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Alexander was rushed to a local hospital after he was hit with the attack ... according to a rep for his other band Puscifer.
Tim was the original drummer for Primus ... but he took a 7 year break from the band in '96. Their biggest song was the '93 classic "My Name is Mud."
We're told doctors hope to get him into surgery Monday.
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Kevin Smith invited a TMZ photog to ask him questions while he recorded a podcast in front of a live audience ... and the result was absolutely hysterical.
Smith was heading into a recording sesh for his smodcast when our photog attempted to ask a question ... but Kevin refused -- and said if he wanted answers, he'd have to ask on stage.
Eventually he talked our camera guy into it ... and even though our photog was clearly nervous, you gotta watch the video.
Kevin is seriously the coolest guy.
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The actor who played a backwoods rapist in "Deliverance" -- famous for his "purdy mouth" line -- may have finally found his true hillbilly love ... right here in Hollywood.
TMZ has learned Herbert "Cowboy" Coward -- who now stars on the TV show, "Hillbilly Blood" -- is going on a blind date with Mema -- the matriarch of Reelz Channel's "Hollywood Hillbillies."
Celebrity manager David Weintraub says he ran into "Cowboy" -- who's still working at age 90 -- last week and offered to set him up with 70-year-old Mema. He says "Cowboy" readily accepted.
Weintraub tells TMZ ... Mema's family fully supports the idea of a redneck romance ... and they've arranged the first date for next month.
We can already hear the banjos.
Bieber tries to do a flip off a rock Thursday in Malibu Creek ... but he doesn't quite stick the landing.
You can't fully see Bieber hit the water, but based on the sound ... and the reactions of the people around him ... it wasn't good.
It's been in the low 80s this week in Malibu, so the wetsuit seemed ... soft.
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Russell was doing a speaking engagement when he "fell faint" ... and collapsed. We're told an ambulance was called to the scene and transported the 80-year-old to a nearby hospital.
The Celtics tell us Russell is being treated at the hospital -- and is already starting to feel better. He's hoping to fly out of Lake Taho tonight ... and the rep says right now it looks like he'll be able to do that.
Hillary Clinton needs a campaign song -- get serious, she's running for President -- the question, what song?
Hill was non-committal, but it got us thinkin'...
