Paris Jackson

Paris Jackson, Paris Jackson has denied saying that her father Michael’s posthumous album was faked by an impostor. Yesterday we told how TMZ had claimed to know about a recording of the 13-year-old saying: “It’s NOT him … the whole album isn’t even him!! Go online … go on YouTube and look up Jason Malachi. That’s him!!

“I should know if it’s him or not because he would sing to me all the time.”

But today she dismissed the speculation, writing on Twitter: “People should know by now not to believe the media when it comes down to TMZ talking about my family. ‘Hold My Hand’ IS my dad actually singing.”

Michael Jackson passed away in 2009. His doctor, Conrad Murray, was convicted and sentenced for involuntary manslaughter late last year.

He has recently been denied the opportunity to appeal for bail.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 29, 1958. He was the seventh child of nine children to Joseph and Katherine Jackson and was born into a typical working class family. The city of Gary is 25 miles from downtown Chicago and is famous for its massive steel industry. It took its name from the chairman of U.S. Steel, Elbert H Gary, and is nicknamed ‘City of Century’ – we’re hoping for ironic reasons.

China Aircraft Carrier

China Aircraft Carrier, A US satellite company says it has taken a photograph of China’s first aircraft carrier during trials in the Yellow Sea. It is believed to be the first time the 300-metre ship, a refitted former Soviet carrier, has been photographed at sea since it was launched in August.

DigitalGlobe said one of its satellites took the picture on 8 December and an analyst at the firm spotted the ship this week while searching through images.

Stephen Wood, director of DigitalGlobe’s analysis centre, said he was confident the ship was the Chinese carrier because of the location and date of the image. The carrier has generated intense international interest because of what it might portend about China’s intentions as a military power.

The former Soviet Union started building the carrier, which it called the Varyag, but never finished it. When the USSR collapsed, the ship ended up in Ukraine.

China bought the ship from Ukraine in 1998 and spent years refurbishing it. It had no engines, weapons or navigation systems when China acquired it. It has said the ship is intended for research and training, which has led to speculation that it plans to build copies.

China initially said little about its plans for the vessel but has been more open in recent years, said Bonnie S Glaser, a China expert at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

Paris Jackson

Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s daughter has given a rare television interview in which she discusses her life with her father.

In an interview with comedienne and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, Paris Jackson says she felt ‘stupid’ when her pop star father forced her to wear a surgical mask while out in public.

The singer, who died in 2009, made his children wear the masks in order to protect them from the media.

The 13-year-old aspiring actress said: ‘Yeah, I’m like this is stupid, why am I wearing a mask?

‘But I kind of realised the older I got, like, he only tried to protect us and he’d explain that to us too.’

The three Jackson children now live in the care of their grandmother, Katherine.

Paris is appearing in a film based on a fantasy novel, titled Lundon’s Bridge And The Three Keys.

She says her father’s acting inspired her: ‘When I was really little. My dad was in the movie ‘Moonwalker’ and I knew he could sing really well but I didn’t know he could act. I saw that and I said, wow, I want to be just like him.

‘We would do ‘improv’ together. He would give us little scenarios. He would (say) ‘OK, in this scene you’re going to cry’ and I’d cry on the spot.’