THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

with SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, who 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.

LUCIUS, LIve at the Sheen Center.

DEHD plays KUTX.

KURT VILE plays "Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)" and John Prine's "How Lucky" for Colbert.

TENACIOUS D shares a Who medley.

PET FOX shares "It Won't Last."

METRIC shares “What Feels Like Eternity.”

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS: John Flansburgh was in a serious car accident.

HORSEGIRL: The teen rock trio behind one of the year's most confident albums.

ROXY MUSIC albums, ranked by SPIN.

THE BEST ALBUMS of 2022 (So Far), according to The Guardian.

BRITNEY SPEARS' wedding was dramatically interrupted, as her first husband, Jason Alexander, showed up trying to crash the event ... resulting in a police response.

NOPE: Jordan Peele's latest has a final trailer online.

STRANGER THINGS: Season 4, Vol. 2 has a trailer online.

JENNIFER ANISTON & SEBASTIAN STAN bond over Friends, TikTok, Tommy Lee and more.

ANNE HATHAWAY & JEREMY STRONG, on Immersive Acting.

JULIE ANDREWS Reflects on ‘Mary Poppins' Joys and Why More ‘Princess Diaries' Is Not In Her Future.

R KELLY: Prosecutors have recommended that the singer be sentenced to more than 25 years in prison in a new court filing.

SETH GREEN's "kidnapped" Bored Ape has been returned, ending weeks of frantic speculation as to its whereabouts and the intentions of its alleged abductor, a pseudonymous NFT collector known as “Mr Cheese.”

THE 20 BEST TV SHOWS of 2022 (So Far), according to Consequence.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A PITTIE becomes obsessed with sea lions.

A BIRD likes the hand jive.

CHUPACABRA? Coyote walking upright? Texas city ponders mystery creature seen near a zoo.

CARL DOUGLAS, with the classic "Kung Fu Fighting."

FONTAINES DC play KEXP.

HEARTLESS BAST^RDS play KUTX.

BLONDIE shares a demo of "Moonlight Drive."

COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS shares "Satellite."

BONNIE LIGHT HORSEMAN shares "California."

BELLE & SEBASTIAN shares "A Bit of Precious," which is not the title track of their new LP of that name.

JACK WHITE shares "If I Die Tomorrow."

CASS McCOMBS teams with Wynonna Judd and Charlie Burnham on "Unproud Warrior."

SONS OF: The Sea And Cake members Sam Prekop and John McEntire share "A Ghost Of Noon."

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO revealed that he is battling stage 4 cancer. Eff cancer.

FOO FIGHTERS announced Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts.

COUNTRY-ISH: Jeff Tweedy and Terry Allen in Conversation.

THE BEST LPs AND SONGS of 2022 (So Far), according to Gorilla v Bear.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's "My All," her horny ballad about Derek Jeter.

JOHNNY DEPP's lawyers shut down assumptions that online support for their client swayed the jury's ruling in his defamation lawsuit.

EZRA MILLER is allegedly a danger to the well-being of an 18-year-old woman ... at least according to her parents, who are asking a court to step in and keep the actor away from her.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN will be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in the summer of 1996.

BLACK ADAM, ft The Rock, has a trailer online, with JSA action.

MIKE: Hulu's series on Tyson has a trailer.

THE MUNSTERS: Rob Zombie put a teaser trailer online. Ehh.

AND JUST LIKE THAT, Samantha will return in some form.

FACE/OFF 2 director Adam Wingard definitely wants Nicolas Cage back (despite his character having died in the original).

BLONDE: Everything you need to know about Netflix's new ‘adults-only' Marilyn Monroe movie.

MISSION: Impawsible.

A MASSIVE GREAT WHITE SHARK was spotted by fishermen off the Jersey Shore. What say you, Police Chief Brody?

I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU, just minding my own business.

MAY I HAVE TWO, Please?

JIM SEALS, lead vocalist of the music duo Seals and Crofts, known for hits such as "Summer Breeze, "Get Closer" and "Diamond Girl," died on Monday at 80. The cause of death is unknown.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Lou Reed, Deat Cab For Cutie, Sylvan Esso,and more.

SERATONES, Live at Rockwood Music Hall.

REGINA SPEKTOR shares "Loveology."

EDITORS share "Karma Climb."

SHEARWATER's Jonathan Meiburg discussed the influences behind the new LP at BrooklynVegan.

THE TOP 200 GREATEST HIP-HOP ALBUMS, according to Rolling Stone.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2022 (So Far), according to Stereogum.

MATTHEW McCONNAUGHEY talked guns at the White House.

