Ken Sunshine, a Jackson family representative, said the public memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday July 7th at the downtown Los Angeles arena, known as Staples center, site of Michael Jackson's final rehearsal. 11,000 tickets will be released for the service. Staples center has 20,000 seats it is not know whether the remaining 9,000 seats will be reserved.  All tickets to the event will be free, according to a news release from Sunshine's firm.

The details of the memorial service, come just as a video of Michael Jackson's final performance (shown below), a Staples Center rehearsal of They Don't Really Care About Us from June 23, 2009, was released today by AEG LIVE. This video was taken not 36 hours before Michael died showing a Michael who was full of energy and life and very much ready for his latest tour.

Bounty Hunter: Gerard Butler co-stars as a bounty hunter who is hired to track down his ex-wife because she's skipped bail, played by Jennifer Aniston,  due to be released in 2010. 

Winners were announced Sunday as the fest, which screened 315 short films from among more than 2,200 submissions, drew to a close on Monday. A total of 27 awards were handed out.

The 2009 Palm Springs International ShortFest award winners are:

Jury Awards
Best of Festival, "The Dinner" (Vacsora), Karchi Perlmann
Future Filmmaker Award, Katie Wolfe, "This is Her"
Panavision Grand Jury Award, "Jonathan's Home," Nathanael Carton
Photo: Love Hate

Audience Awards
Live Action Short, "Dandelion Dharma," Veronica DiPippo
Documentary Short, "Claiming the Title: Gay Olympics On Trial," Jonathan Joiner, Robert H. Martin
Animation Short, "Lost and Found," Philip Hunt

Jury Category Awards
Best Live Action Short under 15 minutes:
First place: "The Stars Don't Twinkle in Outer Space," Peter Thwaites;
Second place: "The Man Inside," Rory Bresnihan.
Best Live Action Short over 15 minutes:
First place: "The Taxidermist," Bert & Bertie;
Second place: "Love Hate," Dylan Ritson, Blake Ritson
Best Animated Short:
First place: "Cages," Juan Jose Medina;
Second place: "Juiced and Jazzed," Justin Webber.
Best Documentary Short:
First place: "Irene," Lindsay Goodall;
Second place: "Naming Pluto," Ginita Jimenez.

An autopsy is being conducted today of Michael Jackson's body. The LA County Coroner's office said the results of toxicology and other tests which will help determine the cause of death will not be know for a week or so. Purportedly Brian Oxman, a family lawyer, claimed that police seized bags of prescription drugs from Michael Jackson's Bel Aire mansion (a home which he rented for 100,000 dollars a month). Oxman said, "They were looking for drugs vials and syringes. I don't know if they found syringes, but there would have been a lot of drug vials. I did warn [Michael] about the drugs, but I am sorry I didn't warn him enough." He went on to say that if his death is shown to be the result of drugs he will name the names of doctors who wrote the perscriptions. He added that the Jackson family was totally devastated by Michael's death: "They couldn't even talk to one another in the hospital. It was total silence, and they were just holding one another's hands."

More than $85 million worth of tickets have already been sold for the series of performances, which have the now sadly ironic title "This Is It." As much as $30 million has already been spent on production, according to sources close to the situation. Concert business executives have estimated that AEG paid Jackson an advance of as much as $10 million. That, plus the production costs, would mean AEG stands to lose as much as $40 million if nonappearance insurance isn't substantial enough to cover this contingency.

Michael Jackson's planned 50-show run at the O2 Arena in London would have been the highest-grossing single concert engagement in history. The shows, which were to begin July 13, would have been Jackson's first solo shows in 12 years. AEG Live, which was producing and promoting them, footed the bill for what the company said was a $20 million production. Other sources say the costs before opening night were closer to $30 million. The total gross from primary ticket sales would've been about $90 million. Premium and VIP packages and secondary-market sales would have boosted the gross to more than $100 million. Merchandise sales could have brought in another $15 million.
 

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. is pleased to introduce its new line-up of Xacti Dual Cameras, a line-up that redefines digital imaging by allowing greater flexibility for camera lovers and users all over the world with an amazing line-up of cameras that take both photos and videos, enhancing and enriching active lifestyles.

The new mixed form factor (Horizontal, Vertical) line-up of five (5) cameras* include new waterproof HD models (DMX-WH1, DMX-CA9), a stylish Compact HD units (DMX-CG10), and Full HD 60p cameras (DMX-FH11, DMX-HD2000). The first camera to be released in the sequence for the new 2009 line-up will be the DMX-HD2000.

Xacti Dual Cameras combine the benefits of digital still cameras and camcorders into one unit, offering the freedom to take both photos and videos separately, yet seamlessly. The cameras are small and compact, making them ultra-portable and easy to hold for active filming and shooting anywhere or anytime while on the go, recording high definition videos and taking high resolution photos in either vertical or horizontal form factors, providing more options to choose from, to match any lifestyle or preference.

