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Jackson Funeral Set for Tuesday in L.A.
On Tuesday morning a motorcade will go from Forest Lawn Mortuary in L.A. to the Staples Center complex in downtown Los Angeles where the public memorial will be held. Michael Jackson's public memorial service will take place at LA's Staples Center on July 7th. NBC's Michael Okwu reports preparations at the site are already underway. [Updated ...
AEG Jackson Concert Promoter May Still Make Money
L.A.-based AEG invested between $25 million and $30 million in the pop star's comeback. But insurance, a commemorative ticket and rehearsal footage may instead prove profitable. Michael Jackson's death stunned the Los Angeles-based concert promoter shepherding his most recent comeback, but what first seemed a devastating financial blow could turn into an unexpected boon. AEG Live ...
Video Released of Michael Jackson's Final Rehearsals
Michael Jackson's final rehearsals at Staples Center were filmed, and footage was released today via CNN. Photos from the rehearsals trickled out last week. Prior to his death last Thursday, Jackson was in Los Angeles prepping for his upcoming “This Is It" tour at the O2 Arena in London. The Times last week reported on the ...
Music Royalties Group is Moving Jobs out of New York
The entity that collects royalties almost every time somebody plays a Michael Jackson tune is exporting about 32 jobs to Nashville as it prepares to move from Midtown to the 7 World Trade Center office tower. The organization, Broadcast Music Inc., which collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers, including Mr. Jackson, ...
Michael Jackson Will Not Be Buried at Neverland Ranch
Funeral arrangements for Michael Jackson are still in flux, but one thing is clear: The pop icon will not be buried at Neverland Ranch. Jacksons family wanted him interred at the Santa Barbara County estate, the site of some of the happiest and saddest times in his life, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had agreed to help ...
Michael Jackson First Artist to Sell over 1 Million Downloads in a Single Week
As the Michael Jacksons body is being prepared for transport to a public viewing at the Neverland Ranch, his music rules the charts once again. Billboards latest sales charts show the king of pop as the first artist ever to sell more than a million downloads in a single week, among other firsts. Fans flocked to ...
Quincy Jones: We Owned the 80's
Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson: 'We made history together' Like the world, last week I was devastated by the news that Michael Jackson had suddenly left the room. This blessed artist commanded the stage with the grace of an antelope, shattered recording industry records and broke down cultural boundaries around the world, yet remained the gentlest ...
Jackson's Body to Return to Neverland
Michael Jacksons body will be driven to his Neverland Valley Ranch in central California as early as 10 am Thursday with public viewing being set for later this week, according to media reports on Tuesday. A motorcade of as many as 30 cars is expected to accompany Jacksons body to his ranch, which is located near ...
Neverland Sends Open Letter to Community
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the Los Angeles financier whose Century City private-equity firm, Colony Capital, owns Neverland, has written an open letter to the Santa Barbara community urging residents to “adopt an attitude of hospitality, warmth and tolerance." Barrack has owned a home five miles from Neverland for decades, and his children used to attend field ...
After Jackson Fame May Never Be the Same
When will another pop culture figure mean so much to so many that people are moved to assemble, hug and dance? This is a tribute, of course, to Mr. Jacksons singular gifts his voice, songwriting talent, physical grace, and the list goes on and on. But there is the related matter of historical timing. Fame on ...
