Viral video a stealth promo for "Robot Chicken"

(MEYER, ROBOT, CHICKEN, WRITER, GREEN, EPISODE)

By Nellie Andreeva
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A viral video billed as "Breckin Meyer Responds to Perez Hilton" plays like a parody of Hilton`s video statement about his recent run-in with the Black Eyed Peas in Toronto. But in fact it`s a stealth promo for an upcoming "Robot Chicken" DVD release.
Since being released Wednesday on FunnyOrDie.com (www.FunnyOrDie.com) and later on AdultSwim.com (www.AdultSwim.com), the clip of actor/writer Meyer, which features Zac Efron, has nabbed about 370,000 views.
It was written by "Robot Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich and head writer Tom Root to tease Adult Swim`s unusual marketing campaign for the DVD release of the animated series` extended "Star Wars Episode II" special.
Green and Senreich are donning skates to host an eight-city roller-rink tour across the U.S. The admission-free events will feature performances by hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes and appearances by "Robot Chicken" writers, producers and voice cast members, including Meyer, as well as guest bands.
Sponsored by Boost Mobile, Adult Swim`s "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II" Roller Skating Tour kicks off August 1 in Los Angeles, with stops in Las Vegas, Denver, Kansas City, Mo., Indianapolis, Richmond, Va., Philadelphia and New York.
"Grab your friends, your couples skate partner and some kneepads," Green said. "We`re coming to your town! Or at least to a major market somewhat close to your town."
To heat things up, "Robot Chicken" will hold a preview party July 25 during Comic-Con in San Diego with a guest DJ. It`s open to the public.
"When Seth first pitched the idea of throwing roller-skating parties around the country, I rolled my eyes and laughed at him," Senreich said. "Now that we`re actually going to do it, I`m in awe of its absurdity and can`t wait to attend. It fits with the randomness of our `Robot Chicken` show."
The "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II" DVD, which features 15 minutes of never-before-seen footage, will be released July 21. The final nine new episodes of the show`s fourth season begin July 26.
(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)
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ABC goes old-media to promote "Castle"

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By James Hibberd
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As television networks brainstorm dizzying high-tech ways to promote shows online and via social networks, ABC is adopting a decidedly retro medium to excite viewers for the upcoming second season of "Castle": a book.
Because the show`s protagonist, Richard Castle, is a best-selling author of mysteries, what more appropriate tie-in than to publish a mystery novel credited to the character?
The first chapter of Castle`s novel "Heat Wave" will debut August 10 on ABC.com.
The network will post the first half of the book, a chapter a week, for 10 weeks. The full novel will be published September 29 by Disney sister company Hyperion. The story apparently is a stand-alone mystery with elements that relate to the on-screen story.
The show`s second season premieres in late September.
The network teamed with Hyperion for 2006`s "Lost" tie-in "Bad Twin" and "The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer," which tied in to the ABC miniseries "Rose Red." The real author of "Heat Wave" is not being unveiled.
(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)
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Aerosmith drummer writes of "Hitting Rock Bottom"

(AEROSMITH, KRAMER, PEOPLE, ABOUT, HAMILTON, ALBUM)

