{"id":31352,"date":"2024-10-08T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/?p=31352"},"modified":"2024-10-08T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:59:01","slug":"celebrity-status-richard-simmons-gene-simmons-and-rip-cissy-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cknxfm\/blogs\/mornings\/2024\/10\/celebrity-status-richard-simmons-gene-simmons-and-rip-cissy-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Status &#8211; Richard Simmons, Gene Simmons, And RIP Cissy Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>For Tuesday, October 8th:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cissy Houston<\/strong>, the mother of <strong>Whitney Houston<\/strong>, has passed away at the age of 91. A very talented singer in her own right, she had a 6-decade career as part of a backup group and solo session singer, performing on tracks with Van Morrison, Luther Vandross, Beyonce, Paul Simon and of course, with her daughter Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Will a coach using the replay button on <strong>The Voice<\/strong> ever not make someone cry? <strong>Gwen Stefani<\/strong> used it last night for 14-yr-old Jaylen Durham after no one turned their chair. She said she thought it was a 35-yr-old woman singing initially. Elsewhere, <strong>Gene Simmons<\/strong> is the guest judge on <strong>DWTS<\/strong> tonight as the 11 remaining couples dance to rock anthems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Netflix<\/strong> has announced that<strong> Virgin River<\/strong> will premiere season six on December 19th with all 10 episodes dropping at once. Meanwhile, <strong>Ali Wong<\/strong>&#8216;s fourth <strong>comedy special<\/strong> comes to Netflix today and will feature musings about post-divorce life and her quest for love following her 2022 separation from husband Justin Hakuta.<\/p>\n<p>The new season of <strong>Accused<\/strong> is on Fox tonight. <strong>Michael Chiklis<\/strong> returns with Taylor Schilling, and <strong>William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman<\/strong> star in the first episode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard Simmons<\/strong>&#8216; brother shared that under his suit, Richard Simmons is wearing a tank top and shorts, the normal costume that we all know and love so that he&#8217;s &#8220;ready to help the angels get into shape.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Tuesday, October 8th: Cissy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston, has passed away at the age of 91. 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