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The List for Thursday, September 29th 2022

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Rapper Coolio was found dead yesterday on the bathroom floor of a friend’s house in L.A. The cause of death is unknown.  Coolio’s manager said the paramedics think it was a heart attack.  And law enforcement said they didn’t find any drugs or drug paraphernalia.  Coolio was known for the song, Gangsta’s Paradise”.  It won a Grammy in 1995 for Best Rap Solo Performance. Coolio was 59

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Luke Bryan wrapped up his 13th “Farm Tour” this past weekend.  He did six shows in six states over the course of just 10 days . . . More than 100,000 fans in all came out to see him.  That’s been the case every year since his first Farm Tour in 2009.  He uses it as a chance to give back and grant scholarships to kids from farming families.  78 students have gotten them over the years.

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Gwen Stefani used to think Blake Shelton’s accent was fake.  She told Camila Cabello on “The Voice”, quote, “I used to be like ‘When are you going to stop talking like that, like, that’s so fake.’  And then it actually, it was his real voice.  So, I kind of got used to it.”

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s heated defamation trial is getting the movie treatment just four months after the verdict was revealed. On Wednesday, Entertainment Weekly debuted the first trailer for the Tubi original movie Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial, which stars Mark Hapka and Megan Davis as Depp and Heard.   If you’d like to re-live the trial, it’ll be streaming on Tubi tomorrow…

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Zac Brown tells Men’s Health magazine that Bruce Springsteen inspired him to work out while on tour. Saying, “When I met Springsteen, I said, ‘Tell me something that’s helped you to stay feeling good.’ He was like, ‘Man, you need to sweat for an hour a day. I don’t care what you do, doesn’t matter. You need to sweat for an hour a day.’ I was like, ‘You’re the Boss. Let’s do it.’””

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The NY Post says Christopher Reeves’ Superman costume is going to be auctioned off. It could sell for as much as $500,000. The Bible from ”Shawshank Redemption”, a chariot from ”Gladiator” and Darth Vader’s gloves are also going to be auctioned off on November 3rd.

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