THE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards.

CHARLIE CROCKETT visits World Cafe.

THE ROLLING STONES kicked off their tour in Houston.

REDD KROSS returns with "Candy Coloured Catastrophe."

RINGO STARR's  EP with The Strokes‘ guitarist Nick Valensi, ‘Crooked Boy’, is now available on streaming.

U2: Adam Clayton is getting an amicable divorce. From his wife, not the band.

HIPGNOSIS: The bidding war for their song fund has escalated, as Blackstone has agreed to acquire the company for 1.6billion.

A MYSTERIOUS VIRAL 80s SONG was finally idnetified, and the story is a doozy.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Pitbull and Kesha's joyously dumb backwoods-gone-Euro-club novelty "Timber."

MUFASA: THE LION KING has a trailer online.

BRITNEY SPEARS is blowing through her post-conservatorship finances, but is not broke yet.

PARAMOUNT has booted CEO Bob Bakish.

JERRY SEINFELD says that “P.C. crap” and the “extreme left” is making television comedy go extinct.ALSO: The Top 20 Seinfeld episodes, ranked at Uproxx.

RUSSELL BRAND is getting baptized to "leave the past behind" after he was accused of multiple counts of r*pe, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013.

GERARD DEPARDIEU will stand trial in October on charges of sexual assault.

KANYE WEST is being sued for racial discrimination by one of his former security guards.

THE RUSSO BROTHERS argue that Marvel’s current issues boil down to the changes in how people absorb media: It’s a Hollywood-wide issue, not just a Marvel one.

CHINA FIXER-TURNED-MOVIE-PRODUCER Kenneth Huang charmed Hollywood''s elite before vanishing, owing millions.

COOPER is not a fan of the new dog.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

WHAT DOES THE COW SAY?

A LITTLE GIRL said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60000 bees.

THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Charlie Crockett, St. Vincent, the Lostines, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Pet Shop Boys, the Woodentops, and more.

LANA DEL REY joined PAUL CAUTHEN on the righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" at Stagecoach.

PET SHOP BOYS: Neil Tennant grabs the third rail of Taylor Swift discourse.

DAVID GILMOUR might okay a Pink Floyd hologram show, maybe.

BILL WYMAN, on life after the Stones.

ST. VINCENT, on recording with Dave Grohl, covering Kate Bush, and writing with Taylor Swift.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Challengers tops the chart with 15MM, and I'm going to be in the camp that finds that a bit meh, esp. with a B+ CinemaScore.  But I am open to it having legs next weekend. Unsung Hero places with a 7.75MM debut.  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire shows with 7.2MM on a leggy 25 percent drop.

THE ROYALS: King Charles III will resume public duties this week after receiving treatment for cancer.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE won't require "homework" for viewers, they promise.

PARAMOUNT's CEO could be gone by Monday afternoon.

EMMA STONE: You can call her Emily.

BRITNEY SPEARS settled her legal dispute with her dad, Jamie Spears, and TMZ reports that Jamie isn't paying Britney a cent, but Britney is paying Jamie's legal bills.

DAVID CROSS & BOB ODENKIRK got denied by Paramount's analytics department.

KANYE WEST appears to have confirmed reports that he's set to launch an adult entertainment site.

CATS in Roomba tanks.

THE GREAT ESCAPE: Bring your plushie.

A GIANT GOLDEN SPIDER, Down Under, of course.

THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Charlie Crockett, St. Vincent, the Lostines, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Pet Shop Boys, the Woodentops, and more.

LANA DEL REY joined PAUL CAUTHEN on the righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" at Stagecoach.

PET SHOP BOYS: Neil Tennant grabs the third rail of Taylor Swift discourse.

DAVID GILMOUR might okay a Pink Floyd hologram show, maybe.

BILL WYMAN, on life after the Stones.

