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.

CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM, Live at Rockwood Music Hall.

ERIN RAE covers The Youngbloods, Curtis Mayfield, and more for a Lagniappe Session.

WILCO shares "Falling Apart" head of a neraly all-live double-LP, Cruel Country.

FONTAINES DC play "Nabokov" for Seth Meyers.

METRIC returns with "All Comes Crashing."

BRYAN FERRY, on his favorite Newcastle boozers, the influential mentors who shaped his thinking, and the temptation to overproduce everything.

BEASTIE BOYS: Why Check Your Head matters at 30.

WARPAINT: Through Thick and Thin.

OZZY OSBOURNE is looking to host two families of Ukrainian refugees at his Buckinghamshire estate, according to his wife Sharon. Also, he has COVID.

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION has a trailer online.

AMBER HEARD will take the stand next week as the first witness for her defense in the defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH confirmed to Sky News that he will house a family of Ukrainian refugees at his home in the United Kingdom.

AMANDA BYNES and her fiancee had a day of drama.

ALAN CUMMING is offering 10K for information on a missing chimpazee who starred with him and Rene Russo in the 1997 family comedy “Buddy.”

THE ENGLISH PATIENT co-stars Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes will reunite in Uberto Pasolini’s “The Return,” a gritty retelling of Odysseus’ return home from war.

JAMES CORDEN is leaving “The Late Late Show” next year.  Is it the end of late night?

THE END of Ozark.

A SQUIRREL, playing with a ball.

A DOGGO, running on water.

A SCHOOL of Rays.

A BABY GORILLA gets some cuddles and a hug from dad.

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

JOSE GONZALEZ visits World Cafe.

DENZEL CURRY plays KEXP.

MICHAEL STIPE on losing his religion and changing his lyrics.

JENS LEKMAN on revamping and re-releasing two albums.

PINK MOUNTAINTOPS: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Toni Braxton's grand howler "Un-Break My Heart."

HENRY WINKLER: Now in his 70s, the pop culture icon has found his true calling on "Barry," as the king of character actors.

OLIVIA WILDE received a mystery envelope at CinemaCon.

ANDREW GARFIELD is taking a break from acting.

MARGOT ROBBIE: Your first look at Barbie.

MICHELLE PFEIFFER is done second-guessing herself.

WARNER BROS. apologizes to theaters for its day-and-date releases.

THEATER OWNERS are open to playing Netflix movies should the streamer want to monetize its original films.

THE 1990s: The last golden age of culture?

A MAMA DOG chases a truck carrrying her babies.

A DOGGO found a friend.

THE FALCON CAM becomes a horror movie.

THE MEMBERS: "Working Girl," from the "Where Are They Now?" file.

SUPERCHUNK plays KEXP.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Phoebe Bridgers, Wilco, Quinn Christopherson, and more.

SHEARWATER shares "Aqaba."

CASS McCOMBS shares "Belong To Heaven."

JEFF TWEEDY, on snacks and music.

THE TOP 20 PUNK MOVIES, according to Pitchfork.

IT'S YOUR PARTY:  The lost art of picking funeral songs.

ANDREW WOOLFOLK, the longtime saxophonist for Earth, Wind & Fire, and one of the OG members through their historic run, has died at 71.

MEGAN FOX drinks Machine Gun kelly's blood, but only for ritual purposes.

RUST: The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office released a clip of the scene where the film's cinematographer was killed by a gun in Alec Baldwin's hands.

ROBERT PATTINSON is returning as the Batman. I'm shocked, shocked.

JAMES GUNN defends CHRIS PRATT.

FAST X: Justin Lin leaves the franchise's director chair.

KIM BASINGER opens up about her agoraphobia.

MADONNA has split from her 28-year-old boyfriend.

BAD BUNNY will star in El Muerto, a new movie for Sony’s Marvel universe.

HACKS: Season 2 has a trailer online.

BEST WEDDING DANCE Ever?

A PUPPER making a new friend.

SO CLOSE, and yet so far.

WALL OF VOODOO, on the "Mexican Radio."

HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF plays KEXP.

YARD ACT visits World Cafe.

KURT VILE covers Bruce Springsteen's "Wages of Sin."

TY SEGALL shares "Hello Hi."

BEABADOOBIE shares "See you Soon."

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle discusses art as labor, the value of religious faith, the beauty of Chaucer, and, more or less, the secret to happiness.

BONNIE RAITT on longevity and more.

THE FRATELLIS, on "indie landfill."

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "No Diggity," the insanely confident Blackstreet R & B banger with the just verses from Dr. Dre & Queen Pen.

THE BATMAN, but with Adam West.

EWAN McGREGOR & MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD got hitched quietly.

SHAILENE WOODLEY & AARON RODGERS: Dunzo. Again.

JOHNNY DEPP ended his testimony in his 50 million dollar defamation trial against Amber Heard with a declaration that he is the victim of domestic abuse, not her.

LEA MICHELLE offered to carry Jonathan Groff's baby.

CARY ELWES was airlifted to the hospital after a rattlesnake bite.

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT Filmmakers Detail How to Get Nicolas Cage to Star in a Movie About Nicolas Cage (and who else might have played him).

COOLEST DOG RESCUE Ever?

EVER SEEN A WILD HAMSTER do a photoshoot?

HOW TO Call Your Cat Home.

LOOKS SKETCHY to me...

THE CONNELLS: " '74-'45. " Read more about this Raleigh, North Carolina quintet at Trouser Press.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Fontaines D.C., Spiritualized and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Jeanines, Jane Inc, and more.

NEKO CASE shares "Oh, Shadowless."

CRAIG FINN shares “Birthdays.”

BRUCE HORNSBY covers Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business."

YO LA TENGO, ranked by Stereogum.

BONNIE RAITT on Prince, John Prine, Warren Zevon, Lilith Fair, SNL in 1978, and more.

THE WEDDING PRESENT: A Beginner's Guide.

MICK JAGGER has seen the future and it is depressing.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Los Del Rio's "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," the out-of-control dance-craze juggernaut that dominated American popular culture for an entire summer.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Bad Guys tops the chart with a breakthrough 24MM, particularly impressive given that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 places with 15.2MM on a 48 percent drop.  Maybe the answer is found in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore showing with 14MM on a 67 percent crash.  The industry thinks business is really going to pick up this summer.

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is moving from Oct. 7 this year to June 2, 2023.

DR. STRANGE 2 is reportedly banned (or close to it) in Saudi Arabia.

BILL MURRAY was allegedly “touchy” with the women on set of “Being Mortal,” before the shoot was shut down.

KE HUY QUAN: Why a star of The Goonies and  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom quit, and came back after 20 years.

AMERICAN GIGOLO's showrunner is out at Showtime, reportedly following a misconduct investigation.

AMAZON'S LORD OF THE RINGS is reportedly spending over 50MM per episode.  The Game of Thrones prequel is coming in cheaper than Stranger Things.

WAIT, what is this thing?

LITTLE DUDE peeking out seeing what's going on.

PRETTY MUCH how I get out of bed.

A PIGLET, skateboarding.