I told you right after Michael Jackson died that AEG Live had 100 hours of rehearsal footage on film. I also told you that they had enough music for 2 live CDs. Some people are just reporting this now. Better late than never.

Randy Phillips of AEG Live was described in another column yesterday as being “ghoulish” about all this. Far from it: the film Phillips and Kenny Ortega are racing to put together could mean $100 million for the Jackson estate, meaning Michael’s kids. That’s a gift of foresight.

Phillips says the footage ‘ which was shown last week to Paramount, Sony, Universal and Fox ‘ “will show everyone what good shape he was in. He’s in all the decision-making about how the show is being put together. No one will be able to say he was out of it.

“From the beginning, we knew he’d had two incredible rehearsals back to back right before he died. The film will show all the auditions leading up to those shows, including the ones with dancers and musicians. Ironically, it’s the movie Michael always dreamt of making but could never get together.”

Phillips says everyone’s working overtime getting the final presentation in order. He did not tell me this, but I do expect that for Christmas we will have this film, a companion CD soundtrack from Sony, and a box set of CDs as well.

And: just so Michael’s fans know, the August 29th date in London is still on hold. A decision will be made soon whether to go ahead with it. Phillips says it requires transporting much of the production from Los Angeles ‘ ‘and just for one night.

It’s inadvertent wording’or is it?

In the defamation lawsuit filed on July 16th in Los Angeles by Debbie Rowe against Rebecca White, you can read between the lines and see something that may be very revealing.

Rowe sued White for defamation after the TV show “Extra” let White say she had emails from Rowe saying she didn’t want custody of her kids with Michael Jackson.

The lawsuit was mentioned by websites like TMZ.com. But for the first time, no one bothered to publish the actual papers. Not only do they show Rowe as allegedly victimized by a prevaricator, they also shine a light on the paternity of Prince Michael I and Paris Katherine Jackson.

At the beginning of the complaint, there is this summary for the judge: “Ms. Rowe is the mother of two children born during her marriage (dissolved 2000) to the internationally renowned performer Michael Joseph Jackson.”

Very oddly, and perhaps importantly, Rowe’s attorney does not cite Michael Jackson as the childrens’ father. Rowe is the mother of children “born during her marriage.” Indeed, the word “father” does not appear at all in the 15-page document.

Lawyers are usually very specific about wording in any cases, especially high-profile ones. What Rowe’s complaint does not say: Debbie and Jackson were the parents of these children. This would certainly seem to suggest that Jackson was not the father of these children.

Something similar popped up legally back in April 2005 during Jackson’s criminal trial. Attorney Robert Sanger was arguing in front of Judge Rodney Melville (with the jury out of the room). I wrote about this then, but it’s important to remember that Sanger said on the record that certain evidence would be admitted’quote’”The circumstances that relate to the birth of the children wouldn’t be admitted for the truth of the matter. Only his love of the children.”

The fact that Michael Jackson was not the biological father of Debbie Rowe’s children: It’s there, in legal documents, hiding in plain sight.

Meanwhile, it’s instructive to note that White, the alleged defamer here, is also accused by Rowe’s attorneys of making up stories about Naomi Campbell and the late Heath Ledger for profit. The complaint also claims that White asked Rowe for money, and, most importantly, that she fabricated the emails upon which “Extra” based its story.

And the last bit is the most disturbing: didn’t “Extra” check the validity of White’s claims? Didn’t they verify that the emails existed, and that they came from Rowe? Didn’t they learn anything from Dan Rather’s infamous memo misfortune?

The Jackson family is ready to object to Michael’s will.

Katherine Jackson has filed a motion (see attached) with the court that’s considered a first step’a test, if you will’to see if there’s a way to change Michael’s will.

The document asks the court if it’s possible to undo a “no contest” clause in the will’s unpublished trust amendments. In essence, Mrs. Jackson is trying to get a foot in the door or a seat at the table along with the executors Michael chose’John Branca and John McClain.

What the court could not know, as I’ve been told by family insiders, is that this is the work of Joseph Jackson and business partner Leonard Rowe. Sources say they are using Mrs. Jackson as a stalking horse to gain some say in how Michael’s money is spent.

The document doesn’t look too sound, though. For one thing, it opens with a prevarication: that Mrs. Jackson filed to be in charge of Michael’s estate on June 29th because they thought there was no will, and that he had died in “testate.”

But this column reported three days earlier that Michael’s longtime attorney, John Branca, had a will and would present it to the court. Branca was away on vacation and didn’t get back until the 29th. Sources say he showed the Jacksons the will that afternoon, then filed it with the court.

The Jacksons simply ignored the will’s existence when they filed that morning. Mrs. Jackson’s attorney is now calling Michael’s will “the purported will.” But the July 7, 2002 will signed by Michael Jackson is indeed his will. And no willing it away will change that.

Legal representatives for Katherine Jackson filed papers Friday to challenge John Branca, John McClain, and Joel Katz as executors of estate in Michael Jackson’s will. Developing…