DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW: "Cover of the Rolling Stone." A fairly deranged live version.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Ratboys, Be Your Own Pet, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Sonny & the Sunsets, Cindy Wilson, and more.

TV STAR streams their TV3 EP.

THE REPLACEMENTS share an acoustic-guitar-and-cello demo of “Can’t Hardly Wait.”

BIG THIEF's Buck Meek, on 10 things that influenced his new solo LP.

IGGY AZALEA was hauled off stage in Saudi Arabia after her trousers split.

THE ISLEY BROTHERS will be heading to court over the rights to the Isley Brothers band name.

BERNIE MARSDEN, the founding guitarist of Whitesnake and co-writer of their hit "Here I Go Again," has died at 72.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Gran Turismo crosses the chequered flag with 17.3MM, just ahead of Barbie at 17.1MM (which would be a mere 19MM drop)... or is it 15.1MM?  Hard to say, as estimates are confounded by National Cinema Day's four-dollar ticket deal.  Blue Beetle shows with 12.7MM on a 49 percent drop that wouldn't look bad if the opening hadn't been so weak. Oppenheimer comes in fourth with 9MM, enough to meet the 300MM mark domestically.

BOB BARKER, whose warmth and wit as the host of “The Price Is Right” for nearly four decades beckoned legions of giddy Americans to a stage promising luxury vacations and brand-new cars, died on Saturday at his home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles. He was 99.

ARLEEN SORKIN, who portrayed Calliope Jones on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives and served as the original voice of the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, has died. She was 67.

WHERE HAVE all the DC fans gone?

DREA DeMATTEO is the latest celeb to join OnlyFans.

WHAT WE LOSE When Streaming Companies Choose What We Watch.

AMAZON has had early talks with Disney about working on the streaming version of ESPN.

THE WARNER BROTHERS author Chris Yogerst, on the Warners going to war against Hitler, the labor troubles that hit Burbank in the 1940s, and how Sam championed technological innovations.

A GOOD DOG on baby duty.

EXCITED for walkies.

WILY COYOTES are growing in number in NJ, no thanks to the Roadrunners.

NYC TOURISTS are taking the late-night rat tour.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE BANGLES!  Live in Pittsburgh, circa 1986.  Your setlist includes: 1 Let It Go; 2 Restless; 3 Walking Down Your Street; 4 James; 5 Going Down to Liverpool; 6 He's Got a Secret; 7 September Gurls; 8 If She Knew What She Wants; 9 Return Post; 10 Live; 11 In a Different Light; 12 Want You; 13 Angels Don't Fall in Love; 14 Hero Takes a Fall; 15 Manic Monday; and 16 Walk Like an Egyptian.

YOUTH LAGOON plays KEXP.

BLONDSHELL plays KEXP.

PRINCE: Hear unvaulted tracks from the upcoming  Diamonds and Pearls superdeluxe reissue.

OLIVIA RODRIGO is getting mentored by Jack White and St. Vincent?

SLOWDIVE: Singer Rachel Goswell on the rise, fall and rise again of a unique group.

PAUL JANEWAY of St. Paul and the Broken Bones talks ghosts, sea stars and painted stars.

CARLOS SANTANA apologizes for his comments about trans issues.

DUNE: PART TWO has been pushed to next year amid the ongoing actors strike, which prevents stars from promoting their projects

ZENDAYA Holds Court.

WES ANDERSON's adaptation of Roald Dahl‘s short story "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" will be out via Netflix on September 27th.

FOE, with Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, has a trailer online.

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO and...  model Vittoria Ceretti, 25.

KEVIN COSTNER's got a ton of money.

STEVEN WRIGHT, on the electricity of ideas, his new book, and more.

LANDO CALRISSIAN Was Right.

SHARING is Caring.

A CALF makes a break for it.

A LOST DOG is welcomed home.

LaBELLE: "Lady Marmalade." I coulda used a little more cowbell.

DAVE GROHL joined CHEVY METAL (the late Taylor Hawkins' covers band) for songs by the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Spinal Tap, Led Zeppelin, the Police, the Kinks, and Van Halen.

