MUSIC

Nearly 50,000 people packed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday to see System of A Down and Deftones in concert. 90% of the concertgoers were from the San Francisco area. 

55-year-old Brent Clifford, the son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford, is in a California prison, facing murder charges. 

Gene Simmons and Bob Dylan have recorded vintage covers for the biopic Reagan, which will star Dennis Quaid as the actor who became the 40th president. Simmons will do the Lena Horne hit “Stormy Weather.” Dylan chose Cole Porter’s “Don’t Fence Me In,” a song popularized by Gene Autry, who happens to have been Quaid’s third cousin. Creed’s Scott Stapp does a cameo as Frank Sinatra in the movie, which comes out a week from Friday (August 30th). 

Joe Walsh was in Washington, D.C. last week for the 77th Committee Meeting of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He posted a photo on Instagram with the caption, “Look Ma, I’m a Presidential Appointee! Looking forward to serving on behalf of American artists across this great land.” Walsh was appointed to the committee in April of last year.

Bonham's sold a beautiful 1965 Ford Mustang convertible that was owned by the late singer-songwriter Tom Petty for $225,000 on Friday.           

TV

Eugene and Dan Levy have been chosen to emcee the upcoming Emmy Awards on ABC.  

Jeff Goldblum guest-hosted "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last week, and on Thursday he was interviewing Awkwafina, when a fly landed on his desk and basically just HUNG OUT there. After being assured by Jimmy's sidekick Guillermo that it was the first time this had happened, he said, quote, "Hey, I tell my kids, you know, when you see a spider, I go, 'Don't hurt anything. Don't hurt anything! Take it and put it out.'"

MOVING ON INTO MOVIE NEWS:

Alien: Romulus debuted big at the box office as it sets out to revive the classic franchise. The film is estimated to earn between $41.5 million and take the No.1 spot! It will also get bragging rights for toppling Marvel Studios’ Deadpool and Wolverine from the top spot. 

The iconic fedora worn by Harrison Ford in 1984's 'Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom' sold at auction for $630,000! 

 "Despicable Me" director Chris Renaud co-created the Minions. And he has a very specific wish for them: That they never make the jump to live-action. He says, quote: "For me, what defines the world is that it is animated and it allows us to get away with what we get away with . . . These are really cartoon ideas, like what would have been in a Bugs Bunny cartoon."

Robert De Niro celebrated his 81st birthday by jumping off of a yacht into a body of water.

RIP: John Aprea, who played young Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather Part II died on August 7 of natural causes in Los Angeles at age 83.

AND FINALLY

Coldplay's current Music of the Spheres World Tour just became the highest-grossing rock tour of all time. It's made $945.7 million and sold 8.8 million tickets since it kicked off in March of 2022. 

Here's a list of the Top 10 highest-grossing rock tours: 

1.  Coldplay, Music of the Spheres World Tour: $945.7 million 

2.  Elton John, Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour: $939.1 million 

3.  U2, U2 360 Tour: $736.4 million 

4.  Guns N' Roses, Not in This Lifetime... Tour: $584.2 million 

5.  The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang Tour: $558.0 million 

6.  The Rolling Stones, No Filter Tour: $546.5 million 

7.  Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams Tour: $523.3 million 

8.  Roger Waters, The Wall Live: $459.2 million 

9.  AC/DC, Black Ice World Tour: $441.6 million 

10.  Red Hot Chili Peppers, Global Stadium Tour: $390.8 million

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