THIS DAY IN ROCK!
1956: "Colonel" Tom Parker, becomes "special adviser" to Elvis.
1958: Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena Santiago.
1965: The Beatles play Shea Stadium.
1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair begins in Bethel, NY.
1980: George Harrison's autobiography I Me Mine -- the first by any Beatle -- hits the shelves.
1980: John Lennon begins recording his "comeback" album, Double Fantasy.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE! Suicide Squad grilled Sausage Party over the weekend to remain the box office champion. Meanwhile, Disney's remake of Pete's Dragon premiered in the third spot while Florence Foster Jenkins debuted in eighth. Click here for the rest of the rankings. I spent most of my weekend bingeing on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
DEAD CELEB! Barbara Gibb, the mother of the Bee Gees' Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb, has died. She and her husband Hugh, a bandleader whom she married in 1944, managed their sons' early music career. Barbara Gibb was 95. Get the obit.
NEW DOOBIES ALBUM! It's been six years since the last Doobie Brothers album, but frontman Tom Johnston says his band hopes to release a new album before the end of this year. Meanwhile, the group's current tour continues into mid-November. Click here for the itinerary.
RAMPAGING DEPP! A video has surfaced that allegedly shows Johnny Depp arguing with his estranged wife Amber Heard months before she was awarded a temporary domestic violence restraining order and filed for divorce. The clip appears to show Depp yelling and throwing a wine bottle in a kitchen. Click here to watch the video obtained by TMZ. (WARNING: Kind of Gr***ic Language!!!)
MOSQUITO MYTHS DEBUNKED! Click here to explore nine fascinating facts and fallacies about the lowly mosquito.
