More than six months after he was found dead at a friend’s house in Los Angeles, a cause of death for rapper Coolio has been revealed. The hip-hop star, 59, died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine on Sept. 28,
Back in 1994, Brad Pitt bought a home in L.A. from Elvira. . . you know, the Mistress of the Dark. Then over the years, he proceeded to buy all the surrounding properties to increase the size of his estate. One of those properties belonged to a man in his early 90s. Apparently, his wife had recently died, and he didn’t really want to leave. So Brad allowed him to live there, rent-free, until he died. And he lived to be 105. Elvira bought a place nearby, so she and Brad remained. FYI, Brad bought the place from Elvira for $1.7 million. Last month he sold it for $40 million.
Lainey Wilson talked about her first on-screen kiss, and the one ground rule she set for it. It was on season five of “Yellowstone” in December, when her character Abby had her first kiss with Ryan, played by Ian Bohen. Ian’s been acting for decades, but Lainey never had. So she says he was very aware it was her “first rodeo,” and just wanted to make sure she felt comfortable. So what was her rule? She told him very clearly . . . NO TONGUE. “‘Do not put your tongue in my mouth.’ I told him . . . do NOT do that.” He made sure he didn’t, and everything went fine. But in general, she says it wasn’t like kissing someone in real life. There were dozens of people around, and it was all highly coordinated. She also talked about it a few months ago, and said kissing with cowboy hats on can be challenging.
Turns out the death of awards shows was greatly exaggerated. Sunday’s “CMT Music Awards” had a total of 5.43 million viewers . . . which was the show’s largest audience ever. Last year’s total was 5.16 million viewers. Final numbers are expected to be even higher, with CBS projecting a total of 5.68 million viewers when you include Paramount+ livestreams. Speaking of that, it was the most-streamed show of the night on Paramount+.
Luke Combs is asking fans to vote which song he should release as his next single for radio. And he’s giving an incentive. If you enter, you might win a flyaway to one of his concerts. The two song choices are “5 Leaf Clover” and “Love You Anyway” off his latest album, “Gettin’ Old”. He’ll announce the winner at his Nashville show next Wednesday.
Megan Moroney shared a little bit of a new song called “Girl in the Mirror” . . . which will be out one week from today. She called it one of the most vulnerable songs she’s ever written, and added, “If you can relate, I’m sorry.” It’s one of the tracks on her debut album, “Lucky”, which drops May 5th.
Russell Crowe is 59.
Jackie Chan is 69.
Tony Dorsett is 69. NFL Hall-of-Famer.
John Oates is 75. Hall & Oates legend.
