FLAMING GROOVIES "Shake Some Action," circa 1987.

MGMT visits World Cafe.

COURTNEY LOVE joins BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG on Cheap Trick’s “He’s A Whore” and “Surrender,” as well as Tom Petty’s “Even The Losers.”

KINGS OF LEON play "Mustang" on Fallon.

MO TROPER shares "The Billy Joel Fan Club."

LES SAVY FAV returns with "Guzzle Blood."

DON HENLEY was asked in a New York courtroom about his 1980 arrest after authorities said they found drugs and a naked 16-year-old girl suffering from an overdose at his L.A. home.

RUN-DMC: Two men were convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend’s studio.

PATTIE BOYD is set to auction off a selection of love letters written by George Harrison and Eric Clapton.

DUNE: PART TWO is tracking to open between 65-80MM domestic.

ROAD HOUSE: Amazon faces a lawsuit claiming they used fake AI voices to skirt the actors' strike to avoid having their rights to the work expire.

TAYLOR SHERIDAN's most watched series, ranked.

THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter has blessed the upcoming Ryan Coogler reboot.

KEVIN BACON & KYRA SEDGWICK serenade their pigs with Beyonce's new country smash.

CHARLES DIERKOP, the actor known for his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and Police Woman, has died. He was 87.

EDDIE DRISCOLL, an actor best known for his roles on Mad Men, Entourage and Sex and the City, has died. He was 60.

JACKIE LOUGHERY, the first Miss USA whife of Dragnet's Jack Webb, and a sidekick to both Abbott & Costello and Johnny Carson has died at 93.

GORILLA vs GOOSE: Who You Got?

CATS & DOGS, living together...

CATFIGHT!

MISSION: IMPAWSIBLE videos are a sure thing here.

THE FEELIES: The Jonathan Demme-directed "Away" and a live take on "Deep Fascination" for Twofer Tuesday.

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR debuts three new songs in NYC.

REAL ESTATE covered Elton John's "Daniel" at the release party for their Daniel LP with an all-Daniel audience.

DIIV shares an SNL-themed video for "Brown Paper Bag" ft... Fred Durst?

CARDINALS: The Cork indie band set on writing future classics.

QUEEN and... a Freddie Mercury hologram tour?

BILLY CORGAN is set to star in a new reality series about his life, as part of a television deal struck by the wrestling promotion that he owns.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Baauer's "Harlem Shake," an indie dance record that became an unlikely meme-driven smash.

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, starring and directed by Kevin Costner, has a trailer online.

RYAN GOSLING will sing "I'm Just Ken" at the Oscars.

DENIS VILLENUEVE won't rush Dune 3.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN almost cut the most famous line in The Dark Knight.

MARY POPPINS has been deemed potentially unsuitable for children in the UK for using one word.

GLEN POWELL & SYDNEY SWEENEY are looking for a new project.

SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS: A fifth lawsuit with further sexual misconduct accusations was filed by producer Lil Rod.

KANYE WEST claims Adidas is suing him for 250MM.

THE ACCOUNTANT sequel is moving forward.

SHOGUN: The next Game of Thrones?

FLACO: The late escapee from the Central Park Zoo may be honored by NYC lawmakers.

MOOSE vs BEAR: Who You Got?

A PIG displays its hoop skills.

BLAKE BABIES' fab cover of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes."  Saw 'em open for Game Theory, many moons ago.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to MGMT, Hurray For The Riff Raff, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Mary Timony, Real Estate, Stereolab‘s Laetitia Sadier, and more.

PAUL WELLER shares “Soul Wandering.”

THE LIBERTINES: Pete Doherty says he was "healthier when he was on heroin."

MGMT: "Every so often we do something that's accidentally on trend."

YARD ACT: James Smith's cultural highlights.

IAN "TICH" AMEY, the lead guitarist of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, has died at 79.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Bob Marley: One Love repeats atop the chart with 13.5MM on a 53 percent drop. Demon Slayer places with an 11.6MM debut.  The faith-based Ordinary Angels shows with a 6.5MM debut.  Another slow wee, perhaps the last for a while.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks.  Congrats. (A pretty CW selection all told.)

