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)
Shelia has od’ed on the Jesus Juice.
Oh boy....It’s totally gone Wellstone now.....
at least she doesn’t seem to need a teleprompter
She is going on and on and on....TV stations need to get back to their advertising.
SHe needs to go back to DC and beat it.
She will break her neck to get her dumb ass on TV. Disgusting.
I have the tv muted, for all I know she could be talking about the American flag on Mars.
My 8 year old said it looks like she’s wearing a bagel on her head. LOL
Nahhh..
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Good grief what an embarassment.
How many times is she going to reiterate that she’s in Congress? Let’s just make this a drinking game.
❋❤Happy 7 year FReeper anniversary to me!❤❋
uh...don’t call me sweetie.
Michael needed his own Burn Unit! Oh man, this is nuts...
I thought Obama was the King. The King. Yes, the King
Re: “I, for one, will remember where he is buried and the next time I fly out to California will stop and whiz on his grave.”
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Do you really want to get arrested????????????? There are thousands of others resting in peace there, including my relatives. Do us all a favor and just stay away.
what the hell is this resolution? How often do they do that?
TV is muted, I can’t stand to listen to her talk.
You are right, idiot is too kind and an insult to the real idiots of the world.
Shelia’as holding up her resolution! We are the world...whirled peas and applesauce
Proud of the moment of silence for him - but not the troops?
She just freakin' saluted him!!!!! I'm ripping my hair out now.
That was a pansy salute, Sheila.
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