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http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJackson/Story?id=8027008&page=1
Mainly this part (in the 2nd page):
For some [artists who bailed on the memorial], said Us Weekly senior editor Ian Drew, there were good reasons: schedule (Madonna and Spears are on tour -- skipping a show could cost them millions), spectacle (Taylor and Ross made it clear they didn't want to steal the show from Jackson) and spite.
"Prince and Michael Jackson always hated each other," Drew said. "He wouldn't even make a statement when Michael died. He's always had to take a backseat to Michael, which for him, being so prolific, is very insulting."
But according to E! Online columnist Ted Casablanca, some of the big-wigs had no excuse.
"The big ones: Diana, Liza, Madonna -- no excuse is good enough," he said. "Just show up. These are incredibly rich people. It can be arranged. You get escorted in, you get a limo, you don't talk to anybody, you hide behind your sunglasses, you get back on your private jet, you're gone. They're hiding behind excuses. This is when you drop everything."
No one will contest that Jackson's memorial moved his family, friends and fans and paid tasteful tribute to the pop icon. But for better or for worse, Tuesday's ceremony lacked the fireworks and spectacle that characterized Jackson's career, an over-the-top quality the King of Pop himself surely would have appreciated.
Casablanca blames the celebrities for that.
"It's another tragedy, in a way. You arrange this big, glittery send off and not all the glitter shows up," he said. "I thought it smacked of letting him be buried a bit lonelier than he should've been. He should have been sent off better than this."
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/MichaelJackson/Story?id=8027008&page=1
Mainly this part (in the 2nd page):
For some [artists who bailed on the memorial], said Us Weekly senior editor Ian Drew, there were good reasons: schedule (Madonna and Spears are on tour -- skipping a show could cost them millions), spectacle (Taylor and Ross made it clear they didn't want to steal the show from Jackson) and spite.
"Prince and Michael Jackson always hated each other," Drew said. "He wouldn't even make a statement when Michael died. He's always had to take a backseat to Michael, which for him, being so prolific, is very insulting."
But according to E! Online columnist Ted Casablanca, some of the big-wigs had no excuse.
"The big ones: Diana, Liza, Madonna -- no excuse is good enough," he said. "Just show up. These are incredibly rich people. It can be arranged. You get escorted in, you get a limo, you don't talk to anybody, you hide behind your sunglasses, you get back on your private jet, you're gone. They're hiding behind excuses. This is when you drop everything."
No one will contest that Jackson's memorial moved his family, friends and fans and paid tasteful tribute to the pop icon. But for better or for worse, Tuesday's ceremony lacked the fireworks and spectacle that characterized Jackson's career, an over-the-top quality the King of Pop himself surely would have appreciated.
Casablanca blames the celebrities for that.
"It's another tragedy, in a way. You arrange this big, glittery send off and not all the glitter shows up," he said. "I thought it smacked of letting him be buried a bit lonelier than he should've been. He should have been sent off better than this."
