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)
J-Hud was the best so far, Mariah Carey was truly awful with her hand gestures...
Thank you for your kind words.......
They go a long way.......:0)
Who is this promoter...promoting this new kid!
Mariah Carey song was when I came into the show. She was (and always is) awful.
Yep...Joe must have a piece of that action.
god this is awfull...You will be timeless....yeesh.
and gotta bring the planet in.
We are the World!!!
this is going to be very pc. . .
Is this the guy from AEG? If so then they definitely have a dog in this hunt. They are trying to recoup their money.
who are all these people? somewhere a plastic surgeon has made lots of $$ on these folks.
My dog Lola just left the room and went into a closet...I won’t get upset if she has to throw up!
Who is in the blonde wig?
Who are these people?
Who are these people?
I admit it. I did this. I stood in the street and held hands with strangers to encircle the world. I was young and dumb but that’s how some people ‘show they care’.
they are people who are phonies who feel very good about themselves while doing nothing productive but making tons of money,
It honestly boarders on the obscene.
Janet is barely singing...
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