Dave Mustaine’s oncologist reveals he co-wrote Megadeath song ‘Dogs Of Chernobyl’

Wynonna Judd returned to stage for the first time as part of the 11-show stint with The Judds, a final tour which was initially scheduled as a series of reunion concerts including her mother and singing partner, Naomi Judd.  But weeks after the slate of programs was announced, Naomi died by suicide on April 30 at the age of 76. Wynonna enlisted the help of a few women in the industry to make sure the tour continued on as planned, only now more so to honor her mother for the trailblazing path she paved in the country community. "It’s devastatingly beautiful to go back to the past and relive some of these memories," Wynonna told the Associated Press said earlier this week after practicing on stage.

Dancing with The Stars may be the most seasoned and experienced of professional dancers, but that doesn't make the judges they face any less intimidating!MORE: Lara Spencer keeps her promise and flies to LA to support Sam Champion on DWTSAt least that's what Val Chmerkovskiy thinks, who recently revealed who of the judges is the toughest to please, despite his impressive skills.The star has been on the dance competition show for over ten years, since 2011, and as its latest season progresses, he is having to impress not only fans, but also Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman.WATCH: Christie Brinkley breaks her arm during DWTS rehearsalsMORE: Dancing With the Stars: Inside Emma Slater's split from co-star Sasha FarberSpeaking to Us Weekly, he revealed just who is the most intimidating out of the four, and what they are really like behind-the-scenes."We have such a different relationship with the judges than I think people think we do," he admitted.Plus, though he acknowledged that most would find Len the most intimidating judge to face, he says for him not so much. He explained: "Obviously, the answer [for others] is Len because Len is, you know, he's kind of no-nonsense.

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine has said that he hopes to one day work with Metallica‘s James Hetfield again.In an interview with Andrew Daly of Vinyl Writer Music, the Megadeth frontman spoke about his approach to songwriting and his longevity in music.“Well, I have to think that my longevity might just be stubbornness,” he said. “I have been secretly hoping there’d be a day where James [Hetfield] and I can write together again.

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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Chloe Bennet has signed on for a recurring role in Season 3 of “Dave” at FXX, Variety has learned exclusively. Bennet will appear in a multi-episode arc as Robyn, a photographer from Wisconsin whom Dave meets while on tour. Bennet is known for her role in the ABC-Marvel series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” on which she starred as Daisy “Skye” Johnson, a.k.a Quake, throughout the show’s seven-season run. Her other notable roles include the ABC music drama “Nashville” and the animated Dreamworks film “Abominable.” She will reprise her “Abominable” role in the upcoming spinoff series “Abominable and the Invisible City,” which bows in October on Hulu. She is repped by CAA and Robby Koch at Hansen Jacobson.

Fully committed. Alan Rickman didn’t want to stop working on the Harry Potter franchise amid his battle with cancer, newly published journal entries reveal.

Barcelona forward Memphis Depay has opened up on his future at the Spanish club after being heavily linked with a return to Manchester United.

Taylor Swift explained the thought process behind how she writes her iconic lyrics. The "Bad Blood" singer accepted the songwriter-artist of the decade award at the Nashville Songwriter Awards on Tuesday at the Ryman Auditorium. "I’ve never talked about this publicly before," Swift told the audience, Billboard reported.

closer to striking as Taylor Swift is revealing new details about her forthcoming album. The 32-year-old artist revealed a new track title on Tuesday night in a silly TikTok video. In a playful new series Swift dubbed she confesses, «I know that I have a habit of dropping cryptic clues and easter eggs when giving you information about my music and I am not here to deny that but I am here to defy that.» She then goes on to use a bingo ball cage to randomly select numbers that correlate to the 13 tracks on her album.First up is the closing track, her lucky number 13, titled «Mastermind.» The reveal followed a huge honor for Swift, who received the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International at the NSAI’s annual ceremony.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic “I’ve never talked about this publicly before,” said Taylor Swift, teasing the audience as she accepted an award in Nashville Tuesday night, leading at least some of the attendees to be on the edge of their seats. And because it was an audience mostly of songwriters, they stayed there, even when the secret to be revealed turned out to have to with classifications of different types of lyrics she has kept in her head for years. She went on to say that “it’s dorky. But I also have, in my mind, secretly, established genres categories for lyrics I write. Three of them, to be exact: They are affectionately titled Quill Lyrics, Fountain Pen Lyrics and Glitter Gel Pen Lyrics. … I came up with these categories based on what writing tool I imagine having in my hand when I scribbled it down — figuratively. I don’t actually have a quill. Anymore. I broke it once when I was mad.”

The current season of The Bachelorette is set to wrap up tonight with Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia inching closer to possible proposals.

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The Real Love Boat” and a new animated holiday special titled “Reindeer In Here.” Three crew members and twelve singles will join hosts Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell on a luxury Princess Cruises ship through the Mediterranean, with the series set to premiere on October 5. The ship’s crew members – Captain Paolo Arrigo, Ezra Freeman and Matt Mitcham – will play pivotal roles in the matchmaking, similar to how the original scripted “Love Boat” series operated.

Post Malone has officially kicked off his Twelve Carat Tour and you can check out the full set list here!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Allison Russell, Brandi Carlile and Billy Strings were among the winners Wednesday night at the Americana Honors & Awards ceremony in Nashville, where the love was spread around among the genre’s current leading lights. Six different performers prevailed in the six voted categories, with newcomer Sierra Ferrell, instrumentalist Larissa Maestro and the husband-wife duo the War and Treaty also coming up winners. The competition can be more inter-familial at the Americana Awards than at other shows, and the three leading nominees — Carlile, Russell and Yola, who had three nominations each — have been particularly tight-knit in supporting and guesting with one another. Carlile was even instrumental in helping get Russell her record deal with Fantasy Records.

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine has reflected on the “horrifying” climate that pervaded following news that David Ellefson had sexual encounters with a teenager.Ellefson, who was falsely accused of grooming an underage girl in 2021 and subsequently sacked from the thrash metal band, played bass in the group from its inception in 1983 through to 2002, and again from 2010 until 2021.He had denied any wrongdoing at the time, saying that explicit text messages were between consenting adults and that the woman was not underage when the encounters happened.

Carrie Underwood has shared a cheeky video in which she admits she is no longer "young hip and carefree".SEE: Carrie Underwood looks phenomenal in plunging see-through dress – sparks reactionThe mom-of-two has long been a fan of gardening and curating her vegetable patch at her Nashville home, and on Saturday she took to Instagram to share a video of the veggies she has grown including beans, tomatoes and squash. WATCH: Carrie Underwood jokes she is no longer 'young and carefree' "One minute you're young hip and carefree and the next minute you're photographing vegetables in your garden," the voiceover intoned but she jokingly claimed in the caption that she was "not sure I was ever young, hip and carefree"."#GardenLife #IWetMyPlants #RefusesToBuyProduce #yum," she added, revealing that she doesn't buy produce from the grocery store and only uses what she grows.SEE: Carrie Underwood's sprawling $3million forever home is so unexpected"Growing your own food is so rewarding!! Awesome looking produce!!" commented one fan as others shared their laughter with her over the implications of the video.The country music singer has proven over the years that she doesn't mind getting her hands dirty, which is a good thing considering she lives on a huge ranch in Tennessee, with her family.

Elvis actor Shonka Dukureh has been revealed.The actor, who plays Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis, died at the age of 44 last month.Dukureh was found dead by police on July 21 in her home in Nashville after one of her two young children found her unresponsive and sought help from a neighbour, who called 911.