THE PRIMITONS play "Seeing Is Believing" at an in-store appearance from 1985. Proof positive that the Internet makes the "Where Are They Now?" file bottomless. Background at Trouser Press. DAWN LANDES visits the World Cafe. NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS play the Turf Club in St. Paul. THE CURE: Stereogum compiles covers. TOMMY & THE COMMIES evive the sound and spirit of the Buzzcocks and the Jam for "Suckin' In Your 20's". GARY NUMAN joins BECK to perform his big het, "Cars." (The sound isn't great, but the moment is pretty good. There's also a few bars of the Stones "Miss You" to start.) RICHARD THOMPSON: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview. THE THE talks about the 2018 Comeback Special and more at Brooklyn Vegan. AS I LAY DYING vocalist Tim Lambesis, who was sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to hire a hitman to murder his estranged wife, is pursuing his Masters in Social Work. THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Lovin' Spoonful's evocative hot-weather rocker "Summer In The City."
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:The Predator tops the chart with 24MM, which just about matches 2010's Predators, and falls short of the ~30MM the studio expected. International receipts may be needed to recoup for this 88MM pic. The Nun places with 18.2MM on a 66 percent drop not unknown in horror (that said, 85MM domestic so far against a 22MM budgetlooks alright). A Simple Favor shows with a 16MM debut, probably OK against a reported 20MM budget. White Boy Rick, otoh, debuts in fourth with 8.8MM, which is problematic against a 29MM budget. Crazy Rich Asians rounds out the Top Five with 8.7MM and comes in just below 150MM domestic to date. CARRIE UNDERWOOD reveals she suffered three miscarriages. AVENGERS 4: Karen Gillan dropped some teasers on the IG. JUSTIN BIEBER isn't married yet, and plans to become a US citizen. CONAN O'BRIEN launched an online archive. GWYNETH PALTROW & CHRIS MARTIN once tried to stage an intervention for Lily Allen. MATTHEW PERRY spent three months in the hospital following abdominal surgery. FAN BINGBING, arguably the most famous actress in China, has dropped out of public view for more than three months — the victim of a sudden and precipitous fall from grace. WES ANDERSON movies, ranked by NME. PETER DONAT, a Canadian-born character actor who played a wide variety of classical and contemporary roles in theater, film and television, died on Monday at his home in Point Reyes Station, Calif. He was 90. TOSSED SALAD AND SCRAMBLED EGGS: An Oral History of Frasier. THE OWL & THE PUSSYCAT, hanging around outside a window. Where's the boat? THE BLUE BIRD FROM "RIO" is now extinct in the wild. THESE DOMESTICATED FOXES came from a famous Russian experiment. CAMELS can eat cactuses. The More You Know. Swoosh.
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