By Gary Graff
DETROIT (Billboard) - Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer says he wrote his new book, "Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top," in order "to be entertaining, but at the same to ... help people."
Kramer tells Billboard.com that "Hit Hard," which was published Tuesday (June 30), is the result of a four-year process with writers William Patrick and Keith Garde. The book, which includes a forward by Motley Crue`s Nikki Sixx, chronicles the drummer`s substance abuse problems, his psychologically scarring relationship with his father and a similarly tumultuous, "co-dependent" battle with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Kramer hopes that the book will shed some light for those dealing with the same issues in their lives.
"My desire to help people plays a strong part in my character," Kramer says. "Because I`ve been allowed to do what I`ve done via Aerosmith, I`d like to be able to carry it on as I get older, on another level. Whatever that may be is really unbeknownst to me -- maybe some sort of a lecture series or circuit or whatever -- but I know that it will come."
Kramer says that Tyler -- whose own autobiography, "Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?," has been pushed from an October publication date to the summer of 2010 -- was supportive during his bandmate`s book-writing process. "When I was trying to tell him about some of the stuff that was in the book, his comment was ... `Hey, man, as long as it`s the truth, I don`t care,`" Kramer recalls. "And that`s pretty much where Steven is at. He`s about the truth."
Bassist Tom Hamilton, who Kramer portrays in "Hit Hard" as perhaps his closest friend in Aerosmith, calls his rhythm section partner`s tome "pretty amazing. It`s a really hard-hitting book ... but there`s also a lot of neat references to people that we knew when the band started and things that happened that I forgot about. So it has some real entertainment value, too."
Aerosmith as a band collaborated with author Stephen Davis on 1997`s "Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith," but Hamilton says he does not anticipate each member of the Boston quintet bringing out his own book.
"Right now my passion is expressing myself through music," Hamilton says. "I think the thing to do is to be the last one to write a book. That way you can let everybody else put things in their book that are gonna make you mad, and then you can answer back and (have) the last word."
Aerosmith is on the road with ZZ Top until mid-September and performing its 1975 album "Toys in the Attic" during the shows. The group plans to return to work on its next album with producer Brendan O`Brien after the tour.
(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)
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"Gravity" takes off as ABC series

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By Nellie Andreeva
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC is "Defying Gravity." The network has picked up the 13-episode adventure drama starring Ron Livingston.
"Gravity," whose cast includes Laura Harris, Christina Cox, Malik Yoba and Florentine Lahme, is set in the near future and revolves around eight astronauts from five countries who undertake a mysterious six-year mission through the solar system.
The internationally produced series -- also set to air on Canada`s CTV, Germany`s ProSieben and the BBC -- hails from familiar ABC contributors: creator/executive producer James Parriott, who served as an executive producer on ABC`s "Grey`s Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty," and executive producer Michael Edelstein, former executive producer of the network`s "Desperate Housewives."
Slated to air on ABC this summer, the show is a co-venture of Fox TV Studios (FtvS) and Vancouver-based Omni Film Prods., whose Brian Hamilton and Michael Chechik also executive produce.
Along with "Mental" and "Persons Unknown," "Gravity" is one of three drama series that FtvS produced independently with international partners in the past year. It`s the second, after "Mental," to land a U.S. distributor and the first to go somewhere other than a Fox-affiliated network.
FtvS is in advanced talks with cable networks for "Persons," with a sale expected during the next couple of weeks.
Unlike "Persons" and "Mental," which were existing pilot scripts at FtvS originally developed for other networks, "Gravity" was developed specifically for the company`s international producing model.
"We`re excited about being pioneers in doing television a different way," said Edelstein, who got the ball rolling on the project more than three years ago when he caught a repeat, on Discovery Channel, of the BBC docudrama "Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets," about an international crew of astronauts on a trip through space.
He acquired the rights to it from British producer Impossible Pictures and approached Parriott, with whom he worked on ABC`s drama "Threat Matrix."
If "Gravity" does well on ABC and FtvS` foreign broadcast partners, Parriott and Edelstein hope to do more seasons of the show.
"I have the first three seasons blocked out, and I know the ending of the series," Parriott said.
(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)
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"Casanegra" shows storied city in realistic light

(LAKHMARI, THROUGH, CASANEGRA, ABOUT, CHARACTERS, KARIM)

