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Not So Fast, Jacko

Alex Melamid’s 50 Cent (2005)

Hot on the heels of the news that a musical based on Michael Jackson’s Thriller is headed to the Great White Way comes word that director John Landis is suing Michael Jackson for failing to pay him his share of the project’s profits for the last four years. While our eyes tend to glaze over when we read legal proceedings, one thing did emerge that caught our attention: Jackson’s finances are now being handled by a “mysterious Los Angeles physician†named Tohme Tohme. What, Sirhan Sirhan wasn’t available? [Wrap]

Not So Fast, Jacko