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Check the sky for flying pigs -- because La Toya Jackson isn't talking crazy for once.
Last night outside Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills we asked Michael's sis about Paul Anka getting 50% in publishing rights to "This Is It" -- and even though her face was hidden behind a fluffy pup, her answer made complete sense.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
It's the quickest resolution in Hollywood history: Paul Anka says the special administrators of Michael Jackson's estate gave him a 50% cut of "This Is It" ... after he said Michael "stole" the original recordings from his studio back in the 80s.
Paul also said John McClain told him, "Now we know why the song was so good ... it wasn't the type of Michael Jackson song that he could write."
Anka said he was humbled by the compliment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Paul Anka says he's all square with Michael Jackson's estate over the release of "This Is It" -- a song Paul helped write -- saying the special administrators realized "there was a wrong here" and they immediately "made it right..." as in 50% of publishing rights. Can you say BONANZA?
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Michael Jackson, Exclusives
John Branca, the special administrator for Michael Jackson's estate tells TMZ Paul Anka is right -- "This Is It" was not written by MJ alone, it was co-written with Paul Anka.
Branca and his people are negotiating a settlement with Paul Anka's lawyer.
Branca tells TMZ, "We acknowledge that Michael and Paul wrote this song together."
As we first reported, the other special administrator, John McClain, told Anka "We'll give you whatever you want, whatever it takes we'll do the right thing."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Paul Anka tells TMZ the people handling Michael Jackson's estate are falling over each other ... apologizing for "ripping-off my song" and offering "anything you want" to make the mess go away.
And, John Branca just told TMZ, "We acknowledge that Michael and Paul wrote this song together."
As we first reported, Anka claims the new Jackson song, "This Is It" is the Michael Jackson track Anka co-wrote with Jackson in 1983, which Jackson originally recorded under the title, "I Never Heard."
Anka tells TMZ he just got off the phone with John McClain, the co-Special Administrator for Jackson's estate. Anka says McClain apologized profusely, saying he knew "Michael couldn't have written this song alone. It's not his style."
Anka says McClain now acknowledges that "This Is It" is really Paul's song, and said, "We'll give you whatever you want, whatever it takes we'll do the right thing."
Anka says he's not trying to hold the estate up but he wants them to be fair.
And how's this ... Anka says McClain asked him to do promotion for the song.
It's Hollywood, folks.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Michael Jackson, Exclusives
If you think Michael Jackson's "This Is It" sounds familiar, it's because the song is a rip-off that was released nearly two decades ago by another artist ... and the man making this claim is none other than music legend Paul Anka.
Anka tells TMZ in 1983, he wrote a song with Jackson called "I Never Heard" -- and the demo of the song was recorded in Anka's studio in Carmel, CA. Anka says he took the tape to a studio in Hollywood to put the finishing touches on it for Anka's duets album, "Walk a Fine Line." Anka claims Jackson -- who was just blowing up at the time with "Thriller" -- got a big head and "stole the tapes" from the studio.
Anka tells us he called the lawyers who repped both he and Jackson -- ironically one of them was John Branca -- and threatened them with a lawsuit if he didn't get the tapes back. Anka got them back but insists Jackson made a copy of the tapes and used the track with his voice from "I Never Heard" -- and simply retitled it, "This Is It."
Anka gave "I Never Heard" to another artist -- Safire -- who recorded it in 1990.
We called Sony Music who released "This Is It" ... no comment so far.
Anka tells us he's talking with his lawyers about his legal options.
Filed under: Music, Michael Jackson, Exclusives
Paul Anka's wife got arrested after she allegedly split his head open with a piece of ice.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ the alleged incident occurred on Nov 28 at the couple's home in Thousand Oaks, just outside of L.A. We're told that Paul and Anna, who have a kid together but married just last summer, got into an argument that turned physical. Our sources say during the brouhaha, an ice bucket hit the ground and Anna picked up a piece of ice and threw a fast ball, hitting Paul in the noggin.
Paul went to the hospital, got two staples put in his head to close the wound, returned home and called the cops at 3:05 the next morning to report Anna missing. When cops arrived Anna wasn't there but when she returned they arrested and booked her for felony domestic battery.
The Ventura County D.A.'s office rejected the case, though they're not saying why.
BTW, Paul is 67-years-old and stands 5'6" and weighs 140. Anna is 37, towers over him at 5'7" and weighs 120 pounds.
Paul Anka told TMZ, "It was a stupid little event. It was nothing." Anka said he called the cops because she was missing at the time he returned from the hospital, but cops arrested her after seeing his injuries. He says he never pressed charges, and he and his wife are "fine". Paul says Anna has "been having a tough time with her ex over custody issues," which has stressed her out.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Fights
In the '50s, Paul Anka became a teen idol with hit songs like "Diana" and "Put Your Head on My Shoulders." Guess what he looks like now!
Filed under: Music, Beauty, 'Memba Them?!
The 67-year-old Canadian of Lebanese descent resurfaced at a charity event in Hollywood recently, looking tan and healthy.
With his first wife, Anka had five daughters -- Amelia, Anthea, Alicia, Amanda (wife of actor Jason Bateman) and Alexandra.
In July, Paul married his girlfriend Anna Yeager, with whom he already has a three-year-old son.
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