Country Life: What Is Rural Porn? – LINK
The Worst Things to Wear on a First Date Include a Full Tracksuit and Crocs – LINK
In Love with a Coworker? It Might Just Be “Office Goggles” – LINK
Big News for Bald Guys: Toupees Are Cool Now! – LINK
Love IPAs? Now You Can Bone a Beer Can With This Novelty Male Stroker – LINK
Man rushed to hospital after squeezing himself into 11 penis rings – LINK
2024 Paris Olympics Handing Out 300,000 Condoms After Lifting Intimacy Ban for Athletes – LINK
German scientists find that teens smell uniquely of cheese, urine and goat once they hit puberty – LINK
US Teens Using Nutmeg To Get High, Warns Georgia Woman – LINK
Popular NJ Italian restaurant will ban children under the age of 10: ‘Liability to us’ – LINK
Lottery fever strikes as combined Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots hit $1.9 billion – LINK
‘It Didn’t Taste Normal’ Outback Steakhouse Accidently Serves 12-Year-Old Child Rum-Filled Drink – LINK
MUSIC
Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance To Launch New Horror Comic Series ‘Paranoid Gardens’ – LINK
Billy Idol, Rancid‘s Tim Armstrong, Fred Armisen and the last Ramones bassist, CJ Ramone, will play a tribute to Johnny Ramone at Hollywood Forever cemetery on June 2nd. The event will also include a screening of Pulp Fiction presented by John Travolta – LINK
Modest Mouse will release a 20th anniversary edition of Good News for People Who Love Bad News digitally on April 5th and as a two-record set on May 17th. This reissue adds eight new remixes of tracks from the album – LINK
Bush’s Gavin Rossdale has called his divorce from No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani “debilitating.” In an interview podcast, he explained, “wish I could have found a way to not have that in their lives. It wasn’t fun for me to come from a broken home. It can be quite debilitating for kids … the overriding thing is you don’t want to let your kids down.” The singer added that he wished he and Stefani had “more of a connection” when it came to co-parenting – LINK
Rock Hall Weekly Update:
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Fan Vote saw some movement for the second time in its sixth week as Foreigner overtook Ozzy Osbourne to move into second place behind the Dave Matthews Band, who passed up Ozzy early last week – LINK
- Dave Matthews Band – 367,500
- Foreigner – 331,000
- Ozzy Osbourne – 330,000
- Peter Frampton – 327,000
- Cher – 230,000
- Lenny Kravitz – 206,000
- Mariah Carey – 182,500
- Kool & the Gang – 182,500
- Oasis – 122,000
- Sinéad O’Connor – 114,000
- Sade – 111,000
- Jane’s Addiction – 98,000
- Mary J. Blige – 81,000
- A Tribe Called Quest – 64,500
- Eric B. & Rakim – 39,500
Patti Boyd, who was the muse for Eric Clapton’s LAYLA held an auction of rock & roll treasures last week and put the original artwork for that album up for sale. It was expected to only fetch around $65,000 before it headed to auction, then exceeded that by selling for more than $2 million! – LINK
Quickies:
Daughtry have released a new single called “Pieces” that Chris Daughtry says was written shortly after the losses of his mother and daughter. Check it out:
- Flat Black, which is led by ex-Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Jason Hook, has released a collaboration with Corey Taylor of Slipknot. Check out “Nothing to Some”
- Serj Tankian of System of a Down sings on “Incinerator,” a new single from film composer Bear McCreary‘s album The Singularity, which is out on May 10th. Check it out
- Country star Dierks Bentley plays Tom Petty‘s Rickebacker guitar in the video for his cover of “American Girl.” The cover appears on Petty Country, which is due out May 31st.
- Lenny Kravitz has shared the studio version of “Human,” the song he debuted on Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night. Check it out on YouTube. “Human” is on Blue Electric Light, which is due out on May 24th.
- Bring Me the Horizon have shared a live video of “Kool Aid.” Check it out
TV
If you believe TMZ, Amanda Bynes opted out of Quiet on Set because she simply didn’t have the bad experiences that many other former Nickelodeon stars did. But is that really the end of the story? – LINK
Original “Blue’s Clues” host Steve Burns did another “check-in” video, following that Nickelodeon documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV”. “Blue’s Clues” is a Nick Jr. show.
Jerry Seinfeld is reportedly a billionaire. According to an estimate of his net worth, he’s made $465 million on syndication deals alone, and another $94 million from his streaming deal with Netflix – LINK
MOVIES
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made an unscheduled appearance at a Target store in Memphis, Tennessee. He got on the PA saying, “Hello to all our Target guests this is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson here.” Then he walked down the aisles as shoppers were losing their minds. He took pictures, talked to fans, and made it a very special moment for everyone – LINK
Congratulations to Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden on their second child – a son named Cardinal. In a joint post on Instagram, “We are blessed and excited to announce the birth of our son, Cardinal Madden❤️🙏 He is awesome and we are all so happy he is here! For the kids’ safety and privacy, we won’t be posting any pictures- but he’s really cute ☺️ We are feeling so blessed and grateful 🍀Sending much love from our fam to yours 🙏❤️Best wishes and Good Afternoon!! 🤘⚡️” – LINK
Rebel Wilson is ready to spill some major tea in her forthcoming memoir Rebel Rising, and a Hollywood star is threatening her over it. Rebel Rising arrives on April 2. Pre-orders are available now – LINK
Sean Penn helped make Vans a huge brand by wearing a pair in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”. And last year, the owner of Vans ran into Sean at a restaurant in Hawaii. He thanked him and paid for his dinner – LINK
“Happy Gilmore 2” is in the works. Christopher McDonald, who played Shooter McGavin, says Adam Sandler recently showed him the first draft of the script – LINK
Jack Black revealed the one thing holding up a sequel to his 2003 hit comedy, ‘School of Rock’. “You know Mike White wrote the first one and he’s a genius. We’d have to have Mike White back in the saddle, but he’s real busy right now with ‘White Lotus’, the best show on TV” – LINK
MISC
After months of international speculation – even reaching into this show with the conspiracy theories — on Friday, Kate, Princess of Wales, announced she had been diagnosed with cancer.
TV TONIGHT
Monday, Monday 25th
TOP TALK SHOW GUESTS:
- Seth Meyers – actor Jake Gyllenhaal, actress Andrea Riseborough
- The Talk – actress Jane Lynch
DON’T MISS TV:
- The Bachelor (ABC – finale)
- The Neighborhood (CBS)
- The Voice (NBC)
- So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
- Master Chef (Fox)
- Mean Girl Murders (ID)
- Lethally Blonde (ID – series premiere)
WHAT TO STREAM:
- Gabby’s Dollhouse (Netflix – Season 9)
- Mean Girl Murders (MAX)
- Lethally Blonde (ID – series premiere)
All listings are subject to change.