James Brown died on Christmas day, but his body has
yet to be buried. While the singer's children and attorneys work to settle the issues surrounding his estate, Browns body lies in a sealed casket in his Georgian home, where the air is temperature-controlled and security guards man the doors. Were kinda creeped out by all of this.
According to the
Hollywood Reporter, HBO is developing a new series that will star Kayne West. The project will be overseen by Larry Charles, the executive producer/director behind
Curb Your Enthusiasm, the first two seasons of
Entourage, and the
Borat movie. Looks like the Kayne show will be some sort of reality series based on the rappers hectic life, but HBO declined to comment. Oh well. Heres to hoping Kaynes egoism and super-fly sunglasses are enough to spice up the Emmys next year.
In other news, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his companys latest invention yesterday: the iPhone. The device basically combines your standard iPod with a Blackberry, meaning you can listen to music and surf the net while receiving calls and e-mails. The thing costs $500, though, and we dont really see why we should cough up that money if we already own both an iPod
and a phone. Perhaps
Rolling Stone explains it better:
"So youre leaving The Shins show and you cant get New Slang out of your head? Well, if youve got the newly unveiled iPhone, before youre out the door you can go online, download it, play it, then call all your friends to remind them what a douche you are, all on one handy device only slightly bigger than a deck of cards."
