Things are a little quieter on the MJ front this afternoon, but here’s everything important:
• Anderson Cooper has heroically managed to track down Bubbles, Michael Jackson’s monkey who once nearly ate poor Rashida Jones. The chimpanzee is now 26 years old and living in an animal sanctuary in Florida. Bubbles has been there since 2005 and a worker says Jackson never once came to visit. This is the saddest thing we have ever heard. [Buzzfeed]
• Roger Friedman reported this earlier, but it’s since been confirmed: Jackson’s funeral will take place next Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center. You won’t get in. [ET]
• According to former Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola, the King of Pop left behind “dozens and dozens of songs that did not end up on his albums.†We hope not too many are duets with Paul McCartney. [MTV]
• Though Jackson’s will expressly stated that his children should go to his mother or Diana Ross, his ex-wife Debbie Rowe says she’ll fight for custody, and even wants to submit to a DNA test to prove that she’s the biological mother. [TMZ]
• On Sunday, the organist at the Trinity Wall Street church paid tribute to Jackson with a medley of his hits after mass (yes, there’s video). [ArtsBeat]
• TMZ says that Jackson used to buy drugs under the names “Jack London†and “Omar Arnold.†[TMZ]
• Even Hitler is sad that Jackson died. [High Definite]