THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE rip through a medley of "Everyday People" and "Dance to the Music," plus "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey," and "I Want to Take You Higher" on network TV, circa 1969.

THE CADILLAC THREE advance streams Legacy.

LILLY HIATT advance streams Trinity Lane.

EMA advance streams Exile in the Outer Ring.

GUGGI DATA streams Pop/Rock.

GAME THEORY shares "No Love," ft. Aimee Mann.

LOU REED & VICTORIA WILLIAMS sing "Sweet Jane," Live at the Bottom Line, 1994.

PILOT works their "Magic" on TOTP.

PORTUGAL. THE MAN has scored a freak pop hit.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS talks to Rolling Stone about re-recording Sweet Old World.

DAN WILSON talks to Stereogum about Semisonic, Mike Doughty, Taylor Swift, etc. (But not Trip Shakespeare. Sad!)

MC5: Ten of Their Best.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are The Hitman's Bodyguard, which is currently scoring 36 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Logan Lucky, which is scoring 92 percent.  Wind River expands to almost 700 screens, scoring 86 percent.

DANIEL CRAIG took the cast of Logan Lucky to see Car Seat Headrest.

TAYLOR SWIFTis donating to charities for sexual assault survivors.

STAR WARS: An Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone is in the works.

SHAZAM is — according to director David F. Sandberg — the next film on the DC slate.

GALAXY QUEST: The TV series is back on track.

ROBIN THICKE is about to be a father again, with a girlfriend who is barely able to legally drink. 

AMERICAN IDOL is struggling to find judges.

MONGOOSE vs LIONS: Who You Got?

STRAY DOGS in India are literally turning blue, due to pollutants found in the river of an area filled with industrial plants.

PETA apologizes for taking a girl's pet chihuahua and putting it down.

THE BUTTER COW! All hail the cow of buttah!

BTW, OVER 57 MILLION SERVED. Thanks to all for stopping by.

VAN MORRISON drops a video for "Transmission."

BON IVER played Rock The Garden.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN stopped by The Current for a chat and unplugged mini-set (after all, they left the drummer in North Dakota) including one of my faves, "Sukie in the Graveyard."

WAXAHATCHEE plays World Cafe Live.

DREAM WIFE shares "Fire."

R.E.M.: "Supernatural Superserious."

RAINER MARIA talked to Stereogum about putting the band back together.

NICK LOWE: Fresh Air surveys the reissues of his 1982-90 catalog.

DOLLY PARTON is releasing a children's LP.

THE 25 BEST ALBUMS of 2017 (So Far), according to Paste.

ROMAN POLANSKI faces a third allegation of sexual abuse.

EMMA STONE leads the latest Forbes List of Highest-Paid Actresses.

ANNA FARIS had relationship advice right before her split from Chris Pratt.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 6 hits a production delay after Tom Cruise injured himself doing a stunt.

JUSTICE LEAGUE's Batman will be less ragey than BvS Batman.

THE KARDASHIAN DECADE: How a Sex Tape Led to a Billion-Dollar Brand.

CHRIS BROWN details the night he was arrested for physically assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 for his new documentary. 

ST VINCENT will direct a female-led movie based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

INDANA JONES LAND could be coming to Disney World.

GOATS harrass everyone. Dang kids.

A TORTOISE saved by mouth-to-mouth.

A FRUIT BAT that looks like Yoda is recognized as a new species.

A GROUNDHOG is framed for indecent exposure.

THE SAFES share a video for "Hometown."

CAR SEAT HEADREST played Rock The Garden.

THE REVOLUTION played Rock The Garden.

BENJAMIN BOOKER played Rock The Garden.

WILCO shares "All Lives, You Say?"

THE WAR ON DRUGS shares  “Up All Night."

ARIEL PINK shares a new single, "Feels Like Heaven."

HOPE SANDOVAL AND THE WARM INVENTIONS share "Sleep."

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: "I'm an Adult Now."

