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Clueless star Stacey Dash opened up about her battle with addiction during Thursday’s episode of The Dr. Oz Show.

Dash revealed that her parents were both drug addicts and that she first tried drugs when she was eight years old, according to E! Online. Additionally, says Dash, her parents supplied her with her first line of cocaine when she was 16.

She later told Oz that she relapsed after being 20 years sober when she was prescribed Vicodin to help with her painful fibroid cysts.

At one point, Dash admits to “taking 18 to 20 pills a day,” adding she “lost everything.” When Oz asked how much money she had spent on drugs each month, Dash guessed about $5,000 to $10,000.

“I almost died,” recalls Stacey. “That’s what stopped me. My kidneys were so infected that my blood was septic, and my organs were shutting down. So, I got rushed to the hospital and I had to have a full blood transfusion and I was in there for three weeks. And by the grace and mercy of god, I lived.”

However, after leaving the hospital, Dash says she continued to abuse drugs. After once again contemplating suicide, she says, “I called my sister and I told her ‘Come over right now.’ And then I called my attorney and I said, ‘I need help.'” 

Dash, now five years sober, hopes that by sharing her story, she can help those battling with addiction.

“I feel like telling my story — letting people know that there is no shame in being an addict,” she said, “And for people who are not addicts, I would ask them to please look at people with more compassion and empathy… They need help. They can’t do it on their own.” 

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October is close enough to December that the avalanche of Christmas music is already starting. Kelly Clarkson‘s new holiday album …When Christmas Comes Around is out today, while former Journey frontman Steve Perry has released a new track from his album The Season, due out in early November.

Kelly’s album features duets with country stars Chris Stapleton and Brett Eldredge, but fans were probably most excited about the fact that she’s also singing with her fellow The Voice coach, Ariana Grande, on a song called “Santa Can’t You Hear Me.”  Kelly and Ariana trade verses on the track, which is about telling Santa that you don’t want material things — you only want what’s under the mistletoe, i.e., love.

“thank you so much @kellyclarkson for inviting me to be a part,” Ariana tweeted.

Meanwhile, Steve Perry has released his take on “Winter Wonderland,” which is a very different arrangement than the one we’re all used to.  “’Winter Wonderland’ is one of my favorite tracks on The Season,” he says in a statement. “I have always felt a close love for Motown’s music and how it shaped my early school years. This track is a homage to that.”

The Season, featuring eight tracks in all, arrives November 5. It’s the follow up to 2018’s Traces, which marked the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s return to music after 24 years.

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Disturbed frontman David Draiman guests on a new song from guitarist Nita Strauss called “Dead Inside.”

Strauss, who plays in Alice Cooper‘s live band, previously released an instrumental album called Controlled Chaos in 2018, but her collaboration with Draiman marks her first solo offering with a guest vocalist.

“This is my first time releasing my own music with a vocalist, and I am so honored to take this step alongside a legend like David Draiman,” Strauss says. “David’s voice and powerful lyrics took this song to a level I could never have imagined! And we are so excited to unleash this song on the world.”

Draiman adds that he and Strauss have been “friends for years,” and calls the collaboration “serendipity.”

“Nita sent me the track…I didn’t have time to work on it right away…then in literally a couple of days, while killing time in Santa Monica, the whole thing just came together,” he says. “Incredibly proud of how it turned out and honored to be a part of it.”

You can download “Dead Inside” now via digital outlets. Its accompanying video is streaming now on YouTube.

Last year, Draiman collaborated with artists including Saul and Hyro the Hero, while Disturbed released a cover of the Sting tune “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You.” Disturbed’s most recent album is 2018’s Evolution.

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It’s been a lot longer than 30 seconds since we last heard new music from Thirty Seconds to Mars, but that changes today.

Jared Leto and company have collaborated with DJ and producer Illenium for a new song called “Wouldn’t Change a Thing.” The track is available now for digital download, and will also appear on the upcoming deluxe version of Illenium’s Fallen Embers album, due out October 22.

“Wouldn’t Change a Thing” is the first new tune from Thirty Seconds to Mars since their 2018 album AMERICA, which spawned the singles “Walk on Water,” “Dangerous Night” and “Rescue Me.”

Illenium, by the way, has previously worked with rock and alternative artists including Angels & Airwaves and I Prevail. He also earned a top-five alternative radio single with “Good Things Fall Apart,” featuring Jon Bellion.

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Meghan Trainor is getting us into the Christmas spirit early.

The singer has released a cover of the classic holiday tune, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” The new track will be included on a deluxe edition of A Very Trainor Christmas, which will be available as a digital exclusive on October 29.

It’s one of three new additions on the album. The other two are a cover of the Darlene Love classic “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and an original tune called “Christmas Coupon.”

“It’s Riley‘s first Christmas so naturally I had to add a few more tunes for this special season,” Meghan wrote about her baby boy, who was born in February of this year.

Meghan originally released A Very Trainor Christmas, her first Christmas album, last year.

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Seal isn’t 17-year-old Leni Klum‘s biological father, but he says he most certainly is her dad.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Seal opened up about their special bond and why walking the red carpet with Leni for the first time this week was “one of the proudest moments of my life.”

“It’s everything and it has always been like that, from the day I met her mother,” he remarked of their relationship. “[Heidi] was two weeks pregnant with this beautiful lady. We have always had that bond.”

Leni is the daughter of Heidi Klum and Flavio Briatore, an Italian businessman. After Klum and Seal wed in 2005, the Grammy winner officially adopted Leni. Although the power couple called it quits in 2014, the British singer says he has always maintained that special bond with his daughter.

Seal also opened up about how special it was for him to be able to support his brother, Jeymes Samuel, at the premiere of Jeymes’ directorial debut, The Harder They Fall, a Western that features an all-Black cast.

“There was a moment where we were standing together, taking a picture down there, and I looked to him and I got all teary. I said, ‘Wow, this is your moment,'” he shared. “He looked at me and he just knew what I meant by that. It was more than words could ever say.”

Seal, who assisted with the movie’s soundtrack, marveled over how incredible it was for him to walk a red carpet celebrating his brother’s work.

“We came from a blue-collar, working class area of London, fighting through all of the things that could potentially hold us back,” he reflected on their respective struggles. “To see him here today, on his moment, honestly, it is everything to me.”

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Lance Bass and husband Michael Turchin are officially a family of four.  On Thursday, the *NSYNC member happily revealed that their twins have finally arrived.

“The baby dragons have arrived!! I can not express how much love I feel right now,” Lance, 42, celebrated on Instagram, posting photos of the birth certificates. “Thank you for all the kind wishes. It meant a lot.”

And while the singer may have walked into fatherhood feeling confident, he hilariously revealed that he still has a lot to learn and frantically asked his followers, “Now, how do you change a diaper??! Ahhhhhhhh!”

And when sharing the delightful news to his personal Instagram, Michael, 34, may have given away why his husband is asking strangers on the internet about diaper duty.

“They’re pure perfection and yes that includes the dozens of poops we’ve already dealt with,” the visual artist laughed. “Our hearts our full!!!”

The couple, who wed in 2014, also revealed the names of their two bundles of joy: daughter Violet Betty and son Alexander James.  Their birth certificates state the infants arrived just one minute apart on Wednesday, October 13.

Lance and Michael first revealed that they were going to become parents in June in an interview with People, where they shared the years of hardships they faced during their journey, which included IVF and a heartbreaking miscarriage in 2020.

Lance explained why he and Michael wanted to share their story, even the painful moments, telling People, “A lot of times I would believe that couples feel very alone in that situation. But to know that other people are going through the same exact thing, it’s really comforting.”

 

 

 

 

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