HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER visits World Cafe.

TWIN SHADOW visits World Cafe.

THIRD EYE BLIND & BETHANY COSENTINO of Best Coastshare "Again."

JOHN LYDON lost a High Court battle to stop the Sex Pistols' music from being used in a new TV drama.

UB40 founding member Brian Travers has died after a bout with cancer; he was 62.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the short-lived corporate rock supergroup Bad English's mushy power ballad "When I See You Smile."

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME has a teaser trailer online.

MAYIM BIALIK will be the first guest host of the weekday edition of "Jeopardy!" in the wake of Mike Richards' abrupt departure from the job.

R KELLY: Another accuser took the witness stand on Monday, testifying that the R&B superstar had sexually abused her on his tour bus and in hotel rooms when she was still a high school student and an aspiring singer.

ZENDAYA & TOM HOLLAND's summer of love continues. 

BENNIFER: Affleck was snapped browsing engagement rings at the Century City, Calif. Tiffany's in the company of his mom Sam and son Samuel Monday.

SHANG-CHI & THE TEN RINGS: Early reviews are solid (and include the big trades, not just the geek websites).

BILL MURRAY and his family surprised guests at a hotel in Ireland by performing a cover of Al Green’s ‘Ride Sally Ride’.

TOM CRUISE liked the Chicken Tikka Masala. A lot.

SPIKE LEE is a 9/11 truther.

KITTEN vs BUNNY: Who You Got?

A DOGGO requests just a few more minutes.

ANOTHER DOGGO takes on the dog days.

EVERCLEAR: "A.M. Radio." Because my brother's Pinto said so.

DON EVERLY, the elder of the two Everly Brothers, the groundbreaking duo whose fusion of Appalachian harmonies and a tighter, cleaner version of big-beat rock ’n’ roll made them harbingers of both folk-rock and country-rock, died on Saturday at his home in Nashville. He was 84. If you're not an NYT subscriber, here's "Cathy's Clown," “When Will I Be Loved,” "All I Have to Do Is Dream," and "Bye Bye Love." And more on the brothers' influence at The Guardian.

TOM T. HALL, one of the great storytellers in country music, died on Friday at age 85.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Sturgill Simspon, Deafheaven, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Shaun Ryder, Cud, Suburban Lawns, and more.

SLEATER-KINNEY joined WILCO for "A Shot in the Arm."

ANGEL OLSEN covers Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s “If You Leave” and Alphaville’s “Forever Young.”

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Roxette's bulletproof power ballad "Listen To Your Heart."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Free Guy repeats atop the chart with 18.8MM on a mere 34 percent decline, an amazing hold for the pandemic.  Paw Patrol placed with 13MM, as family flicks continue to bring people to the big screens.  Jungle Cruise showed with 6.2MM on another solid hold, in this case a 31 percent decline.

DENIS VILLENUEVE backs SCARLETT JOHANSSON in her lawsuit against Disney, which has predictably moved into a dispute about the arbitration clause in her contract (it was obvsly in ScarJo's interest to try to make this dispute as public as possible).

MEGXIT: Is the Queen lawyering up?

WILLIAM PETERSEN had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital after falling ill on set of CSI.

KANYE WEST & IRINA SHAYK: Officialy dunzo.

BENNIFER enjoyed a fun weekend at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles with their families.

JEOPARDY: Mike Richards is out as host.

A RACEHORSE bucked its rider and took off down US-41.

MONKEYS at the ol' swimmin' hole.

SOME BAT PUPS babble like babies.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with GRAM PARSONS! As a member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and as a solo artist, Parsons anticipated the so-called country rock of the 1970s and the alt-country movement that began around 1990. There is not a lot of GP video floating around, but "Christine's Tune" is a good place to start, though the video for "Older Guys" is great because someone made them go out to christen Judge Smails' sloop. The Hell's Angels make an unfortunate cameo in the clip of "Six Days o­n the Road" from the infamous Altamont festival in 1969. The posthumous video for "Sin City" is nice also. BONUS: Dwight Yoakum covers "Wheels" at a Parsons tribute concert. DOUBLE BONUS: Frequent duet partner Emmylou Harris covers "Return of the Grievous Angel" with Ryan Adams (and Buddy Miller o­n bass) at a different tribute.

POM POM SQUAD plays KEXP.

MICHIGANDER plays a micro-show at the Icehouse.

