by bintangkecil on Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 | News | 2 Comments

Michael Jackson’s burial will finally take place at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale on Thursday. The funeral begins at 7 p.m.

Jackson will be interred in the expansive cemetery’s Great Mausoleum. The pop singer’s remains will be placed in a crypt in the Holly Terrace section of the mausoleum, a massive building that is the final resting place for stars from film’s golden age, such as Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard and Clark Gable.

The burial caps months of rumors about where he would be laid to rest. One report had his body stored in a crypt owned by Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr., and there was widespread speculation that an elaborate grave — and ultimately, a Graceland-style museum — would be constructed at the entertainer’s Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County.

On Wednesday, it was decided that Jackson’s estate will pay the undisclosed expenses for the singer’s funeral today — a sum one attorney called “extraordinary.”
Probate Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved the payment at a hearing Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles after an attorney for the estate’s administrators assured him that the estate had the financial resources to pay for the funeral and that it would not affect its solvency.

“The expenses are extraordinary; however, Michael Jackson is extraordinary,” said attorney Jeryll S. Cohen, who told the judge that the administrators did not object to the expenses. “They may not be appropriate for an ordinary person, but Michael Jackson was not ordinary.”

Attorneys for the singer’s mother filed papers under seal late Tuesday asking that the estate foot the bill for the funeral she has planned. Burt Levitch, Katherine Jackson’s attorney, said outside of court that he did not find the expenses extraordinary.

The bulk of the cost was going to the fee for Jackson to be interred at the cemetery, Levitch said. There, Jackson will be laid to rest amid lavish decorations, including statues and stained glass windows.

See the bill from Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

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by bintangkecil on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | Entertainment, News | 3 Comments

Watch Michael Jackson Memorial Service Televised Live at MSNBC, ABC in Good Morning America, CBS at The Early Show, NBC Today, News Live Streaming and KCRW-FM (89.9).A private family service for Michael Jackson will occur Tuesday at 8 am at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills.

Watch Judith Hill sings “Heal The World” @ the Memorial Service

This Michael Jackson Memorial Service event will be broadcast by all major networks and cable entertainment channels live at Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 07, 2009 at 10:00 am. This will be a record-breaking event as we honored the death of The King of Pop Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson’s memorial service will take place Tuesday, July 7th 2009 at 10:00 AM in the Staples Center, the 20-thousand seat coliseum in downtown Los Angeles where Jackson rehearsed his show the night before he died, according to a person who has been briefed by a representative of the family.

The service will be held between 10am PST and noon PST. The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus will be on standby, literally. The circus act just happens to be in town and is slated to begin their run at the Staples Center from July 8 to July 11.

11,000 free tickets to the service will be distributed to the public. Fans must register online for a lottery to win free tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Go to Michael Jackson’s Memorial Page on StaplesCenter.com for more information.

Jackson would then be buried at the picturesque Forest Lawn cemetery nestled in the Hollywood Hills above Los Angeles, reports said.

A spokesperson for the Jackson family would not comment on the reports early Thursday. On Wednesday the Jacksons had issued a statement ruling out the possibility of a poignant final farewell at the singer’s Neverland Ranch.

“Contrary to previous news reports, the Jackson family is officially stating that there will be no public or private viewing at Neverland,” it said.

The announcement disappointed fans who had flocked to Neverland after reports indicated the family was planning services at the estate for Jackson, who died after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest on June 25.

See Michael Jackson’s timeline

Here’s a video footage of Michael’s last rehearsal:

Read about MJ last rehearsal on CNN.

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