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For whatever reason, there seems to be some kind of beef brewing between reality-TV stars Brooke Hogan and Heidi Montag. In a new song called "Ur Not That Hot" released on Wednesday, Hogan very blatantly disses Montag.

Hulk Hogan's daughter doesn't just metaphorically call out the "Hills" star. The track begins with someone impersonating Montag in a voicemail.

"Umm. Hey Brooke, what's up?" the Heidi-impersonator says. "This is Heidi Montag. I just want to let you know that I'm making a record and that your record ... better watch its back. And, if you think that Stack$ is awesome, just wait for Spencer. Bye."

Randy Philips, president and CEO of AEG, which runs the facility, told KNBC that the service, which will be open to the public, will begin at 10 a.m. Arrivals are set to begin at 8 a.m.

According to Philips, the overflow crowd will be accommodated at Nokia Plaza outside the venue, where widescreen TVs will broadcast the proceedings inside.

"Details are still to be finalized when I meet with the Jackson family this afternoon," Philips said. "Everything is in preliminary stages except the place and time."

Before talking about some of his greatest music-video achievements at length, he went on to say that "in my opinion, it has to be completely entertaining and has a linear sense of continuity. I like having a beginning, middle and an ending so that you can follow a story. I am very much involved in complete creating of the piece. It has to be from my soul."

In 1983, Jackson changed everything when he released his John Landis-directed music video for "Thriller," off the album of the same name. "We're never serious on the set, so it's fun working with John 'cause I get to throw water balloons and stink bombs at him," he said. "That's a ritual for me — after we wrap on each video I throw a lot of stuff at everybody. My idea was to make a short film with conversation at the beginning and bookmark it with conversation at the end. Believe it or not, I'm afraid to watch scary movies. I always try to be a pioneer and innovator in whatever I do."

While choreographing the video, Jackson wanted to make sure that dancing zombies would look natural, not cheesy. "It was a delicate thing to work on, 'cause I remember my original approach was, 'How do you make zombies and monsters dance without it being comical?' So I got into the room with Michael Peters and he and I together kind if imagined how these zombies move."