Suhweeet Sighting: Rihanna

I caught Rihanna in Times Square this morning performing for Good Morning America.

Her new album, "Rated R", drops tomorrow. Not sure if there are any mega-hits on it, from what I listened to this morning.

FIFA World Cup 2010

WHO IS READY FOR SOME WORLD CUP SOCCER???

(Highlights from recent Korea FIFA World Cup tune-up matches below)

ABC cancels 'Hank'

Did you watch the new Kelsey Grammer show on ABC called 'Hank?'

I definitely did not, but I could see how fans of the long running Frasier were hoping for a successful comeback from Mr. Grammer.

Production will end after its 10th episode. Better luck next time, Kelsey!

U2 AND JAY-Z LIVE IN BERLIN

Yesterday at the MTV EMA's. U2. Jay-Z. Holla.

Micronauts - Unite!

I don't really know about Micronauts, but apparently J.J. Abrams has done such a great job with reviving Star Trek that he is now in talks of doing a movie on Micronauts. I guess they are shape-shifting Japanese toys. Did you have any?

Press release:

J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Lost, Alias) in discussions to produce a feature film based on shape-shifting Japanese toy line Micronauts, which was recently acquired by Hasbro, according to WSJ.

The Micronauts toy line was created by Takara, later acquired by Tomy, and debuted in 1974 in Japan, where the line is known as Microman. Two years later the Mego Corporation introduced Micronauts to the US, and released five series of toys through 1980.

Palisades Toys acquired the right to reproduce the toys in 2002. Additionally, Marvel Comics, Devil's Due and Image Comics published Micronauts comic books, with several paperback books based on the property published by Preiss Visual Publications

How Cool Is FUSE TV?

Fuse TV is getting really into the live music performance thing.

First they did the HUGE Jay-Z 9/11 concert and now have announced a whole new series.

Fuse TV is so cool - except for the fact that they are part of the Dolans' empire (which includes Cablevision, The New York Knicks, and Madison Square Garden).

Fuse, the national music TV network from Madison Square Garden, approved the new series On The Record with Fuse, an intimate interview series with current top artists. The series premieres November 14 at 9p with a conversation with John Mayer. Upcoming artists profiled include Lady Gaga on November 23 at 9p and 50 Cent on November 25 at 8p

Michael Jordan golfs a lot

I guess Michael Jordan is a member at this fancy golf club in Westchester called Manhattan Woods, as is his good buddy and host of NBA's weekly show, Ahmad Rashad. MJ shoots pretty low scores, rumored to even be a scratch golfer! I guess if you've played as much as he has and got a bunch of custom equipment and had a few lessons with Butch Haney, you would be a scratch golfer too!

http://www.thegreenmagazine.com/content/quadruple-threat

Check out a pic of his golf bag. Suhweeet!

MTV European Music Awards

I really didn't know the MTV European Music Awards even existed, but apparently they do and you can watch it LIVE online at a variety of places, including:
www.facebook.com/mtvema
www.mtvema.com

Check it out, should be a good show, with performances/appearances by:
Jay-Z
U2
Lady Gaga
Green Day
A bunch of no-name broke European bands that you'll wish will never break into the US

but...no Kanye West to bum-rush the stage! (bummer!)

BTW - the underground / subway performance by Taylor Swift for the MTV VMAs will pre-filmed, but the performance outside Radio City Music Hall was live. Just a little camera trickery!

(I was fooled too).

Rihanna speaks on Good Morning America

Rihanna speaks directly about the Chris Brown situation on Good Morning America.

Best line of the interview - "Eff Love."

Good thing you got out of that situation Ri-ri.