Just found this on http://www.entertainmentweekly.com/:
Today, the Jackson family released the names of performers, politicians and friends who will take part in the late singer's July 7th memorial service. The preliminary list includes Kobe Bryant, Mariah Carey, Berry Gordy, Jennifer Hudson, Shaheen Jafargholi, Magic Johnson, Martin Luther King III, Bernice A. King, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooke Shields, Usher and Stevie Wonder.
Surprised to see Diana Ross not listed above. And more surprised to see John Mayer's name rather than, say, Justin Timberlake.
[UPDATE: I stand corrected. According to KRTH-FM (thanks to Dana Snow for telling me), both Ms. Ross and Timberlake will be there.]
[UPDATE 7/8/09: Ms. Ross and Elizabeth Taylor were not there. And the media seemed disappointed that a cast-of-thousands-of-ordinary-people melee similar to the finale of THE DAY OF THE LOCUST didn't occur.]
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