WHOA! MICHAEL JACKSON SAID MADONNA WAS NOT A NICE PERSON COMPARED TO WHAT SHE SAID WHEN HE DIED.

Michael Jackson was one of the most famous people in the world. Yet for all his global notoriety, the man himself was shrouded in mystery.Now some of that mystery has been peeled away. Jackson recorded about 30 hours of deeply personal thoughts with his friend and spiritual adviser, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, between August 2000 and April 2001.

The results are the basis of a new book, "The Michael Jackson Tapes: A Tragic Icon Reveals His Soul in Intimate Conversation." Boteach joined CNN's Larry King in an interview aired Monday night that painted the pop star as a lonely, injured soul who craved adoration and love but was too damaged to find it.

Boteach's recordings also revealed Jackson's relationships with various family members and celebrities -- some of which were warm, others tense and others painful and dysfunctional.

When Jackson was recording his tapes, Madonna was not held in high esteem.

"She is not a nice person," Jackson told Boteach. Jackson revealed how he and Madonna had bickered about where they would socialize.

"Madonna laid the law down to me before we went out. [She said] I am not going to Disneyland, OK? That's out," Jackson said. "I said, 'I didn't ask to go to Disneyland.' She said, 'We are going to the restaurant. And afterwards, we are going to a strip bar.'

"I said, 'I am not going to a strip bar, where they cross dress. ... I am not going to there. If that's how it is, forget this whole thing. ... Afterwards, she wrote some mean things about me in the press. And I wrote that she is a nasty witch, after I was so kind to her," Jackson said.

King asked Boteach whether Jackson's opinion might have moderated on Madonna, especially in light of her warm comments at his memorial service.

"Well, let's be very fair to Madonna," Boteach said. "These comments by Michael were said about his experiences with Madonna years and years ago, when she had an extremely testy public image. She was the Material Girl, the bad girl. And I think Michael was reacting to that."

Jackson had much more loving things to say about celebrity pal Brooke Shields and ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley.

"[Brooke] was one of the loves of my life. I think she loved me as much as I loved her," Jackson said. "You know, we dated a lot." Below is Madonna's speech during the MTV VMA awards honoring Michael.

VMA 2009 Madonnas speech on Michael Jacksons legacy.mp3 - Madonna

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Jon & Kate Plus 8" is about to be rechristened "Kate Plus Eight."

That's the word from the TLC network, announcing Tuesday that its hit reality show will be adapting to changes in the Gosselin household, which for months has been disrupted by the split up of Jon and Kate.

The renamed "Kate Plus Eight" begins Nov. 2. It will continue to focus on the lives of the young Gosselin twins and sextuplets but with a deeper focus on Kate's role as a single mother.

TLC says Jon Gosselin will continue to appear on the show, but less often.

The couple made their separation official on an episode that aired in June. TLC says they are in divorce proceedings.

The series, which airs Mondays at 9 p.m. Eastern, premiered in 2007.

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Taiwan prison rejects 96-year-old convict.

A Taiwan prison has refused to take in a 96-year-old convict, saying that he could not look after himself behind bars, a report said on Saturday. Sun Hsin-ming, a retired worker at Taiwan Railway Administration, became the island's oldest convict when he received a three-month jail term for illegally occupying the agency's dormitory, the Apple Daily reported.

Police: US dad tells 4-year-old son cocaine is candy, boy shares drug with friends at day care!!

New Jersey police say a 4-year-old boy shared cocaine with his friends at day care because his father told him it was candy.

Newark police say 25-year-old Shaheed Wright of East Orange put several baggies of cocaine inside his son's jacket after police nearly caught him with it. The boy shared the drugs with three other 4-year-olds at his day care centre Friday.

A teacher spotted a girl with a baggie in her mouth and called authorities after seeing the white powdery substance.

The children were taken to a hospital, but none were injured. Police found more baggies of cocaine after searching the boy's pockets.

Wright was charged with four counts of child endangerment and drug offences. He is not listed in the phone book, and police do not know if he has retained a lawyer.

My mom says that right up there is dangerous and will kill you. Say NO to drugs!

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WELCOME BACK: SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.....WHEN THE SUMMERS GONE.

Upstairs is where the cooking school and the cool cafe is.

My recipes and artwork.

Me making fortune cookies.

Cooking chinese foods. I made those spring rolls.

Watermelon cooking day.

It's labor day weekend and I am back twittering and blogging. I attended the Loblaw cooking school here at Loblaw's Forest Hill supermarket in Toronto.

BTW, my mom is a pharmacist downstairs there. They taught us kids how to cook chinese food and also cooking with watermelon. See the pictures of my chef adventures above. You can go to loblaw.ca to register your kid as classes are year round. There is a $20 or tinier fee but employee's kids are free. Yay!