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."

WET LEG plays KCRW.

CHARLEY CROCKETT plays World Cafe.

BOB DYLAN shares an alternate version of "Not Dark Yet."

JOHN FOGERTY has gained control of the Creedence Clearwater Revival publishing rights. Only took 50 years.

DR DRE is selling several of his music assets and income streams in deals with both Universal Music Group (UMG) and Shamrock Capital for over 200MM.

THE WB is exploring a sale of its music library that could be valued at more than a billion. 

JONI MITCHELL wins the Gershwin Prize.

MEG BAIRD: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview. 

THE COOLEST ROCK SHOW IN ANN ARBOR. And Almost Everyone There Is Over 65.

LISA MARIE PRESLEY — the only child of Elvis Presley — died Thursday after being hospitalized earlier that day, her mother said in a statement. The singer was 54.

MICHAEL BAY is facing charges in Italy related to the killing of a pigeon on the 2018 set of the Netflix blockbuster "6 Underground."

FLORENCE PUGH, on having dated Zach Braff, and more.

CATE BLANCHETT defends TAR against claims that it's "anti-woman."

STEVE GUTTENBERG returns to acting after his father's death.

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST sequel is moving forward?

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET has a trailer online.

YOUR PLACE OR MINE has a trailer online.

SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW has a trailer online.

CAROLE COOK, who used a career boost from Lucille Ball to build a career that included three turns on Broadway and roles in Sixteen Candles and The Incredible Mr. Limpet, has died. She was 98.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

SMOL Buttonquail.

A PUPPER and a natural see-saw.

JEFF BECK, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history, died on Tuesday after a case of bacterial meningitis. He was 78.  Stereogum has a selection of career highlights as the tributes poured in online.

BEABADOOBEE plays KEXP.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Decisive Pink, Kate Davis, Fievel Is Glauque, and more.

U2 shares a reimagined "Pride (In The Name Of Love)."

KING TUFF shares "Tell Me."

EFFED UP shares “I Think I Might Be Weird.”

YO LA TENGO: Forty Years In, Still Making It Up as They Go.PLUS: They share “Aselestine.”

KEITH RICHARDS says new Rolling Stones material is on the way.

THE CHAINSMOKERS admit to threesomes with fans.

THE NUMBER ONES ooks at Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us," the victory-lap chart-topper after her massive 2005 comeback.

KE HUY QUAN's Golden Globes acceptance speech was something.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES ratings, otoh, were not great, Bob.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA disputed chaos on the production of Megalopolis.

JEREMY RENNER still faces a long road to recovery.

MICHAEL FLATLEY is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

PLANE: Gerard Butler's throwback action flick is getting good early reviews.

AN OTTER helps clean up.

MONKEYS go to market.

A QUOKKA and a juggler.

THE FIVE AMERICANS: "I See The Light."

ALVVAYS visits World Cafe.

DODIE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL returns with "Nothing Left To Lose."

U.S. GIRLS shares "Futures Bet."

U2 is reimagining songs, including “Beautiful Day,” for Songs of Surrender.

THE GO! TEAM shares "Gemini."

AVEY TARE shares "The Musical" and Hey Bog."

COUNTRY WESTERNS shares "It's a Livin'."

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Stuart Murdoch talks about the surprise album dropping this week.

NEIL YOUNG talks to Conan O'Brien.

TOMBERLIN's favorite LPs of 2022.

THE 25 BEST INDIE FOLK LPs of 2022, according to Paste.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES winners will turn up here.  Congrats.

JEREMY RENNER's family is thrilled with his recovery from his frightening New Year's Day snowplow accident.

STRANGER THINGS: The cast is about to get a big raise.

BEN AFFLECK, serving Dunkin in a Superbowl ad near you.

PAMELA, A LOVE STORY, ft. Pam Anderson, has a trailer online.

KUMAIL NANJANI, on playing the villain, and being chill with criticism of superhero movies.

THR's Actors Roundtable. It really must be awards season.

