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Murderdolls frontman Wednesday 13 will release his new solo album, “Calling All Corpses”, on October 11. The artwork for the CD was created by D.A. Frizell, who has worked on Sevendust’s “Cold Day Memory” as well as Avenged Sevenfold’s “Nightmare”, “Book Of Nightmare” and “Diamonds In The Rough/ Live In The Lbc” and the Avenged’s video “A Little Piece Of Heaven”. “Calling All Corpses” was mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering who has previously worked with Nine Inch Nails, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Ministry, among others. Wednesday 13 will be embarking on an October run of tour dates in promotion of this release touring alongside is Vampires Everywhere! Tracklisting:...

Kate Hudson has signed with CAA. The actress started at Icm and then moved to CAA when she broke out with a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for Almost Famous. Four years ago, she moved to Endeavor and most recently was repped by Wme. She most recently starred in Nine, and her upcoming films are Something Borrowed and A Little Piece of Heaven.

'He was somebody who just had a warmth,' Larry Jacobson says of the late drummer.

By Gil Kaufman

Avenged Sevenfold's Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan

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According to his manager, in the week before his sudden death, Avenged Sevenfold drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan appeared to be in good health and spirits. The 28-year-old rocker, who was found unresponsive in his Huntington Beach, California, home on Monday, attended a friend's wedding reception a few days before his death and seemed to be healthy and happy, said the band's manager, Larry Jacobson.

At the wedding, Jacobson told the Orange County Register, Sullivan talked about the Lasik eye surgery he'd recently undergone and the new car he just bought. "He was somebody who just had a warmth and an easy smile and a laugh, and he was as smart as they come," said Jacobson, who added that Sullivan...

Avenged Sevenfold drummer the Rev was found dead at his home in Huntington Beach, California on Monday (December 28). He was 28 years old.

The Rev — born James Sullivan — helped found Avenged Sevenfold back in 1999. The band's brutal combination of high-speed punk and theatrical metal immediately grabbed the attention of the rock community, and their debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet picked up a cult following. Their second album, 2003's Waking the Fallen, earned them even more acclaim as well as a major-label deal. City of Evil, their third full-length and their debut for Warner Bros., elevated them from metalhead favorites to crossover superstars, mostly on the back of the killer single "Bat Country." The song (along with the fantastically over-the-top video) got plenty of heavy rotation and earned the band the prize for Best New Artist at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards (amazingly beating out Rihanna, Panic at the Disco, Angels & Airwaves,...