Michael Jackson will be buried on his birthday, August 29, as stated in a press release from Sunshine, Sachs & Associates on behalf of the Jackson family. The burial will take place at 10 a.m. PST in the Great Mausoleum’s Holly Terrace at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. It will be a private ceremony to be attended by family and close friends. Media will be allowed nearby the park.

The Forest Lawn Memorial Park has 300 acres of immaculately landscaped grounds and around 250,000 people are buried there, including numerous celebrities like James Stewart, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Humphrey Bogart, Jean Harlow and Walt Disney.  Also more than 60,000 people have also been married there such as Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. It is a popular tourist attraction which draws around 1 million visitors per year.

The Holly Terrace in the Great Mausoleum, where Michael Jackson will be interred, features a replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s stained glass Last Supper and all the major art works of Michelangelo.  A  regal final resting place fitting for the  “king of pop“.

The Jackson family stated in the news release , they once again wish  to express their “gratitude to Michael’s fans around the world for their support during these difficult times.”

On the day that Michael Jackson will be buried would have been his 51st birthday.

Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson’s brother, announced on CNN Larry King Live  that a tribute concert for Michael Jackson will take place in Vienna, Austria near the end of September.  He is inviting various high profile artists to perform in front of the Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Palace, a popular venue that hosts the annual summer concert for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

On the Tribute2009 website that is set up for this event, producers World Awards Media stated, “ The concept of  The Tribute is that some of the world’s leading artists will perform Michael Jackson’s greatest hits live on stage in an imperial setting, befitting the King of Pop.”

Jermaine Jackson  emphasized that he wants the world to see the humanitarian side of Michael Jackson and plans for this to be an annual charity event to keep his “humanitarian legacy alive”.

“I want to show them how his true emphasis wasn’t music or performing,  it was improving the world. Understand this and you begin to understand the essence of who my brother was.”

The concert producers are expecting more than 85,000 people to attend the Michael Jackson Tribute concert and the event will be televised worldwide. A substantial portion of the proceeds will be donated to three charities: Earth Care, Feed The Children and Larry King Cardiac Foundation.

Update: Organizers of the event have now confirmed that it will take place on Sept. 26

Michael Jackson’s mother, Katherine Jackson, will get custody of his children Prince, Paris and Blanket. Debbie Rowe will maintain her legal parental rights and get meaningful visitations with her two biological children, Prince Michael and Paris.

Londell McMillan, a lawyer for Katherine Jackson, stated to CBS News that both parties reached an agreement that was in the best interests of  the children.

“All of the parties are resolved. There is no situation better for these children than for them to be raised and reared in the loving care of Mrs. Katherine Jackson”.

Michael Jackson had indicated in his will he wanted his mother to get custody of his children.

Michael Jackson was honored at the Save The World Awards in Vienna, Austria on July 24.  The ”2009 Save The World Award” was given for his accomplishments in being a voice to the vulnerable and reaching out to the less fortunate. His brother Jermaine Jackson accepted the award on his behalf and stated:

“I’m very proud that Michael enriched the lives of so many people, not only with his music but with his immense generosity. Michael’s message has always been ‘heal the world’ but he alone could never have accomplished that so it is left up to every one of us to ensure that we do”.

The tribute to Michael Jackson included performances of his songs.  Jermaine Jackson sang “Smile”  in honor of his brother and ended the song with a softspoken “I love you Michael”.

The reprint rights to Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk autobiography have been acquired by Random House and other publishers. The 1988 best selling book which Michael Jackson discussed his music career, fame and his family, will be released  in October.

The US and Canadian rights were purchased by Harmony Books  of Random House owned by Europe’s largest media group Bertelsmann. The terms of the deal with Michael Jackson’s estate are undisclosed. There will be an initial print of 100,000 books.   

Also, there will be a new introduction in the book by an entertainment figure who was close to Michael Jackson. Random House will reveal at a later date who it will be. Shaye Areheart, who finalized the US book deal, will write an afterward in the book.

Shaye Areheart who was Michael Jackson’s original editor at Doubleday, the first publisher of the book, released a statement saying , “This new edition of Moonwalk will continue to celebrate his life and career and show an extraordinary side of Michael that many have not seen”.

The title “Moonwalk” was taken from Michael Jackson’s famous signature dance move. In 1988 the book soared to number one on the New York Times best seller list and in the United States alone sold 500,000 copies.