Los Angeles , California ( CNN ) -- Michael Jackson 's family gathered Tuesday for an early Thanksgiving dinner , determined not to let money and fame pull it apart , the pop icon 's older brother said . `` That 's really , really important because we 're a family and throughout the years , the managers , the agents and Hollywood have tried to come between that , '' Jermaine Jackson said . `` What they do n't know is we were together before we came out here and we 're going to continue to be together . '' Jackson spoke to CNN at a Tuesday morning screening of his brother 's `` This Is It '' movie for inner-city students in Los Angeles . He said he has stayed away from the Michael Jackson estate legal battle , which pitted his mother 's lawyer against his father 's lawyer earlier this month . `` When there 's a lot of fame and fortune and attorneys , accountants and advisers and managers and agents , it gets like this , '' Jermaine Jackson said . `` But at the same time , my mother is the boss and regardless of what the executors want to do at the end of the day , she has the say . '' When family matriarch Katherine Jackson dropped her legal challenge of the men named in Michael Jackson 's will to run his estate , family patriarch Joe Jackson 's lawyer was launching his own challenge . This set off a bitter courtroom battle between the lawyers for the Jackson parents . `` She has now reneged on her obligation to her family , '' Joe Jackson 's lawyer , Brian Oxman , told the judge . He said Katherine Jackson 's reversal was `` one of the most despicable displays '' he 's ever seen in court . Oxman accused her of reaching a secret deal -- behind Joe Jackson 's back -- with the men who control their son 's estate . Jermaine Jackson said despite what you may read , the Jackson family will `` pull together . '' `` There 's strength in numbers , and when there 's a family like ours , we pull together , '' he said . `` We find strength within each other . '' Katherine Jackson does not celebrate holidays because of her religion -- she a Jehovah 's Witness -- but the Jackson brothers , sisters , and their children do traditionally gather for one day Thanksgiving week , he said . Tuesday is the day , he said . `` And it 's really tough because Michael 's no longer with us , but he 'll always be with us in spirit , but you just continue to move on , '' he said . Michael Jackson 's three children -- Prince , 12 , Paris , 11 , and Blanket , 7 -- are `` doing great '' and are `` best friends '' with his children , Jermaine Jackson said . `` They 're doing well , '' he said . `` They 're getting their lessons done . They have wonderful tutors and programs , they 're getting a chance to go out and do things . They 're getting a chance to travel . '' An A & E network reality TV series that focuses on the lives of four of the Jackson brothers -- Jackie , Jermaine , Tito and Marlon -- debuts next month . Filming of `` The Jacksons : A Family Dynasty '' -- in the works before Michael Jackson 's June 25 death -- is about to wrap , he said . He said his main job now is to promote his brother 's legacy . Jermaine Jackson walked down the red carpet with dozens of students before the `` This Is It '' screening . Michael Jackson 's vocal coach and several musicians featured in show also were there . Los Angeles artist David Ilan , who is creating a Michael Jackson tribute portrait with 1 million hand-drawn dots , added a dot on his artwork for each of them . The technique , `` pointillism , '' allows Jackson fans worldwide to sign up online to have a dot added in their name . The charity project 's Web site is www.MichaelJacksonTributePortrait.com .
Michael Jackson 's siblings , their children gather for early Thanksgiving dinner . Jermaine Jackson : Family will ` ` back together '' despite fight over brother 's job . Jermaine Jackson attends screening of ` ` This Is It '' movie for students in Los Angeles . A television show featuring lives of four of the Jackson brothers debuts next month .