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Wow! Among Barbara Walters’ “10 Most Fascinating People of 2009” are the children of the Michael Jackson.

Gossip Cop can confirm that Walters tapped Jackson’s three kids, Prince Michael I, Paris and Prince Michael II (a.k.a. Blanket) for her ABC special, which airs on December 9. The news veteran, however, did not actually interview them for the show. 

Other people tapped as the “Most Fascinating” include, Lady Gaga, Glenn Beck, Tyler Perry, Sarah Palin, Brett Favre, and, as Gossip Cop noted last week, Kate Gosselin, South Carolina’s First Lady Jenny Sanford whose husband Governor Mark Sanford cheated on her, and Adam Lambert. 

The number One Most Fascinating Person will be announced on the show.

In choosing people for the list, Walters said, “All of our subjects have been through extremely significant events in their personal lives or careers this year.”

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Michael Jackson‘s ex-wife Deborah Rowe is seeking $490,000 from a Florida woman named Rebecca White. Rowe sued White in July for allegedly defaming her in an interview with Extra, having claimed that the mother of Jackson’s two oldest children, Prince and Paris, didn’t want custody of the King of Pop’s kids, and instead was just interested in money from the Jackson family.

White never responded to the suit, and so Rowe is now seeking a default judgment.

But how did Rowe get to that nearly $500,000 figure? Rowe’s lawyers estimated that White was paid $100,000 for the interview; that Rowe spent $45,000 for medical and legal fees, and should be awarded $100,000 for emotional distress, and $245,000 in punitive damages.

A hearing for Rowe’s petition for a default judgment is slated for November.

Under an agreement Rowe made with the late singer’s mom, Katherine Jackson, Rowe has some visitation rights with the kids, and reportedly no money was exchanged as part of the deal.

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