DOGSTAR (in which Keanu plays bass) visits World Cafe.

THE PERNICE BROTHERS return with “Who Will You Believe,”and “December In Her Eyes.”

KIM GORDON returns with "Bye Bye."

FRANK BLACK joins THE DANDY WARHOLS on... wait for it... "Danzig With Myself."

ELTON JOHN secured the EGOT.

IT'S RAINING MEN: A History.

COACHELLA: No Doubt is your headliner.

LEON WILDES, a New York immigration lawyer who successfully fought the United States government’s attempt to deport John Lennon, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 90.

THE EMMYS: What you need to know is that Better Call Saul never won, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has never been nominated. And the ratings were a record low.

CHARLIE PUTH sang the theme from Friends for the Emmys' In Memoriam segment. But the cast did not pay tribute.

LINDSAY LOHAN made bank for a cameo in the Mean Girls musical.  But she's not a fan of a joke in the film.

ARGYLLE director Matthew Vaughn denies that Taylor Swift wrote the novel.

SPACEMAN: Adam Sandler has a trailer online.

JODIE FOSTER, a half-century later.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A CAT, with dominoes.

WHEN THE NEIGHBOR DOG rings your doorbell at 4 a.m.

RAY CHARLES jamming out "Walk the Line" & "Ring of Fire" for Johnny Cash Twofer Tuesday.

THE KINKS get over 3 and 1/2 hours of discussion (just up through VGPS) on Political Beats with guest Jay Cost.

YARD ACT shares "We Make Hits."

IDLES shares "Gift Horse."

BILLIE EILISH did the credits theme for the new True Detective.

MADONNA had a "Hello, Cleveland!" moment.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Flo Rida's "Whistle," a once-forgotten song that's recently become a Josh Hutcherson TikTok meme.

THE EMMYS went to these folks. Congrats!

DAVID CHASE: The creator of The Sopranos said he was being told to “dumb down” his productions.

RYAN GOSLING reacts to "I'm Just Ken" winning the Critics' Choice Award.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR read his past reviews at the Critics' Choice Awards.

JODIE FOSTER, on True Detective, Greta Gerwig, and more.

THE GENTLEMEN: Guy Ritchie's Netflix series has a trailer online.

MEAN GIRLS: Why a musical wasn't marketed that way.

TOM HOLLAND & ZENDAYA rewatch Spider-Man: Homecoming.

MARTIN SCORSESE lauds LEONARDO DiCAPRIO.

GEORGE CLOONEY: Directors have more fun.

ELEPHANTS raid a disabled truck full of oranges.

WHAN YOU'RE Fabulous.

BAGHEERA, booped.

THE DOG knows the sound.

U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream.

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Marika Hackman, @, and more.

BILL's INDIE BASEMENT has Bill Ryder-Jones, Jayson Green & The Jerk, and more.

STEPHEN MALKMUS joined DINOSAUR JR in Portland.

DONOVAN claims he became George Harrison's musicla mentor in the 60s.

MORRISSEY thinks he's being erased from The Smiths?

THE WHO: Roger Datlrey says the song is over.

DION: A vintage performance of "Abraham, Martin & John."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Mean Girls musical weathered the storm with a 32MM debut.  The Beekeeper places with a 19.2MM debut, not bad for an oddly named Jason Staham action pic.  Wonka shows with 10.9MM, on what would have been a 40 percent drop absent the holiday.

THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!

JOYCE RANDOLPH, who played Trixie Norton, the wife of a guffawing, rubber-limbed sewer worker forever mired in a blowhard neighbor’s get-rich-quick schemes and other hazards of life on the classic 1950s sitcom “The Honeymooners,” died on Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 99.

TAYLOR SWIFT & TRAVIS KELCE: Isn't "engaged to get engaged"... engaged?

EMMA STONE applies to be on non-celebrity Jeopardy every year.

LILY GLADSTONE is profiled by Rolling Stone.

PAUL GIAMATTI, on fulfilling his dream of playing an ape in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes.

RYAN GOSLING reflects on a career of roles from Neil Armstrong to Ken.

TOM CRUISE has Top Gun 3 in the works at Paramount, while his new biz associates at the WB would like a sequel to Edge of Tomorrow.

