THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me."

SPARKS play a Tiny Desk Concert.

MOUNTAIN GOATS shares "Clean Slate" from the sequel to their classic 2002 album All Hail West Texas.

BIG THIEF shares "Vampire Empire."

ISLANDS shares "Superstitious."

PJ HARVEY Is Making Music for Different Reasons Now.

THE GO-GOS: Belinda Carlisle dishes on the touring life at SPIN.

LIFEGUARD, an up and coming Chicago band, profiled at Pitchfork.

OPPENHEIMER: The critics are blown away. 

AQUAMAN 2: Three Reshoots, Two Batmans and Non-Stop Test Screenings.

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tried to hitch a ride back to America on Air Force One after the Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral but were quickly rebuffed.

THE ROCK is set to receive the biggest fee for an actor ever for his role in an upcoming film.

GRETA GERWIG & NOAH BAUMBACH welcomed their second child (his third).

SOFIA VERGARA & JOE MANGIELLO are indeed divorcing.

A HAUNTING IN VENICE: Hercule Poirot has a trailer online.

GLADIATOR 2 was filming a complex action sequence with Paul Mescal and several hundred extras inside a replica of the Colosseum when the actors' strike halted filming.

BRON, the studio behind ‘Joker', ‘Judas and The Black Messiah' and ‘The Idol', has filed for bankruptcy. 

ABOUT 75 RABBITS have overrun a neighborhood outside of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

MATING TORTOISES, Annoyed Leopard.

THERE ARE Two Types of Dogs.

BLONDIE: "Heart of Glass," filmed at Studio 54 in New York City.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Courtney Barnett, Grandaddy, Lowland Hum, and more.

JULIANA HATFIELD covers ELO's “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head.”

BEABADOOBIE shares “the way things go.”

THE MENZINGERS share “There’s No Place In This World For Me.”

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX shares "Bubblegum" and "Stop Waiting."

PAUL McCARTNEY has started a podcast.

SLOWDIVE: "We've always tried to work as a pretty solid democracy."

CHRISTINE McVIE left behind a fortune of £70million at the time of her death.

TUPAK SHAKUR's murder investigation just saw a search warrant issue.

CALEB SOUTHERN, a producer and musician who famously worked with Ben Folds Five and Archers Of Loaf, has died at 53.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN calls Oppenheimer his most extreme film to date. PLUS: A rave from director Paul Schrader.

BARBIEHEIMER TRACKING: Barbie is projected to debut at 100MM, while Oppenheimer is projected at 50MM.

SIMON PEGG says AI will weed out mediocrity in Hollywood.

GIGI HADID was charged with the possession of ganja in the Caymans; she claims it's medical.

RENEE ZELLWEGER is reportedly making secret plans to get married for the second time.

POWER TRIO: A behind-the-scenes look at The Marvels.

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is dead at Netflix after spending 50M in development.

A DOGGO making its own fun at the subway.

PARTNERS in Crime.

DARTH Meow.

THE TUBES: "She's A Beauty" and "Talk To Ya Later" are your Twofer Tuesday.

PET SHOP BOYS get almost three hours of discussion on Political Beats.

DEAD & COMPANY played their final show.

PULP plays the unreleased “Hymn Of The North.”

ANDREW BIRD shares "Mo Teef."

DAN AUERBACH shares "Every Chance I Get (I Want You in the Flesh)."

DAVID BOWIE: Read an excerpt from a Scary Monsters book.

TOM WAITS is reissuing his 1983-93 catalog.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Far East Movement's "Like A G6," a giddy dance-rap ode to an airplane that did not exist.

THE CREATOR has a trailer online.

THE HOLDOVERS has a trailer online.

POM KLEMENTIEFF got hooked on skydiving by Tom Cruise.

LINDSAY LOHAN has given birth to her and her husband Bader Shammas' first child, a son named Luai.

ARIANA GRANDE is separated from her husband.

SOFIA VERGARA and husband Joe Manganiello have separated.

TATUM O'NEAL, recovering from an overdose-induced crisis that nearly killed her and forced her to relearn how to speak, looks back on her life and career.

MICHAEL CERA, on Barbie, drunk fans - and not owning a smartphone.

BLUE BEETLE was nearly delayed to next year amidst the ongoing strikes in Hollywood.

GARGOYLES: The live-action version of the 90s fave will be directed by Kenneth Branagh. Which makes sense in the way that his directing Thor did.

