Michael Jackson's funeral is currently scheduled for 10 a.m. this Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

AEG Live, which owns the basketball arena and the Nokia Theater next door, will use both facilities and the surrounding plaza. There's no word yet on how tickets will be distributed.

We originally thought the funeral was being held at Michael's former home, Neverland Ranch. The Jackson family is evidently trying to make arrangements to have the singer buried on the property.

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The New York Blade has suspended publication following news that HX Magazine was sold as well. Both fell under the HX Media umbrella, but now they're both seemingly gone.

Bank announced that HX had been sold to a top secret buyer earlier this week, and now he says the New York Blade is on hold as well. All the staff has also been canned.

“Everyone was let go, but the people on The Blade know that they may come back if The Blade is coming back,” says Bank.

The future of the Blade seems uncertain.

“It doesn’t have an issue scheduled until a week from Friday.” Mr. Bank said. “There are a lot of things that can happen between now and then.”

Rumor has it HX Magazine was sold to their competitor Next Magazine.

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Debbie Rowe evidently wants custody of at least two of Michael Jackson's kids. Rowe was the surrogate mother for 12-year-old Prince Michael and 11-year-old Paris Michael, and according to reports on Thursday - she wants the kids now that Michael is gone.

"I want my children," Rowe said in an interview Thursday morning with radio station KNBC in Los Angeles. Rowe also said she was willing to undergo DNA testing to prove she is indeed the children's biological mother.

Michael's will said that he nominated his mother, Katherine, to have custody of the kids. In that same will, Jackson says he intentionally left Rowe out of his inheritance.

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AFTERNOON DELIGHT

Travis Kraft was born and raised in the midwest, and now he's living it up in Hollywood. He's an actor and model, and he's freakin' beautiful.

Enjoy today's Afternoon Delight, Travis Kraft. There are more pictures after the break.

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Sam Adams has been cleared by the Attorney General who said there isn't any evidence to support a claim that the Portland Mayor kissed his ex-boyfriend Beau Breedlove before he was 18-years-old.

Breedlove spoke with KGW-TV claiming the kiss happened while he was only 17 in the bathroom of the city hall men's room in 2005.

“My best recollection is a security guard walked in right when we were finished. It was one of those situations when you panic because you know you’ve been caught,” Breedlove said.

Breedlove also had some harsh words for his ex-boyfriend, Mayor Adams, saying he felt "burned" by the mayor.

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The oldest of the Jonas Brothers is off the market. It's a good thing he isn't one of the cuter ones, huh?

Kevin Jonas is evidently engaged to his long-time girlfriend Danielle Deleasa. He'll be trading his purity ring for a wedding band soon.

They've been dating for about two years, and evidently that was enough time for the two to find love. Kevin evidently asked Danielle to marry him over the weekend at her home in New Jersey.

Kevin told People that Deleasa "said yes, yes, yes like 500 times superfast in a row." How cool. (sarcasm is my thing)

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GaySocialites.com has decided not publish any photos of Michael Jackson as he died in the back of that ambulance, but others like OK Magazine are going all the way with it.

OK has decided to put what they're calling Jackson's last photo on the cover of their latest edition. However, it is really a photo of MJ while he was trying to hold onto life.

If you'd like to see a picture of the cover, we came across this YouTube video of the mag. I'm a bit disappointed that OK decided to run the picture at all, but I really am surprised they're putting it on the cover. Rumor has it that they paid $500,000 for the photo.

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'I'm out, and you're fired.' That's basically what Matthew Bank told employees at HX Magazine earlier this week.

Bank announced to the staff that he had sold the magazine to a top secret buyer and that their services were no longer needed.

The HX staff put together their last issue after Pride, and the rest is history. The big question is whether or not the new owners of HX Magazine will keep the publication going.

"The information about the sale is confidential," Banks told me in response to an e-mail I sent requesting information.

Why would it be so confidential? Our sources say that HX's competitor, Next Magazine, might be the buyer. We haven't been able to confirm this news with HX or Next, but that's what we're being told from some pretty reliable sources.

"I don't know what the buyer's plans are," he added. "They are going to announce them when they are ready to."

If you can find an HX Magazine this weekend, you should probably grab it. You never know, it might be the last.

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On Wednesday, GaySocialites.com announced that voting will begin next week for their annual GaySocialites Awards.