By Natasha Senjanovic
TAORMINA, Italy (Hollywood Reporter) - The likes of Bogey and Bergman are nowhere to be seen in Nour Eddine Lakhmari`s tour through the nocturnal underbelly of Casablanca, or "Casanegra," as the city`s underclasses call it. Lakhmari picked up the prize for best director at the Taormina festival for this film about two childhood friends, young men striving to rise above the surrounding squalor.
Moroccan films usually are relegated to art-house cinemas, but "Casanegra" is hip, stylish and engaging enough to break out further -- if it weren`t for its two-hour running time. Lakhmari takes too long to set up the main premise, and then too long to see it through, though offering some Coen-esque characters and social criticism along the way.
The film begins with the protagonists running from the police, then flashes back to explain how they got there. Adil (Omar Lotfi) lives with his mother and violent stepfather and dreams of moving to Sweden. Karim (Anas Elbaz) is secretly in love with an older, upper-class French woman, and his family struggles with the burden of his sick father.
The two make petty money through petty crimes, some for local heavy Zrirek (a deliciously over-the-top Mohamed Benbrahim), whose sadism is equaled only by his neurotic love for his little dog.
The more street-smart Karim is leery of getting further involved with Zrirek, but Adil needs to score big to buy fake documents for Sweden, and hopes to take his buddy with him. You know things will go downhill when Adil talks his friend into accepting just one big job that will solve all their troubles.
The film caused a scandal at home, presumably for offering a different view of the infamous city. Like Lakhmari`s antiheroes, no one in the developing or developed world wants to work menial jobs anymore, and class divisions widen especially in poorer countries. Even Karim, the brains of the duo, would rather continue selling contraband cigarettes than gut fish for his father`s exploitative former employer.
The acting from newcomers Lotfi and Elbaz is first-rate. Their chemistry is good, and they easily walk that fine line of making audiences care about two characters with relatively flexible morals. Shot mostly at night, the film has a palette of mostly seedy yellows and washed-out blues.
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O`Neal leads mourners at Farrah Fawcett funeral

(ANGELES, SERVICE, FAWCETT, CANCER, STEWART, CHURCH)

By Laura Isensee
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ryan O`Neal led friends and family in a private funeral service on Tuesday for actress Farrah Fawcett, who died last week aged 62 after a long and public battle with cancer.
O`Neal, the long-time companion of the "Charlie`s Angels" star, was one of the pall-bearers and gave a reading at the service at Los Angeles Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Redmond O`Neal, the "Love Story" actor`s 24-year-old son with Fawcett, was allowed briefly out of jail where he is being held on drugs possession charges to attend the funeral service. Redmond also gave a bible reading, according to a program made available to the media.
Fellow "Charlie`s Angels" star Kate Jackson, former model Cheryl Tiegs and rocker Rod Stewart`s ex-wife Alana Stewart were also among the mourners. Fawcett`s Los Angeles cancer doctor, Dr. Lawrence Piro, delivered the eulogy with Stewart.
Fawcett`s coffin was taken into the church as a quartet of musicians played "Amazing Grace" and Irving Berlin love song "Always", according to the program.
Outside the downtown Los Angeles church, a few dozen fans watched as Fawcett`s casket was taken inside, covered with sprays of bright yellow flowers that seemed to reflect the sunny smile and golden hair that made Fawcett a worldwide star 30 years ago.
Fawcett died in a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday with O`Neal and Stewart at her side after a long struggle to beat anal and then liver cancer. A personal video diary chronicling her cancer treatments was broadcast on U.S. television in May.
Watching from the street, Karla Dishon, 47, told Reuters outside the church she had come to pay tribute to Fawcett -- a star whose hairstyle she had copied as a teenager like millions of others around the world.
"All the girls did -- wavy, pretty, surfer, California girl hair," Dishon said. "She is an icon and she is a very beautiful woman, and I think it`s too bad that we lost her so young."
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Michael Jackson "Suit of Lights" glove up for sale

(JACKSON, AUCTION, MADDALENA, PROFILES, HISTORY, SHELL)

