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Iron Man 2 star Robert Downey Jr has revealed he and wife Susan stay happily married by ‘venting’ at each other during long drives.

The two-time Oscar nominee, 45, told CBS’s The Early Show: “We’re really well matched.”

When asked what is the best piece of advice that Susan has ever given to him, he replied: “Shut up.”

He added: “We have really good therapeutic tools that we use. Things we do to stay current with each other and to really practice listening and stuff.

“If you’re with your partner driving somewhere that takes more than 10 or 15 minutes, we have a thing where one of us can say to the other one, ‘Go’.

“That means you’re supposed to start venting and just saying whatever comes up.

“Rather if we talk about ourselves in a general way, and saying that we understand the other one’s point of view even if we don’t entirely, it’s very helpful.”

Susan, who married Downey Jr five years ago, was executive producer on the much-anticipated superhero flick Iron Man 2 – the soon-to-be-released sequel to the hugely successful Iron Man.

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A close friend of Michael Jackson said he was aware the family attempted an

intervention at the singer’s home just months before his death.

Janet Jackson is said to have been shocked at her brother’s state after visiting his Las Vegas mansion at the beginning of the year.

According to reports she thought he was looking emaciated and found the barely-furnished home ‘creepy’.

She is said to have called on two of the Jackson brothers to come and convince him to get help for a drug problem.

However, Jackson is said to have ordered his security to turn them away at the gates and the intervention never happened.

Now Jackson’s close friend Miko Brando seems to have confirmed the story, telling CNN: “I heard about it. But I wasn’t there.”

But Miko, the son of screen legend Marlon Brando, said Jackson was not unusually thin, adding: “Michael has always been thin. He has never been overweight. He always looked the same.”

Miko then rejected rumours he may be the real father of Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket.

“Absolutely not,” he said.

Asked if he believed Michael Jackson was the real father, he nodded before hitting out at speculations over Jackson’s drug abuse and death.

“It hurts me. It’s ridiculous,” Brando said.

“He is not here to defend himself. Once the coroner’s report comes out it will answer all these questions, for now we are just speculating.

“Michael was just a wonderful, honest, nice friend, always there when you needed it.”

Bubbles the chimp has not been ‘told’ that his one-time best friend, Michael Jackson, is dead.

Bubbles, who is now 26, was once a regular companion for Jackson and lived at the singer’s Neverland home.

The chimp was even reportedly taught how to moonwalk and use a toilet by the superstar.

But as he grew and became too big for domestic life, Bubbles was retired, and has spent the past four years at a private chimp sanctuary in Florida.

Now Bubbles lives in a group of 42 chimpanzees and orangutans, but was never visited there by the late King of Pop.

An anonymous caller even called recently to offer to pay for Bubbles to fly to the Jackson memorial service, but sanctuary bosses declined.

“We have not discussed it [Jackson's death] with him [Bubbles] because Michael has not been here to see Bubbles,” said sanctuary director Patti Ragan.

“it has been many years since he saw him, and Bubbles is very connected and happy in his chimpanzee family right now.”

Bubbles, who could live to the age of 60, was born in Texas at a facility that breeds chimps for medical testing, before he was adopted by Jacko.
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Friend of Michael Jackson and Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno has claimed Michael Jackson’s $400 million debt killed him.

Ferrigno, 50, said: “He was under tremendous stress, so much I think it killed him. He was $400 million in debt.

“In the past, he had backed out of doing live shows but this time he was under the gun. The debts put a huge strain on him.”

Ferrigno, who had recently been training with Jackson, 50, and known him personally since 1995, said: “Our friend had a bunch of guests over. Michael was there and I was introduced to him.

“The friend had a gym and I walked over to it and Michael kept staring at me. He was acting really shy. Eventually we got talking. Michael needed to get ready for his HIStory world tour, so I told him to train with me.

“He came to my house in Santa Monica and that’s how I became a close friend. He was great, a nice guy, really sweet. He was self-conscious about people staring at him, people touching him, wanting a piece of him

“But he let his guard down when he was with me. There was no show.”

The Hulk would make a trip three times a week to Jackson’s home to train with him ahead of the singer’s gruelling 50-date O2 Arena tour booking in the UK.

Ferrigno said Jackson had undergone a five-hour medical four months before his sudden death on June 25 and ‘had passed with flying colours, but he wanted to be fitter’.

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Michael Jackson’s death has reportedly led to a number of fans committing suicide.

There is estimated to have been at least a dozen suicides worldwide following the pop superstar’s sudden death last Thursday in California.

In Australia, callers seeking help from a suicide prevention line were citing Jackson.

Callers to Lifeline Australia, which speaks to about 50 people per day, were telling counsellors that Jackson’s death has left them distressed.

Briton Gary Taylor, owner of the biggest online Jackson fan club, said he was aware of 12 suicides.

He said: “It is a serious situation that these people are going through, but Michael Jackson would never want this.”

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Michael Jackson’s pal David Gest believes the stress of Michael’s 50 London shows killed the star.

Michael recently passed away aged 50 after reportedly suffering a heart attack, but the cause of death has not been confirmed.

He said: “Michael told me he was excited about getting back on stage. I told him I was proud of him. But I really believe in my heart of hearts that the pressure of those concerts killed Michael.

“He thought there were going to be ten dates as announced. But then all of a sudden Tohme, along with Randy Phillips, president of organisers AEG, had arranged 20, 30 then 50 dates.

“Michael was being told: ‘You are going to set the world record for concerts at the O2, you are going to beat Prince’s record.’ They knew how to feed into his ego.

“But when Michael realised his schedule, he began to panic. It was one show after another, with hardly any days off. He should never have been tied to so many, especially a guy who dances through more than half of his set.”

David also expressed his concern at the people that Michael hung around with, and in particular his doctor Tohme R Tohme who he met four years ago.

David said: “We all have weaknesses and Michael’s was that he trusted the wrong people most of the time. He thought all people were good, which they were not.”
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Randy Phillips from AEG Live, which was organising his London tour dates, expressed his sadness at the star’s death.

Michael died suddenly in LA aged 50 after suffering a reported heart attack.

Randy said, in a statement: “Yesterday was a day I will never forget, or want to remember. Michael was both weak and strong, clever and kind, talented beyond belief and equally insecure.

“He was a doting father, respectful son, loving brother, and caring uncle. He was my friend. I take great solace in the pride and confidence he exhibited during production rehearsals on Wednesday night.

“That is the memory I will cherish for the rest of my life.”

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