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MSNBC to air film on Jackson’s doctor

NEW YORK

Just days after the guilty verdict for Conrad Murray, MSNBC will broadcast a documentary that promises to give the inside story of Michael Jackson’s doctor.

MSNBC says Murray, who did not take the stand at his trial, breaks his silence in the program, “Michael Jackson and the Doctor,” which has been two years in the making. Murray reveals personal details of his relationship with the King of Pop, as well as untold events that led to Jackson’s death June 25, 2009.

The network announced the film will have its U.S. premiere Friday at 10 p.m. It will be repeated Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Murray was found guilty Monday of involuntary manslaughter for supplying Jackson with a drug he craved for sleep.

Matthew Fox wants jury trial in lawsuit

CLEVELAND

Matthew Fox wants a jury trial in a Cleveland civil lawsuit claiming the former star of TV’s “Lost” punched the driver of a chartered party bus.

Online court records show Fox made the demand in a counterclaim filed Thursday.

In her lawsuit, driver Heather Bormann of Cleveland alleges that Fox punched her in the breast, groin, arm and legs after she blocked him from boarding the bus Aug. 28. Fox was in Cleveland for a movie shoot.

Bormann’s suit says she needed medical treatment for injuries that led to a loss of income. She’s seeking at least $75,000 in damages.

Cleveland prosecutors reviewed the case and declined to file charges against the actor.

Heavy D dies at 44

LOS ANGELES

Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who became one of rap’s top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44.

Andrew Weitz of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment confirmed the rapper’s death in Los Angeles in an email Tuesday, without giving a cause of death or saying where he died. Weitz declined to provide further details on Heavy D’s death.

Dwight Arrington Myers, the rapper known as Heavy D of Heavy D and the Boyz, and his crew released their debut album, “Living Large,” in 1987. Their hits included “Now That We Found Love,” “Who’s the Man” and “Somebody For Me.”

In the mid-1990s, Heavy D became president of Uptown Records.

Associated Press