June 2009 - Rest In Peace

Man, June 2009 has really proven to be a major bummer because of all the people who have passed recently.

I'm especially bummed about Michael Jackson passing away. I remember how I wanted that red jacket so badly as a kid. I also remember dancing on my chair in Pizza Hut as a kid while "Beat It" blared out of the jukebox next to the desktop table game of Ms. Pac Man. Gotta love the 80s.

Now I hear Billy Mays has passed away. What the heck is going on?

I wonder if there are any studies around higher deaths (not criminal-based) and recession? C'mon, Mr. Malcolm Gladwell. You got to beat those Freaknomics dudes to this one.

Rest In Peace:

Michael Jackson (June 25, 2009)

Farrah Fawcett (June 25, 2009)

Billy Mays (June 28, 2009)

Ed McMahon (June 23, 2009)

Suhweeet Sighting: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods, who is now back in action after recovering from knee surgery, was in Times Square today promoting his latest game from EA on Nintendo Wii.

He played a round against Jimmy Fallon, who will undoubtedly promote this on his new late night talk show.

Tiger is pretty buff in person - I wonder if he always wears a Nike hat everywhere he goes?

Press Hop - featuring Allen Iverson

I watched this and could not stop laughing.

Someone put a beat to all those outrageous press conferences, dominated by Allen Iverson's retaliation on being questioned about missing practice.

"We're talking about practice!"

Halle Berry (She's Fine) - Hurricane Chris

One of the most dirrrty south sounding songs I recently heard comes from Hurricane Chris, in his new hit single, "Halle Berry (She's Fine)."

Hurricane also came out with a smash hit a couple of years ago, "Ay Bay Bay."

Something tells me he doesn't spend TOO much time on his lyrics, but throw it against a catchy beat, and you never know!

Suhweeet Entertainment Tidbits

Here's some info for you TV / Movie fans who want to stay in-the-know:

- Tom Cruise and JJ Abrams are teaming up again for Mission: Impossible IV. It's to be released in 2011. No word on Tom Cruise's character being the main focus or not.

- Freddie Prinze, Jr is joining the cast of "24" next season. The last thing I remember seeing him in was "She's All That" - an excellent movie

- T.R. Knight has been released (aka axed) from Grey's Anatomy, with 3 years remaining on his contract! Adios to one of the more annoying characters on TV

Muslim Rapper: Brother Ali

I caught this video of Brother Ali's "Good Lord" on MTVU (the University channel of MTV) and thought it was pretty good.

Brother Ali is an underground hip hop artist from Minnesota who also is an albino. This meant he was often ridiculed and exiled from the predominant white community. He then began to feel more comfortable with the African American communities in his neighborhood.

Suhweeet Father's Day Gift: Beer Holster

I saw this and had to smirk because the Beer Holster is a great gift for all those dads-to-be and other fathers who just want to sling down a slurp and re-holster the beer somewhere to free-up the hands.

Too bad it's $125, but hey it's handmade and would actually make for great groomsmen gifts too!