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After being hyped to the extreme, the Michael Jackson documentary ‘This is It’ has shaped up to be a disappointment. The late singer’s film made $20.7 million over the Halloween weekend, which was much less than Sony had expected. Execs apparently thought that the initial talk of sold-out screenings during the pre-sale has kept fans from turning out to see the movie. I guess they were way off the mark when they calculated the public interest. Perhaps all the hype surrounding the King of Pop is dying down. It should serve as a lesson to all those money-hungry people who want to get a free ride off it.

Simon Cowell’s mum said the music mogul was a “difficult child” when he was younger, she has revealed.

The 49-year-old, famous for his role as a judge on The X Factor and American Idol, is featured in a new documentary called Where Did It All Go Right?

His mum Julie Cowell, 82, said: “He was a difficult child, he knew what he wanted and sent you barmy getting it. He was one of these children who made up their mind from a very early age and was very competitive as a child.”

His brother Nicholas Cowell added: “Simon once reversed into the driveway and smashed into my dad’s car breaking the glass. He picked up the glass and dropped it at the front of the house.”

He added: “He then let off the handbrake of dad’s car and rolled it up to the glass and drove off. My mum was the last person to use dad’s car, so Simon suggested Mum has left the handbrake off!

He added: “We were always in trouble, always doing something.”

Source: Splash News