This year, the GaySocialites will honor someone who normally doesn't take the spotlight with their "Best Behind the Scenes" award.

The nominees will be announced on Friday, July 3rd and you might expect anyone from a bar back to a secretary on the list of those who deserve recognition for their work behind the scenes.

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OK Magazine is coming under fire after they paid $500,000 for what seems to be the last picture of Michael Jackson alive. The tabloid says they even plan to put the photo of Jackson as he dies in the back of an ambulance on the cover.

The “Official Tribute Issue,” will hit stands on newsstands Wednesday.

“It’s a photo that captures the surprise and the upset and the moment of this breaking news story. I hope the cover will provoke readers,” OK! editorial director Sarah Ivens said in defense of the magazine’s decision to run the image. “It celebrated the man, but it also does expose that he was an eccentric character who lived a very controversial life.”

GaySocialites.com had the opportunity to publish this photo and declined.

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GaySocialites.com has obtained a copy of the will found at Michael Jackson's home following his death.

As we told you earlier, the will names Jackson's mother, Katherine, as the guardian of his three children. If she can't do that, for some reason, then Michael wants Diana Ross to have his kids. You can read it all in the document above.

"I have intentionally omitted to provide for my former wife, Deborah Rowe Jackson," Jackson's will also says.

The will has been filed in court.

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Everyone knows I am addicted to CBS' summer hit reality show, "Big Brother."

From the 11th season, "Big Brother" will lock 13 people in a house to see how well they get along and how well they fight too!

Twelve of the new "Big Brother" competitors have been anncouned. They are: Braden Bacha, 28, model-actor from Santa Monica, Calif.; Kevin Campbell, 29, graphic designer from Chula Vista, Calif.; Laura Crosby, 21, bikini model from Atlanta; Russell Kairouz, 24, mixed martial arts fighter from Walnut Creek, Calif.; Jordan Lloyd, 22, waitress from Matthews, N.C.; Natalie Martinez, 24, store manager from Gilbert, Ariz.; Michelle Noonan, 27, neuroscientist from Pasadena, Calif.; Jeff Schroeder, 31, advertising salesman from Norridge, Ill.; Chima Simone, 32, freelance journalist from West Hollywood, Calif.; Ronnie Talbott, 30, teacher from Belpre, Ohio.; Lydia Tavera, 24, makeup artist from Torrance, Calif.; and Casey Turner, 41, teacher from St. Petersburg, Fla.

The 13th house guest hasn't been announced yet, and it will evidently be a surprise. Rumors on the web are swirling that the final house guest will be a previous "Big Brother" competitor.

The house guests will start out in two teams this year.

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AFTERNOON DELIGHT

Today's Afternoon Delight is gorgeous Sandor Earl, an Australian rugby player playing for "Sydney Roosters".

Can you imagine being on the rugby field with someone that beautiful?! We've got more pictures of Sandoor Earl after the break. Some may be a little NSFW.

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Farrah Fawcett was laid to rest this week after losing her battle with anal cancer.

Fawcett's funeral service was closed to the public but several of her famous friends were on hand to say good-bye. You can see some of those photos in the video above from Fox News.

Her long-time lover, Ryan O'Neal, served as pall bearer at the funeral. A judge also decided to let her son, Redmond, out of jail to attend the services as well.

The former "Charlie's Angel" will definitely go down in history as one of the most popular icons in television history.

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Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, says that the singer's two oldest children are not his! Rowe says she served as the surrogate, but he sperm didn't come from Jackson. Instead, Rowe says she was artificially inseminated by an anonymous sperm donor.

"I was just the vessel. It wasn't Michael's sperm," Rowe told UK's News of the World.

"I got paid for it, and I've moved on. I know I will never see my children again."

Rowe basically said her three year marriage to Jackson was sham and that they were really just friends. Debbie went on to say that she and Michael never had sex the entire time they were wed.

Jackson's dermatologist says he is the sperm donor.

A judge has given custody of all three children to Michael Jackson's mother, and a will found on his estate assigns custody to Mrs. Jackson as well. That document has been filed in court.

This is going to get nastier before it gets better, I'd almost guarantee! Whether the children are Jackson's biological kids or not, they're still his kids. That shouldn't really be a factor in de