Will Jacko Thrill Grammy Audiences?

The Grammys always bring out pop royalty - but can they tempt the King of Pop into a rare public appearance?

Tom O'Neil's Gold Derby blog spoke to Diane Dimond, the author of a book about Jackson's molestation charges, who claims to have seen an internal Sony-BMG memo describing how the label's "pulling out all the stops to help its one-time mega-star re-enter the pop music scene" - and that it specifically mentions getting involved in the Grammys!

The memo doesn't say whether Jackson's appearance would be to perform or just to present awards.

However, a hotly-anticipated special edition of Thriller commemorating its 25th anniversary hits stores on February 12th - a scant two days after the Grammys broadcast!

What better way to remind people of that fact than to show up at the music industry's biggest night?

(And, of course, if we're talking Grammy news, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention that Rihanna's been confirmed to perform - and she'll be supported by Prince's unbelievably awesome former backing band the Time!)