Maureen McCormick
Maureen McCormick may have played the perfect American teenage girl on The Brady Bunch, but as the actress reveals in her tell-all memoir, she was anything but.
In the book, Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, McCormick spills secrets about her off-screen romance with Brady brother Barry Williams, dating Michael Jackson and Steve Martin and her battles with drug addiction.
Read all about her troubled past after the jump.
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Madonna isn't the only pop icon celebrating a 50th birthday this month. The one and only Michael Jackson blew out 50 candles Friday — a milestone that has him feeling "very wise and sage, but at the same time very young," he told Good Morning America.The King of Pop isn't going to go all out with the celebrations though, as his only plans for the big day is to spend time with his children, Prince Michael, 11, Paris, 10, and Prince Michael II, 6."Just have a little cake with my children and we'll probably watch some cartoons," he said.In recent years, Jackson's priorities have shifted from career to fatherhood. The former child star released his last studio album, Invincible, in 2001, and has since left the limelight to raise his kids, trying to give them the childhood he never had."I'm letting them enjoy their childhood as much as possible. I let them go to the arcade and go to the movies and do things," he shared. "I get pretty emotional when I see them having a wonderful time...
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Consider this our TGIF gift to everyone. Not only does this walrus break it down in front of an audience, but he does it to a one of the best Michael Jackson songs of all times. We have no idea how this trainer was able to get this guy to dance to the beat so well, but it just goes to show you how damn smart these sea creatures can be—and talented. This walrus dances better than most white men do! Your take: Which song do you wish this walrus could dance to besides the MJ one he mastered?
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According to a court filing, unless Michael Jackson coughs up the $24 million he owes on his Neverland Ranch, the property will be put up for sale at a public auction next month.The auction date is currently set for March 19, but the King of Pop has until the date of the auction to take action to keep his Los Olivos estate. If the property makes it to auction, everything (even the merry-go-round and other carnival rides) must go. The initial asking price could be more than what Jackson currently owes because of interest due and other costs.Jackson no longer lives at Neverland, and has been mostly residing abroad since his 2005 acquittal on child molestation charges. — Adam Bryant
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Grammy Awards producer Ken Ehrlich on Sunday wants to mark the (feel old alert!) 25th anniversary of Thriller, but he's having some trouble getting Michael Jackson to fully participate. According to the New York Daily News, Ehrlich hoped to stage a musical revue featuring Jacko as well as several guest artists from the album's star-studded Feb. 12 rerelease. MJ, though, "can't go along with that," says a source. "He needs more time to rehearse new versions of the songs [and] new choreography." Instead, Ehrlich is said to have settled for having Jackson merely appear on stage, giving fans their first good look at the always-interesting-to-look-at singer in a while. Jacko, meanwhile, is said to be saving his next song-and-dance for a money-making TV special/concert series.
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Think Tom Cruise was the first star to flip out on national TV? Don’t be crazy!1) Tom Cruise loses control.Declaring his love for Katie Holmes, Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch. He pumped his fists and squatted like a scary version of The Thinker. He made weird faces. In short, he acted nuts. Then he went on Today and loonily challenged Matt Lauer’s knowledge of psychiatric history. Of course, Cruise’s 2005 publicity-grabbing antics didn’t hurt the box office for War of the Worlds (or for Holmes’ Batman Begins), so who’s crazy now?2) Michael Jackson dangles a baby.Jacko had pulled plenty of wacko stunts before, but this one seemed dangerous: holding his son (nicknamed “Blanket”) over the railing of a Berlin hotel balcony in 2002. “I got caught up in the excitement of the moment,” Jackson explained. Perhaps most shockingly, no charges were filed.3) Farrah Fawcett spaces out.The Charlie’s Angels goddess denied allegations that ...
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At last, a bit of pop-music humiliation that doesn't require typing the words "Britney" or "Spears." Oops... I did it again. Well, anyway... though Michael Jackson's rep denied that Neverland Ranch was in foreclosure, TMZ has obtained a Notice of Default and Election to Sell notice from his mortgage company. Which isn't entirely surprising, seeing as the paperwork states that he's more than $23 million behind in his payments. He's bad! — Ben Katner
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Responding to a string of stories about Jacko deemed "untrue, defamatory and malicious," the KoP's rep has issued the following laundry list of denials (as shared by the New York Daily News):Michael Jackson...... is not on any type of meds, including painkillers.... does not believe that brother Randy has stolen money from him, nor does Michael think any kin would steal from him.... has never used or instructed his security detail to use force on a reporter.... is neither selling nor losing his share of the ATV/Sony partnership (including the Beatles catalog).... is concerned that his assistant, Grace Rwaramba, is being constantly assailed by Fox News' Roger Friedman.I think all that's missing from the list is a denial that he goes out drinking with Paris.
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The family of a woman who died two years ago is suing Michael Jackson and the Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, claiming that a gravely ill Manuela Gomez Ruiz was moved from the trauma unit when Jacko arrived with flu symptoms, and died shortly thereafter. The hospital calls the suit "frivolous".... A second wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed — this time by the deceased's sons — against Brandy, stemming from the fatal car crash the singer was involved in last December, says People.... Nicole Richie on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the DUI charge stemming from her Dec. 11 arrest. A pretrial conference is set for Apr. 2.
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Here's a rerun you didn't want to miss. I am tempted to go off on Luke for his horrendous comments when he ran into Lorelai on the street: "It's not as big a deal for me as it is for you. So we're not getting married. It's fine by me. You're the one who proposed in the first place." Ouch!But you know what? Enough agita. I'd rather talk about Lane and Zack, Stars Hollow's best couple. Naturally Pedro's Paradise turned out to be anything but... the poor couple spent their Mexican honeymoon in Pedro's dirty apartment, nowhere near the beach, overlooking an ad for Mexican nasal spray (of all things). I'm surprised a control freak like Lane actually let Zack plan the honeymoon in the first place, but we'll let that one slide. If that's not bad enough, Lane is convinced that her mother was right about sex all along, "that women are maintaining this pervasive media-supported charade, that sex is normal, that sex is wonderful, that sex is sexy." You too would think sex was pretty awful if ...
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