MUSIC

• The U.S. Department of Defense is no match for Metallica's lawyers. https://loudwire.com/metallica-force-government-pull-drone-video-featuring-unauthorized-use-classic-song/

• Motley Crue might not be the "greedy" band that Sharon Osbourne kicked off the Back to the Beginning show after all. Nikki Sixx says they weren't there due to "health issues within the band."  https://loudwire.com/nikki-sixx-addresses-motley-crue-absence-ozzy-black-sabbath-farewell-show/

• The official Soundgarden Instagram account cited schedule conflicts as the reason for their absence, saying, “We are super bummed and regret that we were unable to coordinate the schedules of our individual and collective projects to attend and contribute to the festival.” https://music.mxdwn.com/2025/07/13/news/soundgarden-share-statement-regarding-absence-from-black-sabbaths-back-to-the-beginning-show/#google_vignette

• Sir Paul McCartney has announced the 'Got Back' US tour, with the 19-date run kicking off on September 29th in Palm Desert, California. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/07/10/paul-mccartney-got-back-tour-dates-2025/84528560007/
• Bill Curbishley, the manager of The Who and Judas Priest and former manager of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Lynyrd Skynyrd, will publish his memoir, To Be or Not To Be: A Life in Music, on April 16th.
• Jelly Roll has lost a lot of weight. But is he READY TO RUMBLE? The WWE thinks so, because they're putting him in the ring against Logan Paul at SummerSlam next month. https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jelly-roll-logan-paul-wwe-smackdown-nashville-1236020257/
• Dolly Parton says there is certain stuff that she has stopped writing and can't write after the death of her husband. Here she is talking more about it. https://x.com/khloekardashian/status/1942931757499904383
• Remember when Morgan Wallen's new album came out and everyone kept talking about his song "Miami"? You know, the one that sounds like he's singing with Alvin and the Chipmunks? Well, now he's upping the ante, by teasing a new remix of the song. This time featuring Lil Wayne and Rick Ross.

TV

• There are a lot of pressing issues facing our country and the world. And President Trump is focusing his attention right now on one of them: Rosie O'Donnell. 
• A video surfaced online of Travis Kelce and his brother Jason singing "Old Time Rock & Roll" by Bob Seger on stage, with Jason as the lead singer and Travis as his backup. https://people.com/has-taylor-swift-given-travis-kelce-singing-lessons-karaoke-performance-brother-jason-11770349

MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:

• James Gunn’s reboot of the DC Movie Universe is off to a great start. https://deadline.com/2025/07/box-office-superman-1236454805/
• Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks, is possibly the most HATED character in the history of "Star Wars" And the hate was so bad when "The Phantom Menace" came out in 1999, that he literally almost took his own life. https://ew.com/jar-jar-binks-actor-ahmed-best-recalls-suicidal-moment-from-fan-backlash-11770498
• Check out the trailer for HBO's Billy Joel documentary, "And So It Goes". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/billy-joel-doc-trailer-uptown-girl-classical-music-lessons-1236312261/
• Evan Rachel Wood says she would have been happy to return for "Practical Magic 2", but they didn't want her. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are coming back for the sequel, and on Friday, it was announced that Dianne Wiest and Stockard Channing will reprise their roles as the Owens aunts. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/evan-rachel-wood-not-returning-for-practical-magic-2-1236312674/

 AND FINALLY

•  "Harper's Bazaar" put together a list of the 50 Hottest Men of All Time in Hollywood. They also noted each man's peak level of hotness. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/g4612/hottest-men-of-all-time/

AND THAT IS YOUR CRAP ON CELEBRITIES!

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