THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THIN LIZZY! Remember that chick who used to dance a lot? Here's Phil Lynott & Co. live at the Sydney Opera House in 1978, playing "Jailbreak," "Bad Reputation," "Cowboy Song," "The Boys Are Back In Town," "Waiting For An Alibi," and "Are You Ready?"

STEVE EARLE, Live on KEXP.

SLOAN, Live on KEXP.

DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS, Live at KEXP.

PERE UBU, Live on Mountain Stage.

TEGAN & SARA share “I’ll Be Back Someday.”

OH SEES share "Heartworm."

STEREOLAB: The anti-nostalgia reunion?

DAVID CROSBY Music, Misdeeds And Making The Most Of What's Left.

THE KAISER CHIEFS' Ricky Wilson talks sobriety.

LOU BEGA Knows Why You're Still Dancing to "Mambo No. 5."

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD is this weekend's sole wide release, currently scoring 88 percent on the ol Tomatometer. I liked it quite a bit, though with Tarantino, it's usually good practice to watch it again to see how well it really holds up. It is QT's most interesting movie in a while, in asmuch as he usually riffs on genre -- gangster movies, heist movies, blaxploitation, war movies, grindhouse action, westerns, etc -- but this time takes on Hollywood itself as his subject in a meta sort of way. I have long been interested in this particular slice of history; how much you like this film may depend on how much you like lingering in the world QT has meticulously recreated.  Tarantino's soundtracks are alwys excellent; this one is no exception. And there's a mid-credits bonus for hardcore QT fans.

THAT'S A BINGO: The Best Quentin Tarantino Scenes Ever.

THE MOST ESSENTIAL TARANTINO RIP-OFFS from the Nineties.

A$AP ROCKY has been charged by a Swedish prosecutor with assault over a fight in Stockholm last month, in a case that has drawn the attention of fellow recording artists as well as U.S. President Donald Trump.

SEAN COMBS and... Steve Harvey's duaghter?

SPDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME crosses the billion-dollar mark, the first Spidey flick to do so.

THE MUPPET MOVIE SOUNDTRACK Turns 40.

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP has a trailer online.

A MOOSE, with a sprinkler.

AN EMU, with a sprinker.

GIANT PANDAS cope with extreme heat in a way we wish we all could: longer naps.

THE PIGLET SQUID regulates its buoyancy using an ammonia-filled internal chamber.

ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" -- a song about "Papa" John Phillips -- for Carson.

THE BLACK KEYS visit World Cafe.

CAAMP visits the World Cafe.

CAN YOU DIG IT? 25 Golden Jams From A 1969 Vintage.

BLONDIE covers "Old Town Road." Yes, really.

THE REPLACEMENTS' "Talent Show" (Matt Wallace Mix), ahead of the Don't Tell a Soul box set.

JOHN PAUL JONES is set to make his live return with new band, Sons Of Chipotle.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's Western Stars film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

TINARIWEN, the band of Tuareg guitarists who have faced down Islamic extremism at home in Mali, are receiving violent threats and racist responses to a scheduled concert in North Carolina.

RUTGER HAUER, the versatile Dutch leading man of the '70s who went on star in the 1982 Blade Runner as Roy Batty, died July 19 at his home in the Netherlands after a short illness.  He was 75.

ANNE HATHAWAY is expecting her second child.

NATALIE IMBRUGLIA is expecting her first child, but she's torn about telling you.

FAYE DUNAWAY, the Oscar-winning actress whose reputation has long been dogged by suggestions that she is difficult to work with, has been fired by the producers of a one-woman show that had been planning to come to Broadway this season.

THE HITCHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY is being adapted by Hulu.

SELMA BLAIR talks about her son's reaction to her MS diagnosis.

TOM CRUISE brought Les Grossman to ConanCon.

THE BALLAD of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.

MOTION SMOOTHING IS RUINING CINEMA. So why is it the default setting on almost every new TV in America?

BEAR HEIST: A surveillance camera outside a Colorado marijuana dispensary captures a bear in the act. Video shows the bear ambling up to a dumpster and carefully backing it into the darkness.

SHIRLEY, a former circus elephant, had not seen another elephant for over 20 years. But she soon learned that her friend Jenny, from a circus she was in 25 years ago, was also a resident at the sanctuary.

DON'T TEASE A BULL with your face. The More You Know. Whoosh.

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me."

PRIESTS play a Tiny Desk Concert.

SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE re-imagined three Melvins songs for a Lagniappe Session.

BLACK PUMAS visit The Current.

THE HOLD STEADY shares “You Did Good Kid.”

TY SEGALL shares “Ice Plant.”

BETTY DAVIS has released her first new song in 40 years.

THE ALLAH-LAs share a video for "In the Air."

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS are gearing up to release their first new album in 29 years.

SPOON's Britt Daniel explains how he picked the songs for the band's "Greatest Hits" album.

THE BEST OF BEST OF" ALBUMS, according to NME.

LIVE NATION admits putting tickets straight on the resale market.

MTV's VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS nominees are announced.

JAMES GUNN explains how Thor: Love and Thunder fits into the Guardians Of The Galaxy timeline.

