Actor John Spencer, most famous for his role as Leo McGarry on The West Wing, died earlier this week. That's certainly sad, as he was a great actor -- especially on that show.

It'll be interesting to see how the show deals with his death, of course. At the start of this season, we saw a scene that took place a few years in the future (where we learned that CJ marries Danny and that everyone including Josh and the President starts speaking to Toby again). And, if I'm not mistaken, Leo was there.

But in happier news, The New York Times leaked information about a forthcoming song from "Weird Al" Yankovic's next album (which won't be out till sometime in 2006). Al's often very secretive about the songs on a forthcoming album, and I'm always dying to know more specifics about what I have to look forward to on his next release.

So, kudos to the times for mentioning that animators working on a video for Al are doing so for a number called "Don't Download This Song" (sung to the tune of "We Are the World"). (link)