In another sad turn of events Isaac Hayes, musician & voice of Chef from Southpark, has passed away this weekend at the age of 65.

Hayes, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was pronounced dead at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tenn., after collapsing Sunday afternoon near a treadmill in his home nearby.

Steve Shular, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said authorities received a 911 call after Hayes’ wife and young son and his wife’s cousin returned home from the grocery store and found him collapsed in a downstairs bedroom. A sheriff’s deputy administered CPR until paramedics arrived.

Stanback said he was shocked to learn of the death of the singer, who was about to start work on a new record for Stax, the label Hayes helped make legendary. Read More…

So SAD! You know death comes in three’s…. I wonder who’s next?

This picture from the Bejing Olympics is so awesome I just had to post it as well.

I have really been looking forward to this movie! It looks GREAT! Very Different! And Paris Hilton looks FREAKY! It has a really great cast including Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, & Anthony Head and is directed by SAW mastermind Darren Lynn Bousman!

In Theaters NOVEMBER 7th, 2008!!!

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Of the first GODFATHER video game that was released by Electronic Arts in 2006, director Francis Ford Coppola said, “I had absolutely nothing to do with the game and I disapprove.” That didn’t stop fans from snatching up the game with worldwide sales of over four million units and it’s not stopping EA from developing a sequel based on THE GODFATHER PART II.

Most of the actors from the film are providing likeness rights though you won’t see any Al Pacino or Robert De Niro (Pacino refused to participate and editor’s nixed De Niro’s early Vito Corleone storyline). Most of the dialogue will come from cut pieces from the film thought Robert Duvall will record new dialogue as Tom Hagen (who will likely coach the new member of the Corleone crime family that you will control). If you’re expecting a literal translation from screen to Xbox, you’ll be disappointed.

EA says that the flashbacks weren’t working for the game so they’ve created their own story to weave in between “major touchpoints” from the film. You’re taking one of the greatest movies of all time and rewriting it? No wonder Coppola’s pissed. EA’s “Godfather II” is expected to hit stores next February.

2008 Bejing Olympics Opening Ceremony

American Idol’s executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, has finalized his decision to leave the show, according to MonstersAndCritics.com, to focus on some of his other projects.

In an interview with Extra, he said, “I’m really leaving American Idol. I was working 24/7 and then some, so there was just no time in creating anything else.”

But for Lythgoe, this is a bittersweet decision, for he says, “Just talking about it is tough. It’s like giving birth to a baby and letting it go. You’re an empty nester. Your children have left you.”