BLONDSHELL plays World Cafe.

THE FEELIES cover the Velvet Underground's "Rock and Roll."

MITSKI shares "Star" and Heaven."

JENNY OWENS YOUNG shares “It’s Later Than You Think.”

THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH: In the Garden with the Lost King of Indie Folk.

DEAN PARKS Breaks Down His Iconic Steely Dan Guitar Licks.

ALICE COOPER, on palling around with Groucho Marx and Salvador Dalí, babysitting a young Keanu “Ke” Reeves while recording Welcome To My Nightmare, and what he, as one of the best-known gender-benders in rock, thinks of the ongoing gender-affirming care “debate.”

THE STUDIOS' counter-proposal to the WGA suggests they may want writers to rewrite AI-created scripts in order for them to be eligible for copyright protection.

MICHAEL MANN, on Ferrari and Heat 2.

ZACK SNYDER Is Already Touting A Director's Cut For ‘Rebel Moon' Because Of Course He Is.

THE FAST & FURIOUS writer David Ayer says he has 'nothing to show' for it.

FRASIER drops a teaser.

THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER has a trailer online.

AHSOKA debuts with a higher Tomatometer score than The Mandalorian.

CATS & DOGS: Anything you can do...

CATNIP in a cone.

FOUR FRIENDS share breakfast.

SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus."

MARGO PRICE shares three songs from Strays II.

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVERS IN THE DARK returns with "Bauhaus Staircase."

BLACK PUMAS returns with "More Than a Love Song."

THE ROLLING STONES appear to be teasing a new LP.

DEVO, on boos, Bowie and retiring after 50 years.

SPARKLEHORSE: For a decade, the last recordings of Mark Linkous seemed lost or simply unusable. His family found and finished them.

ZACK SNYDER'S REBEL MOON (Part 1) has a trailer online.

JENNIFER ANISTON is not a fan of cancel culture.

DAVE BAUTISTA & JASON MOMOA are teaming up for a buddy comedy.

WHAT THE HELL Is Going On in Scooter Braun's Empire?

NEIL BLOMKAMP Wants To Talk About ‘Gran Turismo,' But Only ‘Gran Turismo.'

OPPENHEINER composer Ludwig Göransson has explained how Cillian Murphy's performance shaped the film's score.

DICK VAN DYKE is learning to play ukulele.

THE WARNER BROTHERS: Read an excerpt from the forthcoming book about them.

EVEN DOGS like to pet dogs.

THE WORLD'S ONLY SPOTLESS GIRAFFE was born in Tennessee.

LETHALITY 100, Range 50, Damage 0.

THE RASPBERRIES crush "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be With You" for Twofer Tuesday.

ST PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES at KCRW.

AL GREEN covers Lou Reed's "Perfect Day."

BLUR shares "Sticks and Stones."

DINERS' Blue Broderick talks power pop at Paste.

QUEEN's "Fat Bottomed Girls" was dropped from their Greatest Hits on a kids' streaming platform.

TOM WAITS: Remembering his extraordinary mid-career trilogy.

CRAIG FINN on the song that changed his life.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Katy Perry's ridiculous but undeniable banger "Firework."

RHIANNA & A$AP ROCKY secretly had another child.

NATALIE PORTMAN was co-parenting with Benjamin Millepied at the FIFA Women’s World Cup final.

JAMES GUNN is not making a "Young Superman" movie.

SIENNA MILLER is having another baby.

DEMI LOVATO has split (professionally) from manager Scooter Braun.

CHARLIZE THERON Didn't Get a Facelift, Thanks for Asking.

MICHAEL LEWIS has made a career of minting ordinary heroes... and shepherding his subjects into lucrative careers as public speakers.

WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY is getting a sequel.

OLDBOY director Park Chan-wook has detailed what he’d change in his acclaimed action thriller, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

WHAT DOES the Dog Say?

EXCUSE ME, Coming Through.

A CAT enjoys a porcupine.