Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin is reportedly the biological father of late pop legend Michael Jackson's youngest son Prince Michael
Culkin was 10 years old when he met Jackson in 1990 and they became friends. He reportedly donated sperm to an unknown surrogate mother who gave birth to Prince Michael II; also known as Blanket, in 2002, reports the sun.co.uk.
"It is well-known Jackson and Macaulay shared a unique bond. Now rumours are spreading like wildfire that Macaulay, who Jackson nicknamed Mack, is actually Blanket's biological dad," said a source.
Jackson and Culkin were close friends for years. The child star frequently visited the singer's Neverland ranch where he raised eyebrows by sleeping in Jackson's bed and took the witness stand to defend him during Jackson's 2005 trial for child molestation.
The moonwalker is said to have idolised Culkin and thought using his sperm to create a child would be the "next best thing" to being his father.
"This isn't just chitter-chatter, even Culkin suspects he's Blanket's father. So many names have been mentioned as prospective dads and this is probably the wackiest yet... But Jackson and Culkin were best friends. He was one of the few people Jackson really trusted and Mack never let him down. Really, Jackson idolised him - that's why he asked Mack to donate sperm," the source said.
"Deep down, I think he always wished Mack was his son. Creating Blanket was the next best thing," the source added.
Friends claim the King of Pop, who died in June, was not the biological father of his other children Prince Michael I, 12, and Paris, 11.
Macaulay Culkin father of Jackson's youngest son?
Bipasha Basu once "Lady Goonda" in real life
The new celebrity chat show 'Tere Mere Beech Mein' is delivering what it promised, many hidden secrets of Indian celebrities. Each episode of the show is based on different theme. The celebrities falling under the theme are called on the show.
This Sunday's episode theme was 'Ghar Ka Beta'. Two gorgeous actresses of bollywood were called this time. Sizzling beauty, Bipasha Basu talked about her childhood.
It was revealed that bollywood hottie was once a terror for boys in her childhood. She was known by the nickname of "Lady Goonda" in her growing years. The actress revealed that she used to keep a stick to teach all the colony boys a lesson if they acted smart.
The actress said: "I used to be very short as a child and I was the monitor in school. When the tall boys would be up to mischief, I'd jump on their back during breaks and pull their hair and beat them up."
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Top 9 Bollywood Catfights
Blame it on Saif Ali Khan to create a rift between Deepika Padukone and Kareena Kapoor. Had he not gone about telling everyone, whoever cared to listen to him, that how much he missed Bebo in the film, the two beauties would have been at least cordial with each other. The constant bickering irked Deeps so much that she took to making comments on Kareena’s act in Kambakkht Ishq. Bebo too added fuel to fire by terming KI to be a better film than Love Aaj Kal. They still refuse to get along well.
Aishwarya Rai-Sonam Kapoor
The international brand L’Oreal might not have imagined in their wildest dreams what the Indian press was about to witness when they signed Sonam Kapoor as their fresh face. Immediately rumors of the brand dumping elderly Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for newbie Sonam started to make rounds. Though later it was learnd that Ash is still the brand ambassador of the brand, the rumours went out of hand with Sonam calling Ash Aunty and her father addressing Ash as Chaiwali at an awards do. And the latest from the grapevine is that the two actresses still can’t endure each other.
Priyanka Chopra-Kareena Kapoor
Friendship comes full circle for Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. They were thick friends once with both going for shopping sprees often. But when Piggy Chops got nasty with Kareena’s character in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Bebo saw red and damned PC forever. They fought vehemently spitting venom against each other. But recently at an award function, both were seen bonding, chatting and having hearty laughs! Not to say everyone’s pleasantly surprised!
Priyanka Chopra-Kangna Ranaut
When Fashion was in the making, reports of the two leading ladies Kangna Ranaut and Priyanka Chopra gelling like house on fire hit the tabloids. While many were happy to know it thinking that for a change two actresses were getting along well, there were many who were prophesying its doom. And of course, latter won! The two beauties joined the fighting fray, blaming each other for stealing the thunder after the film’s release. As of now, they are as distant as two rails on a railway track.
Kareena Kapoor-Ameesha Patel
Though not much is said and written about this catfight, it’s a known affair for every one in the industry. Ever since Kareena dropped out of Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai and Ameesha Patel roped in, the two actresses have shared cold vibes. They are yet to forgive and forget for a fight, which apparently was instigated by the producer of the film Rakesh Roshan. He didn’t like Hrithik and Bebo’s closeness towards each other off camera and so dumped Kareena.
They were great friends as both were from the same industry, namely modeling. They even contested at the Miss India competition where Sushmita stole the crown from under Ash’s nose. Adding fuel to the fire, Sush went on to win the Miss Universe title too which was a big blow to Ash’s vanity. Since then, the two beauty queens have never seen eye-to-eye. Even though Ash’s filmy career rocketed with more speed then Sush, the rivalry persists between the two.
