Posted on 07/07/2009 7:58:55 AM PDT by kristinn
The Jackson family has decided to bring Michael's body to the memorial service being held today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, putting off the announced plans for a private internment at Forest Lawn cemetery from 8 a.m. PDT to after the service.
The 10 a.m. PDT service is being broadcast on all the major American broadcast and cable news networks, as well as in theaters across the country, the Times Square jumbotron in New York City and on TV screens around the world.
From Entertainment Weekly, performers and friends expected at the service include: Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi, Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooke Shields, Usher and Stevie Wonder.
Michael's Jackson's close friend Elizabeth Taylor declined an invitation to speak at the service, writing in part on Twitter: "I cannot be part of the public whoopla."
In a strange but fitting twist of fate, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus elephant parade through the streets of Los Angeles is set to take place this morning with the elephants arriving at the Staples Center just hours before the service for the circus' scheduled run at the arena.
FILE - In this July 15, 2008 file photo originally supplied by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, elephants from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, take an early morning stroll en route to the Staples Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Stefano Paltera, file) (Stefano Paltera - AP)
No one over 12 was admitted so all they have are juice boxes and laffey taffey.
Re: “Well, people over 50 are retired and collecting huge pensions, the rest live off the people who are at work.”
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Those over 50 are retired and collecting huge pensions? HUH? Speak for yourself, sweetie! Most companies called a halt to defined benefit programs LONG ago! I’m well over 50 and living off my own SAVINGS; can’t even collect Soc. Sec. yet, if I ever do.
Sheila is there..figures...
God help us.
Oh no.
SHelia Jackson Lee representing the Dumbasses of America.
Hey! Why are they showing this on Cartoon Network?!
That woman is an idiot.
The dumb b!tch is making it political.
Shelia Jackson Lee defending the pedo!! Only in America...where’s Don King at
You DO NOT understand The Constitution, Sheila.
Why can’t Texas get rid of her...oh, I guess it is because of Acorn!
I’m just glad he’s not going to Hollywood Forever or Westwood. If they had him placed in the Grand Masoleum in FL Glendale, none of the public would be allowed to visit him. Oh good God, what is Sheila Jackson Lee doing there? They are all crawling out of the woodwork today...
What the Hell is she doing on tv now? She is another black troublemaker who has problems with race and white people.
Oh my. Speaking of hack politicians.
“Beat it, beat the violence! Look at the man in the mirror...” (about to throw my Diet Coke at the screen)
Bingo!
>> No one over 12 was admitted so all they have are juice boxes and laffey taffey.
That’s “Jesus Juice” to the fans.
“He even told us to BEAT IT.” LMAO
Idiot is too kind of a word. Does she know how that sounds? Judging by the snickers in the crowd, I’m not the only person whose mind is in the gutter.
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