Michael Jackson Update

MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL UPDATE: Organizers of Michael Jackson’s memorial at the Los Angeles Staples Center have set up an online lottery system for free tickets. They’re giving out 17,500. Registration ends at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Saturday, July 4, 2009. Click here for the full instructions. In other news, People.com is reporting that Jackson’s controversial doctor, Conrad Murray, won’t be in attendance. “He will be mourning in private.”

DEBBIE ROWE UPDATE: Rowe’s attorney, Eric M. George, told reporters during a press conference Thursday that his client still hasn’t made up her mind concerning whether she will fight for the custody of Prince and Paris.

JACKSON DEBT UPDATE: People.com is estimating that Michael Jackson is $500 million in debt. “The guy had so much anxiety about [the concerts], but he had debts and his home was going into foreclosure. He had to do it,” says a source. However, all of his merchandise and memorobilia should be very profitable if his executors play their cards right.