Rani Mukherji-Preity Zinta
Though there is no apparent reason for their spat, Rani Mukherji and Priety Zinta share cold vibes every time they bump into each other. Initially, the girls were thick friends and had worked in many films together. But due to some reason, which is still a mystery, the two decided not to cross each other’s path. Though both neither accept their friendship nor their fight, they do agree that they are not sworn in friends or enemies either.
Rani Mukherji-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya and Rani Mukherji were not just pals but best friends. While Ash used to rave about Rani’s histrionics, Rani used to be all praises about Ash’s beauty and wit. But their closeness went kaput, thanks to Salman Khan. In those days, Ash and Sallu were often seen fighting. Bugged by all this, Salman barged into the sets of SRK-Ash starrer Chalte Chalte abusing Ash and accusing Shah Rukh. SRK immediately dumped Ash and roped in Rani. Since then the best friends were heard making snide remarks at each other at every occasion.
Jaya Bachchan-Rekha
This is one fight, which snowballed in front of everyone. What many don’t know is that Rekha and Jaya were great friends and even had flats in the same building. The diva was even instrumental in getting Amitabh Bachchan hooked to Jaya. But all hell broke loose when Jaya reportedly discovered about her husband’s illicit affair with Rekha. Though every thing is hunky-dory between AB and her, she doesn’t seem to be able to forgive and forget Rekha for backstabbing her.
When Priyanka Chopra Slept in a 'cage'
Priyanka Chopra is a superstar now and has adapted really well with the way the industry functions. However, coming from a small town like Barielly wasn't an easy task for her.
From being stalked to eating in toilets, Priyanka Chopra makes a few startling revelations about her past.
From being stalked by a stranger to being locked up in an iron cage in her own house by her parents and being forced to wear only salwar kurtas, Priyanka reveals what all she has gone through in the past.
Going down memory lane, this 27-year-old actor recollects and reveals about her experience in USA where she had gone to study. Priyanka says, "It was a huge culture shock for me when I went to study for three years in Boston at the age of 13. I would never enter the cafeteria simply because I didn't know how to stand in the line, where to pay money and how to take the food laid out. I didn't want to look like an idiot, so I used to take chips from the vending machine and eat them in the toilet. That is how I managed for three years."
Priyanka also reveals that her popularity in Barielly reached such great heights after returning from the US and winning a local beauty pageant called 'May Queen' that her parents had to get her bed protected by iron rods to keep their daughter safe.
Priyanka says, "When I was in the 12th standard and was just turning 17, an incident took place. My room was at a higher floor in Barielly and at night, a guy came to my balcony from our terrace. I didn't know him but he was peeping through the window. I was scared. So, I went to my dad and said 'Papa mere kamre ke bahar koi aa gaya hai, koi khatkhata raha hai' ('Papa, someone has come outside my room, someone is knocking'). The next day, my parents got the house and my bed barricaded with wrought iron rods like a cage. If a fire would have broken out in the house, we would have been burnt to death as there was no escape route."
When she got back from the US, Priyanka had landed at the Delhi airport wearing a really short dress. That created a ruckus.
The actor tells Farah Khan on her chat show Tere Mere Beach Mein, "I was not allowed to wear short skirts after that. Even my jeans were confiscated and 12 salwar kurtas were made for me. I was told that I'm only supposed to wear that because whenever I used to go to school, the guys used to follow me."
She adds that though she liked the attention that she got, she used to have a group of guy friends who would behave like her bodyguards. They were the only boys that she was allowed to talk to.
A surprise kiss on lips by Irrfan Khan shocks Diya Mirza
Irrfan Khan is known to be a thorough professional. He is pretty serious about his job and will do whatever it takes to make his role look perfect. But recently, this dedication took an interesting course.
During the shoot of Acid Factory, Irrfan kissed Dia Mirza on the lips even though the scene only required him to kiss her on her cheek. Shocked, Dia phoned producer Sanjay Gupta and informed him about the incident.
According to sources, the shoot was on in South Africa. The scene going on was when Dia introduces Irrfan to Fardeen Khan and Irrfan comes forward to kiss Dia on the cheek and make it clear to Fardeen to not enter into his territory.
He has to do this because he suspects something is going on between Fardeen and Dia. However, everyone was surprised when Irrfan suddenly kissed Dia on the lips.
It was unexpected, not being a part of the script, but she chose not to make an issue about it at that time and simply called up Sanjay later on.
Meanwhile, Dia doesn’t seem to be very upset. She admits she was surprised, but she thinks that he did it to establish the chemistry between them in the scene. She also thinks it wasn’t much of a kiss.
Sanjay also feels that Irrfan did it to make the scene look more real. After watching the rushes, he feels Irrfan succeeded. And since Dia isn’t making an issue over it, he’s fine with it too.
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