THE SPIRIT AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats.

COYOTE v ACME's fate is uncertain as the WB takes a 115MM tax writedown.

WERNER HERZOG, on the ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon.

SCHINDLER'S LIST: An Oral History.

OFFICE SPACE Turns 25.

GLADIATOR 2's budget has ballooned to 300MM.

RICHARD RUSHFIELD's Hollywood Field Guide.

FOUR GOLDENS and a baby.

TRAMPOLINE MAKERS find their target demo.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

FLACO,  the Eurasian eagle owl discovered missing from the Central Park Zoo after his exhibit was vandalized just over a year ago, is dead after an apparent collision with a building on West 89th Street in Manhattan.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including: "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back To Me," "Satisfaction," "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream," "Soul Serenade," "Night Life," "Baby I Love You," "Groovin,'" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Come Back Baby," "Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)," "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" "I  Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," "Chain Of Fools," and "Respect."

YARD ACT plays The Current.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN shares "Girl 71."

MARK KNOPFLER shares "Watch Me Gone."

ISOBEL CAMPBELL shares "4316."

JUDAS PRIEST shares “The Serpent And The King.”

THE HIGH LLAMAS shares “Sisters Friends.”

KINGS OF LEON shares "Mustang."

BAT FOR LASHES shares "The Dream of Delphi."

FOREIGNER's Mick Jones is battling Parkinson's.

MARY TIMONY's 10 favorite '60s / '70s prog and Brit-folk jams.

STEVEN TYLER won dismissal of a sexual assault lawsuit as untimely.

JIM GORDON: A new book on the legendary drummer turned murderer.

DENIS VILLENEUVE, on the crazy privilege of making Dune: Part Two.

TOM CRUISE is again looking to pair with auteur directors like Alejandro Iñárritu.  More background here.

JODIE FOSTER is earning career-best reviews - but she still wonders how differently her life could have gone.

NATALIE PORTMAN, on the decline of film as a primary form of entertainment.

WENDY WILLIAMS was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

AMANDA SEYFRIED, on suddenly being typecast as a Mom.

JOHN CENA joins OnlyFans, sort of.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE FLOOR Is Lava.

A WOLF PUP's First Howl.

A DOGGO solicits skritches.

DEAN & BRITTA: Today just seemed good for "Words You Used to Say."

HOT WAX plays WFUV.

RICHARD HAWLEY shares "Two For His Heels." Less laid back for him.

PERNICE BROTHERS share “I Don’t Need That Anymore,” ft. Neko Case.

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN shares “When I Was Younger.”

THE SMITHS: Every song ranked in order of greatness.

BEYONCE becomes the first Black woman to reach Number One on the US country chart with her new single.

JIMMY IOVINE: A woman who sued the A-list producer and Interscope co-founder for sexual abuse and misconduct has dropped the case after “the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of the parties,” according to her lawyer.

MARK RONSON is actively lobbying for his father’s band - Foreigner -  to get into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

THE EAGLES: A trial involving the stolen handwritten lyrics to ‘Hotel California' has begun in New York, with Don Henley expected to testify.

MARVEL RETOOLS: The Kang Dynasty is dead; Long Live Kang?

VAINTY FAIR's HOLLYWOOD ISSUE: The traditional Oscars-season group cover is out.

CHALLENGERS: Zendaya's post-Dune flick has a trailer online.

ETHAN COEN and TRICIA COOKE on their new film, and wanting movies to not suck.

JENNA ORTEGA talks up the Beetlejuice sequel.

GRETA GERWIG's Next Big Swing.

HOLLYWOOD CONTRACTION: Actors Struggle To Find Jobs As TV Castings Dry Up.

PAUL D'AMATO, the actor who played the gloriously vicious Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken opposite Paul Newman in Slap Shot, died Monday after a long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain condition that is similar to Parkinson’s disease. D’Amato was 76.

OKAY, she's still angry.

TWO TYPES of pupper.

CATS & DOGS, living together...