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UPDATE: Brooke Shields asked Michael, "What's up with the glove?"

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:01:21 -0700

Martin Luther King III and Brooke Shields at Jackson's memorial. AP photo. Fighting back tears, Brooke Shields told of her friendship with Michael Jackson, at his memorial today. She said that the two met when she was thirteen years old. He could al...

UPDATE: Al Sharpton says Michael broke the color barrier

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:44:03 -0700

Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan at Jackson's memoral. AP photo. Al Sharpton gave a ministerial speech at Jackson's memorial service and spoke about how Michael Jackson broke a color barrier. He said he wanted Michael's children that their father was...

UPDATE: Jennifer Hudson sings gospel like performance

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:33:00 -0700

Jennifer Hudson and Kanye West at Jackson's memorial. AP photo. Jennifer Hudson, glowing and pregnant in a short, white dress, sang beautifully at the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center today. Hudson is due to deliver her fir...

UPDATE: Magic Johnson recalls chicken dinner with Michael

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:26:39 -0700

Kanye West, producer Suzanne de Passe and Magic Johnson at memorial. AP. Dressed in black suits, Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson spoke in front of the crowd at the Staples Center about Michael Jackson. Johnson recalled having dinner at Jackson's house ...

UPDATE: Fans enter Staples Center

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:04:43 -0700

Fans entering the Staples Center. July 7. AP photo. Fans show their wristbands and enter the Staples Center, in photo, right, for the schedled 10 a.m. public memorial to Michael Jackson. Seed Newsvine ARTICLEURL Bookmark this on Delicio...

UPDATE: Brooke Shields arrives at Staples Center

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:51:38 -0700

Brooke Shields. AP photo. Brooke Shields has arrived at the Staples Center for Michael Jackson's public memorial. Shields and Jackson dated when they were in their teens. Seed Newsvine ARTICLEURL Bookmark this on Delicious...

UPDATE: Jackson's body en route to Staples Center

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:38:42 -0700

Staples Center. AP photo.

Michael Jackson's body is en route from Forest Lawn Cemetary to the Staples Center now.

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UPDATE: Jackson family arrives at Forest Lawn Cemetary

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:19:32 -0700

Forest Lawn Cemetary. AP photo. The Jackson family motorcade has arrived at Forest Lawn Cemetary in Los Angeles for a private service honoring the life of Michael Jackson. First into the parking area were four Phantom limousines. A motorcade of Rang...

UPDATE: Mayor asks fans for $4 million to offset memorial costs

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:07:53 -0700

Mayor Villairagosa. AP photo. Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa has asked fans to kick in to cover the $4 million the city is spending on costs relating to Michael Jackson's funeral and memorial at Staples Center, according to TMZ. Seed Newsvine ...

UPDATE: No shows to include Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Rowe

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:55:01 -0700

Flowers sent by Elizabeth Taylor to Jackson family home in Encino, July 2. AP photo. No shows at today's public extravaganza memorial for Michael Jackson are expected to be his dear friend, Dame Elizabeth Taylor and second ex-wife, Debbie Rowe. Tayl...

UPDATE: Jackson family has left home for private memorial

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:29:11 -0700

LaToya Jackson at private family memorial last night. July 6. AP photo. The Jackson family has left their Encino home in large black SUV vehicles en route to the private memorial for Michael Jackson at Forest Lawn Cemetary. They have a helicopter es...

UPDATE: SWAT team to escort Jackson's body to Staples Center

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:17:49 -0700

The Staples Center in preparation for Jackson's memorial. July 7. AP photo. It is being reported that Jackson's body will be escorted from the Forest Lawn Cemetary to the Staples Center for a public memorial today, according to TMZ. Los Angeles Poli...

UPDATE: Jackson family viewed body privately

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:03:16 -0700

Forest Lawn Mortuary and Cemetary. July 6. AP photo. The Jackson family viewed Michael Jackson's body privately last night at Forest Lawn Cemetary. A dozen plus cars arrived at the venue last night before 7 p.m., according to People magazine. Among ...

Final weekend box office: Megan Fox's Transformers beats Ice Age

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:19:51 -0700

Megan Fox at a Late Show taping at June 25. AP photo. With the latest money count in, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen beat out Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs for the best weekend box office according to Variety. Although previously reported that...

UPDATE: Katherine Jackson's attorneys try to spin her loss

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:38:47 -0700

Katherine Jackson. AP photo. At a press conference outside the Los Angeles court house, Katherine Jackson's attorneys tried to spin their loss of control of Michael Jackson's estate. The judge ordered Jackson's attorneys as special administrators of...

UPDATE: Katherine, Joe Jackson lose control of estate, judge may appoint kids their own attorney

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:31:01 -0700

Michael Jackson. AP photo. Judge Mitchell Beckloff just gave control of Jackson's estate to his two attorneys, John Branca and John McClain, as designated in Jackson's will. Katherine and Joe Jackson who had petitioned the court for control of the e...

Megan Fox ties with Ice Age dinosaurs at box office

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:37:47 -0700

Megan Fox at Transformers premier, June 22. AP photo. Two movies tied at the box office this weekend for most money: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, a 3-D animated extravaganza. Each movie made about $42.5 mill...

UPDATE: Jackson memorial tickets being sold on eBay for $5,000; 1 million people expected

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:47:27 -0700

A poster for Jackson at the Staples Center on July 5. AP photo. Over 1 million people are expected to show up in downtown Los Angeles tomorrow for the public Michael Jackson memorial following a private service at Forest Lawn Cemetary. And although ...

UPDATE: Court to decide if Katherine, Joe Jackson or Michael's attorneys control his estate, today

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:24:17 -0700

Katherine Jackson on July 5. AP photo. Today there will be a scheduled hearing in court to determine who controls Michael Jackson's estate. Jackson's parents, Katherine and Joe Jackson filed a petition to control his estate in probate court before t...

UPDATE: Jackson's doctor says no comment on administering Propofol on day of death

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:02:15 -0700

Dr. Conrad Murray's Las Vegas home. AP photo. The physician who last treated Michael Jackson, and was with him when he died, has spoken through his attorney, according to a report in TMZ. The attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist, says that...