Adam Yauch, aka MCA, of the Beastie Boys dropped some depressing news – he’s got cancer. A tumor was discovered in his throat. The good news – Yauch said that it’s treatable, hasn’t spread, and will not affect his voice. Tour dates have been canceled and the release of their new album has been postponed.

We wish Yauch a speedy and full recovery, and are still looking forward to the Hot Sauce Committee Part 1.

Yauch made the announcement on a video on the Beastie’s web site:

In other depressing news, Sony has already closed a deal to pony up an unheard of $50 million for the rights to make a feature film on Michael Jackson, according to Variety. The film will likely draw from 80 hours of footage recorded in Los Angeles of Jackson rehearsing for his London comeback shows. Kenny Ortega, the man who unleashed High School Musical on an unwitting and arguably innocent public, who shot the footage, is expected to direct.