Veteran US rap star Heavy D has died at the age of 44.

Sanders and his cast have, to perfection, captured all that was brilliant, and bad, about the blaxploitation flicks of the 1970s … all the sharp, colourful suits and wide lapels, all the swagger, all the jive dialogue and all the action.

Friends and relatives of troubled pop star Michael Jackson descended on his Neverland Ranch in a show of support for the entertainer who is facing child sex abuse charges.