Michael Jackson's Memorial Is Now Underway

12:48pm - Michael Jackson's public memorial service is now over. RIP MJ, you are a legend and you will be missed!

12:45pm - Pastor Lucius Smith is speaking again, closing the ceremony...

12:40pm - MICHAEL'S DAUGHTER PARIS IS SPEAKING...she says, "Ever since I was born, daddy was the best father you could ever imagine, and I just wanted to say I love him so much." Okay, we're bawling...that was so incredibly sad to watch. Our hearts go out to Paris, Prince, Blanket and the rest of the Jackson family...

12:34pm - Jermaine, Marlon, Janet, Paris, Prince and the rest of the Jackson clan is up on stage thanking the audience for attending...Janet is comforting Paris as Marlon speaks.

12:25pm - One of Jackson's video segments for "This Is It" is being played while his backup singers sing along...all of Jackson's kids are on the stage, along with Jennifer Hudson, LaToya Jackson, Usher, Brooke Shields and many others...

12:22pm - Kenny Ortega (HSM director/choreographer) is at the podium...

12:18pm - Britain's Got Talent Shaheen Jafargholi is taking the stage...wow...this kid's got some serious pipes!

12:13pm - Smokey Robinson is now speaking...

12:12pm - another video montage...

12:06pm - Usher is taking the stage...so much emotion! And Paris is understandably distraught...

11:58am - Sheila Jackson Lee has taken the podium, she's honoring Michael with a plaque for his humanitarian efforts.

11:52am - Martin Luther King III and his sister Bernice A. King are speaking...

11:47am - Jermaine Jackson is singing "Smile"

11:43am - okay, now Brooke's making us laugh, "What's up with the glove?"

11:38am - Brooke Shields is giving a speech, she's already in tears :(

11:34am - John Mayer is performing the Michael Jackson song "Human Nature"

11:25am - Reverend Al Sharpton is speaking...er, yelling.

11:20am - Jennifer Hudson is performing "Will You Be There"

11:15am - Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant are now giving a speech...Magic recalls the time when MJ asked him to be in his music video for "Remember The Time," and how he went to his house and shared a bucket of KFC with him. Aww...

11:07am - Stevie Wonder is taking the stage...he's giving a brief speech before he begins his performance of "I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer" and "They Won't Go When I Go"

11:03am - a Michael Jackson video montage is playing

10:54am - Berry Gordy is speaking...he says that Michael Jackson was "the greatest entertainer that ever lived," to which the audience gave a standing ovation. All of the Jackson brothers are wearing yellow ties and a sparkly white glove on one hand.

10:50am - Lionel Richie is performing "Jesus Is Love"

10:44am - Queen Latifah has taken the stage...she's reading a Maya Angelou poem written specifically for the funeral

10:39am - Mariah Carey and Trey Lorenz are performing the Jackson Five hit "I'll Be There"...

10:36am - Pastor Lucius Smith is the first to speak...

10:33am - Seven men in dark suits (including Jermaine Jackson) are carrying Michael Jackson's casket onstage at the Staples Center right now, and the Andrea Crouch Choir is performing.