(YouTube)

Melanie Amaro performed “Earth Song” on Wednesday’s “X Factor.”

One day after Conrad Murray was sentenced to the maximum of four years behind bars at the L.A. County Jail, the Jackson family came together for “Michael Jackson Night” at the competition show.

Watching Amaro’s rendition of “Earth Song” were Michael Jackson‘s mom Katherine, brothers Jackie, Tito, and Marlon, and his kids Paris, Prince, and Blanket.

Check out the video below, and tell us what you think of Amaro’s performance.

Follow @GossipCop on Twitter!

Like us on Facebook!

WATCH:

(YouTube)

Astro wowed the audience again on “X Factor” during “Michael Jackson Night.”

In front of Michael Jackson‘s relatives – mom Katherine, brothers Jackie, Tito, and Marlon, and kids Paris, Prince, and Blanket – Astro offered a rap spin on “Black or White.”

Check out the video below, and tell us what you think.

Follow @GossipCop on Twitter!

Like us on Facebook!

WATCH:

(GettyImages.com)

Michael Jackson‘s children, Paris, Prince and Blanket, visited the late King of Pop’s childhood home in Gary, Indiana over the weekend.

A number of celebrations have been taking place over the last few days, leading up to today, which would have been Jackson’s 53rd birthday.

The Jackson family lived in the little Indiana home before moving out to Hollywood in 1969 after the Jackson 5 hit it big.

Paris said she was happy to see so many of her dad’s fans at the house when she and her brothers visited it on Saturday.

Follow @GossipCop on Twitter!

Like us on Facebook!

(GettyImages.com)

The new US Weekly‘s “Hot Stuff” column looks like it’s serving cold dish.

A supposed “source” told the mag a new A&E reality series featuring the Jackson family “will include Michael’s kids – Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7.” The late King of Pop’s eldest sister Rebbie expressed disgust, saying “Michael would spin in his grave if he knew his kids would be on this show.”

Well, Michael won’t be spinning. Because it’s nothing more than a rumor.

After A&E issued a statement acknowledging that “it is entirely possible that [Michael's] brothers’ will intersect with other members of the Jackson family,” US Weekly stood by its report.

But a source involved in the production confirms to Gossip Cop that while the brothers may “intersect” with Michael’s children, there are no plans to include them in the series. It should also be noted that to be put on the air, participants need to sign a release. The children’s grandmother, Katherine Jackson, acts as their children’s legal guardian, and a source in the Jackson camp tells Gossip Cop there’s no chance she’d sign off on their participation.

(GettyImages.com)

Remember yesterday’s crazy rumor identifying “Home Alone” kid Macaulay Culkin as the biological father of Michael Jackson’s son, Blanket?

Well, consider this “Sperm Alone 2: Lost in Baggage Claim.”

The Mirror recently reported that the King of Pop’s family intends to fly to England a sperm sample Jackson supplied to a Los Angeles donor bank last year. The reasoning? There is so much money at stake with the late superstar’s estate, members of Jackson’s inner circle worry that scheming fortune seekers will do anything to get ahold of his DNA to create a new heir.

Jackson supposedly authorized a number of people to have access to the sample, but the family doesn’t know who or how many, and, according to a source, fear that “something sinister could easily happen.” The London clinic where Jackson’s sample would now reside has “extremely strict” security.

Gossip Cop reached out to several people close to the Jackson family, but none could validate the rumor.

Look:  We understand that a mammoth fortune hangs in the balance, that there have always been questions about Jackson’s paternity, and that stranger things have happened during the pop icon’s life and death. There is reason to protect his DNA.

But the man was just laid to rest and (already) has three children whose summer has been dominated by non-stop, completely speculative coverage of their family’s future. Just because “anything is possible,” as the anonymous source tells the Mirror, it doesn’t mean everything is. Gossip Cop will continue to do its best to separate the fact from the fiction.

(GettyImages.com)

The Sun believes it has cracked the case of Blanket Jackson’s unknown sperm donor. According to the British tab, “Macaulay Culkin is the mystery dad of Michael Jackson’s son Blanket.”

There ya go, everyone! It was Jacko play pal Macaulay Culkin! (Now we all know what he was doing “Home Alone.”)

The Sun even managed to find a source - conveniently without a first or last name -to say, ““Jackson idolised him – that’s why he asked Mack to donate sperm . . . Deep down, I think he always wished Mack was his son. Creating Blanket was the next best thing.”

Well, glad that’s solved! Oh, wait. This story is totally made up.

A rep for Culkin told Gossip Cop it was “too preposterous for us to even acknowledge.”

Frankly, Gossip Cop is feeling just a wee bit left out, since at this point we’re pretty much the only ones who have not been identified as Blanket’s possible biological father.