Prepared with commentary byIgordebraga,Shuipzv3, andCAWylie.

⭠ Last week's report

Much of last week returns, with much death, sports and entertainment (including about death as again a murderer tops this).

Rank	Article	Class	Views	Image	Notes/about
1	Ed Gein		5,062,577		For the third week we see the top slot taken by serial killer played byCharlie Hunnam on a Netflix show (#10). Gein was a schizophrenic who after the death of his mother created a "woman suit" out of human skin that he wore to pretend to be her, and also had an extensive collection of body parts, mostly taken from graveyards along with two women he killed. The horrific stories were the basis for a few fictional stories, and supposedly inspired real killers as well.
2	Diane Keaton		4,935,512		Tributes continue to arise about this American Academy Award-winning actress who died at age 79 from bacterial pneumonia on October 11. DirectorWoody Allen, with whom she frequently collaborated, said she was "unlike anyone the planet has experienced or is unlikely to ever see again."
3	Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer)		1,995,317		While fronting fairly successful alternative rock bandLostprophets, this Welsh singer already had conflicts with his bandmates due to drug abuse, with bassistStuart Richardson saying he once beat Watkins for not showing up for a concert. And then he was arrested for appalling sex crimes, mostly involving children, leading to Lostprophets' music being brushed aside and the other members washing their hands of him - guitaristLee Gaze even said that because Watkins tarnished the band so badly, he can't even be proud of his past accomplishments, never mind listen to their music, and added that had the band known about said crimes, they would have killed Watkins on the spot. Instead, he served half of a 24 year prison sentence before another inmate stabbed him to death on October 11.
4	D'Angelo		1,809,843		Born Michael Eugene Archer, this R&B musician was widely regarded as a pioneer ofneo-soul, and surprisingly followed his most successful single, 2000's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", particularly notable for a video featuring a naked and muscular D'Angelo, with personal struggles and over a decade out of the public eye. While working on his fourth studio album, D'Angelo died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 51.
5	Ace Frehley		1,458,936		Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley was best known as the Spaceman or "Space Ace" ofKiss, for which he designed the famous logo, provided many epic guitar riffs and solos (along with the occasional composition and even a successful solo number in "New York Groove"), and in concert played with special guitars that spewed smoke or pyrotechnics. He left the band in 1981 amidst creative differences and alcoholism (he evendrank perfume once!), and had a brief reunion between 1996 and 2001, after which Kiss spent the next two decades withanother guitarist wearing the Spaceman make-up and costume. Frehley fell on his home studio in September, forcing him to cancel an upcoming tour and go to the hospital, where a brain bleed sent him to aventilator before his family decided to cut his life support, ending Frehley's life at 74.
6	Kantara: Chapter 1		1,324,579		India can't get enough of this Sandalwood epic mythological action, that is now a lucky 13th inthe country's highest-grossing films, while also being the year's top movie and second overall for Kannada cinema behindKGF: Chapter 2.
7	Deaths in 2025		1,073,235		Let's put one of #5's songs: I'm losing power and I don't know why Not really sure if I'll live or die I wanna leave but I can't get away...
8	6-7 (meme)		1,044,790		6-7 at 8, makes more sense than the meme itself.
9	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification		992,401		27 of the 48 teams that will play football all over North America have been determined. The week had the eight African direct spots, England becoming the first qualified European, and Asia giving spots to both Saudi Arabia (whose petrodollars made them become hosts of the 2034 edition) and Qatar (who hosted the last tournament, and may try to redeem from the shame of losing all 3 games at said World Cup).
10	Monster: The Ed Gein Story		972,561		The third season of a Netflix anthology focusing on murderers is about #1. Again it shot up the streamer's most viewed list while not winning most reviewers over, due to its approach playing fast and loose with history (such as adding more victims to Gein's body count, including his brother), adding much sexualization along with the graphic violence, and having too many detours and subplots.
11	ChatGPT		964,459		Some people got the real problems Some people out of luck Some people think AI can solve them Lord, heavens above I'm onlyhuman after all...
12	Dennis Rader		763,112		Kerri Rawson, daughter of Rader, is featured inMy Father, the BTK Killer, a new Netflix documentary about how she and her family coped with learning he was a serial killer from 1974 to 1991. From 1974 to 1988, he worked as anADT home security systems installer, ironically for customers fearful of this new spree killer they had heard about. He would send taunting letters to the police and media, ultimately being arrested in February 2005 (interrogation photo pictured). He is currently serving ten life sentences, one for each known victim.
13	Richard Speck		762,182		Among the things #10 made up is #1 receiving letters from this other murderer, who killed 8 student nurses in Chicago. As an aside, both were among the killers who had their surnames used by members ofMarilyn Manson - namely,Gidget Gein andZsa Zsa Speck.
