NEW YORK. May 4: Singer Michael Jackson Is the latest celebrity to get the unauthorised biography treatment, with a 625-pagc book that details the alleged bad blood between the gloved one and superstars Prince and Madonna, reports AP.

‘Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness' deals with the acclaimed performer's'life from his birth, touching on his surgeries (six nose jobs, a cleft chin) and his sex life (not much of one).

Author J. Randy TarabotTelli, whose last biography targeted Diana Ross, focuses on her Motown protege instead this time around. The author conducted more than 400 interviews, including three with Jackson, for the book.

Jackson may have accompanied Madonna to the recent Academy Awards ceremony, but Taraborrelii writes that he has little regard for her abilities.

"She just isn't that good. Let's face IL she can't sing and she's just an OK dancer." Jackson is quoted as saying in the book. "What does she

> do best? She knows how to market herself. That's it."

Jackson was also jealous at the acclaim Madonna received as 'artist of the decade" in 1989. and arranged for MTV to present him with his own artist of the '80s award. That'll teach the heifer," Jackson reportedly said.

He also used the bovine insult against interviewer Barbara Walters, who mentioned Jackson's plastic surgery in a television report.

"She's got her nerve. Look at all the surgery she's had." Jackson is Quoted as saving.

■ "Look at those eyes. Look at the nose."

Jackson Is also less than generous about the skills of Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen.

T don't know what people see in the guy. He's a legend, but the man isn't much of a singer," Jackson says of Sinatra.

And the Boss? They call Brace the boss and he's really overrated. He can't sing and he can't dance." Jackson says.

There’s no love lost between Jackson and Prince either. Jackson believed that Prince had attempted to use the supernatural to undermine his career. At a meeting between the two, Prince gave Jackson box filled with feathers and medals, the book says

That's some kind of voodoo stuff. . . Prince is trying to put a hex on me." Jackson told his producer. Quincy Jones.

The two superstars were, in a plan conceived by Jackson, going to duet on his song "Bad." But Prince rejected the overture because he felt "the song was garbage.' writes Taraborrelii.