Stevie at James Brown's Funeral

[ELIUD]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Just so long as she's not at Sadaam's funeral...

You wouldn't be able to miss her. She'd be the one in the handkerchief hem Burqa.

Originally Posted by chiliD

Ok, then, I'm mistaken... I guess she was just photoshopped into the live CNN TV camera shot.

Maybe it was actually that Barbra J. Rose woman.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by danax6

Chili, besides showing her face, did they actually mention her name during the broadcast also?

I don't know, I had the TV muted. Her name didn't appear on the closed-captioning.

[DeeGeMe]

I just haven't seen any "names" other than the ones that have already been mentioned in the press articles who attended that funeral and I find it odd that they haven't surfaced yet. I'm not saying she didn't but if Oprah Winfrey and Stevie were there I find it rather odd their names wouldn't have surfaced in an article about it yet or they wouldn't have been captured in a photo.

[GiniLeaE]

Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

I just haven't seen any "names" other than the ones that have already been mentioned in the press articles who attended that funeral and I find it odd that they haven't surfaced yet. I'm not saying she didn't but if Oprah Winfrey and Stevie were there I find it rather odd their names wouldn't have surfaced in an article about it yet or they wouldn't have been captured in a photo.

I don't question Stevie because multiple people saw here there, but Oprah I now am not so sure...since she just opened that school in South Africa. She would have had to have boarded a plane straight from Georgia to Africa last weekend! Highly unlikely...even for a jetsetter like her. So I've asked my friend to look at his pics again and ask everyone in the crowd with him.

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by DeeGeMe

I just haven't seen any "names" other than the ones that have already been mentioned in the press articles who attended that funeral and I find it odd that they haven't surfaced yet. I'm not saying she didn't but if Oprah Winfrey and Stevie were there I find it rather odd their names wouldn't have surfaced in an article about it yet or they wouldn't have been captured in a photo.

as someone who works in tv news, i can tell you, there isn't the time, nor space, nor interest to mention every single celebrity who attends another celebrity's funeral. the biggies might get a nod. but that's about it. because, newsflash, it's not about them! i have not a doubt in the world stevie was there (not that i care a wit), or that many other celebs were, too. at the end of the day... james brown is dead. hundreds of people paid their respects - ordinary folks, musician types who knew him, some who didn't, his closest friends, his family.

[GiniLeaE]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

as someone who works in tv news, i can tell you, there isn't the time, nor space, nor interest to mention every single celebrity who attends another celebrity's funeral. the biggies might get a nod. but that's about it. because, newsflash, it's not about them! i have not a doubt in the world stevie was there (not that i care a wit), or that many other celebs were, too. at the end of the day... james brown is dead. hundreds of people paid their respects - ordinary folks, musician types who knew him, some who didn't, his closest friends, his family.

Very well said!