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Her ad for Snickers, which debuted during the Super Bowl, was one of the most popular to air. (It’s also gone viral.) She often pops up as a late-night talk show guest. There’s also a movement afoot to have her host “Saturday Night Live.”

White’s mix of grandmotherly sweetness and comic brazenness (note her turn as a foul-mouthed widow who likes to feed the alligators in the 1999 horror film “Lake Placid”) has made her a beloved figure to fans of all ages.

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LOS ANGELES – A judge on Friday firmly approved a deal between Michael Jackson’s estate and a concert promoter to exhibit his memorabilia, praising the arrangement that the singer’s mother had fought in court over her concerns that it could harm his legacy and wasn’t competitively bid.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved the deal that’s expected to earn Jackson’s estate up to $6 million, saying after four hours of mostly closed-door testimony that there was “no question in my mind this agreement is in the best interest of the estate.”

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Tickets for “Michael Jackson: This Is it” go on sale Sunday, September 27, Sony said in a news release Thursday.

“Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, and genius as he creates and perfects his final show,” Sony said.

Kenny Ortega, who was working with Jackson to create the “This Is It” concert, is also directing the documentary.

“As we began assembling the footage for the motion picture, we realized we captured something extraordinary, unique and very special,” Ortega said. “It’s a very private, exclusive look into a creative genius’ world.”

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Michael Jackson will be buried in a private service at Forest Lawn-Glendale on Aug. 29, a spokesman said in a prepared statement Tuesday. Guests will be limited to family and close friends.

Details about the burial and the whereabouts of Jackson’s body have been tightly guarded. The announcement came a day after the New York Daily News reported comments by Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, that his son would, indeed, be buried on what would have been his birthday.

The spokesman said Jackson will be buried on the Holly Terrace at the cemetery’s Great Mausoleum. The cemetery’s Web site describes the mausoleum as featuring replicas of works by Michelangelo. It also features a stained-glass re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper.

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VIENNA, Austria – Organizers of what’s being billed as a global tribute to Michael Jackson in Vienna say the event will be held on Sept. 26.

World Awards Media GmbH, the event promoter, says Jackson’s brother Jermaine is expected to announce the lineup for the concert within two weeks.

Officials in the Austrian capital said Wednesday they are thrilled to host the three-hour event. Organizers say it will feature about 10 major entertainers who will perform 15 to 20 of Jackson’s hits on a crown-shaped stage outside Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Palace.

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Monday night, Michael Jackson’s elaborate, gold casket was open for viewing by family members at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles. Tuesday, it was closed when presented to fans during the memorial tribute at the Staples Center. And now, as it awaits burial, the casket containing the King of Pop, who died June 25, sits in a temporary resting place – a Forest Lawn crypt belonging to Motown founder Berry Gordy, reports the New York Post.

But while Jackson rests, lively discussions are being held by a divided Jackson family about where to bury their golden child, according to the Post.

Brother Jermaine and father Joseph reportedly want Michael to be buried at the Neverland Ranch, where a prospective museum could generate future income, despite a likely lengthy process to transform the property into a Graceland-like tourist attraction.

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But it also was an early effort to mask a skin condition that he would struggle with for the rest of his life, say some who were close to him.

Actress Cicely Tyson, a friend of Jackson’s, said the two shared a fashion designer in the 1980s.

“All of a sudden, he said, ‘I’m doing this glove for Michael,’ ” she said. “Michael was beginning to develop the vitiligo and it started on his hand.

“The glove was to cover the vitiligo; that’s how that glove came into being.”

The glove design and reason for it were not just hearsay for Tyson, she said.

“I was there when he was creating it,” she told CNN’s Don Lemon.

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Their graves are public shrines for fans and followers. Countless people from all over the world make pilgrimages to their burial sites, hoping to draw close to those they adored from afar.

Now Michael Jackson’s gravesite will become the next holy grail.

A private gathering for the pop icon was held Tuesday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. Afterward, his casket was taken to the public memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. But it remains unclear whether his body has been interred — or where.

Officials at Forest Lawn won’t disclose where Jackson’s body is being buried. If his final resting place is at Forest Lawn, fans who wish to visit will have to overcome the funeral company’s stringent security patrols.

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Also participating in the event will be basketball stars Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson, and singers Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Smokey Robinson, the family said.

The Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III will be among others taking part.

Ken Ehrlich, known for producing the Grammy Awards, is producing the memorial show, his company said. Kenny Ortega, who was to have co-directed Jackson’s series of concerts in London, England, this summer, will direct it.

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Thousands are expected to swamp Los Angeles, California, to mourn him Tuesday at the Staples Center, and the accompanying media crush will be enormous.

The tribute to the King of Pop at Harlem’s Apollo Theater earlier this week drew coverage from all over the world, along with a public turnout in the thousands.

Given the feverish interest in all things Jackson, the Los Angeles memorial could be one of the most-viewed events of all time.