STAR WARS: Will the last shot of The Rise of Skywalker "melt fans' minds"?

SCARLETT JOHANSSON has a helluva engagement ring.

BLACK WIDOW: Concept art confirms the appearance of a classic Marvel villain.

MAVERICK: How a 57-Year-Old Could Still Feel the Need for Speed.

AD ASTRA has a trailer online.

HARRIET: The Tubman biopic has a trailer online.

THIS DOG has to hold his dad’s hand in the car.

NEXT, we work in a little conditioner.

A RARE, NEW SHARK SPECIES squirts glow-in-the-dark liquid from its pockets.

THE BETHS, Live at Rock the Garden.

BAD BAD HATS, Live at Rock the Garden.

HEART BONES, Live at Rock the Garden.

THE MARK LANEGAN BAND shares “Letter Never Sent.”

THE HIGHWOMEN -- Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris, and Natalie Hemby -- cover Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" for the soundtrack of the upcoming movie The Kitchen.

HAIM covers "I Don't Wanna Wait" and "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" for Twofer Tuesday.

THE ROLLING STONES' Brian Jones era gets almost three and a half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Bolitical beats with guest Harry Khachatrian.

ROYAL TRUX: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

DEERHUNTER frontman Bradford Cox had a ten-minute conversation with a crowd member who accused him of cultural appropriation during a recent show.

ART NEVILLE — a founding member of both the Meters and the Neville Brothers, died Monday at age 81.

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO: Hollywood's Last Movie Star?

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD has a trailer online.

SHANNEN DOHERTY  is joining the fourth season of Riverdale as a special guest for the show's upcoming tribute to its late cast member Luke Perry.

SEAN GUNN married actress Natasha Halevi on Saturday, June 15.

ANNE HECHE & THOMAS JANE are an item.

BEN AFFLECK & MATT DAMON, together again. With Ridley Scott.

MATT GROENING is pretty sure about a sequel to The Simpsons Movie.

CHRIS KRAFT, NASA’s first flight director and a legendary scientist who helped build the nation’s space program — died Monday, just two days after the world celebrated the historic Apollo 11 walk on the moon. He was 95.

THREE BABY BOBCATS were spotted playing on the backyard wall of Arizona home.

i COULDN'T BREATHE when I slept so I installed a camera.”

SNAIL SLIME: Thai farmers on the cash trail.

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul."

THE NATIONAL, Live at Rock The Garden.

COURTNEY BARNETT, Live at Rock The Garden.

X, Live at Rock The Garden.

SNAIL MAIL & SOCCER MOMMY team up to cover Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris."

RYAN ADAMS resurfaces on social media after abuse allegations.

PRINCE's ESTATE won a 7MM defult judgment against a bootleg record label.

ANDREW BIRD has been cast in the fourth season of Fargo.

THE NUMBER ONES look at the Captain & Tennille's '70s pop atrocity "Love Will Keep Us Together."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The CGI remake of The Lion King rules thechart with 185MM, with the 10th highest opening day ever.  Spider-Man: Far From Home places with 21MM on a 54 percent drop, crossing the 300MM mark domestically (it will cross a Billion worldwide this week). Toy Story 4 shows with 14.6MM on a 30 percent drop that's remarkably leggy, given the Circle of Life.  Crawl takes the fourth slot with 6MM on a 50 percent drop, which probably makes it a modest hit on a low budget.  Yesterday rounds out the Top Five with another 5.1MM on a leggy 21 percent drop.  Below the fold, Stuber fell 51 percent to sixth placewith 4MM and 16MM total against a reported 16MM budget.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME should have passed Avatar as the all-time global box officechamp by the time you read this.

MARVEL announces Phase 4 of the money-making plan, including Black Widow, The Eternals (starring Angelina Jolie and Richard Madden), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Thor: Love and Thunder. Kevin Feige did not have time to tell Comic-Con about Black Panther 2, Captain Marvel 2, a Fantastic Four reboot or "movies about mutants."

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, btw, will feature a LGBTQ Valkyrie and a female Thor.

PICARD has a Comic-Con trailer.

WATCHMEN has a Comic-Con trailer.

WESTWORLD dropped its Season 3 trailer.

CATS: Six troubling questions raised by the trailer.

EDDIE MURPHY may get a truckload of money from Netflix to return to standup.

JOAQUIN PHOENIX & ROONEY MARA are engaged after three years of dating.

OLIVER STONE asks Vladimir Putin to be his 22-year-old daughter's godfather.

JEFFREY EPSTEIN and the Island of Horrors.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, Wedding Crasher.

CHANCE THE SNAPPER was captured in Chicago and transferred to St. Augustine Alligator Farm, where he was released Thursday in a livestreamed event.

MORE THAN 70 CROC HATCHLINGS were rescued recently by specialists at a Florida nuclear plant, and dozens more are expected to emerge soon. What could possibly go wrong?

ONCE NEARLY DEAD As The Dodo, California Condor Comeback Reaches 1000 Chicks.

RARE NEW ZEALAND PARAKEET Population Doubles After 'Epic' Breeding Season.