Bob Tourtellotte
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He was famously called "The Gloved One," and now anyone can slip their hand into one of only two Michael Jackson electric-white gloves that could sell in the six figures, an auctioneer said on Tuesday.
Joseph Maddalena, who heads auction house Profiles in History, said the item was consigned by glove designer Ted Shell and worn by the singer on the Jacksons` 1984 Victory Tour.
"Michael Jackson is `The Gloved One.` That`s his nickname. That is one thing he`ll be remembered for," said Maddalena, who said the glove comes with a letter of authenticity from Shell.
Jackson died suddenly last Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest at age 50.
Over the years, he wore many gloves when he performed, of course, but the glove being sold by Profiles in History is one of only two made for Jackson`s "Suit of Lights" on stage.
Shell not only designed the glove, but he went on the Victory Tour to protect and maintain the glove. After the tour ended, Jackson gave him one glove and kept the other, according to Maddalena.
The glove is emblazoned with bugle beads, Austrian crystal rhinestones and fitted with 50 small lights powered by a small battery placed in the cuff of the glove.
The glass light bulbs were wired on separate circuits making them twinkle at random for added visual impact on stage -- now that`s one hot glove.
"I estimate (the value) at $60,000 to $80,000, but it could sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars," Maddalena said, noting the fervor over items owned by the King of Pop due to his death could easily push the price up.
In fact, a recent sale by Julien`s Auctions of 21 items of Jackson memorabilia brought in more than $200,000. One painting with an estimated sales value of $1,500 sold for $20,000, according to Julien.
The illuminating white glove being sold by Maddalena is just one of many Jackson items that will go up for sale at the Profiles in History auction set for October 1 and 2, 2009.
Maddalena said other items include costumes Jackson wore on stage, a platinum record for the 20 millionth copy of "Thriller" and a fedora the singer wore that says on the headband that it was made expressly for Jackson.
(Editing by Dean Goodman)
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Family discussing Jackson tribute show: promoter

(LONDON, MICHAEL, JACKSON, FAMILY, PHILLIPS, BEFORE)

By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - The promoter of Michael Jackson`s planned run of 50 concerts in London wants his family to stage an all-star show in his memory and said on Tuesday he had discussed the idea with them.
Randy Phillips, chief executive of AEG Live, also said Jackson appeared to be fit and ready to perform the day before he died last Thursday, aged 50, after suffering cardiac arrest.
"At some point the world needs to see this production, and I would imagine if we could do it, it would be done as a tribute with the family ... but also other stars who loved Michael and were influenced by him," Phillips told Sky News.
"But the world needs to see this production, and it`s done," he said, referring to the spectacular that Jackson and AEG Live created for the run of shows at London`s O2 Arena which had been scheduled to open on July 13.
"We`re discussing that with the family and obviously the sooner the better."
Countering suggestions that Jackson was in poor health and should not have been pushed to rehearse for a series of physically demanding concerts, Phillips said he had spoken to the star the day before he died.
"He gave me a hug and whispered into my ear: `Now I know I can do this`, he was that engaged."
Photographer Kevin Mazur told Reuters earlier that Jackson had been "full of energy" at rehearsals in Los Angeles.
"A picture tells a story," he said, referring to images he took in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, two days before Jackson`s death. They were released to the media this week.
"He was just the same old Michael and when he hit the stage he was full of energy, happy, very upbeat, having fun."
Phillips said AEG Live was considering releasing footage of Jackson rehearsing in order to prove this point.
FINANCIAL FALLOUT
Insurance experts have said AEG Live, which has offered full refunds to the 750,000 people who snapped up tickets to the Jackson shows, faced sizeable financial losses. Phillips conceded that hiring Jackson had been a risk.
"When you`re in business like we are, you take risks all the time and in the case of Michael Jackson ... we thought it was an acceptable risk.
"We had (insurance) coverage and stuff like that. We probably will be fine financially from this but, right now, we`re trying to do the best thing for the estate."  Continued...
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Michael Jackson gets more bizarre after death

