The List for Thursday, October 20th 2022

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Friends star Matthew Perry gets candid about his drug use . . . and how it almost killed him . . . in his upcoming book “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”.  In a new interview with “People”, he says he almost DIED when his colon burst due to opioid abuse four years ago.  At one point Matthew was taking 55 Vicodin a day, season 9 was the only year he was sober all the way through. His book comes out in November.

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One of the few bad things about “Cobra Kai” is that Mr. Miyagi isn’t a part of it.  But they’re not done telling his story . . . because a prequel series centered on him is in the works. Ralph Macchio says, “It’s in the discussion stages . . . It’s a project that I’m cheering for personally, because [Pat Morita] always wanted to do more with where Miyagi came from, so that would be wonderful to see that realized.”

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Congratulations to Chris Lane the ‘Take Back Home Girl’ singer and his wife Lauren have welcomed their second child.  Lauren posted an update on social media saying that a baby boy arrived on Sunday, and they shared video of him meeting his older brother Dutton, who’s 16 months old.  There’s no word on the baby’s name.

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Garth Brooks finally got inked…He spent the first 60 years of his life with NO tattoos.  Then he went to Ireland last month and got all inked up!! Fulfilling a promise he made to his daughter Allie back in 2014.  Garth says ‘I have the five women of my life.  My mom, Miss Yearwood, and my three daughters.’

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Blake Shelton is going to film his new USA Network game show, Barmageddon, at his Nashville bar, Ole Red. Carson Daly and Nikki Bella are going to co-host the show. Sheryl Crow, Elle King, Trace Adkins, Chris Young and Kane Brown will compete on it.

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The Rock tells Turner Classic Movies that he cries every time he watches Mel Gibson’s movie, ”Braveheart.” “I watched that movie about a month ago. Got “misty-eyed.” I have in my possession the sword that Mel Gibson uses in Braveheart. It is a massive sword, and one of the few that a Scottish blacksmith and his family, generational blacksmiths, have been commissioned to make that sword from the Wallace family.”

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