Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 10:35am PDT By
X17 Staff

At a press conference held this morning at the Staples Center, Tim Leiweke (the president/CEO of AEG Live) announced that 17,500 tickets will be made available - 11,000 of those will be for the memorial service at the Staples Center and 6,500 will be for those attending the service at the Nokia Theatre, which will be a simulcast on three screens.
Fans can go to
staplescenter.com to register for tickets starting this morning, and registration will continue until 6pm on Saturday. 8,750 fans will be randomly selected and given two tickets each, and they will be notified of these selections on Sunday between 11am and 8pm. They will then be given a code, sent to ticketmaster.com and they will be able to pick up the tickets and wristbands on Monday.
Leiweke stressed that no tickets will be sold for the memorial service, and there will be absolutely no distribution of tickets at the Staples center or LA Live. Though there will be no outside broadcast, there WILL be a pool feed, so fans all over the world can experience the event from home. Leiweke added that it was the Jackson family's wish to create a service and celebration that all of Michael's fans could be a part of, and they request and encourage everyone to join the memorial service by following the pool feed on television. There will be no funeral procession.
Jackson family spokesperson Ken Sunshine added that this would be "all about the fans" and the Jackson family hopes to accommodate as many of them as possible. Councilwoman Jan Perry extended her condolences to the Jackson family and stated that her goal is to make this event "a dignified and uplifting memorial."
So what can those lucky enough to snag tickets expect on Tuesday morning? Yesterday Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich (who will produce the event) told
Access Hollywood that the memorial would "not be a tribute, not a show...it will be a memorial service reflecting the dignity of what the family wants. It will be a fitting memorial to Michael Jackson – no dance numbers." Ehrlich did say the service would include "some types of performances."
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Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 10:20am PDT By
X17 Staff
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Yowza! Is it possible Kim can eat burgers and look like this????
KK was at the Sierra Mist beach house the other day, tearin' it up on the grill and showing off her toned abs.
We can't wait to see more of her on the beach this summer!
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Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 10:15am PDT By
X17 Staff
Last night Matt Damon, his wife Luciana (not pictured) and several other friends dined at Mastro's, and though the giggly group did their best to evade photogs, we still managed to snap a shot of them leaving the restaurant in a limo. Hmm, wonder what the occasion was? Just 'cause?
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Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 10:00am PDT By
X17 Staff
Tobey's Maguire's publicist has just confirmed to X17online that his 2-month-old son is named Otis Tobias Maguire. How cute! Ruby Sweetheart's little brother has a pretty normal name!
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Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 9:40am PDT By
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Well, we already knew that, but dayum girl! That's quite an outfit!
Kanye's on-again/off-again
stripper girlfriend Amber Rose was spotted at Villa last night, and she was pretty hard to miss! From the green hair to the neon zippered tights, we have to give her credit for thoughtfully planning out her ensemble!
P.S. Is it kinda wrong that we have a thing for her?
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Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 9:30am PDT By
X17 Staff
This is the second day in a row we've snapped Reese Witherspoon running errands in Brentwood looking totally cute and trendy! The Oscar winner rocked yet another
high waisted skirt ensemble, and we don't know who's been picking out her clothes, but keep up the good work!
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Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 8:59am PDT By
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Well, we're not suggesting that they're hooking up, but they
are in very close proximity to one another every day of the week, so they must have struck up some sort of friendship, right?
Rob Pattinson and Emilie De Ravin were snapped on the
Remember Me set in NYC yesterday, and even though Rob gets to stare into Emilie's baby blues on a daily basis, we think he's missing a certain raven haired beauty...
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Posted on Fri Jul 3rd, 2009 8:29am PDT By
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It was discovered yesterday that at the time of his death, Michael Jackson was working on two albums -- one pop work and another one instrumental, according to a report by Billboard.
Michael was teaming up with Akon for the pop work, which, Akon says, was motivated by Jackson's desire to please his fans: "My fans are still there. They still love me. They're alive." Akon went on to say of his former collaborator: "His kids are like his first priority, and they had never seen him perform live. He was trying to create the most incredible show for his kids."
Then, Composer David Michael Frank, who worked with Michael on a 1989 tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr., says he received a call from the Gloved One a few months ago and was invited to Michael's home to work on some classical music. "He had two demos of two pices he'd written, but they weren't complete," said Frank. "or one of them, he had a whole section of it done in his head. He had not recorded it. He hummed it to me as I sat at the keyboard in his pool house and we figured out the chordsâ€â€I guess this recording I made is the only copy that exists of this music."
Both Akon and Franks had visited with Jackson within months before his death. Akon said, "He would always tell me to eat right and ask me if I was exercising and drinking water. He'd always stress you had to take care of yourself before you can go off and do anything else."
Frank said: "He seemed totally healthy, not frail, and gave me a firm handshake when we met. He seemed in good health, had a good voice and was in good spirits. He was very skinny, but from what I knew, he was always thin. He was also taller than I pictured, but he might have been wearing some platform shoes. And he was impeccably dressed."
The composer went on to say he hopes Michael's family will decide to release Jackson's works in the future: "I hope one day his family will decide to record this music as a tribute and show the world the depth of his artistry."
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