DOGGOS with slalom skills.

A DOGGO uses his tongue in a jailbreak.

A DEER enjoys a large puddle with kids.

A HUNGRY FOX brought his friends.

THE MONKEES: The TV version of "You Just May Be the One," which differs from the LP version and has more cowbell.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Palehound, Colter Wall, John Coltrane, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Snõõper, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog,and more.

TUNE-YARDS shares “Segue From Work to Civilian Life.”

HOW I LEARNED to Stop Worrying and Love the Grateful Dead.

JULIE BYRNE, interviewed by Pitchfork at Coney Island.

TAYLOR SWIFT FANS discover Cabaret Voltaire.

JANE BIRKIN, who helped define chic female sexuality of the 1970s as an actress in arty and erotic European movies and in her relationship — equal parts romantic and artistic — with the singer Serge Gainsbourg, died on Sunday in Paris. Ms. Birken, who later became known for inspiring one of the best known lines of luxury handbags, was 76.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Mission: Impossible 7 tops the chart with 56.2MM over three days (less than M:I 6), but 80MM over 5 days (less than Top Gun: Maverick, but a M:I franchise record). The global total is 235MM, which is 100MM more than Indiana Jones 5 made. Sound of Freedom places with 27MM on a large and unusual 35 percent, fueled by controversy (and perhaps people buying tickets just for the politics).  Insdious 5 shows with 13MM on a 60 percent drop that's not bad for horror, esp. not bad for a film with a big debut.

TOM CRUISE: The living manifestation of cinema, except for those crazy years.PLUS: How he could improve his running.

HENRY CZERNY on returning to Mission: Impossible as Kittridge.

OPPENHEIMER: Christoper Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon on the stakes of making an R-rated, three-hour, CGI-free summer flick about the godfather of the atomic bomb.

MARGOT ROBBIE & RYAN GOSLING on Barbie and Kenergy.

MARVEL'S SECRET INVASION is expected to be over budget as its costs have ballooned to 211.6MM.  They are probably losing nine figures on it.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE may sell its TV assets.

GWYNETH PALTROW avoided some NSFW questions on Instagram.

HUNDREDS OF GOLDEN RETRIEVERS celebrate the breed's founding.

A DOGGO does a trust fall.

ALPACAS, avoiding a mud puddle.

THE DOG DAYS of Summer.

PAWTNERS in Crime.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with LIVE AID!  It was recently the anniversary of the trans-Atlantic rock event aimed at aiding starving people in Ethiopia (Its prime movers, like Bob Geldof & Bono, would later discover, actually getting the aid past the Marxist dictatorship would be the difficult part). Most of the day's music has found its way online, including the set from Queen that was memorialized in Boheman Rhapsody, a decidiely career-boosting appearance by U2, a look at the pre-lip-syncing Madonna, a peak-80s Bowie set and -- as my pal Nathan reminded me  -- a raft of appearances from the Style Council to the Four Tops to Paul Young to Judas Priest to the Cars to the Beach Boys to the Pretenders to The Who to Simple Minds to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and so many more.  Revisiting these videos, I was particularly taken by a solo Elvis Costello (who pobably could not afford a touring band at this point in his career) making The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" much more than what's on the page with help from a stadium crowd, and the improbable greatness of Kiki Dee in Mom wear, joining Elton John for "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."

FRUIT BATS play KEXP.

THE CONNELLS share the demo for "Carry My Picture."

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER shares "Shinbone."

YARD ACT shares "The Trench Coat Museum."

LUCINDA WILLIAMS discusses her memoir and new LP at Paste.

CIGARETTES AFTER SEX is huge, under the radar.

SAG-AFTRA is on strike against the film and TV companies, marking only the second time in Hollywood history that actors have joined writers on the picket lines. 

OPPENHEIMER's cast had to walk off the red carpet when the strike started.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON can continue shooting despite the strike due to rules in the UK.

DISNEY CEO BOB IGER thinks the writers' and actors' demands are unrealistic.

THE EMMYS: Network TV is missing in action.

KEVIN COSTNER was ordered to pay six figures in monthly child support.

LISA MARIE PRESLEY died in January of complications from small bowel obstruction, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office.

KEVIN SPACEY defends coming out after being accused of sexual misconduct.

THE BEST MOVIES of 2023 (So Far), according to The Ringer.

A HUMMINGBIRD, taking its daily shower.

OCTOPUSES, but babies.

AN OWL, but albino.