THE KINKS' Ray Davies talks Mick Jagger, Chrissie Hynde, and more. (Thx, Jay!)

BELLE & SEBASTIAN left their drummer at Wal-Mart.

THE DEAD KENNEDYS: The history and evolution of "Nazi Punks F*** Off."

THE SMITHS:  Strangeways Here We Come, released 30 years ago, is reconsidered by The Quietus.

JOHNNY DEPP helped raise spirits at a Canadian children’s hospital during a surprise visit dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean.

DANIEL CRAIG confirms his return as James Bond.

BRANGELEXIT: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are deep in divorce talks, and there is no talk of reconciliation, contrary to some media reports. 

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO: Another day, another 23-year-old model.

THE WALKING DEAD'S creator and producers are now suing AMC for potentially billions, claiming they’ve kept “the lion’s share” of profits made by the hit show.

TIGER WOODS had Ambien, Dilaudid, Vicodin, Xanax, and THC in his system at the time of his DUI arrest.

MOLLY'S GAME, teaming Jessica Chastain with Aaron Sokin, has a trailer online.

HBO HACK: Indian police arrested four people on suspicion of leaking an unaired Game of Thrones episode.

GO ASK ALICE, I think she'll know.

A POSSIBLE PANTHER recorded lounging by a FL pool.

TINY TOADS closed a road in British Columbia.

3000 TRUKEYS, scared to death by a lizard.

JON PRATT: Pate's frontman shares a history of the band and a rootsy selection from his All The Fixins catalog, "Best Dress."

PINEGROVE, Live at the Newport Folk Festival.

MARGARET GLASPY, Live at the Newport Folk Festival.

JOSEPH, Live at the Newport Folk Festival.

CAR SEAT HEADREST shares “War Is Coming (If You Want It).”

THE DODOS share "Mirror Fake."

TOM JONES sung "It's Not Ununsal" and "If He Should Ever Leave You" on Canadian Idol, which opened with some great archival footage.

WHAT HAPPENED to the negative music review?

AVERAGE WHITE BAND: How We Made "Pick Up the Pieces."

PRINCE is getting a special shade of purple from Pantone.

THE BEST BOWIE BOOKS, according to The Guardian.

TAYLOR SWIFT won her countersuit against former radio host David Mueller for alleged assault and battery.

KATY PERRY & ORLANDO BLOOM: Together again?

BRYAN CRANSTON was observed having sex with his wife on a train.

DEADPOOL 2: A stunt person was killed on the set when a motorcycle stunt went terribly wrong.

THE DEATH OF STALIN has a trailer online.

WESTWORLD will be expanding its cast for Season 2.

COWBOY NINJA VIKING, starring Chris Pratt, has a release date if not a director.

JOSEPH BOLOGNA, an actor, writer, and director known for his role in 1982's My Favorite Year, has died after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 82.

A RARE WHITE MOOSE was caught on camera in Sweden after a three-year search.

GOLDFISH turn to alcohol to survive the winter.

RANDY, WELL-ENDOWED SUPER-FLEAS are invading the UK.

AN ELEPHANT trampled a big game hunter in Namibia.

SO WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Annabelle: Creation topped the chart with 35MM, easily beating tracking projections in the 30MM range.  And that bodes well for this low (15mm) budget Conjuring spinoff sequel; its predecessor also did huge biz overseas. Dunkirk placed with 11.4MM on a leggy 33 percent drop; the worldwide total is now 363MM against a 100MM production budget. The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature showed with 9MM against a 40MM budget; overseas sales many not be enough to save this sequel. Last weekend's champ, The Dark Tower, skidded into the fourth slot on a 59 percent drop, which must trouble Sony, esp with weak foreign sales.The Emoji Movie rounded out the Top Five with6.6MM on a 45 percent drop; again, weak overseas numbers may not drag this one into the black in cinemas.  Overall, consider that this weekend's top 12 films made a little over 100MM and one year ago, the Top 12 made over 150MM. It's a cruel Summer.

Should be back to full strength for Tuesday.