MUSIC

• Rush fans lost their minds . . . in a good way . . . when they heard their favorite band was getting back together for some reunion shows. https://www.alternativenation.net/rush-reunion-ticket-prices-are-insulting/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
•  Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" sold a MASSIVE 4 million copies in its first week. That 4 million is in what they call "equivalent album units," which include both pure album sales and streaming activity. But most of that WAS in pure album sales: 3,479,500 copies. https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-life-of-a-showgirl-number-one-billboard-200/largest-week-by-equivalent-album-units-earned/
• Taylor Swift announces behind-the-scenes Eras tour docuseries, plus new concert film. The End of an Era will air across six episodes on Disney+, with Swift promising ‘all the stories woven throughout’ record-breaking tour
• The Red Clay Strays had a flight they'll never forget. The band was on their way to the Redwest 2025 festival in Utah, when their private jet hit some severe turbulence. https://www.tiktok.com/@theredclaystrays/video/7560482862969916703
•  It's possible we might not have seen the last all-star concert under the name Back to the Beginning. The U.K. paper The Mirror reports that Monowise LTD, the company that's been overseeing the rights of the late Ozzy Osbourne for a while, has filed a trademark application in the U.S. for the Back to the Beginning name to be used for “entertainment services in the nature of live musical performance.” https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ozzy-osbourne-final-gig-back-36061530
• After 40 years, keyboardist Jonathan Cain is leaving Journey. Guitarist Neal Schon broke the news first on social media, writing, "Jonathan Cain announced his farewell to Journey tonight… I’m nowhere near done!”  https://societyofrock.com/jonathan-cain-confirms-exit-from-journey-after-years-of-tension/
•  Congratulations to Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, who just became a grandfather. The 53-year-old's daughter Molly announced over the weekend that she'd given birth to her son Rudy. https://www.instagram.com/p/DPrNZIqDI4m/
• Weezer's "Island in the Sun" is the band's first song in Spotify's Billions Club, which marks over one-billion streams on the platform.
• Gene Simmons was at The Secret Garden in Las Vegas Sunday to officiate the wedding of Anthrax and Pantera drummer Charlie Benante and his longtime girlfriend, former Butcher Babies and current Violent Hour singer Carla Harvey. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2024830168054221        

TV

• Apple has announced that Apple TV+ is being renamed "Apple TV." https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/13/apple-tv-rebranded-as-just-apple-tv/

MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:

•  Alec Bladwin and his brother Stephen were involved in a car crash in the Hamptons, New York, on Monday. https://pagesix.com/2025/10/13/celebrity-news/alec-baldwin-crashes-range-rover-into-a-tree-in-the-hamptons/
•  Jennifer Aniston says she turned down a casting offer from “Saturday Night Live” before “Friends” for one reason. https://www.thewrap.com/why-jennifer-aniston-declined-snl-casting-offer-lorne-michaels/
• PETA gave the movie "Good Boy" an award, because the filmmakers made sure its dog star was safe and comfortable.  

AND FINALLY

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