Joe Jackson died early Wednesday. The Jackson family patriarch who launched the musical Jackson family dynasty had been battling pancreatic cancer. He passed away in a Las Vegas hospital. La Toya Jackson honored her father on social media “I will always love you! You gave us strength, you made us one of the most famous families in the world,” she wrote on her official twitter account. “I am extremely appreciative of that, I will never forget our moments together and how you told me how much you cared. #RIP Joe Jackson.”
A judge denied Meek Mill’s petition for a new trial. The rapper’s legal problems stem from a now decade-old drug and gun charge . Mill’s attorneys had asked for a new trial based on credibility issues with former Philadelphia police officer Reginald Graham who was the only officer to testify at Mill’s original trial on his 2007 arrest.
Mel B confirmed Wednesday that the Spice Girls are reuniting in the near future. “I still do [love performing]. I’m the only one that keeps on saying, ‘We’re gonna be performing,’ which we are gonna be performing,” Brown told Hoda Kotb on Today. She was asked about Victoria Beckham’s statements that there was no tour. “She’s always bloody saying that“ Brown replied. “Stop it! We are touring!”
