THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with A CHRISTMAS SHINDIG! The full episode has gone dark, but still-available clips from 1964 include The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep on Searching," the Righteous Brothers doing "The Jerk" and an awesome milk commercial, Bobby Sherman with "Sleigh Ride," Donna Loren returning with a Spector-esque, but rougher "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and The Beach Boys returning for a set including "Little Saint Nick," "Monster Mash" (yes, really), "Papa Oom Mow Mow," "Johnny B. Goode," and "We Three Kings."

THE A's play a Tiny Desk Concert.

MO TROPER covers Chris Bell's "I Am the Cosmos."

CHRISTINE McVIE: The tributes. Including Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

TEGAN & SARA's favorite albums of the year.

ROLLING STONE's Top Albums of 2022.

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS of 2022, according to The Quietus.

GORILLA VS BEAR's favorite albums of 2022.

11 RULES for writing a modern Christmas song.

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY has a trailer online.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 has a trailer online.

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS has a trailer online.

THE SIGHT & SOUND CRITICS POLL of the greatest films of all time, arriving every ten years since 1952.  And this year? LOL.

JOHN WATERS's Best Films of 2022.

KANYE WEST: Too crazy bigoted for Alex Jones.

COURTNEY COX photobombs tourists sitting on the Friends couch.

EMANCIPATION: Early buzz on Will's Smith's new prestige project is... not great, Bob.

FRANK VALLELONGA JR., famous for his work in the Oscar-winning “Green Book,” has died and his body was dumped in the Bronx.

ARE YOU READY for the holidays?

A GOOD BOY got escorted out of the jiu-jitsu match for protecting the owner.

A GOAT, hitching a ride.

CHRISTINE McVIE, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist who became the biggest hitmaker for Fleetwood Mac, one of music’s most popular bands, died on Wednesday. She was 79. The most popular songs Ms. McVie wrote favored bouncing beats and lively melodies, numbers like “Say You Love Me” (which grazed Billboard’s Top 10), “You Make Loving Fun” (which just broke it), “Hold Me” (No. 4) and “Don’t Stop” (her top smash, which crested at No. 3). But she could also connect with elegant ballads, like “Over My Head” (No. 20) and “Little Lies” (which cracked the publication’s Top Five in 1987).  BONUS: Fleetwood Mac got over six hours of discussion and analysison a two-part edition of Political Beats (Part One, Part Two).

THE 1975 vists World Cafe.

SUFJAN STEVENS, on Christmas music, Beyoncé, his long-abandoned 50 States Project, and much more.

CRAZY HORSE's BILLY TALBOT: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

ARCHERS OF LOAF: "Anger makes good rock'n'roll, and I had a lot of it."

RIDE: The Bandcamp Guide.

THE B-52s are headed to Vegas after their farewell tour.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Usher's soap-opera slow jam "Burn."

DAN MASTERSON's triple-rape trial ended in a mistrial after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked.

THE ROYALS: The late Queen's lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey has apologized and resigned after she repeatedly asked a black British charity boss where she was “really” from. 

GOOD MORNING AMERICA co-anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach left their partners after an alleged months-long affair.

AVATAR: Inside James Cameron's Billion-Dollar Bet.

LINDSAY LOHAN, Interviewed by AMANDA SEYFRIED. Kinda fetch.

BRENDAN FRASER, Interviewed by FREDDIE PRINZE, JR.

BRUCE LEE is getting a biopic directed by Ang Lee (no relation) and starring Mason Lee (Ang's son).

MILA KUNIS & ASHTON KUTCHER raised 37MM for Ukrainian war refugees.

WEDNESDAY's dance scene, scored with The Cramps, has blown up.

COCAINE BEAR has a trailer online.

CATFIGHT?

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A PUPPER fesses up.

OWLS, Cuddling.

CHEAP TRICK: "I Can't Take It." An overlooked gem.

A HOLIDAY STREAM, via The Current.

BEABADOOBEE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

JOE HENRY shares "All the Eye Can See."

BOB DYLAN, singing "Jingle Bells" through the ages, sort of.

THE CHARLATANS' Tim Burgess, on a few of his favorite things.

