Seventhfury Studios Blog

This past weekend marked a huge point in history for the world as the 2008 US Olympics opened in Beijing, China. With so many great events taking place over the course of the first few days of the Olympics, there were a few highlights that really stand out. 

Olympian Michael Phelps and teammates scored the gold in the men’s 400 relay medley, keeping Phelps’ dream for 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympics alive and barely beating France in what was called the best 400 relay medley event in swimming history. The war cry that exuded from the US team after the winning time was announced on the scoreboard was out of this world, and the excitement was unmatchable. You can read more here, but if you missed the event you really need to find the video to understand just how close it really was.

Overall, it was an awesome weekend for the Olympic games and I’m really excited to see how Michael Phelps fares in his continued pursuit of history. 

In other news, the acting world lost two great actors this weekend: Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes. I was shocked to find out Saturday morning that Bernie Mac had passed away from pneumonia. Bernie Mac was one of my favorite comedians, and I’ll never forget his great role in Ocean’s 11 and 12. 

Isaac Hayes, the former voice of Chef from South Park amongst other things, was found passed out on the ground next to his treadmill in Memphis, Tennessee. The cause of his death is as of yet unknown, and this is another shocking and unexpected death. Both he and Bernie Mac will be missed.