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By Jill Sergeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bizarre in life, Michael Jackson`s complex personal affairs are taking even stranger twists in death, with sketchy reports on Tuesday of plans for an elaborate public memorial and questions over the parentage of his children.
After five days of television replays of Jackson`s hit songs and glowing tributes to his musical genius, attention has turned to the murkier side of the "Thriller" singer.
Celebrity website TMZ.com, which broke the news of Jackson`s death, reported the entertainer was not the biological father of his three children and that his ex-wife, Debye Rowe, was not the genetic mother of the eldest two.
A 2002 will signed by Jackson was reported to have been turned over to his family but its validity was unclear. The attorney said to have the will, John Branca, did not return calls for comment.
In that will, the King of Pop was said to have left the bulk of his multimillion-dollar estate to his three children and his mother Katherine but cut out his father, Joe, who Jackson had accused of beating him as a child.
Several media reports said Jackson`s body would be driven to his Neverland Valley Ranch near Santa Barbara in Central California on Thursday ahead of a public viewing this weekend.
One story in Britain`s Sun newspaper said Jackson`s body would first be driven through Los Angeles in a glass-sided horse-drawn carriage, complete with a matching glass coffin.
None of the reports could be verified with the many managers, lawyers and spokespeople who claimed to speak on behalf of Jackson or his family since his sudden death after cardiac arrest on June 25, at the age of 50.
Several California public safety officials said they had not yet heard from the Jackson family, although they confirmed they were meeting to discuss a possible service at Neverland.
Tom Barrack, chief executive of Colony Capital LLC, the private equity firm that co-owns Neverland, issued an open letter to the people of Santa Barbara County asking them to prepare for "a global drama of epic proportion."
BURIED IN BAD MEMORIES
Yet the theme park-style ranch, a four-hour drive northwest of Los Angeles, was the site of the infamous sleepovers Jackson held with young boys that led to unproven charges of child molestation in 1993 and a 2005 trial. Now shuttered and emptied, Neverland was abandoned by Jackson after the trial.
Despite his charisma on stage, Jackson was largely reclusive off stage. He relied on an ever-changing series of aides to fend off curiosity about his two brief marriages and changing physical appearance -- all of which led the British media to dub him "Wacko Jack" some 15 years ago.
"This is a story that`s going to last and develop and get bigger in the next year," TMZ managing editor Harvey Levin said on Tuesday. "You`re going to see quite the show here."
Among the extraordinary claims Tuesday, celebrity magazine Us Weekly said the biological father of Michael Jr, 12, and Paris, 11, was Jackson`s Beverly Hills dermatologist, Dr Arnold Klein, for whom Rowe once worked. The identity of the surrogate mother of Prince Michael II, 7, has never been known.  Continued...
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Family discussing Jackson tribute show: promoter

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By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - The promoter of Michael Jackson`s planned run of 50 concerts in London wants his family to stage an all-star show in his memory and said on Tuesday he had discussed the idea with them.
Randy Phillips, chief executive of AEG Live, also said Jackson appeared to be fit and ready to perform the day before he died last Thursday, aged 50, after suffering cardiac arrest.
"At some point the world needs to see this production, and I would imagine if we could do it, it would be done as a tribute with the family ... but also other stars who loved Michael and were influenced by him," Phillips told Sky News.
"But the world needs to see this production, and it`s done," he said, referring to the spectacular that Jackson and AEG Live created for the run of shows at London`s O2 Arena which had been scheduled to open on July 13.
"We`re discussing that with the family and obviously the sooner the better."
Countering suggestions that Jackson was in poor health and should not have been pushed to rehearse for a series of physically demanding concerts, Phillips said he had spoken to the star the day before he died.
"He gave me a hug and whispered into my ear: `Now I know I can do this`, he was that engaged."
Photographer Kevin Mazur told Reuters earlier that Jackson had been "full of energy" at rehearsals in Los Angeles.
"A picture tells a story," he said, referring to images he took in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, two days before Jackson`s death. They were released to the media this week.
"He was just the same old Michael and when he hit the stage he was full of energy, happy, very upbeat, having fun."
Phillips said AEG Live was considering releasing footage of Jackson rehearsing in order to prove this point.
FINANCIAL FALLOUT
Insurance experts have said AEG Live, which has offered full refunds to the 750,000 people who snapped up tickets to the Jackson shows, faced sizeable financial losses. Phillips conceded that hiring Jackson had been a risk.
"When you`re in business like we are, you take risks all the time and in the case of Michael Jackson ... we thought it was an acceptable risk.
"We had (insurance) coverage and stuff like that. We probably will be fine financially from this but, right now, we`re trying to do the best thing for the estate."  Continued...
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Michael Jackson gets more bizarre after death

