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.

Michael Jackson Pics

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Pics

 

Obama Surprised

As President Obama was giving a speech a teleprompter crashed to the floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House. Obama was surprised a bit, as were the mayors and other elected officials in the room who just laughed. Obama uses teleprompters for big speeches and some smaller one as well.

Obama Pics

Happy New Years!!!

It’s been one hell of a year. We’ve seen the return of Britney Spears, Madonna turn 50 and surpass Elvis as the leader of #1 hits, and the death of Heath Ledger along with numerous other beloved stars. Here’s looking to an even brighter 2009. From our family at Marcel MAgazine Blog to yours HAPPY NEW YEARS & Many More!

- Editor in Chief, Brandon Marcel

Best Of 2008

10. TRL Finale – It was over a decade at the top for this long adorned show produced by MTV. Total Request Live closed its doors in November due to low ratings. The show may return in the future though. It all ended on a Sunday night with a big celebration with many of the stars that owe their entire careers to this one show that started with the now late night king Carson and a single camera man. Big things do start small.

9. Michael Phelps Swims His Way To Gold - This summer the man of the year almost became one Michael Phelps. We all were in amazement as the once lost child swam his way to gold medal after gold medal in the Olympics. What a year for Phelps

8. Monster On The Beach – Oh MY God, What is That! That’s what many were screaming after the find on a beach near New York. A mysterious creature was found that resembled everything you’d think an alien would be like. Check out the picture again here: http://news.aol.com/weird-news/2008-year-end/article/weird-and-wild-in-2008/279088?icid=200100397×1215907670x1201038697

7. The Brett Favre Saga – Remember over the summer the big ordeal over one of the league’s best quarterbacks returning out of retirement? It was insane wasn’t it? One minute he was out then he was in. The Packers were going to take him in, the Packers wanted nothing to do with him. Well, the season is over and I think we all know now that maybe the Pack didn’t make the best decision for this season at least. Here’s a link to the finale of the Brett Favre Saga: http://marcelmagazine.wordpress.com/?s=the+jets+get+brett+favre

6. David Cook Voted American Idol – I remember it well. It was May 2008. Thousands of screaming teenage girls and lets be honest, some grown women too. Oh yes, this was the scene the night that David Cook took the idol crown over Archie. Watch it here from this post: http://marcelmagazine.wordpress.com/?s=american+idol+news%3A+5-22-08

5. Lindsay Lohan Sort Of Comes Out – After some time of speculation the couple of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson sort of came out this summer. Nothing was officially stated about the pairs coupling, however, it was implied, heavily implied. Best of luck to both of them. As for Lindsay, she has a brand new cd coming out check out one of her up coming singles here: http://marcelmagazine.wordpress.com/?s=ryan+seacrest%27s+feeling+lindsay+lohan

4. Tina Fey As Sarah Palin – This past Fall the nation was laughing, laughing hard. Tina Fey perfectly nailed Whitehouse hopeful Sarah palin on SNL. From her look, to her voice and more Fey had us all rolling on the floor laughing. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDqSvJ6aHc

3. Brittney Spears’ Comeback –  After a terrible 2007 Brittney Spears hit out in 2008 with a mission. Back in shape and armed with a new cd Brittney accomplished that mission of regaining her place in the music industry. With several VMA wins this summer it was clear, Brittney was back!

2. McCain Chooses Sarah Palin As Running Mate – Needing to spice things up, Senator McCain choose governor Sarah Palin from Alaska to be his running mate. This was a desperation move most felt as Obama had clearly had Mccain beatten by this point. Palin brought a new life into the McCain campaign…just not in the areas they were hoping. Instead of gaining women supportors the two found more men suddenly interested in helping their cause, lol.

1. Barack Obama Elected President – This January will see history as the nation’s first black family heads into the whitehouse. November 4th, 2008 is a day that will be in history books for years to come as the nation built on slavery lived to see the day a black man was elected president. Many are still shocked, but strongly anticipating greatness to follow the horrible Bush administration that felt so many pissed off at the Republican party which led to Obama’s crushing victory in November.

