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HListed.com will be live blogging the MJ memorial beginning at 10am PT today.

1010am Smokey Robinson opens ceremony and reads condolence messages from Nelson Mandela and Diana Ross who says she will be there for Michael’s children if they ever need her.

1022am Service is on standby…. awaiting motorcade and casket to arrive at Staples center

10:34am choir sings “soon very soon” as Jackson casket is brought onstage

10:36am Pastor Lucious Smith welcomes guests and says “we remember this man by celebrating his life” and says “as long as we remember our time with him the truth is he is never really gone at all…”

10:40am Mariah Carey sings “I’ll be there”…. Mariah is emotional as she sings… you can hear it in her voice affecting her range….Trey Lorenz joins her onstage….. Mariah Carey ends with a “we miss you”

10:45am Queen Latifah says “you believed in Michael, he believed in you. he made you believe in yourself and i loved him all my life.” She says, “michael was the biggest star on earth. he let me know that as an African-american, you can travel the world.” and that he was “a human being, first.”

10:48am Queen Latifah reads poem from Dr. Maya Angelou who says “he was ours… we had him…. beautiful, delighting our eyes.”

10:50am Lionel Ritchie performing “Jesus is Love”

10:54am Berry Gordy says “he was the consummate student. he studied the greats and became greater he raised the bar and then broke the bar” ….says that Michael Jackson was like a son to him. “Michael Jackson went into orbit and never came down.” Gordy says King of Pop is not a big enough title and calls Michael “simply the greatest entertainer who ever lived”

11:04am Video montage of Michael Jackson

11:07am Stevie Wonder says “this is a moment that I wished I didn’t live to see come. but as much as I can say that and mean it i do know that God is good and I do know that as much as we may feel and we do that we need michael here with us, God must have needed him far more.”

11:08 Stevie performs “Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Summer” and intersperses an emotional “Michael, why didn’t you stay” into song… most emotional tribute thus far

11:15am Kobe Bryant and Earvin “Magic” Johnson… Kobe calls Michael a great humanitarian and says “michael jackson will be with us forever.” Magic says “Michael Jackson made me a better point guard in basketball.” huh?

11:18 Jennifer Hudson takes the stage to sing “will you be there”

11:25 Rev Al Sharpton says “all over the world today, people are gathered in love vigils to celebrate the life of a man who taught the world how to love.” says “it was michael jackson that made us sing we are the world and feed the hungry long before live aid.”
and to the family an emotional rev al says “nothing will fill your hearts loss but i hope the love people are showing that will make u know didn’t live in vain. i want his three children to know, wasn’t nuthing strange about your daddy it ws strange what your daddy had to deal with but he dealt with it anyway he dealt with it for us.”

11:32 crowd gives Rev Al a standing ovation

11:34 John Mayer performing, “Human Nature” on acoustic guitar

11:39 A choked up Brooke Shields says about her bond with Michael “it was the most natural and easiest of friendships.” says “we had a bond and maybe it was because we both understood what it was like to be in the spotlight at a very young age.” she goes on to say “to the outside world michael was a genius with unchallenged ability. to the people who were lucky enough to know him personally he was caring and funny, honest, pure, non-jaded and he was a lover of life. he cared so deeply for his family and his friends and his fans. he was often referred to as the king but the michael i knew always reminded me of a prince”

11:47 Jermaine Jackson performing Michael’s favorite song, “Smile”

11:53 Bernice King and Martin Luther King III says Jackson was truly the best at what he was.

11:59 Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas…. says “i mourn today… people don’t understand the hearts of entertainers… how they heal the world on behalf of America.” she says on June 25th on house floor the CBC stopped and had a moment of silence in memory of MJ. She says that she has introduced Resolution 600 to be debated on floor of the House that claims Mj as an american legend, musical icon, world humanitarian who will be honored forever.

12:08 Usher performs “Gone Too Soon” as he touches Jackson’s casket.

12:12 Video montage of Michael

12:13 Smokey Robinson comes back onstage “i’m glad i live in an era where i got a chance to see {him}”

12:18 Shaheen Jafargholi performing “who’s lovin’ you”

12:22 Kenny Ortega, one of the organizers of the memorial, presents a performance of “we are the world” in honor of Michael Jackson

12:25 the entire jackson family goes onstage to sing along….

12:29 with everyone still on stage they are now singing “heal the world” in unison.

12:34 Jermaine thanks everyone for coming out. “as you know i’m lost for words…. we thank you very much…”

12:35 Marlon Jackson says “I hurt. I stand here trying to find words of comfort, solace, trying to understand why the Lord has taken our brother to return home from such a short visit here on earth.” he goes on to say, “maybe now Michael they will leave you alone.”

12:40 Paris Jackson says, “ever since i was born daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine… and i just wanted to say i love him so much..”

12:42 casket wheeled out while “man in the mirror” instrumental plays

12:45 Pastor Lucious Smith leads everyone in prayer

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