from texas doesn't see anything wrong with michael's death making money off the movie. >> i think joe jackson should profit from whatever proceeds that comes from the michael jackson film and any other moneys that he has coming. he was the one who originally started them, all the hoopla concerning michael jackson. and so i definitely believe that he should profit just like everybody else. >> thanks for your call, maryland. the showbiz on call phone lines are never closed. give us a ring 1-888-sbt-buzz. >>> tonight, rosie o'donnell is dropping bomb shell new confessions you won't believe what she is saying about oprah. >> i called oprah winfrey one night. >> right. >> which was an error in judgment. and i don't know that i was even coherent. >> she's got this brand new radio show about to roll out. is she really going after oprah winfrey right before she debuts? wait until you hear this. >>> and "showbiz tonight" with big news about oprah winfrey and her weight loss advice. i have to tell you i don't think oprah's going to like this. >>> plus, is oprah really working with jennifer aniston for

>> come on, frank. >> you know joe jackson. i don't. do you know joe jackson, joy? evision and don't believe a word he says, frankly. it's interesting. i mean, there's a lot of money we're talking about. because michael jackson -- i just saw the crawl yesterday that he's the third richest dead celebrity in the world. do you know who the first one is? yves saint laurent. worth $350 million dead. michael jackson, $90 million. elvis presley only a mere $55 million. i would have thought he was more than that. >> i'm not surprised the numbers have jumped for michael jackson. i didn't have one michael jackson song on my ipod. after he died and i started hearing all the music, i decided that i wanted to get all of the top things that i remember. i know a lot of people have done that. >> it's interesting. >> you didn't do that, joy? you don't have michael jackson joys on your ipod? >> i don't know how to even download. how much do you think this film's going to make? frank, do you know? >> well, i -- we think it's going to do very well. right now, two days, we're at about $2

a 5 year -- do you vey child, joe jackson? >> i certainly do. one who i love very much. >> age, age? >> 11 years old. >> can you even imagine -- >> not at all. >> -- handing your baby over to this -- this -- let me just say, freak. he already had charges of shooting three people. one in the neck and head. drug charges. he ran over -- >> but here's the problem, nancy. >> -- runs over a cop and she gives her fweeb him. >> here's the problem but it's not necessarily that she knew this person's background. >> doesn't have do. >> i know. >> he dated her sister. >> we would all believe and we would all hope that they're responsible people amongst us. oftentimes there's not. >> jackson, put him up. put him up. mr. jackson, where did you go to law school? >> the big "h," hofstra. >> okay. >> the harvard of long island. >> mr. jackson, as in a felony murder, if you can imagine this scenario. just imagine you and mr. kessler going into a bank to rob it. >> right. >> you don't plan to kill anybody but kessler pulls his gun and guns down a bank teller. you

dark secrets are audio tapes revealing the graphic descriptions of being abused by his father, joe jacksonkes you strip naked. oil you down. it is a ritual. so when the flip of the ironing chord hits you, it would just -- you know? and it was just like me dying. >> rabbi revealed the interviews to "showbiz tonight." >> even when i hear it now, it is painful. because it shows a side of michael that is so contradicted to the superstar who played before millions of fans. >> i would just give up. like there was nothing i could do. you know? and i just hated him for it. hated him. >> i don't think michael was ever known as a man. i don't think we understood his brokenness. i think we judged and rejected him. >> i think every one, all of michael jackson's fans embrace him despite the things we are finding out after his death but i think that's the thing about most pop stars. finding out the dark secrets actually makes us really love our celebrities and pop stars even more than we did before. >> and tonight, another brand new michael jackson secret revelation. michael's dad filed court papers to

i can't imagine joe jackson needing money. he's promoting artists left and right as we remember michael jackson. why aren't they making money. >> a strange thing. got to end it there. thanks so much. >>> brooke, as we move on, the idea of a sarah palin talk show really has got our "showbiz tonight" viewers talking. >> it does, a.j., after oprah asked, the lines lit up. we've got more operators now than there are moose in alaska. got a call in to showbiz on call who says you bet when it comes to a palin talk show. >> i think sarah palin will make a very nice talk show host. she is a great presentation, her style is great and she looks great when she walks out. her voice is annoying but she'd be fine like oprah winfrey. she'll be okay. >> thank you for your call. >> glenda thinks that sarah palin and kate gosselin have something in common and that's not a good thing. >> caller: sarah palin is a lot like kate gosselin, a little goes a long way. no talk shows, please. >> thank you. you can call us, tell us what's on your mind about

michael jackson's will did not say anything about his dad, but the documents say joe jackson has beenying on michael's support for many years. michael said his father was abusive, but joe jackson denies that. >>> cnn.com and oprah are teaming up for the biggest oprah's book club event ever. go to cnn.com/oprahbookclub to read experts from "say you're one of them." watch oprah's video blogs or file an ireport and share your thoughts. plus register for the book club event happening on the new cnn.com tonight at 9:00 eastern. >>> the government says the official unemployment rate is now a little more than 10% but it's actually much higher than that. money expert jen westhoven is here with more. because that number came out on friday. >> right. >> they said it ticked up. double digits now. >> yeah. >> but it could be bigger than that is what you're saying. >> well, and we have so many people who are ready to say it doesn't feel like 10%, it feels worse than that. so we really want to say, you are right. you've got to remember that the way they count the official number, they can't really

