Guardian

Late pop legend Michael Jackson requested in his will that his mother Katherine be made guardian of his three children – and nominated fellow music icon, Diana Ross, as his second choice to take care of them.

The Thriller icon wanted diva Diana to look after Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, seven, if Katherine died before him or could not serve as their guardian.

For some actors, being cast in a leading role can be a long and difficult process.

Those actors aren't Brad Pitt.

This week at the Cannes Film Festival Pitt discussed how he got involved in Quentin Tarantino's new film, Inglourious Basterds, which is a revisionist film centering on World War II and Hitler.

Salman Rushdie, who was born in Mumbai, the setting of Best Picture winning Slumdog Millionaire, has written a scathing critique of the film for Britain’s Guardian newspaper.

In the article, published on Saturday, he calls the idea of a boy winning the top prize on India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire “a patently ridiculous conceit, the kind of fantasy writing that gives fantasy writing a bad name.”

He said that the idea that the boy could have learned all of the answers solely through life experiences is a “beggar’s belief.”