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While the cause of death of Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers has yet to be determined, a spokesperson for the St. Johns County, Florida Fire Rescue tells TMZ they responded to a call for a "non-responsive person in cardiac arrest." https://www.tmz.com/2025/10/21/limp-bizkit-bassist-sam-rivers-911-heart-attack/?adid=braze-browser-notification
Super Bowl Petition to Replace Bad Bunny With George Strait Gets More Than 55,000 Signatures. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/super-bowl-petition-bad-bunny-george-strait-signatures-1235451259/
Two decades after someone started cybersquatting the Slipknot.com domain, the band has finally decided to sue the anonymous host.
Guns n' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus has joined the lineup of guests on the Allman Betts Family Revival tour by The Allman Betts Band. It kicks off November 29th in St. Louis at The Factory.
Maynard James Keenan's Puscifer will release a new album, Normal Isn't, on February 6th. Check out the first single "Self Evident" on YouTube. Keenan and the band will hit the road March 20th in Las Vegas, stopping in St. Louis on April 30, 2026, at The Factory as part of "The Normal Isn't Tour". Tickets go on sale Friday. https://www.thefactorystl.com/event/puscifer/
This is interesting – do you know what the FIRST country music video played on MTV was?
Dwight Yoakam's "Honky Tonk Man" in 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBlc2FN99is
Over the weekend Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash, and Tony Brown were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Here is Kenny's speech during the ceremony.
TV
Bryant Gumbel, the veteran journalist who co-hosted Today for 15 years and anchored Real Sports, was taken by ambulance Monday night from his New York City apartment following what his family described as a medical emergency, TMZ reports. https://www.tmz.com/2025/10/21/bryant-gumbel-hospitalized-nyc/
Ben Stiller Donates Parents’ Career Archive to National Comedy Center. The announcement arrives ahead of the Apple TV+ release of Stiller's new doc, Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, about his parent's lives together. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/ben-stiller-donates-parents-archive-national-comedy-center-1235451886/
HBO Max didn't even warn customers about its latest price hike. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-max-prices-increases-plans-2025-1236557671/
MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:
A24, the independent film studio behind hits like 'Uncut Gems' and 'The Brutalist', has now entered a new industry, opening a restaurant in New York City's Cherry Lane Theatre. https://www.foodbeast.com/news/a24s-first-ever-restaurant-looks-like-a-scene-from-one-of-its-films/
AND FINALLY
If you thought we were gonna stop shoving Halloween down your throat, you thought WRONG. Today we have a list of the 25 best ZOMBIE movies, courtesy of Empire Online. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-zombie-movies/
AND THAT IS YOUR CRAP ON CELEBRITIES!
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