JOKER: Looks like a sequel.

ANDREW GARFIELD interviews ZENDAYA.

JULIA GARNER (“Inventing Anna”) has been offered the role of Madonna in a forthcoming biopic.

CHRIS ROCK & DAVE CHAPPELLE announced a joint stand-up comedy show in London just weeks after both comedians were attacked onstage while performing.

DAVID ARQUETTE weighs in on Neve Campbell leaving the Scream franchise.

LAW & ORDER: Sam Waterston will continue as DA Jack McCoy on the upcoming 22nd season.

KANYE WEST and Chaney Jones are dunzo.

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL has a trailer online.

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (the TV series) has a trailer online.

BATMAN & ROBIN costume designer Jose Fernandez has spoken out about his decision to give the Batsuit rubber nipples.

DUCKLINGS and a pupper.

A CHAMELEON, working quickly.

BREAKFAST is served.

URGE OVERKILL: Their killer '93 single "Sister Havana" and their even more famous cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" are your Twofer Tuesday.

SHARON VAN ETTEN visits World Cafe.

SCRUNCHIES, Live at the Hideaway.

THE CHARLATANS' Tim Burgess shares "Typical Music."

REAL ESTATE's Martin Courtney shares "Sailboat."

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley spoke to Vulture about the band's early days, their favorite Jason Isbell contribution, and making people mad.

ANDREW BIRD, on his creative process and being inspired by Joan Didion.

QUEEN will be releasing a single with the late Freddie Mercury.

PAUL VANCE, the songwriter responsible for the infamous 1960 chart-topper "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," has died at 92.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Next's "Too Close," a great R & B song about a boner.

TOP GUN 2 soared even higher than estimated in its second weekend of release.

DEADPOOL 3 will not be Disneyfied.

VIGGO MORTENSEN & LEA SEYDOUX: Why They Loved Working With David Cronenberg On Crimes of the Future. 

MEGXIT: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invited Prince William, Kate Middleton and their children to Lilibet's first birthday party as an olive branch — but the family did not attend.

NEVE CAMPBELL is exiting the Scream franchise.

TED LASSO will conclude with Season 3.

JON HAMM, JUNO TEMPLE & JENNIFER JASON LEIGH will star in Season 6 of Fargo.

WEDNESDAY ADDAMS has a trailer online.

THE SANDMAN has a trailer online.

A COW ON THE LAM IN OKC was roped down by actual cowboys on horseback.

A PARAGLIDER meets a black vulture.

BIG CATS are still cats.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS broke through with this video for "Love My Way" on the MTV.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Andrew Bird, Angel Olsen, Drive-By Truckers, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Horsegirl, the Land Trust benefit, the Umbrellas, and more.

KATE BUSH: Thanks to Stranger Things, "Running Up That Hill" has entered the rare category of returning to radio.  And she's pretty jazzed about it.

ST VINCENT covers Lipps Inc.'s 1980 disco classic "Funkytown."

PHOENIX returns with "Alpha Zulu."

ANGEL OLSEN discusses the Big Time.

UK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS have been forced to close as the cost of living crisis hits home.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at K-Ci & JoJo's wailed-out R & B ballad "All My Life."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Top Gun: Maverick easily repeated atop the chart with 86MM on a 32 percent drop that's the leggiest evah for a wide release that opened to over 100MM; the 291.6MM  domestic haul to date is also the best for a Tom Cruise movie evah --more than the total domestic run of any Tom Cruise movie evah (that's right: those Mission: Impossible movies aren't even close).  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness places with 9.25MM on a 43 percent drop (worldwide, it's the 2nd-biggest movie of the pandemic era and the 10th biggest MCU flick). And the Bob’s Burgers Movie shows with4.5MM on a 63 percent drop. Below the fold, the internet tricked Sony into re-issuing Morbius, and it bombed a second time.

TOP GUN: The original is at the top of the streaming charts.

DAVID CRONENBERG, on Crimes of the Future, death, microplastics, the end of the world, and therapy.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II appeared as a hologram in her carriage during her jubilee celebrations.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN and Lori Harvey have called it quits.

SHAKIRA and her partner Gerard Piqué are taking time apart.

FANTASTIC FOUR: Kevin Feige wants a name director to bring them into the MCU. Third time's a charm?

BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO THE UNIVERSE has a trailer online.

ALAN CUMMING's missing co-star chimp was found alive after his owner faked his death as part of a longstanding battle with PETA.

SEA TURTLE vs TIGER SHARK: Who You Got?

CAT outsmarts pupper.

TWO HORSES, rockin' out.