KURT COBAIN: THE LAST INTERVIEW is excerpted at Pitchfork.

AHMET ERTEGUN, the late founder of Atlantic Records, faces a posthumous lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and assault.

KIM KARDASHIAN & KANYE WEST have reached a settlement in their divorce, averting a trial that had been set for next month.

RYAN REYNOLDS is a tease... about Deadpool 3.

JAMES McAVOY, a few years out from an illness that nearly killed him, on Marvel and more.

WEDNESDAY (ADDAMS) is a hit for Netflix.

THE OSCARS will air awards for all 23 categories in 2023.

SAMUEL L. JACKSON challenges QUENTIN TARANTINO.

DWAYNE JOHNSON makes amends to the 7-Eleven where he used to shoplift.

CLARENCE GILYARD, the actor best known for playing computer hacker Theo in "Die Hard" and naval flight officer Marcus "Sundown" Williams in "Top Gun," has died at the age of 66.

FISHTOPHER, a sad and depressed-looking cat, finds a forever home after blowing up on the net.

COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: The Wisdom of Flocks.

DOGGOS are the best.

JASON and the SCORCHERS cover "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and play "Harvest Moon" for Twofer Tuesday.

METRIC plays The Current.

LOVE: Forever Changes counter-balanced the "Summer of Love."

GAZ COOMBES shares "Long Live the Strange."

LARGEHEARTED BOY's Favorite Albums of 2022.

THE 50 BEST LPs of 2022, according to Paste.

BOB DYLAN apologizes for his autopen.

LEONARD COHEN's 1973 visit to the frontlines of the Yom Kippur war is set to be dramatized in a new limited TV series.

THE NUMBER ONES ooks at Usher, LilJon, and Ludacris's monster club anthem "Yeah!"

KEVIN SPACEY is getting work.

NAMOR may be in Wakanda Forever, but not in his own Marvel movie anytime soon due to rights issues.

DWAYNE JOHNSON claims the WB fought against bringing back Henry Cavill as Superman.

MINKA KELLY and...   Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is headed to Prime Video.

GEORGE TAKEI remembers his friendships and feuds, and his shameful treatment in the second world war.

WILL SMITH understands if people are put off his new film by his slapping Chris Rock.

MARTIN SCORSESE is a fan of... Derry Girls.

WORK SMARTER, Not Harder.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A DOGGO's magic words.

YOU'VE GOT a friend in me.

THE WHO: "I'm A Boy."

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has That Petrol Emotion, The Flaming Lips, and more.

STRUMMING THE SIX-STRING: A Complete Playlist.

QUASI shares "Doomscrollers."

IRENE CARA, who belted out the title tracks of two beloved song-and-dance movies of the 1980s, “Flashdance” and “Fame,” has died. She was 63. 

WILKO JOHNSON, guitarist and founding member of British rock greats Dr. Feelgood, and executioner Ser Ilyn Payne on Game of Thrones, died Monday at his home home in Westcliff On Sea. He was 75.

GENE CIPRIANO, an occasional member of The Wrecking Crew, and perhaps the most recorded woodwind player in show business history, has died. He was 94.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Twista, Jamie Foxx, & Kanye West's "Slow Jamz," the song that truly kicked off the Kanye era.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Black Panther: Wakanda Forever remains atop the chart with a 64MM holiday weekend.  But Strange World places with a 18.6MM bomb.  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery shows with 13.3MM, the best theatrical launch for a Netflix movie ever.

STRANGE WORLD, however, isn’t spilt milk to cry over for the House of Mouse.

WHY "SHE SAID" Bombed at the Box Office.

AVATAR 2 will be seen in China. It will need to be the third or fourth highest-grossing film in history to break even.

STANLEY TUCCI, not a fan of the Method.

LOVE, ACTUALLY is the subject of a Diane Sawyer special on Tuesday night.

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES: An Oral History.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE director Christopher McQuarrie explains the title of Dead Reckoning.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

TWO REACTIONS to dinnertime.

TURKEYS Terrorize a Massachusetts Town, Especially Kevin.

HOW "BIN CHICKENS" learnt to wash poisonous cane toads.

WINSTON, a French Bulldog, was named Best in Show at the American Kennel Club Dog Show.