'Michael Jackson has MRSA superbug' - Daily Gossip

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Today’s top gossip:

Michael Jackson apparently has an "MRSA-type skin infection" that has infected and inflamed his face and hands. The star was pictured going into a Beverley Hills clinic wearing a blue hairnet and face mask (topped off with a pair of aviator sunglasses), and experts have reportedly told him that the bug could turn into a flesh-eating disorder (The Sun).

From the papers:

The Pet Shop Boys are struggling to find 50 oriental dancers to perform with them at next week's BRIT Awards (The Sun).

Lenny Kravitz is rumoured to be playing Jimi Hendrix in an upcoming movie about the guitarist (Daily Star).

Lily Allen says she has spent £100,000 on clothes in the past year (The Sun).

Bob Geldof found out daughter Peaches and hubby Max Drummey had divorced after reading about it on the internet (Daily Mirror).

Glasvegas singer James Allan admits he takes his own mini-garden on the band's tourbus. "I've got a little patch of plastic grass with some daisies in it," he said (Daily Record).

Noel Fielding wants to enlist Courtney Love, Kate Moss, The Kills' Alison Mosshart and Russell Brand into a modern, UK version of the infamous Hollywood Vampires club (Daily Star).

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