Los Angeles judge Mitchell Beckloff has just ruled that Michael Jackson’s 2002 will is valid, at the expense of his mother, Katherine Jackson. As stated in the will, the King of Pop’s attorney, John Branca, and music executive John McClain will become the executors of the singer’s estate, estimated at $500 million. Katherine’s lawyers wanted to delay the decision in order to sway it in their favor, even suggesting that McClain was unfit to serve as executor due to an unspecified disability. They were practically grabbing at straws. I don’t understand why she’s complaining. Michael left 40% of his estate to her.
Harry Potter stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have spoken about their on-screen kisses.
Fans will finally see Emma, 19, who plays Hermione Granger and Rupert, 20, who plays Ron Weasley, kiss in the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Talking about the embrace, Emma said: “I pounced on him, I was so desperate to get it over with.”
She added: “It was quite exciting to be back and to know that this film was going to be more of a romantic comedy than ever before.”
The sixth film in the wizard series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is out in cinemas soon and Rupert gets to kiss actress Jessie Cave, who plays the role of Lavender Brown.
Speaking about that kiss, Rupert said: “It was really enjoyable actually. I had only met Jessie twice when we had to film our first kiss. There was a roomful of people, so it was a little bit embarrassing to start off with – but it was good fun.”
Emma plans to go off to university in the US later this year when shooting finishes on the final film.
She said: “I’m not ‘escaping’ or anything like that. I think I’m just looking forward to being a normal teenager, meeting people my own age. I’m very excited about university, but it doesn’t mean I’m never going to act again.”
The Proposal star Ryan Reynolds says he didn’t take his naked role in his new film too seriously.
Ryan, 32, plays an office worker in the movie who is bullied into marrying his boss, played by Sandra Bullock, to save her from being deported back to Canada.
The actor has to appear naked in one of the scenes but says he took it in his stride.
He said: “Well, it’s meant to be funny rather than sexy, so I wasn’t too nervous.”
Ryan added: “There’s nothing I could say about that without coming over like a complete fool. I absolutely don’t take it seriously, if I did I would request that you end my life with fire.”
But Ryan admitted filming a scene featuring a “plot-turning” kiss was “awkward”.
Asked how the scene was to shoot, he said: “Difficult! A kiss like that when you know somebody is borderline awkward, but at that stage I’d already filmed the scene where I slammed into her wearing nothing but deodorant.”
