Monday, July 6, 2009
1.6 Million requests for Michael Jackson memorial tickets
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Like a modern-day Willy Wonka tale, fans celebrated Sunday after beating the odds to win coveted tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service at Staples Center.
More than 1.6 million fans registered online for free in the random drawing of only 8,750 names. Each person selected will receive two tickets to Tuesday's memorial. The odds of getting a ticket were about 1 in 183.
"I'm in shock that it has happened," said Deka Motanya, 27, of San Francisco. "It's surreal." She received an e-mail message at 4:35 p.m. notifying her, "Congratulations, your application was successful."
She immediately Twittered: "OMG OMG OMG OMG i got tickets to the michael jackson memorial service!!!"
David Gobaud, 25, who studies computer science at Stanford University, said he didn't believe his e-mail was real at first. "It's Michael Jackson, one of the greatest musical stars of all time," he said.
Another winner was Zach Moss, a 21-year-old Chicagoan working for the summer as a DJ in Las Vegas. He said clubgoers have responded strongly to Jackson's music since his death.
"You can play two, three Michael Jackson songs back to back and people are going to have this huge jubilation celebration," he said. "Everyone throws their drinks up and shouts, 'MJ!' It's extremely powerful."
The tickets will admit 11,000 people to the Staples Center plus 6,500 in the Nokia Theater overflow section next door. The streets around Staples Center will be closed to prevent those without tickets from trying to attend, police said Sunday.
music.msn.com
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The King Of Pop in the sky?
MYFOXNY.COM - Is Michael Jackson smiling down on the people of New York?
Fox 5 viewers Rolando Rivera and Felicita Diaz-Rivera of the Upper West Side were admiring the amazing light and clouds that emerged after a thunderstorm passed through the tristate.
That is when they noticed that one section of the clouds seemed to take on a familiar face. Rolando took a series of photos (see photo tab), which show a cloud formation coalescing into Michael Jackson's profile -- or maybe not.
Can you see his face? Vote in our Web poll (see poll tab).
Rolando and Felicita saw this scene from the window of their apartment near Amsterdam Avenue and 101st Street.
Perhaps Michael was trying to catch a glimpse at the scores of people gathered at the Apollo Theater in nearby Harlem to pay tribute to the King of Pop, who died suddenly in Los Angeles Thursday.
Fox 5 viewers Rolando Rivera and Felicita Diaz-Rivera of the Upper West Side were admiring the amazing light and clouds that emerged after a thunderstorm passed through the tristate.
That is when they noticed that one section of the clouds seemed to take on a familiar face. Rolando took a series of photos (see photo tab), which show a cloud formation coalescing into Michael Jackson's profile -- or maybe not.
Can you see his face? Vote in our Web poll (see poll tab).
Rolando and Felicita saw this scene from the window of their apartment near Amsterdam Avenue and 101st Street.
Perhaps Michael was trying to catch a glimpse at the scores of people gathered at the Apollo Theater in nearby Harlem to pay tribute to the King of Pop, who died suddenly in Los Angeles Thursday.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Video Premeire: Britney Spears - Radar
Here is the official video for Britney Spears 4th single Radar off her album Circus, persinally I don't think the video fits with the song. But she looks hot in it though.
Eminem - Beautiful (Sneek Peak)
Here is a sneek peak of Eminem's new video for "Beautiful" it looks really good! The full video will premeire on yahoo July 3rd, I'll be sure to post the full video until then.
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