Not only can the cameras be connected to televisions after taking photos or recording videos and shared, but it is easy to seamlessly upload and use on computers and the Web, thanks to a movie format highly compatible with computers. With the AVC/H.264 format, it is easy to share videos online, on blogs or other multi-media sites, and also easy to import to iPods and other portable media devices for viewing anywhere, anytime.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., May 21 -- Overture Films and Paramount Vantage have announced that Oscar-winner Michael Moore's new documentary feature will be released domestically on October 2, 2009. The as-yet-untitled film will explore the root causes of the global economic meltdown and take a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in what Moore has described as "the biggest robbery in the history of this country" - the massive transfer of U.S. taxpayer money to private financial institutions.

On this, the 20-year anniversary of his masterpiece Roger & Me, Moore returns to the issue that began his career: the disastrous impact that corporate dominance and out-of-control profit motives have on the lives of Americans and citizens of the world. But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the crime scene far wider than Flint, Michigan.

Says Moore: "The wealthy, at some point, decided they didn't have enough wealth. They wanted more -- a lot more. So they systematically set about to fleece the American people out of their hard-earned money. Now, why would they do this? That is what I seek to discover in this movie."
Moore's new documentary, his first since 2007's widely-praised Sicko, was first announced by Overture and Paramount Vantage International in May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival and production began shortly afterward.

Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett, Overture's CEO and COO respectively, previously worked with Moore when they oversaw the release of Bowling for Columbine at MGM/United Artists. "Everyone can relate to this subject matter and all have been affected," said McGurk and Rosett. "We think there should be plenty of people interested in hearing Michael's take on how exactly we got here and what we can do to move forward."

Moviegoers are in for twice the fun and triple the thrills as The Walt Disney Studios prepares to debut the Disney Digital 3D™ versions of Disney-Pixar’s beloved animated features – “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2” – during a special limited engagement starting on October 2, 2009, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group.

This extraordinary double feature, taking the latest advances in digital 3D technology “to infinity and beyond,” will play exclusively in 3D.  “Toy Story,” the industry’s first ever computer-animated feature and the first feature released by Pixar Animation Studios in 1995, and “Toy Story 2,” the critically acclaimed sequel that debuted in 1999, were both directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker John Lasseter.  Both films have been meticulously re-rendered in 3D from the original digital files using the latest state-of-the-art technology.

Commenting on the announcement, Zoradi said, “This fantastic double feature will let moviegoers see two of their all-time favorite films from Pixar Animation Studios in a way that they’ve never seen them before, and all for the price of one movie ticket.  John Lasseter and the animation team have truly created a spectacular 3D experience with Buzz, Woody, and all the toy characters in a whole new eye-popping dimension.  We’re also excited that audiences will soon see a whole new chapter when Toy Story 3 in 3D, directed by Lee Unkrich (co-director of Toy Story 2) comes to theaters on June 18, 2010.”

A team of six students from the Paris-based school Gobelins, created this short using Maya for animation The story:  two Octopi who fall in love in a fish tank in Greece - only to run headfirst into disaster when the female is snatched up by a human and taken away in his truck. Never one to be daunted, the male escapes from the aquarium and makes a beeline for the truck, determined to save the female octopus from the jaws of death. His efforts ultimately propel both cephalopods on a wild journey through the streets of the village

George Lucas wants to build a new state of the art digital film production studio in Northern California. Lucas has asked Marin County to consider plans to build a 262,728-square-foot building that would house a maxim of 340 employees at the former Grady Ranch in Lucas Valley.

Thomas Forster, the former director of operations for Skywalker Properties, says "what Grady gives us which we don’t currently have in Marin is a digital production space for actual shooting, a few large rooms to do digital blue or green screen work.”

Voldemort is tightening his grip on
both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the
safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie
within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him
for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they
work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end,
Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected
and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn.

The Experience begins with
the IMAX® 3D camera
The IMAX® 3D camera is one
of the highest resolution image-capturing devices in the world.  
By simultaneously recording separate left and right-eye images onto
two 65mm wide filmstrips – one for each eye – the camera captures
spectacular images.

The IMAX® 3D projector
The
3D projector actually projects two separate images onto the screen. 
Polarized 3D glasses allow your brain to fuse the two images
together, creating a single, pristine, larger-than-life
three-dimensional image.

IMAX® 3D Fun Facts

• 115,200 film frames make up a
  typical 40-minute IMAX® 3D film.  That is 27,000 feet!

• IMAX® 3D projectors can emit
  up to 30,000 watts of light and flash 48 individual images onto the
  screen every second!

• The IMAX® 3D camera is run by 14 motors and 11
  microprocessors