(MICHAEL, JACKSON, DEATH, CHILDREN, BIOLOGICAL, MOTHER)

By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bizarre in life, Michael Jackson`s complex personal affairs are taking even stranger twists in death, with reports on Tuesday questioning the parentage of his children and what caused his untimely demise.
After five days of television replays of Jackson`s most famous hits and glowing emotional tributes to his musical genius, attention has turned to the murkier side of the "Thriller" singer.
Celebrity website TMZ.com, which broke the news of Jackson`s death, reported the entertainer was not the biological father of his three children and that his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, was not their genetic mother.
Citing multiple but unnamed sources, TMZ said all three children were conceived "in vitro" but that neither Jackson`s sperm nor Rowe`s eggs were used.
Rowe was quoted as saying in 2004 that Jackson was not the biological father of Michael Jr, 12, and Paris, 11, but she had been assumed to be their mother. The third child, Prince Michael II, was born in 2002 and the identity of his surrogate mother has never been known.
Rowe`s lawyers did not return calls for comment.
Celebrity magazine Us said the biological father of Michael Jr and Paris was Jackson`s dermatologist, for whom Rowe once worked.
None of the claims could be verified by the parade of managers, lawyers and spokespeople who said they spoke on behalf of Jackson or his family during his career and who have resurfaced since his death on June 25 at the age of 50.
INHERITANCE
The question of parentage is important because the children stand to inherit a share of what is believed to be the pop star`s multimillion-dollar estate. Whoever has guardianship over the three children will control the money.
Jackson`s mother Katherine won temporary guardianship of the children and control of his estate on Monday until a July 6 hearing.
Despite his long career, Jackson was largely reclusive off stage. He relied on an ever-changing series of aides to fend off curiosity about his two brief marriages, controversial relationships with young boys and changing physical appearance -- all of which led the British media to dub him "Wacko Jacko" some 15 years ago.
"This is a story that`s going to last and develop and get bigger in the next year," TMZ managing editor Harvey Levin said on Tuesday. "You`re going to see quite the show here."
Lacking a focal spokesperson, reports on Tuesday of Jackson`s funeral arrangements trickled out piecemeal, with conflicting sources speaking of a public viewing at Jackson`s Neverland Valley Ranch in central California on Friday or Saturday, or possibly both.
A cause of death has not yet been determined. Results of toxicology tests are not expected for about 4-6 weeks but speculation is rife that Jackson`s death will be attributed to his prescription drug use.  Continued...
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Michael Jackson`s body to return to Neverland: reports

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson`s body will be driven to his Neverland Valley Ranch in central California as early as Thursday with public viewing being set for later this week, according to media reports on Tuesday.
A motorcade of as many as 30 cars is expected to accompany Jackson`s body to his ranch, which is located near the town of Los Olivos, north of Santa Barbara, according to reports by TV network CNN and celebrity website TMZ.com, citing police officials.
Entertainment news website E! News cited a Santa Barbara Sheriff`s department spokesman as saying meetings were now taking place with the California Highway Patrol to discuss security for the trip from the Jackson family home in Los Angeles to Neverland Valley.
A spokesman for the Santa Barbara County`s sheriff`s office was not immediately available to comment, nor were representatives for Jackson`s family.
Pop superstar Jackson, whose hits include "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" died suddenly of cardiac arrest last Thursday.
Jackson`s birthplace of Gary, Indiana, also is planning a memorial service for the deceased singer on July 10, according to a spokeswoman for the Gary mayor`s office.
Lalosa Burns, spokeswoman for Gary Mayor Rudy Clay, said the memorial service would take place at US Steel Works sports stadium, and that more details would follow. She did not have any information about the service being planned in California.
(Editing by Sandra Maler)
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