14	2026 FIFA World Cup		677,747		An inflated edition of football's biggest tournament with 48 teams and 3 host nations. Most matches will be in the United States, making many sports fans worry on how the country's current political turmoil will affect things, though Donald Trump's threats of taking games away from cities that oppose himwill probably not go through.
15	Ilse Koch		672,914		Back to things featured in #10, someone #1 met reading about Nazi atrocities. Ilse Koch was the wife of the commandant atBuchenwald concentration camp, and while her only proven war crime (sending her to prison from 1945 until her suicide 22 years later) is slave labour and assaulting prisoners, she was also accused of having ordered the creation of objects bound in human skin that were found at the camp. While this certainly inspired Gein's exploits with skin, the show increases Koch's presence by having Gein constantly have visions of her, portrayed byVicky Krieps (pictured).
16	Tron: Ares		655,108		After two movies about humans entering a computer system, comes a third where the living programs are brought to the real world, though the companies responsible also seek a fix to make the digital 'imports' last more than 29 minutes. Reviews noted the movie is carried more by visuals, action and a bangingNine Inch Nails soundtrack rather than plot and characters (making it not much different from the otherTron movies), and between how the franchise still has more of a cult following and the bad reputation of leading actorJared Leto, box office has been sluggish, performing worse than predecessorTron: Legacy and being far from earning back the $180 million budget. It's been speculated that either Disney won't try anything more with the franchise, or that Leto will hardly get acting gigs from now on (aside from an upcomingMasters of the Universe adaptation where he'll beSkeletor!).
17	Joe Flacco		603,143		12 years after winning the Super Bowl and a few months before his 41st birthday, this quarterback is still going strong, having just won his first home game with theCincinnati Bengals.
18	Pankaj Dheer		594,441		This Indian actor, active since the early 1980s, died on October 15 at age 68. He played mostly supporting roles, but he also had a few leading ones in film and television. In 2006, he opened a film studio with his brother in Mumbai and an acting school in 2010.
19	The Woman in Cabin 10		586,157		Keira Knightley stars in this latest Netflix film thriller, about a journalist, recovering from witnessing her source's murder, traveling on a cruise to Norway, only to realize the killer may be another passenger. Critics have called the film "capably acted", but also compared it toother films,similar in scope.
20	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)		574,636		Two of the continental subdivisions of #9. In Africa, the small archipelago of Cape Verde will have their World Cup debut at #14, while other spots went to more seasoned participants going to at least their fourth tournament (along with Morocco, who had the continent's best performance as a semifinalist in Qatar 2022, there was Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Ghana, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Senegal), with the traditional Cameroon and Nigeria still having to fight some more to enter aninter-confederation playoff. In Europe, England are the only ones to have punched their tickets, with many of the other 11 direct spots possibly being assigned during the next games between November 13 and 15.
21	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)		571,915
22	One Battle After Another		565,443		Paul Thomas Anderson made this acclaimed action thriller inspired by theThomas Pynchon novelVineland, whereLeonardo DiCaprio is an ex-revolutionary brought back into arms once his daughter is kidnapped by a corrupt colonel (Sean Penn) who had an interest in her mother. Its high budget meansOne Battle After Anotherhasn't yet gotten to abreak even point, but positive reaction all-around makes the film a potential award competitor.
23	Justin Trudeau		532,671		The former Canadian prime minister waspapped embracing and kissing the American singerKaty Perry on a yacht last month, though the photographs were only released this week. Rumors of a romance between the two had started several months ago, when the two were spotted having dinner, and Trudeau attended one of her concerts.Jimmy Kimmeljoked that this is revenge forTrump's tariffs.
24	Lostprophets		515,545		#3 formed this band in 1997, that went on to sell over 3.5 million copies of their 5 albums and having two top-ten singles on theUK Singles Chart ("Last Train Home" and "Rooftops"), a No. 1 single on the USAlternative Songs chart ("Last Train Home"), and a few songs on video game soundtracks (the aforementioned "Rooftops" onGuitar Hero World Tour, "Burn Burn" onFIFA Football 2004, "To Hell We Ride" onNeed for Speed: Underground). And then Watkins got convicted, Lostprophets stopped getting airplay and even appearing on certain streaming services for a while, and the remaining band members distanced themselves by forming another band,No Devotion.
25	Angie Stone		483,537		Keeping offJohn Candy, who hada documentary on him released, is anR&B Hall of Fame singer with whom #4 was involved both professionally and romantically in the 1990s. She died in a car crash in March, and thus their son together, Michael Archer Jr., who performs under the stage name Swayvo Twain,had to note the intense grief of losing both parents the same year.

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