World Marks One Year Since Death of Michael Jackson .As the first anniversary of Michael Jackson's death drew near, Julia Thomas clutched her "Thriller" liner notes and stood outside the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, Calif., the final resting place for the King of Pop, with about two dozen other fans.
"Michael has just always been a part of my life," the 40-year-old Thomas, who has a tattoo of Jackson's dancing feet on her left wrist, said Thursday night. "I'm just hoping to embrace the fans from everywhere."Friday, DJ Jon Quick was to spin Jackson tunes at the club Taj in Manhattan for a festive affair.
"They wanna celebrate his life and music," Quick said of the expected partygoers. "His albums are like timelines in your life. You can remember what you were doing ... when 'Thriller' came out." Friday marks the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death. Fans plan to gather at the cemetery where the music legend is buried. Elizabeth Sanchez reports
Evdokia Sofianou, 46, and her 9-year-old daughter, Rebecca, traveled from Athens, Greece, to pay their respects.
"I came because I love Michael very much," Sofianou said. "I came to grieve."
Forest Lawn was to be just one of the many places around the world where Jackson's fans would gather to remember their fallen legend on Friday. But not everyone planned to be grieving.
Katherine shot back at the accusations with a blistering statement from her lawyer: 'Joe Jackson's statements and conduct towards Mrs Jackson are outrageous.
The world knows Mrs Jackson has always been a loving and caring mother and grandmother, and she had a very special relationship with Michael.
Despite the first and second films in the series coming out in 1995 and 1999 respectively, the "Toy Story" franchise is still alive in the kids today. That's evident from the success of part three over the weekend, which beat out every other film by at least $80 million.
Yes, "Toy Story 3" ruled the weekend box office, raking in a staggering $109 million to start, beating out last week's #1 "The Karate Kid", as well as the new Megan Fox flick "Jonah Hex."
According to the Associated Press, "TS3" became the third animated film to top $100 million in the first weekend, joining "Shrek the Third" at $121.6 million, and "Shrek 2" at $108 million.
It was also the best debut for a film from Disney's Pixar Animation, topping "The Incredibles" at $70.5 million.The last weekend's top film, "The Karate Kid," taking in $29 million to raise its 10-day total to $106.3 million.
Then, "The A-Team" lands at #3 with $13.7 million; "Get Him to the Greek" comes in at #4 with $6.1 million; and "Shrek Forever After" rounds out the top 5 with $5.5 million.
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The weekend's other new wide release, the Warner Bros. action tale "Jonah Hex," bombed with just $5.1 million. Adapted from the comic book series, the film stars Josh Brolin as a disfigured 19th century bounty hunter tracking a villain who aims to unleash a doomsday weapon.
That wraps things up this weekend. Next weekend, look out for the release of the Adam Sandler comedy "Grown Ups", and the comedy "Knight & Day" starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
This weekend's top 10 is as follows:
1 - "Toy Story 3," $109 million. 2 - "The Karate Kid," $29 million. 3 - "The A-Team," $13.8 million. 4 - "Get Him to the Greek," $6.1 million. 5 - "Shrek Forever After," $5.5 million. 6 - "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," $5.3 million. 7 - "Killers," $5.1 million. 8 - "Jonah Hex," $5.09 million. 9 - "Iron Man 2," $2.7 million. 10 - "Marmaduke," $2.65 million.
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