LA Will Pay For Jackson’s Memorial

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of LA said that they will not be collecting any further donations to help pay off the cost of the memorial for Michael Jackson last Tuesday. He called the city’s website for donation ridiculous. He said LA would pay off the costs as other big cities pay for similar events each and every year. He additionally said that the Jacksons and AEG Live won’t be charged as well.

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Michael Jackson Memorial…R.I.P. King of Pop

It was a celebration of sorts. There was his music, his fans, his family and friends all 1 billion plus of them united in the Los Angeles Staples Center and via televisions literally across the world. Among those that performed were Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, and Usher.

Usher had a break down as emotions swirled him over the passing of the King of Pop, but this break down was nothing like that of the daughter, Paris (age 11), that Michael left behind. There wasn’t a dry eye in the room as young Paris said her farewell to the King which she and only her brothers knew as just plain dad. See her farewell here:

http://www.popeater.com/music/article/michael-jackson-funeral-memorial/553369?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link2|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2Fmusic%2Farticle%2Fmichael-jackson-funeral-memorial%2F553369

The 20 Most Heartbreaking Songs of All Time

Found this list from Yahoo! Music so don’t complain at us if you don’t agree.  Check it out though, some of your favorites may have appeared on the list: http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/rocksbackpages/520/cry-me-a-river-the-20-most-heartbreaking-songs-of-all-time/

Poll of the Week

Buff Britney

Britney Spears recently released a new music video off of her up coming cd Circus due out December 2nd. In it she displays her new buff image. Here’s Womanizer (a must see video for any guy):

Kanye West’s New Video

Rapper Kanye West love him or hate him is here to stay.  Nearly a year after releasing his album Graduation West is still releasing new videos from it.  This one is to the CD’s opener Good Morning.  You gotta love the direction on this one folks:

Michael Jackson To Turn 50

The King of Pop will be having his 50th birthday in the coming week and the people at popeater have created a fun little voting poll with questions ranging from the best Michael Jackson song ever to can MJ make a come back?  Check it out here: http://www.popeater.com/music/article/michael-jackson-faces-50th-birthday/144833

Britney Gives In To K-Fed

Britney Spears has ended the custody battle over her sons with K-Fed.  Kevin has sole legal and physical custody of sons Sean Preston and Jayden James and Britney will have visitation.  For more on this go here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20080718/en_celeb_eo/d624796a787f_4e5e_bda9_c3c421bb0c07

More Miley Cyrus Pics Leaked

The poor girl just doesn’t learn.   Say no to provocative camera shots.  We actually are starting to feel sorry for her here at Marcel MAgazine Blog though.  This time photos were supposively hacked off of the teenagers cellphone by a skilled hacker that goes by the name “TrainReq” and then leaked to the site Digital Gangster.  Read more about this here: http://music.aol.com/news/story/_a/more-racy-miley-pics-hit-the-internet/20080713144609990001

Amy Winehouse Punches Fan

At Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England Amy Winehouse left the stage and punched a fan reportedly.  Read more about this here: http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/63030/index.html

Paris Hilton & Boyfriend Hard At Work

Hilton and her Good Charlotte boyfriend Benji Madden are hard at work these days.  The two are working one a theme song to Paris’ new reality show My New BFF which is set to air on MTV.  Read more on the show here: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20209288,00.html

New CD Releases 6-26-08

Three 6 Mafia, Motley Crew and D’Angelo all have new music out available here: http://music.aol.com/songs/new_releases_full_cds?defaultTab=2 for a free listen to the entire CD.  Check them out.

Russell & Kimora Lee Simmons Custody Details

Russell will be given holidays, summer vacation, and every eighth week visitation while Kimora will have sole legal and physical custody for Ming Lee (8) and Aoki (5).  Russell Simmons will pay Kimora $20,000 per month per child which will be all that he is legally required to financially do.  For more of the details visit:

Looking To Be The Next David Cooke?

Well American Idol season eight is starting its country wide tour looking for potential talent starting July 17th at San Francisco.  For the rest of the dates and places go here: http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/06/62958/index.html

Miley Cyrus’ “7 Things”

If Miley Cyrus sounds angry on her new single “7 Things” there’s a reason for that.  The teen discussed with Ryan Seacrest that hate was her intention.  The single goes indepth of the things Cyrus hate in boys.  They never touched on supposed ex-boyfriend Nick Jonas or these infamous pics (http://marcelmagazine.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/miley-cyrus-growing-up-too-fast/).  Read more about this from people: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20208784,00.html