isaac hayes

Scientology a Prime Suspect in Gossip Columnist’s Isaac Hayes Postmortem

9:55AM STV | After getting through a remarkably quiet week without a single controversy or racketeering lawsuit, the Church of Scientology was dealt another bruising body blow with Isaac Hayes’s death over the weekend. As much as the Church is expected to miss the singer/songwriter’s hot buttered soul and totemic cultural presence, Hayes’s “friend” and generally unreliable Fox source Roger Friedman notes in today’s touching eulogy how the Church wrung every last cent from subpar live performances after his 2006 stroke. More »

Isaac Hayes Makes Two, And We Can’t Seem To Dig It

12:41AM Seth | As if the surprise death of Bernie Mac wasn’t showbiz tragedy enough, before the weekend was through we’d also be robbed of music legend Isaac Hayes. What can we say about the wocka-chicka- wocka-chicka-popularizer that hasn’t already been said? More »