No Truth to Michael Jackson Lung-Transplant Story

Claims that Michael Jackson needs a lung transplant because of a rare respiratory disease is a "total fabrication," according to a statement released by Jackson's "official and sole spokesperson, Dr. Tohme Tohme" and issued by Los Angeles firm Scoop Marketing, Reuters reports.

Word of Jackson's supposed condition – that he was suffering from Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency – had circulated after writer Ian Halperin, who's at work on an upcoming biography of the 50-year-old music legend, was interviewed in Britain's Sunday Express newspaper.

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Britney's Dad Gets a Raise for Looking After Her

Contrary to most others in the American workplace this year, Britney Spears's father, Jamie Spears, just got a salary increase: to about $75 an hour.

On Monday, a Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner boosted by an additional $51,000 the elder Spears's payment for acting as his daughter's conservator, the Associated Press reports.

Since February, Jamie, 56, has been looking after Britney, 27, to the tune of $10,000 a month.

Court Commissioner Reva Goetz has now raised his fee to about $16,000 a month – and made the pay retroactive.

Jamie was also granted an additional $1,200 a month for office expenses, which Goetz said was justified by the fact that Britney's personal and professional life – her new CD Circus recently debuted at No. 1 – now appear to be back on track.
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Paris Source: Door Not Unlocked Pre-Robbery

Despite a report in the Los Angeles Times claiming otherwise, the doors to Paris Hilton's Sherman Oaks home were locked the day it was robbed, a source told Usmagazine.com on Monday.

"All of Paris' diamonds, necklaces, rings, watches, old family heirlooms from her grandmothers was stolen."

The heiress, 27, wasn't at home when the burglar entered the house on Friday morning and took over $2 million in jewelry.

"They have the thief caught on tape since she has surveillance cameras set up in every room in her home," the source said. "In the tapes the thief knows exactly where to go, almost like he's been there before. Detectives are doing a big investigation and will catch this person."
Meanwhile, Hilton isn't taking any chances.

"Paris has upped her security team to three 24-hour bodyguards around the clock and has someone on her property at all times," the insider revealed.

“According to detectives, a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves forced entry into the front door, ransacked her bedroom and took an undisclosed amount of property and fled the scene."
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