WHY DID the giant Python cross the road?

FUGITIVE COWS in Quebec captured after months on the run.

SERVING A GOAT with an apple-peeling machine.

ALBERT LEE covers Jimmy Webb's "If You See Me Getting Smaller," one of my favorite Webb tunes, though (afaik) never a hit for anyone.

THE XX's Oliver Sim visits World Cafe.

THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS return with “Really Really Light,” their first release on Merge.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN share the synthy “I Don’t Know What You See In Me,” ahead of a surprise album Friday.

SPOON covers David Bowies last track, "I Can't Give Everything Away."

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. will compete to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with "Hawaii."

MIKE WATT & TIM KERR cover each other's classic bands.

DAVID BOWIE's TOP 20 LPs, according to The A.V. Club.

JOURNEY: Neal Schon accuses Donald Trump's spiritual adviser of improperly accessing the band's bank account.

2022, rounded up by Frank Yang.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Chris Brown's debut single, the Usher-biting Juelz Santana collab "Run It!"

JEREMY RENNER shares a birthday photo with the ICU staff.

ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA has a trailer online.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA's Megalopolis has descended into chaos.

M3GAN may get an unrated cut.

HUGH JACKMAN denies juicing to play Wolverine.

NICHOLAS CAGE pitches a Face/Off sequel.

EDWARD NORTON is descended from Pocahontas.

ANNA KENDRICK made embryos with a toxic ex.

MEL GIBSON won't be the Marshall of Mardi Gras.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE is making employees come in for work.

PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES: The deleted subplot.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

WORKING OUT together.

A PUP's first day at work.

SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: "Tears of a Clown." Originally released in 1967, but it didn't become a hit until 1970. Sometimes, a hit takes time.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE visits World Cafe.

PETER GABRIEL returns with "Panopticon."

TREY ANASTASIO & JACK ANTONOFF cover The Nationsl's "Bloodbuzz Ohio."

NICK CAVE has started work on a new album.

LOW's Alan Sparhawk battles for control of the master recordings for Low’s early discography from Universal Music Group.

CAGE THE ELEPHANT singer Matthew Shultz has been arrested for illegal gun possession.

DON WILLIAMS,  who partnered with Andy Williams and their brothers, Dick and Bob, in a singing foursome that performed on the radio, in the movies and with Bing Crosby and Kay Thompson, has died. He was 100.

GORDY HARMON, a founding member of the long-running R&B group the Whispers, has died at 79.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Kanye West's biggest chart hit, the lively and complicated Jamie Foxx collab "Gold Digger."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Avatar 2 remains atop the chart with 45MM on a 33 percent drop, performing much like the original.  M3GAN places with 30.2MM, pretty impressive for the horror genre.  Puss In Boots 2 shows with13.1MM on a 22 percent drop, reflecting the dearth of family fare on the big screen.

GLADIATOR 2 is in the works with Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal.

THE ROYALS set up a war room to address Harry's memoir.

ELI ROTH is finally making a Thanksgiving movie.

RON JEREMY may be incompetent to stand trial for sexual assault.

CLAIRE DANES & HUGH DANCY are expecting their third child.

SHOULD STUDIOS Pull the Plug on Prestige?

HENRY GROSSMAN, a photographer who was best known for his formal portraits of celebrities and other public figures — but who also, less famously, immortalized the Beatles on film in thousands of unscripted antics while juggling a side career as a Metropolitan Opera tenor and a Broadway bit player — died on Nov. 27 in Englewood, N.J. He was 86.

ADAM RICH, best known for starring in the television drama-comedy Eight Is Enough, has died. He was 54.

EARL BOEN, a veteran character and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Peter Silberman in "The Terminator" movies, died Thursday in Hawaii. He was 81.

A BUNNY, a bucket.

AN OTTER makes like a copter.

A BORDER COLLIE covers the cutoff.

TWO DOGGOS brought a friend home.

TWO DOGGOS, making out.