Michael Jackson's children to form as pop group?

Michael Jackson's father apparently wants the late singer's children to become a new version of The Jackson 5.  Boy, that's in bad taste if true. Joe Jackson, who managed the band when they first launched in '66, is reported to have asked Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11 and Blanket, 7, to appear on stage next year. Ian Halperin, who wrote Jackson's biography, told The Sun: "Joe wants the children to go on a world tour in 2010. He has also... offered recording contracts to two of Michael's kids. Now he is talking about getting them the world's best backing band and taking them on tour as The Jackson 3." Reports say that this has angered other members of the Jackson family. Halperin said: "One of the family members is livid. He is saying Joe seems intent to do this no matter what."