There you have it, the best of 2008 as we at Marcel MAgazine Blog see it. Also congratulations to our 2008 Dime of the Year Jayla Murray. You can view more about her here: http://marcelmagazine.wordpress.com/?s=jayla+murray+2008+dime+of+the+year%21%21%21

Huge Bonus Stuns Employees

Peer Bearing Co. employees were met with a great thanks from their former employers the Spungen family.  After being acquired by a Swedish corporation the Spungen’s decided they wanted to do something special for those that had helped them throughout the years as employees.  What they did was create a formula based on years working for them and then divided over 6 million dollars to their over 200 employees.

For more on this read this: http://news.aol.com/article/employees-stunned-by-massive-bonuses/262635

Obama’s Win Palin’s Victory

In case you’ve been leaving under a rock the past few days the US has a new Presidential-Elect.  Senator Barack Obama from Illinois clinched the highest position late Tuesday night with 338 electoral votes making Obama the first African American President in US history!  Sad I’m sure, but not defeated, Sarah Palin reportedly told CNN that she plans on finishing her term as Alaskan Governor and then plans on setting her eyes on the highest prize in the political land in 2012…assuming that pesky economy issue doesn’t stand in her way again.  Read more about this here: http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92002

Obama’s Chance in the Face of Racism

A new poll show that as many as 40% of all American whites have negative feeling toward blacks.  Many of those who voted stated that they feel blacks are violent, lazy, and responsible for their own lot in life.  This begs the question as to if Barack Obama will be elected if the polls remain close.  Read more about this here: http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-obama-race

Have Your Own Television Station

There is a newer service to the web called Mogulus (http://www.mogulus.com) which allows you to create your own live 24/7 television station online.  The service is currently free and gives you a ton of freedom creatively.  Some people are running live radio stations and talkshows on their stations, while others are just running regular programming.  The studio interfacing is so easy to use that in minutes you too could be broadcasting to the world, check it out.

Forbes Richest List

There was a lot of movement on this years Forbes Richest Americans List.  For one Warren Buffet is no longer the richest man in America, that place now goes back to Bill Gates, owner of Microsoft.  Check out the top twenty here: http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/16/forbes-400-billionaires-lists-400list08_cx_mn_0917richamericans_land.html

Bush Discusses US Pullout Plan In Iraq

President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed the US pullout plan via securd video recently.  The plan as stated now (though negoiations are still taking place) means that US troops will withdraw from the major Iraqi cities as early as June of next year and withdraw from borders as soon as 2011.  This would conclude the costly war that started in 2003.

There is an estimated 140,000 US troops deployed in Iraq right now with over 4,100 deaths.  Read more about this here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/22/iraq/main4375174.shtml

Obama Chooses Running Mate

The celebrity canidate as the republicans would have you to believe has finally announced his running mate.  He has chosen Senator Joe Biden of Delaware.  This article has some of Biden’s ups and down points here: http://news.aol.com/elections/article/obama-names-his-running-mate/145271?icid=200100125×1208215842x1200461144

Zagunis Wins First US Gold

Mariel Zagunis was the first US Olympian to take home gold.  She won it with a 15-8 victory over Sada Jacobson, which won silver in women’s saber fencing.  For more information on this go here: http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/fencing/news?slug=ap-fen-womenssaber&prov=ap&type=lgns

Obama The End?

With a lot of fight from those very people that fought for him to have this opportunity to possibly become President of the United States, many are asking if this is the end of black politics as we know it at least.  Read this to get a clearer picture: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10politics-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Paula White Under Fire

After Congress announced some time ago that they were investigating Mrs. White and her mega church Without Walls, she and husband Randy White have announced that they are splitting up.  Some of the facts of the possibly questionable spending that has been going on has been posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×2223233

Obama and McCain Go At It Over The Economy

The Democrats believe that a second stimulus package is needed to help the economy, while the Republicans believe more offshore drilling of oil will aid in solving the US’ current problems.  What do you think?  Read this to learn more about this issue: http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/28/obama-mccain-camps-spar-over-cures-for-economic-ills/