joe jackson was not named as a beneficiary in the will. >>> brand new details about the sex offender suspected of strangling at least 11 women and hiding their bodies around his house in cleveland. yesterday, the niece of cleveland's mayor says she had a relationship with anthony sowell two years ago, and she tells affiliate woio that he took good care of her and she never thought that the smells in his house might be bodies. meanwhile, two more families learned their loved ones were in sowell's home. >> just told me that her body was intact. that's all. but it's still devastating nevertheless that she died in this manner and was found in a backyard. >> the fbi now says that it's investigating whether suspect anthony sowell might be responsible for unsolved killings and rapes as far away as japan. sowell spent time there as a marine. he faces five counts of aggravated murder. >>> the man accused of trying to blackmail david letterman is expected to ask a judge to drop the case today. a lawyer for cbs news producer robert halderman plans to challenge the evidence. now the case made le

joe jackson says he has $15,000 worth of monthly expenses.helping joe out with before his death. >>> okay, did you see this? i think this could be one of the dirtiest, most outrageous sports videos i've ever seen. take a look. the university of new mexico soccer player, elbowed, kicked, grabbed a ponytail and ranked her to the ground during a game with brigham young. these ladies play hard but it is disgusting, especially because lambert wasn't kicked out of the game. she's apologized saying, i let my emotions get the best of me in a heated situation. i take full responsibility for my actions and accept any punishment felt necessary. that punishment has been handed down. lambert has been suspended from his team indefinitely. better late than never, i guess. >>> tonight, john travolta speaks for the first time since the tragic death of his son's death jett. travolta is opening up, how his family is cope and the steps taken eve and every day to get by. john's words out, just today. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. time-out. more stories from t

of course, joe jackson has spoken out about the movie a ton but he did say after seeing the movie in las vegas, he went to the premiere there, that it did provide some closure and he was happy to see his son up there doing his thing, showing his gift to the world. so they're divided somewhat. >> and what is it that la toya was saying before she even saw the entire movie? some things that sound a little off, alicia. >> they were making all kinds of crazy allegations saying there were body doubles used, saying that wasn't really michael jackson. i mean, the allegations went on and on and on. sony then put out a release saying, you know what? no. this is absolutely michael jackson. he was filming this for his personal library and this is now a gift to his fans. >> and speaking of the fans, how do you think the fans are processing it? we know one of his more famous fans, liz taylor, went twitter crazy. she sent out i think 30 tweets saying you've got to see this movie. you owe it to yourself. what do you think this is going to mean for fans? >> the fans are absolutely going to love this

joe, joe jackson, i agree with something that kessler just said. they don't need mommy's cooperation to prove this case. listen. listen, jackson. listen to what they've got. they took 11 bags of evidence out of mario adrette mcneill's car. they took fingerprints. they found child's blankets. they got dna. come on, he's already confessed to the kidnapping. he's now charged with murder one and she handed the baby over for sex. a 5 year -- do you have a child, joe jackson? >> i certainly do. one who i love very much. >> age, age? >> 11 years old. >> can you even imagine -- >> not at all. >> -- handing your baby over to this -- this -- let me just say, freak. he already had charges of shooting three people. one in the neck and head. drug charges. he ran over a cop. >> but here's the problem, nancy. >> and she gives her baby to him. >> here's the problem but it's not necessarily that she knew this person's background. >> doesn't have do. >> i know. >> he dated her sister. >> we would all believe and we would all hope that they're responsible people amon

but the documents say joe jackson has been relying on money through the singer through his mother for years. the king of pop said his father was abusive. joe jackson has always denied that. >>> cnn.com and oprah winfrey are teaming up for the biggest oprah's book club event ever. go to cnn.com/oprah book club to read excerpts from "say you're one of them." watch oprah's video blogs or file an i-report, plus register for the event happening on the new cnn.com. that's tonight at 9:00 eastern. we hope you'll join us. >>> let me ask you -- do you have child pornography on your computer and you don't even know it? this is what i mean. an investigation uncovers computer viruss that can turn your laptop into a virtual cesspool of illegal photos and videos. >>> president and mrs. obama will fly to texas for a memorial for the 13 people killed at ft. hood last week mr. cahill was the only civilian killed. there he is. before that, he was a rural doctor and served in the national guard and army reserves. his children say he was incredibly smart and loving. one really choked up when asked what s

