GLAM XMAS:  Wizzard's awesome "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" and Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" (1973's UK Xmas No. 1) are your Twofer Tuesday.

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS play KEXP.

KENNY LOGGINS brings 80s soundtracks to World Cafe.

TENACIOUS D covers Chris Issak's "Wicked Game."

THE POGUES frontman Shane MacGowan is back in the hospital.

IGGY POP, profiled at NME.

THE TOP 100 SONGS of 2022, according to Pitchfork.

THE BEST INDIE LPs of 2022, according to PopMatters.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Usher's messy soap-opera jam "Confessions Part II."

KIRSTIE ALLEY, a two-time Emmy-winning actor who rose to fame with her role as Rebecca Howe in the NBC comedy series "Cheers," has died after a battle with cancer. She was 71.

GMA3 benched anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach after their affair became public. 

RIAN JOHNSON on Glass Onion, Richard Roundtree, and more.

QUENTIN TARANTINO addressed a recent so-called “wish list” of actors that he wanted for roles in Pulp Fiction, and revealed he pushed back against studio wishes to cast Johnny Depp.

YOU PEOPLE has a trailer online.

PAULINA PORIZKOVA, on her new book, being Instagram's "crying woman," Ric Okasek and the fashion industry.

LOTR: How The Battle Of Helm's Deep Was Filmed.

THE BEST TV SHOWS of 2022, according to The Ringer.

RACCOON ATTACK: A mother fends off an aggressive raccoon that attacked her 5-year-old daughter while waiting for the school bus outside her home in Connecticut. 

A CAT, watching Tom & Jerry.

DOGGOS: Don't stop them now.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)."

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Auteurs, Andy Bell, Langkamer, and more.

THE HACIENDA: The Club That Shook Britain.

PURE BATHING CULTURE covers The Pretenders' "2000 Miles."

ZOMBIE ROCK, featuring no original members!

CAITLIN ROSE, on her nine-year hiatus.

LAMBCHOP's favorite music of 2022.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Fantasia's 'American Idol' coronation song "I Believe."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Wakanda Forever remains atop the chart with a slightly over-performing 17.6MM.  Violent Night places with a similarly over-performing 13.3MM. Strange World shows with 4.9MM on a 60 percent drop.  Oof.

MEGXIT: Prince William is poised to challenge Harry and Meghan head on if they smear the Royal Family again in their new series.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's testicles become a focus of his trial.

ADAM SANDLER read his reviews.

MINDY KALING finds "The Office" inappropriate.

ANDOR: Six Lessons for Lucasfilm.

ROBERT REDFORD has advice for young filmmakers, and you.

THE MUPPETS look back on The Muppet Christmas Carol for its 30th anniversary.

BOB McGRATH, an original cast member of the beloved children’s program “Sesame Street,” has died. He was 90.

WHY DID THE CAPYBARAS cross the road?

A KITTY, getting ready for her closeup.

A SMART LITTLE BIRD who knows colors.

THE YELLOW WATTLED LAPWING: Wait for it...

A BABY FLAMINGO, learning to stand on one leg.

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.