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Ain't no news, sunshine: Jackson autopsy results delayed

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It's the one nugget of news we're all chomping at the bit for: The autopsy report which will unravel the mystery of what brought the

King of Pop

's reign to a sudden and murky end.

Here we are a month on from

Michael Jackson

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's death and we're still no wiser as to

what exactly happened on that fateful day

on June 25 at the star's Beverly Hills home.

The investigation of his death is widening and the probing into the drugs Jackson was popping, the actions of his in-house doctor,

Dr. Conrad Murray

, who reportedly

administered the drug

that authorities believe killed him, is ongoing.

Autopsies

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The first of two autopsies was conducted on the star a few days after his death, the "shock findings" of which were supposedly leaked and

smeared across the tabloids

- the Los Angeles County coroner's office later declared the 'report' a total fake.

Jackson's family also requested their own, independent, autopsy on Jackson - largely spurred by their mounting anger over "unanswered questions" surrounding the singer's death.

Video: Michael Jackson, Ain't No Sunshine

The Los Angeles Coroner's office revealed that the preliminary autopsy on Jackson was inconclusive and a final cause of death would not be known until exhaustive toxicology tests are completed in "six to eight weeks."

The request for toxicology tests was spurred by Jackson taking a cocktail of unspecified prescription medications, by all accounts. It's hoped that the reports will shed light on what the singer had in his system and what might have played a part in his death.

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Results delayed

Despite earlier reports that Jackson's official cause of death would be announced this week, the Los Angeles County coroner's office now says the post-mortem results will be delayed.

In a statement to the media, Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said the announcement will probably not come until next week.

Winter did not discuss reasons for the delay.

Autopsy results or not, the general consensus is that the star died of a drug overdose. Or was he murdered as his sister

LaToya Jackson

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believes?

"I believe Michael was murdered," she said in a series of interviews with British tabloids.

"I felt that from the start. Not just one person was involved. Rather, it was a conspiracy of people."

Video: Unseen Jacko home movies

Rumour mill

Pondering over Jackson's demise it's hard to silence the slew of questions that inevitably spawn out of the sea of gossip.

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Was there foul-play? Is he the

daddy of those wee kids

? Did he really have a

detachable hooter

? Is he really dead?

Conspiracists with a taste for the outlandish and the bizarre maintain that the King is in fact still alive and moonwalking his way in those

shiny loafers

across the globe. There's even a website dedicated to the cause -

www.michaeljacksonhoaxdeath.com

- which promises to "unravel the tightly woven fabrication of Michael Jacksons ‘death'."

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You guessed it: As far as fuelling the Jacko rumour mill goes, it's open season. Nothing is off-limits. This explains why the star's minions have been forming an orderly queue to step up to the pulpit and blab about their former employer.

*

We've had the nanny, whom Jackson abruptly sacked in December, who reportedly claimed she

regularly pumped Jackson's stomach

*

The nurse who claims

J

acko begged her for powerful sedatives - including the drug Diprivan - to counter his persistent insomnia

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*

The cook who gave a one-on-one to the Associated Press and

gave her account of the singer's final days

and an interesting insight into what might have happened on the day he died.

All that remains is a dramatic, tell-all account from Jackson's one-time BFF, hairy primate companion

Bubbles the chimpanzee

- who is not, contrary to popular belief, pushing up daisies. Bubbles is indeed

alive and well

.

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Next!

Video: Nirvana vs Rick Astley mash-up

Cobain

will be spinning in his grave.

Twitter's 'gay'

Kid Rock

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is not a fan of Twitter.

"It's gay," the rocker tells

Rolling Stone

of the microblogging site.

Whatever that means. But whatever you do, don't ask him if he uses the tool.

"If one more person asks me if I have a Twitter, I'm going to tell them, 'Twitter this sh**, motherf*****."

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Supporting his rant, he adds: "I don't have anything to say, and what I have to say is not relevant. Anything that is relevant, I'm going to bottle it up and then squeeze it onto a record somewhere."

Hey Rock, any chance of you

following us on Twitter

?

How very dare you

Marilyn Manson

has issued a stern warning to any journos who take aim at him and fire.

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Addressing journos who write fabricated stories about him, he recently took to his MySpace blog for a good ol' rant:

"If one more 'journalist' makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally or with my fans' help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech," Manson warns.

"I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face. Because I will make you say it. In that manner. That is a threat."

The bug-eyed singer's rant is reportedly in response to an article in

LA Weekly

that alleged the singer was addiced to cocaine, according to the

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NY Post

Everyone's talking about...

The moment potty-mouth

Gordon Ramsay

met his orally-liberated match. Watch Ramsay in an on-screen argument with an ex-Marine  during the US version of his

Hell's Kitchen

show.

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Total manbags at dawn!

Video

here

New amore

Gorgeous

George (Clooney)

is off the market, ladies. The dashing actor with the power to twitch ovaries has a new leading lady in his life:

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Sardinian model and TV host Elisabetta Canalis

.

Good luck taming him.

This just in...

No 4 for Jude Law

Brit actor

Jude Law

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is to be a dad again - for the fourth time - after being told a former flame is expecting, according to his rep.

His rept tells EW.com: "Jude Law can confirm that, following a relationship last year, he has been advised that he is to be the father of a child due in the fall of this year," the statement said.

"Mr. Law is no longer in a relationship with the individual concerned but he intends to be a fully supportive part of the child’s life. This is an entirely private matter and no other statements will be made."

Maybe not, but that won't stop the dirt digging will it,

mirror.co.uk

Blogger Bites Back

Pictured: Michael Jackson. Photo / AP

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