The mood was bittersweet yet triumphant Tuesday night as fans, friends and colleagues of the late Michael Jackson attended the premiere for what would be his final bow - a music extravaganza that captures rehearsals for his aborted concert stand last summer.
From evening and midnight screenings in North America to middle-of-the-night and morning showings in Europe, Asia and elsewhere, "Michael Jackson's This Is It" arrived simultaneously worldwide in the biggest cinematic blowout ever for a music film.
At the Los Angeles premiere near the arena where much of Jackson's rehearsal footage was shot, celebrities attending included Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, Neil Patrick Harris, Katy Perry, Adam Lambert, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. |
