KIX-KLASH RE-HASH
February 16, 2026
Tuesday 17th February 2026
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Olivia Newton-John died yesterday morning, after a 30-year on-and-off battle with cancer. After 25 years in remission, she announced in 2017 that it had spread to her lower back. Since her diagnosis, she helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars through the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre. Olivia was born in England, but raised in Melbourne, Australia. She was 73.
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Keith Urban shared a video of himself before a concert driving a drift kart around the venue. He’s having so much fun that pouring rain doesn’t slow him down. He captioned it, “While you are tailgating outside the venue.”
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Kanye celebrated the breakup of Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson in a now-deleted post. It was a fake newspaper that said, quote, “Pete Davidson dead at age 28.” He apparently took it down because it made Kim pretty upset. Twitter’s suggestions of who Pete Davidson should date next include Queen Elizabeth, Oprah, maybe a Minion.
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Carrie Underwood came out of the audience last Saturday to help a Tom Petty cover band do “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”. It was at a place called Fox & Locke in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee.
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TMZ is reporting that Anne Heche is fighting for her life, currently in a coma and dealing with significant injuries in the wake of driving her car through a home in Los Angeles. She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention.” Police believe Heche was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol when she committed at least 2 hit-and-runs before barreling through a home, igniting a massive blaze.
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Alabama donated $25,000 to the flood relief efforts underway in Kentucky. They did a show in Sharpsburg, Kentucky on Saturday and presented a check to The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky . . . a non-profit that provides assistance to Kentucky families and businesses.
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Brantley Gilbert sang “Dirt Road Anthem” at the Turning Point USA halftime show, and Zach Bryan took it personally. So Zach dropped a parody called “Chili on a Hot Dog,” basically roasting the lyrics and celebrating double-fisted chili dogs like it’s a county fair championship. Brantley fired back by grabbing two foot-long chili dogs on stage and acting it out. Jason Aldean chimed in with, “Best song I’ve heard from that guy.” Nothing says country unity like processed meat.
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Thomas Rhett admitted on a podcast he’s losing hearing in one ear at 35 and had to get hearing aids. Years of loud concerts… plus four kids and a fifth on the way. He wore them for a week and asked his wife, “Is this what you hear all day?” She basically said, welcome to marriage. Turns out the loudest tour of his life is at home.
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There’s a new indie horror movie called ‘The House Was Not Hungry Then’, told entirely from the haunted house’s perspective. No close-ups. No dramatic reaction shots. Just the house silently watching a woman search for her missing father. It hits video on demand February 13th. So now even the drywall is judging you.
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer says he’s working on Top Gun 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 6. He told Screen Rant it’s basically a horse race. Right now Top Gun is barely ahead, waiting on a script. So Maverick might fly again… or Jack Sparrow might stumble back in. Hollywood is saying…. originality is overrated.
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I had the opportunity to talk to Darryl Worley before his Acoustic Valentine's Dinner at Gatherings in Nevada. He has ventured in the the podcast world
https://www.darrylworley.com/
https://nevadaiowashows.com/2025/12/05/2-14-26-an-acoustic-valentines-dinner-with-darryl-worley/
