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These pictures are thought to be the last taken of the tragic superstar!!!

He was rehearsing for the gigs at London’s O2 starting next month. The This Is It lighting display is behind him as he pulls off an impressive high-energy routine.

A source who watched Jacko’s final rehearsal in LA said: “Michael was in better form than for years.

“He was preparing for what would have been an absolutely incredible show.

“He was laughing and joking with his dancers. He seemed to have so much energy — it’s hard to believe that 48 hours later he was dead.”

Photographer Kevin Mazur, who took the shots, said: “When he hit the stage I was thrilled that the magical Michael Jackson was back.” 

THE KING OF POP DEAD JUST 48 HRS LATER!

No! Yesterday, Mariah Carey was spotted shooting her new “Obsessed” video outside the Plaza Hotel in New York City. In one scene, the Grammy winer looked like an Eminem double and in another she dressed as a Chauffeur/Bellman.

GREAT TO SEE MARIAH WORKING!

VIA PEOPLE:

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are playing show and tell.

On Monday, the couple, who greeted twin daughters Marion and Tabitha June 22, released a picture of the beautiful new additions to their family. The girls, born via a surrogate.

Born at 3:58 p.m., Marion Loretta Elwell weighed 5 lbs., 11 oz, and Tabitha Hodge Broderick weighed 6 lbs. “Both Hodge and Elwell are family names on Parker’s side,” the statement explains.

The news first broke in April that the couple were adding to their family by having twin daughters with the help of a surrogate mother. Broderick, 47, and Parker, 44, have a son, James Wilkie, 6. 

GORGEOUS LITTLE GIRLS!

Tennis star ANNA Kournikova got into a fight Saturday night in Las Vegas after an unidentified woman threw a drink at her.

Kournikova and her pals were having a good time partying at Lavo after attending the Hardbat Classic table tennis tournament when a woman at the next table “threw a drink at Anna. She felt Anna was invading her space,” according to a source.

We hear that Kournikova “sprung into action” and starting screaming at the woman and shoving her. “It was a big fight,” The woman was kicked out only after leaving Kournikova with some vicious scratch marks on her neck. Kournikova’s rep didn’t return calls.

I SMELL A LAWSUIT COMING! DON’T YOU?

NICKY Hilton continues to prove money can’t buy class. The hotel heiress and boyfriend David Katzenberg were spotted sitting outside East Hampton club Lily Pond Saturday night, “watching people try to get inside and laughing at them when they were rejected,” said our spy.

Instead of having a good time inside during the Absolut Vodka party, Hilton “stayed outside, hysterically laughing every time someone wasn’t let in. She was loving it.” Finally, the tipster told us, Katzenberg “dragged Nicky inside” where she partied until 1 a.m.

SHOCKING! IT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE HER!

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CHRIS Brown was supposed to make his return to the stage last weekend at the BET Awards at LA’s Shrine Auditorium, but Jay-Z pulled the plug on the plans.

Brown — who’s been low-key since beating up his ex-girlfriend (and Jay-Z’s artist), Rihanna, earlier this year — was supposed to take part in a Michael Jackson tribute. But a source said, “Jay-Z wasn’t having it. He threatened to pull out of the show if Chris was involved, so BET dropped Chris.”

A rep for Brown said, “That’s not true — he was never confirmed to perform.” Brown was close to Jackson and performed “Thriller” at the World Music Awards in 2006.

UPDATE:!!!

An inside source revealed that the Reverend Al Sharpton was also one of the objectors to Brown’s presence at the event.  “Al made such a fuss to the BET executives that they pulled Chris.” You all know Al attended with Joe Jackson!!!

The “kiss Kiss” singer and girlfriend beater, Chris Brown was not too happy and furious! BET asked him to perform and waited until the last minute to tell him it was off. Sources reveal, he’s pretty shocked and outraged right now.”

CHRIS BROWN AWAITS COURTS RULING!

Solange Knowles was spotted performing at the 39th Annual LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco Showing her support for the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender population on Sunday, June 28th.

Solange and her sister Beyonce Knowles will be teaming up next month for one-off benefit show in Minneapolis at the Target Center to raise money for the Charles & Phyllis Newman Foundation as well as their own charitable institution, The Survivor Foundation.

Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine Jackson has been granted temporary guardianship of his children, Prince (12), Paris (11), and Prince Michael II (7).

The Los Angeles Supreme Court granted the petition for Ms. Jackson until a hearing on August 3rd to determine who will become the permanent guardian.

Over the weekend, grandma Katherine was out shopping for toys, sleeping bags, and various other items for her grandchildren.

NOTHING BETTER THAN THE LOVE OF A GRANDMOTHER!

ACCORDING TO PEOPLE:

Pitchman extraordinaire Billy Mays died from a pulmonary embolism, according to the coroner in Tampa, Fla., who announced preliminary autopsy results at a press conference Monday. Evidence of heart disease was also found.

According to Hillsborough County Medical Examiner Vernard Adams, Mays “had an enlarged heart, a thickening of the wall of the ventricle which takes blood to the heart.” Final results of the autopsy and cause of death will not be known for several weeks.

Mays, 50, the bearded man with the booming voice best known for his ubiquitous OxiClean ads died in his sleep in his Florida home over the weekend.

On Saturday, Mays was aboard a U.S. Airways flight that had a rough landing in Tampa. Mays told a TV crew that he bumped his head in the landing, fueling speculation that a possible injury could have lead to his untimely death. But the coroner says there was no evidence of head trauma. Internal and external injuries also did not exist. 

RIP!

Rihanna didn’t make the 9tTH ANUUAL BET AWARDS  last night, though she won the Beautiful Hair and Viewers Choice Award.

The “Take a Bow” Barbarian songstress looked hot in N.Y.C. yesterday in a powder blue hoodie with yellow heels.

Ri-Ri hit up Steve Madden and H&M for some therapy shopping earlier in the day.

LOVE THE SHOES!