>> well, if you ask joe jackson, he had a body double in the movie. if you ask him. >> no way. >> i'm not saying that that is the case, but if you ask joe jackson, that's what he would say. now, here's what i would say about that. first of all, i think we should speak to michael's character. he became dependent on drugs because of pain. he did not use it recreationally prior to that. in fact, he didn't take drugs at all. so to put him in the class of an addict, someone who uses it recreationally, and who uses it just to get high for the feeling i think would be unfair because that would speak to his character. his character is such that he is a man who depends on his spirituality, he was a vegetarian for the most part, he was a healthy person. now, was he strong enough to do all of those shows? absolutely not. not 50. if you saw that show, if you saw that, i did not see it, i'm boycotting it, i'm not saying anyone else should -- >> you should see it because i saw it and i got to tell you, i don't know who else saw it, amy palmer, did you see it? >> ye

dark secrets are audio tapes revealing the graphic descriptions of being abused by his father, joe jacksonkes you strip naked. oil you down. it is a ritual. so when the flip of the ironing chord hits you, it would just -- you know? and it was just like me dying. >> rabbi revealed the interviews to "showbiz tonight." >> even when i hear it now, it is painful. because it shows a side of michael that is so contradicted to the superstar who played before millions of fans. >> i would just give up. like there was nothing i could do. you know? and i just hated him for it. hated him. >> i don't think michael was ever known as a man. i don't think we understood his brokenness. i think we judged and rejected him. >> i think every one, all of michael jackson's fans embrace him despite the things we are finding out after his death but i think that's the thing about most pop stars. finding out the dark secrets actually makes us really love our celebrities and pop stars even more than we did before. >> and tonight, another brand new michael jackson secret revelation. michael's dad filed court papers to

michael said his father was abusive, but joe jackson denies it. >>> we want you the take -- we want tou down to a memorial known as the healing fields. this is in california and they're placing one u.s. flag for each of the service members who have died in the war on terror. here is a mom who lost her son in battle. >> my son was like 510 or 513 and here we are over 5,000. it still hurts and every year, it doesn't really get better, it goes deeper. >> people listened for more than five hours of the game of the fallen service members being read aloud. >>> cnn has learned that major hasan, the suspected shooter in the attack, is conscious, he's awake and talking. that's according to to a public affairs person at the army center in san antonio. they did not know when hasan started talking. they could not say whether he has been speaking with the army investigators about the shooting. >>> the berlin wall fell 20 years ago today. people around the world are celebrating the day. it's one of the stories that richard lui's working on in the next half hour. about 1,000 giant dominos are a part

secrets were the audio tapes revealing the graphic descriptions of being abused by his father, joe jacksond oil you down. there was a ritual. he would oil you down so when the whip of the ironing cord hit you, you know, it was just like dying. >> the rabbi revealed the tapes to "showbiz tonight." >> even when i hear it now, it's painful because it shows a side of michael that is so contrad t contradictory to the superstar who played before millions of fans. >> there was nothing i could do, you know? i hated him for it. hated him. >> i don't think michael ever understood his brokenness. we jd him and rejected him. >> i think that all of michael jackson's fans still embrace him despite all the things we are finding out after his death. i think the thing about most pop stars, finding out the dark secrets makes us love our celebrities even more than we did before. >> tonight yet another new michael jackson secret revelation. his dad filed court papers to get an allowance from his late son's estate. he said he is $15,000 worth of monthly expenses that michael was helping out with before his dea

the singer's mother, catherine jackson, shocked her husband, joe by dropping the challenge against the state's two executors. the judge then told jackson he had no right to the assets of his son's estate. >>> you might remember the walmart employee trampled to death by a huge crowd when a store opened on black friday last year. there are new protections that may keep you safer this year if you head to a walmart. jennifer westhoven is looking out for us. >> as you can imagine, walmart don't want you to have one shred of concern about your safety. they want that totally handled so you can focus on having black friday be fun. to do that, they have to make sure it never happens again. "the new york times" reports walmart hired crowd experts who have done events like the olympics and the super bowl, mega events to get this under control. now, the biggest change -- and this is important if you're somebody who really likes to strat jie, who is up and out on line at 4:00 a.m. those hot, hot door busters, the tvs and pcs, the ones everybody runs for, instead of waiting outside in the cold and s

joe. >> yeah. >>> it was a funeral fit for the king of pop, but wait until you hear how much michael jackson's family spent for that funeral. >>> plus, a liquor store manager gave one of his employees a bonus that didn't just make his day. it saved his life. >>> the nation is honoring its military members, past and pren present on veterans day, today. president obama will take part in a wreath laying ceremony. many other countries honor their veterans as well. for them, the holiday primarily marks the signing of a truce. >>> a white house staffer is quitting after being caught in a war of words. anita dunn is quitting, she accused fox news of being biased. >>> an amber alert has been issued for this 5-year-old in north carolina. shania davis. her mother told officers she last saw her daughter early yesterday morning. police say they found no evidenced of foul play. they've been searching the woods nearby. >>> those were the headlines. welcome back. good morning, sleepy wednesday. i'm robin meade. >>> thousands of people gathered yesterday to remember the victims of the ft. hood shootings. there are n