Michael Jackson's public memorial all set!

The hysteria around Michael Jackson's dead never seems to cool down. After a lot of back and forth, it now seems that the Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center today will take place and will be a star-studded affair. Everyone from Mariah Carey, Usher and Stevie Wonder to Lionel Richie, Diana Ross and Martin Luther King III has promised to be there. Michael Jackson's long time friend Elizabeth Taylor won't join the memorial though, as she claims it's too painful and that she "cannot be part of the public whoopla." Debbie Rowe, mother to the two eldest children, won't take part either. Moreover, the family has decided to provide a free live video feed to networks so it would be televised everywhere. Fans without tickets to the memorial are being asked to stay away from downtown Los Angeles and watch the service on television. Some lucky fans were yesterday chosen by random lottery for Jackson's memorial and arrived at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to pick up their tickets. (Source: CNN)