GET READY TO LOOK FOR PARKING!

Tomorrow is the big day, Michael Jackson’s memorial in Los Angeles. 1.6 million people requested tickets, but in true Willy Wonka fashion, only 18,000 got the good news yesterday. Police have advised fans who were not chosen in the lottery to keep their distance from the Staples Center, you WILL be able to watch the whole thing on ABC. Reverend Al Sharpton has also asked people around the world to watch the service at schools, churches – holding what he calls “love vigils” for MJ. Now, although no itinerary has been released for tomorrow, police say that a private ceremony for Jackson family members will be held at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, 2 hours before the memorial starts.

RIHANNA…TATTOO ARTIST?

Rihanna is just getting over the Chris Brown legal drama…now she’s facing her own. Last week while in NY, she went to her favorite tattoo parlor, picked up the needle and gave her friend Bang Bang some new ink. Here’s the thing. She’s not licensed tattoo artist, could face 3 misdemeanor counts, City Health Department investigating.

FALL TV CASTING NEWS

Drea de Matteo who played Adriana on the Sopranos joining Desperate Housewives in the fall and Miss Hilary Duff is joining the cast of Gossip Girl, she’ll play movie star Olivia Burke who enrolls at NYU and falls for Dan.