HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (7-04-09)

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE HAVE WRITTEN AN ANTI-PARTY SONG . . . THAT YOU CAN PARTY TO:

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE is currently working on some new material . . . (--for their first album since 2006's "The Black Parade") . . . and it sounds like it's going pretty well. In fact, singer GERARD WAY thinks they may have a big HIT. It's a song called "Death Before Disco" . . . and he's pretty excited about it.

Gerard tells "Rolling Stone" magazine, quote, "It brings back, lyrically, some of that wonderful fiction from the first album. -"I think we wrote our 'Born to Run', and I'm so amped about that. It's a completely different sound for the band . . . it's like an anti-party song that you can party to. I can't wait for people to hear it. -"To me, it's the greatest song we've ever written . . . it's my favorite my Chemical Romance song."

--Now that Gerard has you expecting the emo "Hey Jude" or something . . . you probably want to hear this instant classic, right? Well fortunately, you can. They played "Death Before Disco" in L.A. on Friday night, and it made it to YouTube.

(--You can listen to it at the link below. In fairness to Gerard . . . consider that the audio quality on this video is extremely WEAK.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lewKKH9UzpI

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THE DEAL IS DONE: KATHERINE JACKSON GETS CUSTODY OF MICHAEL'S KIDS:

The custody agreement we heard about last week became a done deal yesterday. KATHERINE JACKSON is now the legal guardian of MICHAEL'S two oldest children, 12-year-old Prince and 11-year-old Paris.

Their mother, DEBBIE ROWE, was granted visitation rights . . . although no schedule has been set up yet. (--Custody of Michael's third child, 7-year-old "Blanket", was never in question. Debbie isn't his mother. In fact, his mother's identity has never been revealed . . . and nobody has come forward looking for a piece of the action. Yet.)

The kids and Katherine will receive a monthly allowance from Michael's estate. The sum was not disclosed. --Both Prince and Paris had signed consent forms indicating that they wanted to stay with Katherine.

Before the judge rendered his final decision, there was a bizarre objection to the custody agreement from DR. ARNOLD KLEIN. He was Michael's dermatologist, and there have been rumors since Michael died that he's the real biological father of Michael's kids. (--He was also Debbie Rowe's boss. That's how Michael met Debbie in the first place.)

Klein was apparently objecting to decisions concerning the kids' education and medical care . . . but the judge basically tossed it aside, since Klein has no legal standing when it comes to the kids.

Klein's attorney later said he was just being a, quote, "concerned friend." --The judge did say that Klein can file papers regarding his "concerns" . . . and Klein's lawyers say he'll do that on September 1st. --His attorneys later released a statement SORT OF clarifying what this is all about. They said, quote, "Dr. Klein has always had a special relationship with Paris Katherine and Prince Michael, loves and cares deeply for these children and is looking out for their best interest. -"Dr. Klein has been involved with the children in sharing holidays and other special events and wishes to have the ability to continue his involvement as a very close friend of their father and offers his guidance and protection forever."

Here's one more interesting note: We heard last week that Katherine and Debbie would be splitting the cost of a child psychologist. Well, E! Online says the psychologist's job will be to help the kids, quote, "deal with their birth mother reentering their life." --In other words, the kids either do know, or WILL know, that Debbie is their mom.

One issue that wasn't resolved at yesterday's hearing was the overall control of Michael's estate. --Katherine has recently put some legal feelers out to test whether or not she can object to the two men Michael named in his will as executors of the estate: Attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain. --That issue will be discussed further at a hearing NEXT Monday.

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SUPER SIZE IT!

For some reason, I found this video very amusing. It's BRAD PITT, ANGELINA JOLIE and the kids at a McDonald's drive-thru. Check it out . . . http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=da6d0a87-9c58-44ea-8154-343ea65c0c5a

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"American Idol" reject KIMBERLEY LOCKE . . . (--who came in third place on Season Two) . . . will host a new reality show called "Making the Curve". --The show is still in the development stages . . . and doesn't have a network yet.

It sounds AWESOME, though. According to the "New York Post", "Making the Curve" will follow, quote, "talented, plus-size women as they prove that they have what it takes to form a hit pop musical group." (!!!)

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MARIAH CAREY'S UPCOMING ALBUM WILL COME WITH A 34-PAGE BOOKLET . . . PACKED WITH ADS:

Island Def Jam has announced that the new MARIAH CAREY album, "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel", will come with a 34-page booklet . . . PACKED WITH ADS. -The booklet is being described as a "mini-magazine". It'll have lyrics and liner notes like a typical CD booklet . . . but it will also feature a ton of additional material, which was created in conjunction with "Elle" magazine.

This will include stories about Mariah . . . with titles like "VIP Access to Her Sexy Love Life", "Amazing Closet" and "Recording Rituals." And the ads will be for things like Elizabeth Arden, Angel Champagne and the Bahamas Board of Tourism.

Island Def Jam boss L.A. REID explains, quote, "The idea was really simple thinking: 'We sell millions of records, so you should advertise with us.' --"My artists have substantial circulation . . . when you sell 2 million, 5 million, 8 million, that's a lot of eyeballs. Most magazines aren't as successful as those records."

Reid says that Mariah was, quote, "very open" to the idea . . . especially since the ads were for things that she was cool with being associated with. --Reid says that's what he was going for . . . quote, "I wouldn't want to do Mariah Carey and Comet abrasive cleaner. I wanted things that really reflected her taste."

Obviously, this new "business model" is an attempt to increase revenues . . . despite YEARS of plummeting album sales across the board. (--Just this year, album sales are down 13.9% . . . compared to the numbers at this time last year.)

If this is a success, Island Def Jam could produce similar booklets for upcoming albums by RIHANNA, KANYE WEST, BON JOVI and others. And there's a good chance that other labels will follow suit.

A shorter version of the booklet . . . minus the album-specific content . . . will appear in the October issue of "Elle" magazine, which hits newsstands in mid-September. (--"Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" comes out on September 15th.)

A version of the booklet will also accompany digital albums purchased online. (--We assume it'll come as a PDF file, but it's unclear how that will work.)