Tattle: Michael Jackson: The Dad or not the Dad?

He also denied suggestions that AEG is likely to lose large amounts of money as a result of Jackson's death.

"Our company will be fine financially from this," he said.

* Jackson's body will be taken to Neverland Ranch tomorrow morning for a public viewing Friday, CNN reported, and a private memorial service is scheduled there for Sunday. A source told CNN that a 30-car motorcade carrying Jackson's remains is to leave at 10 a.m. tomorrow for Neverland, about 150 miles away in Santa Barbara County. Not revealed was where Jackson will be buried.

The singer's hometown of Gary, Ind., is asking the family to send him there, according to a spokeswoman for Gary Mayor Rudy Clay. Clay told Chicago radio station WGN that he expects that Jackson's body will, at the least, be taken to Gary for a memorial service that he is planning for July 10 at U.S. Steel Works ballpark, in Gary. "I believe that his body will lie in state in Gary, Indiana," Clay said yesterday. "Now, it may not happen, but I believe it will."

* He's black. He's white. He's yellow.

A different type of tribute to Jackson is taking shape in Iowa.

Iowa State Fair organizers said yesterday that besides their annual butter cow statue, there would also be a high-cholesterol representation of Jackson.

Both butter sculptures will be on display in a cooler at the Des Moines fair from Aug. 13 to 23.

Jackson performed as part of the Jackson Five at the Iowa State Fair, way back in 1971.

* Whatever happens with Neverland Ranch, don't expect Jackson's old menagerie to be back roaming the grounds.

According to TMZ.com, his tigers (Thriller and Sabu) are now living at the Shambala Preserve, in California, and Tippi Hedren ("The Birds"), who runs Shambala, said, "The animals will not be going back. . . . They're staying with me at the sanctuary."

The same goes for Jackson's giraffes, birds and reptiles, now living at the Voices of the Wild Foundation, in Arizona.

Beat the heat with 'Ice Age'

This week's Tattle movie contest is better than cool - it's cold.

It's an "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" prize pack including: a four-pack of passes to see the movie, a four-pack of passes to the Academy of Natural Sciences (19th & the Parkway), and a set of "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" McDonald's Happy Meal toys.

To enter, all you have to do is e-mail your name, address and phone number to tattlecontest@phillynews.com by noon Friday with the words "It would be 'Ice' to win."

Five winners chosen at random will each receive a prize pack. Good luck.

* After so many meals given away over the last few weeks, it's time for dessert.

All three of Naked Chocolate's locations have delicious chocolate, yummy cupcakes and baked goods (the "Junk in the Trunk" bars are sinfully delicious), and a wide array of chocolate molds and drinks, but their spacious new Rittenhouse Square location, at 31 S. 18th St., offers a feast of elegant treats: high tea and high chocolate with sweets including baked Alaska, chocolate fondue, cherries jubilee, bananas Foster and crepe suzettes.

Two winners will each receive free dessert for four at Naked Chocolate's Rittenhouse Square location. To have a chance to win, send an e-mail to tattlecontest@phillynews.com by tomorrow at noon with your name, address, phone number AND the words "I'll keep my clothes on but I love Naked Chocolate."