ST. VINCENT, on recording with Dave Grohl, covering Kate Bush, and writing with Taylor Swift.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Challengers tops the chart with 15MM, and I'm going to be in the camp that finds that a bit meh, esp. with a B+ CinemaScore.  But I am open to it having legs next weekend. Unsung Hero places with a 7.75MM debut.  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire shows with 7.2MM on a leggy 25 percent drop.

THE ROYALS: King Charles III will resume public duties this week after receiving treatment for cancer.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE won't require "homework" for viewers, they promise.

PARAMOUNT's CEO could be gone by Monday afternoon.

EMMA STONE: You can call her Emily.

BRITNEY SPEARS settled her legal dispute with her dad, Jamie Spears, and TMZ reports that Jamie isn't paying Britney a cent, but Britney is paying Jamie's legal bills.

DAVID CROSS & BOB ODENKIRK got denied by Paramount's analytics department.

KANYE WEST appears to have confirmed reports that he's set to launch an adult entertainment site.

CATS in Roomba tanks.

THE GREAT ESCAPE: Bring your plushie.

A GIANT GOLDEN SPIDER, Down Under, of course.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with SQUEEZE!  Despite a new LP, some of you whippersnappers may never heard of Difford, Tilbrook & Co., who previously reeled of stellar string of pop gems, including "Take Me I'm Yours", "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction", "Goodbye Girl,"  "Another Nail in My Heart", "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "If I Didn't Love You", and the one most people know -- even if they don't know it's Squeeze -- "Tempted", which features transient member Paul Carrack on vox and keys.  Fun fact: Carrack was also responsible for the classic, "How Long" as a member of Ace.

DAN BOECKNER visits World Cafe.

GRACE POTTER performs at the 30A Songwriters Festival.

DAVID GILMOUR shares "The Piper's Call."

GIANT DAY shares “Walk With A Shadow.”

BLUR: How Parklife skewered the Nineties.

MIKE PINDER, the keyboard player and founding member of The Moody Blues, has died aged 82.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's 2020 rape conviction has been overturned by the New York Court of Appeals. The court has now ordered a new trial.

28 YEARS LATER: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes have boarded the cast.

THE SIMPSONS: Producer Tim Long has apologized to fans after the show killed off an original character. 

EMILY BLUNT: Not a fan of the algorithm.

SOFIA BUSH comes out.

CIVIL WAR: How Alex Garland turned the nation's capital into a war zone.

PULP FICTION at 30: How Quentin Tarantino's Self-Mythologizing Began.

THE ONION was sold again.

CAT needs a hug.

TURTLE, helping out a bro.

WILD STALLIONS aren't having it.

THE ROLLING STONES made their second US TV appearance on The Mike Douglas Show, covering Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away."

SPOON played a Telefono-era reunion gig.

THE DECEMBERISTS share "All I Want Is You."

LES SAVVY FAV shares "World Got Great."

GIRL IN RED covers Talking Heads' "Girlfriend Is Better."

BAT FOR LASHES shares "Home."

ROBYN HITCHCOCK announced a memoir.

TAYLOR SWIFT, ranked by NME.

LARRY PAGE, who managed The Kinks, The Troggs, Sonny and Cher, Daniel Boone and many others, is dead at 86.

CHALLENGERS: Gen Z's Next Movie Obsession?

SYDNEY SWEENEY & GLEN POWELL played up the romance rumors to market "Anyone But You."

RYAN GOSLING Says ‘The Nice Guys' Didn't Get a Sequel Because ‘Angry Birds' "Destroyed Us."

OWEN WILSON is passing on an O.J. Simpson movie.

JIM HENSON, IDEA MAN has a trailer online.

GAME OF THRONES: Another spinoff fails.

13 GOING ON 30: A Cast Reunion Going On 20.

THE LINGUINI INCIDENT, a nearly-forgotten 1991 crime comedy starring David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, is getting a second chance.

BAREFOOT FLORIDA MAN wrangles a gator in the street.

SNACK TIME on the Doggo Bus.

THE BANANAS Chose Violence.