THE ABYSS video re-issue is being censored in the UK.

SCREAM: Neve Campbell could see herself coming back some day “under the right circumstances,” by which she means a phat check from the troubled franchise.

WES ANDERSON's next film will star Bill Murray, Michael Cera, and Benicio Del Toro.

PETER CROMBIE, who was a recurring and popular character as “Crazy” Joe Davola on Seinfeld, died Wednesday at age 71.

A HORSE joined the 1997 Critérium International race in the South of France.

A PARROT, coming onto itself.

A BEAR CUB, grateful on being rescued from a fire.

GOAT got skills.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with R.E.M.! Live in Germany circa 1985, more complete than what has previously turned up on the Tube. Songs include "Feeling Gravity's Pull," "Harbourcoat," "Sitting Still," "Maps & Legends," "Fall On Me," "Green Grow The Rushes," "Driver 8," "Hyena," "So. Central Rain," CCR's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain," "Can't Get There From Here," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," "Seven Chinese Bros.," "Auctioneer," "Old Man Kinsey," "Little America," "Pretty Persuasion, " "Theme From Two Steps Onward," Aerosmith's "Toys In The Attic," and Television's "See No Evil." Plus, previously unlinked here: "Second Guessing," "Ghost Riders In The Sky," "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville," "We Walk/ Behind Closed Doors" and "Paint It Black." 

RATBOYS plays KEXP.

WAR plays KCRW.

J MASCIS shares "Right Behind You."

MIDDLE KIDS have "Terrible News."

ROB MOOSE: Meet The Arranger Pulling the Strings in Indie Rock and Pop.

AMY WINEHOUSE:  The Back to Black biopic has a trailer online.

MOGWAI's career-spanning documentary, If The Stars Had Sound, has a trailer online.

ESPN was forced to return at least 37 Emmy awards after using fake names to secure awards for ineligible on-air talent on shows like College GameDay. 

POOR THINGS includes a sex scene that had to be edited in order to fit in with UK law.

FKA TWIGS shared her thoughts on a Calvin Klein poster featuring the singer which has been banned in the UK.

TINA FEY on Mean Girls, then and now.

MARGOT ROBBIE: “Everyone’s probably sick of the sight of me for now.”

MR & MRS SMITH has a trailer online.

ABIGAIL has a trailer online.

FRIENDS scripts rescued from the trash are headed to auction.

JOHN KRASINSKI & NATALIE PORTMAN are starring in Fountain of Youth with Guy Ritchie directing.

KRISTEN STEWART, on how gay Twilight is. Among other things.

SELENA GOMEZ will play LINDA RONSTADT in a biopic.

AN ORPHANED KANGAROO, in his new adoptive home.

A HARPIST has a Disney-esque moment.

ADOPTION DAY for a Good Girl.

LIZ PHAIR: "Jealousy." It sneers like she does.

ALANA SRINGSTEEN plays World Cafe.

MGMT have "Nothing To Declare."

THE UMBRELLAS jangle on "Gone."

GRUFF RHYS shares "Bad Friend."

PARAMORE teases a cover of Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House."

KEANU REEVES, on his love of Interpol and Kim Gordon.

BOY GEORGE will never be friends with JANET JACKSON.

KATE BUSH eulogized DEL PALMER.

THE SAG AWARDS nominations went to these folks. Congrats!

THE DGA AWARDS nominations went to these folks. Congrats!

THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM has a trailer online.

28 YEARS LATER: Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are pitching this sequel to studios and streamers.

MATTHEW PERRY's Secret Dark Side.

JASON MOMOA & LISA BONET settled their child custody one day after filing for divorce.

PAUL GIAMATTI, on In-N-Out.

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON is making a secret movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn,and Regina King.

KEVIN SMITH apologized to SHANNON DOHERTY after she confessed Mallrats ended her film career.

STAR TREK 4 is still in the works, as well as one set decades before 2009’s reboot.

SUPERGIRL: Milly Alcock, Emilia Jones and Meg Donnelly are in the mix for screen tests.

AMAZON is laying off several hundred employees as part of a plan to consolidate Amazon Studios and MGM.

A MANED WOLF, gentle and tall.

A PALLAS CAT sounds weird.

A BABY KOALA, reunited with its worried Mom.