The List for Monday, October 16th 2023

Welcome to The List,

We start with sad news today, no doubt you’ve already heard there are Three deaths to report Suzanne Somers from “Three’s Company”, Piper Laurie from “Carrie”, and Mark Goddard from the original “Lost in Space” TV series. Piper Laurie is best known for playing the crazy religious nut Margaret White in the 1976 horror classic “Carrie” she was 91…Mark Goddard passed away last Tuesday due to pulmonary fibrosis Goddard played Major Don West on the “Lost in Space” TV series in the 1960s.  He was 87.

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Hardy returned to the stage last Thursday after taking a week off to focus on his mental health. He canceled two shows earlier this month and postponed another and was upfront about why.  He said he’s been dealing with a ton of anxiety ever since his tour bus crash last year. He announced the cancelations on October 3rd, a year and a day after the crash where he and four others were seriously hurt. He stopped the show to address it at one point and got pretty emotional.  He thanked fans for having his back the past couple weeks, and said he’s never felt more supported in his whole life. VIDEO

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Toby Keith made a surprise appearance at Jason Aldean’s show in Oklahoma on Friday.  He told the crowd that the “Almighty’s been riding shotgun” with him, and he’s ready to go back to work.  And then he and Jason sang “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”.

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Given that Tom Cruise is one of the biggest action movie stars in history, you’d think there’d be toys and action figures based on his characters all over the place. But there aren’t.  And there’s a reason for that.  Tom supposedly has a clause in his movie contracts that says his likeness CAN’T be used to create merchandise . . . including toys and video games. In fact, in the “Minority Report” video game, the main character was given blonde hair, much shorter than Tom’s in the movie, in order to avoid any similarity…I didn’t think you could GET shorter than Tom…

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Jada Pinkett Smith tells The Times newspaper that she thinks she and Will Smith will live together again while it’s reported that Jaden and Willow Smith are relieved that their parents have revealed their separation. Chris Rock just wants Jada to stop talking about him! Jada has been discussing their past, including Chris asking her out while she was married to Will Smith. A source tells the newspaper, “Chris is over it and would love for her to keep his name out of her mouth.

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Parker McCollum announced the dates of his Burn It Down Tour 2024.  It kicks off January 18th in Spokane, Washington . . . with a stop in Des Moines June 27^th and runs into late August.  Corey Kent, Larry Fleet, George Birge, and Catie Offerman will be opening select shows.

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