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Jacko Writes Hurricane Song, Lifts Weights

12:53 PM EDT on September 7, 2005

Michael Jackson is planning to record a charity single "From The Bottom Of My Heart," to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Here are the details via MTV, not The Onion:

Since Jackson's been camped out in the Arabian Gulf in the aftermath of his child-molestation trial, and since he plans to release the song on a label owned by a prince in Bahrain, he's calling the project "From the Gulf to the Gulf." ... He plans to reach out to other recording artists in the next 24 hours to sing along.

Never mind the fact that Jackson's 9/11 charity single -- "What More Can I Give" -- was never actually released. Will this be our first glimpse of the new-and-improved Macho Jackson? "Besides lifting weights, Jacko plans to wear shorter wigs, less make-up, and generally try to look less of a freak."

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