THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

with MUSIC TELEVISION!  The cable phenom debuted on this weekend in 1981. The first four hours included The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," while the rest of the first day included Pat Benatar's cover of "You Better Run," Rod Stewart's "She Won't Dance With Me," The Who's "You Better You Bet," PH.D's ""Little Susie's On The Up," Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Anymore," The Pretenders' "Brass In Pocket", Todd Rundgren's "Time Heals", REO Speedwagon's "Take It On The Run," Styx's "Rockin' The Paradise", and many more.  BONUS: Stereogum ranks the debut videos.

LINDA & TEDDY THOMPSON visit WFUV.

IRON & WINE plays at The Current.

STING shared his synthy demo for “Every Breath You Take.”

THURSTON MOORE, 66, shares "New In Town."

KELLEY STOLZ shares "About Time."

THE 2024 MERCURY PRIZE Shortlist is out.

GARDEN STATE: An oral history of the soundtrack.

KAOS, ft Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, has a trailer online.

KEANU REEVES got choked up over The Matrix at 25.

MARVEL's Kevin Feige on how he first envisioned his professional life in Hollywood, what he most enjoys in his job and whether he sees himself running Marvel for the rest of his career.

REBECCA FERGUSON joins CILLIAN MURPHY in the Peaky Blinders movie.

ALICIA VIKANDER & MICHAEL FASSBENDER welcome a second child.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN is hospitalized with Covid and double pneumonia.

LAURA DERN says she was forced to drop out of college after landing the role of Sandy Williams in David Lynch’s 1986 film Blue Velvet.

GEORGE LAZENBY has retired from acting at the age of 84.

DEER open the market door and bow for food in Nara, Japan.

PIGS vs BEAR: Who You Got?

A PUPPER realizes they're going to the dog park.

ADAM & THE ANTS: "Dog Eat Dog." Gonna look real good (yeah, right).

PRINCE: 40 Years of Purple Rain.

A STRANGE TRIBUTE TO TAYLOR SWIFT, ft the Runaways’ Cherie Currie, Dead Boys, Samantha Cole, Missing Persons,and more.

GREEN DAY's "Corvette Summer" video features Mark Hamill.

THE PIXIES shares "Chicken."

PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE shares "Wish You Well."

BLACK SABBATH's Geezer Butler opened up about his past battle with depression.

JOHN MAYALL, the linchpin of the British blues scene who gave a platform to some of the 20th century’s greatest rock musicians including Eric Clapton and members of Fleetwood Mac, has died aged 90.

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, ft Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, has a trailer online.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE opens with 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but some of the big outlets have mixed reviews.

MARVEL's Kevin Feige, on whether Tony Stark or Steve Rogers might return to the MCU.

ANGELINA JOLIE & BRAD PITT will both debut in two new films at this year’s Venice Film Festival.

MEGXIT: Prince Harry's mission to hold tabloids accountable differs from the approach taken by the royal family.

BAD MONKEY, ft Vince Vaughn, has a trailer online.

THE SECRET BATTLE for the Future of the Murdoch Empire.

AN A DOGGO shall lead them.

A SWAN on the green.

A CAT, cleaned by a deer.

ELO: Because I "Can't Get It Out Of My Head."

PAUL WELLER visits World Cafe.

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS shares “Long Dark Night.”

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD shares “Hog Calling Contest.”

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE shares “Something’s Ending” and “I’ve Been Evil.”

ANDRE 3000, on why a lot of rappers sound the same.

KATY PERRY's latest album bombs.

JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX has a trailer online. There's an easter egg in the closed captions.

KEANU REEVES thinks about death a lot now.

TWISTERS: Spot the flying cow.

GLEN POWELL has a date for Top Gun 3.

EUPHORIA: Tragedy and Trauma Inside TV's Buzziest Show.

THE GLASS HALF-FULL VIEW of the Disney ‘Star Wars' Era.

THE BEST MOVIES OF 2024 (So Far), according to The Ringer.

FEED A FOX, he will bring his friends.

AN ANGRY WHALE, off the coast of Portsmouth, NH.

WHEN TWO FRIENDS MEET after a long absence.

THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS, cranking out "I Don't Let The Little Things Get Me Down" and "Rock & Roll Pest Control" raw for Twofer Tuesday.

PERFUME GENIUS shares "All Around Me Now" and "Sweeter" for Twofer Tuesday.

PAUL WELLER played a surprise performance outside a small chip shop in West London.

MICHAEL STIPE talks up Limbo District.

KIM GORDON, not a fan of TAYLOR SWIFT.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at a sneaky, unexpected summer jam: Felix Jaehn's tropical house remix of Omi)'s reggae tune "Cheerleader."

DUKE FAKIR, the last surviving founding member of rock n’ roll / soul / R&B / pop icons The Four Tops, died Monday at his home in Detroit of heart failure. He was 88.

JERRY FULLER, the songwriter and producer whose stellar career included such hits as "Travelin' Man" for Ricky Nelson, "Young Girl" for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, "Show and Tell" for Al Wilson and "Little Green Apples" for O.C. Smith, has died. He was 85.

JERRY MILLER, guitarist and founding member of ’60s San Francisco scene psych-rock greats Moby Grape, died on Sunday at age 81.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE took a note from Madonna.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER is hooking its cast ahead of a planned release next summer.

PETE DAVIDSON, on the one drug he can't quit.

REBEL MOON: The director's cut has a trailer online.

ANDREW GARFIELD's girlfriend is a witch.

ROB REINER, on Albert Brooks, the Spinal Tap sequel, and more.

SHARON STONE will play the villain in Nobody 2.

BRENDAN FRASER will play Ike in a D-Day movie.

APPLE TV+ currently generates fewer views per month than Netflix does in a day.

A COW, crashing a wedding.

TOUR de Donkey.

AN ELEPHANT says goodbye to his terminally ill caretaker.

ZZ TOP: They've been up, they've been down, but you know they were just lookin' for some "Tush."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Dr. Dog, Los Campesinos!, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Beachwood Sparks, Oneida, and more.

GILLIAN WELCH & DAVID RAWLINGS return with "Empty Trainload of Sky."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Billionaire.

RICHARD HAWLEY, on winding up with Scott Walker's guitar.

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC, on his10-year break from making records and some of the many odds and ends from his legendary 45-year career.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Twisters shocks at the top of the chart with 80.5MM, 60 percent ahead of predictions. Despicable Me 4 places with 23.8MM on a 45 percent drop.  Inside Out 2 shows with 12.8MM on a 36 percent drop.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE has a final trailer.

SPIDER-MAN 4 will likely have a new director.

BELLA HADID has lawyered up after being droppped from an Adidas campaign based on the 1972 Olympics.

HOLLYWOOD reacts to President Biden not seeking reelection.

THE BEAR episodes, ranked.

THE MOST CURSED THING on the Internet?

SHARK vs GROUPER: Who You Got?

OCTOPUS vs TRIGGERFISH: Who You Got?

CATS & DOGS, living together...