Pop had planned, accompanied by the band that rehearsed with him.

Hollywood actress Sienna Miller nearly burnt her boobs while shooting for her new movie. The 27-year-old actress, who plays femme fatale The Baroness in GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, nearly set her breasts on fire after getting too close to an explosion.


"Luckily it wasn't my breasts, it was the bit in-between," the Sun quoted Miller as saying. "It got a bit burnt when an explosion got a bit close," she added.
Miller also revealed that she hated wearing her character's figure-hugging clobber and won't be wearing it again. "Squeezing myself into that with the aid of talcum powder every day for five months was more than enough. I could barely move in it," she said.