BEACHWOOD SPARKS: The Sandbox Sessions.

COURTNEY BARNETT plays "Rae Street" on Fallon.

HOW AARON DESSNER Found His Voice (With an Assist From Taylor Swift).

ALL THINGS MUST PASS: The making of George Harrison's epic.

WANDA JACKSON & JOAN JETT: A meeting decades in the making, yet fated to be.

BRITNEY SPEARS is under investigation for an alleged battery of a housekeeper. Her camp denies it.

ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY & JASON STATHAM are expecting their second child.

CHANNING TATUM & ZOE KRAVITZ appeared very much coupled up during a recent sighting in New York City.

MARVEL''S ETERNALS has a final trailer online.

MARVEL is trying to get back in China's favor.  There's little sign it's working.

DISNEYWORLD aspires to be Westworld.

SONNY CHIBA, the Japanese actor and martial arts legend who had roles in American films like “Kill Bill” and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” died on Thursday of COVID complications. He was 82.

THE STORY of Jumbo the Elephant.

A CAT discovers its owner's tattoo.

INTRODUCING the leafy seadragon.

THE TEMPTATIONS: "I Can't Get Next To You."

THE ISLEY BROTHERS play a Tiny Desk Concert from Home.

JAKOB DYLAN visits World Cafe.

SANTANA & ROB THOMAS reunite for "Move."

FUTURE ISLANDS returns with a "Peach."

BOB DYLAN biographer Clinton Heylin casts doubts on the sex abuse lawsuit filed against the singer-songwriter.

TY SEGALL talks Steve Albini, Def Leppard, and more.

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER's M.C. Taylor talks to American Songwriter.

THE 50 BEST PUNK SONGS, according to Consequence of Sound.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Janet Jackson's bracing, percussive dance-pop banger "Miss You Much."

SCARLETT JOHANSSON & COLIN JOST welcomed a baby boy, just weeks after news of her pregnancy went public.

JENNIFER LOPEZ is ready to sever all business ties with her ex-fiancé Alex Rodriguez as her romance with Ben Affleck heats up.

ANTHONY MACKIE has closed a deal to carry the shield and his first superhero picture in Captain America 4.

R KELLY's federal trial on charges of sexual abuse and racketeering is underway.

AQUAMAN 2 is very heavily inspired by Planet Of The Vampires, according to director James Wan.

OWEN WILSON is Doing Great, Thanks.

DUNE director Denis Villeneuve says that "to watch Dune on a television, the best way I can compare it is to drive a speedboat in your bathtub."

FROM DANIEL CRAIG TO DWAYNE JOHNSON: Inside the Biggest Movie Stars' Salaries.

JUANITA is not a Morning Armadillo.

CUDDLING with a Donkey.

HUMPBACK WHALES are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why.

BRIAN ENO & THE WINKIES: A Year With Collapsed Lung.

PARQUET COURTS debuts five new songs in Jersey City.

DEAN WAREHAM shares "The Past Is Our Plaything."

LOW shares "More."

SON VOLT: Jay Farrar on making the best of the new normal, the hidden dangers of the wide-body acoustic guitar and Trace’s anticlimactic birthday celebration.

TEN PUNK DEBUTS Every Music Fan Should Own.

THE SMITHS' 20 Greatest Guitar Moments.

MANIC STREET PREACHERS: "We talked ourselves through oblivion."

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is expecting her first child with Colin Jost, and has joined the cast of Wes Anderson's next film.

LADY GAGA's hero dog walker who was shot protecting her beloved pooches says he now feels “abandoned and unsupported” — leaving him homeless and begging for money.

HORATIO SANZ has been accused of sexually assaulting an underage fan in 2002. His lawyer calls the lawsuit "ludicrous."

LeVAR BURTON was the number one choice of Jeopardy! fans to succeed the late Alex Trebek as host of the show in a recent poll - with more than 5 times the support of Mike Richards, who was named the permanent host last week.

MIKE WHITE: The White Lotus creator understands if you feel conflicted about that ending. So does he.

BOB ROSS: HAPPY ACCIDENTS, BETRAYAL & GREED has a teaser online.

STAR WARS: VISIONS has a trailer online.

A DAD assists an alligator trainer.

WHEN YOU LEAVE A DOGGO alone for a minute.

A SEA EAGLE, carrying a pig across a lake.