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| DJ Casey Kasem's care falls to daughter, but his whereabouts are unknown Posted: 12 May 2014 06:30 PM PDT The voice of top 40 countdown show may be headed to 'an Indian reservation in Washington state'. A Los Angeles court on May 12 named the daughter of longtime US radio personality Casey Kasem his temporary conservator even though the exact whereabouts of the ailing DJ were unknown, the attorney for daughter Kerri Kasem said. The ruling marks the latest bitter legal tussle between Kasem's children and their stepmother, Jean Kasem, over visitation and caretaking for the 82-year-old DJ most famous for his weekly top 40 countdown show. Los Angeles Country Superior Court Judge Daniel Murphy ordered Kasem's whereabouts to be disclosed after Jean Kasem's attorney said he had been taken out of the country, according to City News Service. Kerri Kasem's attorney Troy Martin said he believed Kasem was in or was returning to the United States. "We were informed by a relative of Jean that she was making arrangements to take Casey to an Indian reservation in Washington state," Martin said. Jean Kasem's attorney, Craig Marcus, declined to comment. Kerri Kasem said in court documents that she and her sister were able to find and visit their father, who suffers from a form of dementia called Lewy Body Disease, at a convalescent hospital in Santa Monica, California, last week, according to City News. – Reuters |
| Posted: 12 May 2014 09:00 AM PDT Here's something unexpected: The new Michael Jackson (pic) single rules. When Epic Records announced in March that it would release a posthumous album from the pop superstar who died in 2009 – another posthumous album, that is – there seemed little reason to get excited. In 2010, the label's disappointing Michael collection suggested there wasn't much of value in the Epic vaults; if anything, the album boosted your sense of Jackson's genius as a record maker, in that he appeared to know exactly what was worth putting out (and what wasn't) during his lifetime. But the recent release of Love Never Felt So Good – the first single from Xscape, out now – complicates that impression. Simply put, Jackson was sitting on a piece of disco-soul gold. With its buoyant keyboards and effervescent groove – not to mention Jackson's typically sumptuous vocal melody – Love Never Felt So Good would have fit on 1979's Off The Wall or its world-changing 1982 follow-up, Thriller. The song pulses with the singer's signature blend of emotions, good vibes shaded with the knowledge that they'll soon run out. According to a press release, Jackson wrote the tune in 1983 with Paul Anka, "around the time they recorded This Is It," featured in the 2009 concert film of the same title. The new version was produced by John McClain, co-executor of Jackson's estate. Epic also issued a remix of the track featuring duet vocals by Justin Timberlake and a muscled-up beat from Timberlake, Timbaland and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon. But their additions to Love Never Felt So Good don't improve the music. They only remind us how peerless Jackson could be. – Los Angeles Times/McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
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