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A single glittery sock that late pop superstar Michael Jackson wore during a concert in France in the 1990s sold for more than $8,000 on Wednesday, a French auctioneer said.

A technician found the used sock discarded near Jackson’s dressing room after the concert in the southern city of Nimes in July 1997, auctioneer Aurore Illy told AFP. It was carefully preserved for 28 years in a frame before going up for sale.

The self-styled “King of Pop” wore white athletic socks adorned with rhinestones during his HIStory World Tour in 1997, according to specialist website interencheres.com.

Jackson can be seen wearing them in clips of him performing his hit Billie Jean.

Decades later, the off-white item of clothing is covered in stains, and the rhinestones adorning it have yellowed with age, in a picture posted on the website.

“It really is an exceptional object – even a cult one for Michael Jackson fans,” Illy said.

The sock, initially valued at 3,000 to 4,000 euros ($3,400-4,500), sold for 7,688 euros ($8,822) at the Nimes auction house. This is not the first time Jackson’s clothing – particularly items worn during his performances and music videos – has been sold for vast sums. A Macau gaming resort in 2009 paid $350,000 for a glittery glove Jackson wore when he performed his first “moonwalk” dance in 1983.

In addition, a hat he wore just before that performance sold for more than $80,000 in Paris in 2023. The same year, a leather jacket worn by the singer in a Pepsi ad from 1984 sold for over $300,000.

Jackson died of a fatal overdose in 2009 aged 50. He still has a huge fan base, despite child molestation accusations against him during his lifetime and after his death, which he and his estate have denied.

Hit Netflix series Wednesday expands the Addams Family world as it returns to screens nearly three years after the show launched in November 2022.

Season Two of the dark fantasy series premiered at London’s Westminster on Wednesday, with its cast and creators walking a purple carpet outside Central Hall and Queen Elizabeth II Centre.

Wednesday Season Two will be released in two four-episode instalments, with Part One dropping August 6 and Part Two out on September 3.

The new season sees Wednesday Addams, played by Jenna Ortega, returning to Nevermore Academy as a celebrated hero, much to her dismay. The tetchy teen puts her detective hat back on to solve new supernatural mysteries, while dealing with glitches in her psychic powers.

Wednesday also faces another nuisance – family. Her little brother Pugsley, played by Isaac Ordonez, starts his studies at Nevermore and their parents are a frequent presence on campus.

“She’s kind of knocked off her feet this season. So it’s a lot of pressure,” said Ortega.

The series’ creators and showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar said Wednesday returns “bigger and better”.

“There’s more of the Addams Family this season,” said Gough. “We learn more about the characters you got to meet in Season One and they have their own storylines.”

The sophomore season also introduces new characters, including Steve Buscemi’s Nevermore principal Barry Dort and the Addams family matriarch Grandmama Hester Frump, played by Joanna Lumley. Pop star Lady Gaga makes a guest star appearance as a teacher in Part 2.

Mother-daughter dynamics are at the heart of the new season, said Millar.

“It’s about mothers and daughters, it’s three generations of Addams women together. It’s also about learning to not be in control of everything, for Wednesday. And it’s really always about female friendship and female sisterhood,” he said.

Ortega, 22, also executive produced the new season. Rather than control, it gave her “freedom” she said.

“She’s kind of our cast spokesperson. Any time I felt like something needed to be said or if I had any ideas, she was always like, ‘come to me and we’ll make it work’. She just looks out for us,” Emma Myers, who plays Wednesday’s roommate Enid Sinclair, said.

Filmmaker Tim Burton also returns as one of the directors and executive producers.

Jamie Lee Curtis had been a mother figure to Lindsay Lohan for most of her life.

The actresses first came together in the 2003 comedy Freaky Friday where Lindsay played Anna Coleman who swapped lives with her mom Tess Coleman played by Curtis.

That on‑screen partnership turned into a lasting bond that Lindsay described as a true friendship which she said was hard to find in Hollywood.

The two recently reunited for Disney’s sequel Freakier Friday yet Lindsay said their friendship had stayed strong for more than twenty years. 

Speaking to Italian magazine IO Donna she shared “We are great friends. She’s always been a mother figure even off set. We laugh a lot together. She called me when I was pregnant and from there we started talking about the sequel.”

Lindsay, 39, has a two year old son named Luai with her husband Bader Shammas who works in finance. However, she explained that becoming a mother changed her life and helped her return to the role of Anna as a grown woman with a family of her own.

“Motherhood opened up a new world for me full of emotions and responsibilities” Lindsay said. “It allowed me to portray Anna Coleman in a deeper and more empathetic light. She’s a woman trying to do everything to the best of her ability like millions of other women torn between home and work.”

Lindsay decided not to bring Luai to the set because she wanted a clear line between her work and home life. “I try to keep family and work separate” she said.

Even after the struggles she faced while growing up in the public eye including rehab stays and legal issues, Lindsay said that she would not stop her son if he chose to become an actor one day.