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We told you that, last week, the band Linkin Park posted a countdown clock which counted down 100 hours to an announcement. The announcement being that they would have an announcement yesterday. Well, they did and this is it--Linkin Park has reunited, and has a new single called "The Emptiness Machine." A new video has also been released for "The Emptiness Machine," which has already received over two million views. The reunion comes seven years after the suicide of singer Chester Bennington, and includes two new members, singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain.
Netflix has released a trailer for its six-part documentary on the controversial co-founder of the World Wrestling Federation, which would become World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. "Mr. McMahon" chronicles the rise and fall of Vince McMahon. "Mr. McMahon" premieres on Netflix on September 25th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwKm7WM_P8E
New Jersey's governor is trash talking Connecticut's new highway signs claiming it's home to America's pizza capital. Phil Murphy has launched a twitter war with Connecticut Governor Ted Lamont. The highway signs are a major irritant to Murphy who thinks the best pies are in New Jersey. Murphy tweeted "You're not even the pizza capital of the tri-state area." But officially Lamont is right because Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro was able to get a statement into the Congressional Record last May declaring New Haven, with its thin-crusted apizza [[ ah-beetz ]], the Pizza Capital of the U.S.
The Guess Who are settling their legal issues over the band's name. This comes after frontman Burton Cummings and co-founding guitarist Randy Bachman sued original members Jim Kale and Gary Peterson, accusing them of false advertising. Bachman and Cummings described the modern touring act without them as a "cover band" and terminated the performing rights for certain songs. Details of the new settlement weren't released, but Cummings and Bachman indicate there's an agreement on sharing trademarks rights to the name "The Guess Who."
https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-guess-who-settle-lawsuit-trademark-rights-band-name/
Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs is detailing an accident that forced the band to cancel all of their September tour dates. In a post on social media, the rocker said he fell down 16 steps. He broke his left pinkie twice, and broke his left heel. Matthias had surgery on both his hand and foot and is currently healing and starting physical rehabilitation. Jabs said he's going to try everything to be able to play the guitar again as soon as possible.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/scorpions-matthias-jabs-bad-accident-shows-canceled/
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice", follow-up to the 1988 hit movie, opens in theaters today and star Michael Keaton is making a change. He's adding his real name to his stage name. Keaton tells People magazine that he originally wanted to register his real name with the Screen Actors Guild. But "Michael Douglas" was already taken. SAG union rules do not allow members to use another member's professional name. So now, he will go by "Michael Keaton Douglas".