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MARSHALL CRENSHAW played "Someday, Someway" for his network TV debut in 1982.

RIDE's Andy Bell visits World Cafe.

DANIEL JOHNSON: hear the previously unreleased “All Good Children Got To Die.”

YOUTH LAGOON shares "My Beautiful Girl."

THE COWARD BROTHERS: Elvis Costello & T-Bone Burnett reunite for a podcast directed by Christopher Guest.

YASMIN WILLIAMS: Folk's fantastical finger-picker was inspired by... Guitar Hero.

LIMP BIZKIT sues Universal for 200MM over unpaid royalties.

NELL SMITH, the young Canadian singer-songwriter who captured the hearts of many with her collaboration with The Flaming Lips, has died at just 17 years old.

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: The Dylan biopic has a trailer online.

MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS has a trailer online.

GLADIATOR 2 dropped a behind-the-scenes clip.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN's next movie is due in 2026, possibly with Matt. Damon.

LISA MARIE PRESLEY & RILEY KEOUGH's memoir includes strange revelations.

SEBASTIAN STAN on playing Donald trump, the MCU, and more.

NICHOLAS PRYOR, the busy character actor who portrayed Tom Cruise’s father in Risky Business and Kathleen Robertson’s dad on Beverly Hills, 90210 during a career that spanned seven decades, has died. He was 89.

MAMA CAT instructs kittens about the litter box.

THERE'S ALWAYS a Bigger Fish.

A SQUIRREL stops by to play with the woman who helped him.

FUTBOL with a fox.

WORLD PARTY: Karl Wallinger "Put the Message in the Box" and gets "Way Down Now" for Twofer Tuesday.

AMOS LEE visits World Cafe.

NEIL YOUNG & STEPHEN STILLS pulled out “Hung Upside Down,” which neither had performed in over 50 years.

KIM DEAL shares "A Good Time Pushed."

CAROLYN SAYS shares "Dust."

SUM 41's Deryck Whibley accuses a former manager of sexual abuse in a new memoir.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, on the stories behind every song on Sung Tongs.

TOUCHE AMORE are still rising.

CISSY HOUSTON, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other stars and knew triumph and heartbreak as the mother of Whitney Houston, has died. She was 91.

JOKER 2: Why No One Will Get Fired Over This Bomb.

KANYE WEST and Bianca Censori are possibly headed for divorce.

WILL SMITH & MICHAEL BAY, together again?

THE ROYALS: The King's doctors are allowing him to ‘pause’ his cancer treatment in order to fly to Australia for a high-profile royal visit next week.

MARTIN SCORSESE may have delayed projects, but is not retiring.

TOM SELLECK, on the end of Blue Bloods after a 14-year run.

MAGGIE SMITH, the stealth comedy queen.

LADIES & GENTLEMEN, Panda Dolphins.

A DOGGO sees his owner aftre three years.

FIVE COYOTES vs a Meerkat.

GLADYS KNIGHT is backed on "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr., through the magic of CGI, to promote Tropic Thunder back in 2008.

NEW RELEASES: paste will point you to the Hard Quartet, Wild Pink, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Caribou, Casiokids, and more.

WEEZER covers Tom Petty's “Here Comes My Girl,” while SHARON VAN ETTEN covers “I Won’t Back Down.”

MICHAEL STIPE & JASON ISBELL busted out R.E,M. songs for a GOTV concert.

DONNIE & JOE EMERSON's first new music in 30 years.

STEPHEN MALKMUS, on Super Groups, Pseudo Documentaries, and Geriatric Guitar Gods.

BOB NEUWIRTH's debut is being "revised" by T-Bone Burnett.

THE MAJOR LABELS are suing the Internet Archive over old recordings.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Joker 2 tops the chart with 39MM, but that's a huge bomb with a D CinemaScore. It may make less domestically than the 96.2MM the first one made in its debut weekend.  The Wild Robot placed with18.7MM on a 48 percent drop.  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice showed with 10.3MM on a 36 percent drop, clearly riding the holiday vibes.

DIDDY: Did Donald Trump, Diana Ross and the Rev. Al Sharpton turn at his famed parties?

WILL SMITH teases new music.

ZENDAYA doesn't know what's in Euphoria Season 3.

AL PACINO nearly died from COVID-19 in 2020 — to the point where he temporarily lost a pulse.

SPIKE LEE has a new sports fixation.

THE RINGER's Definitive Rating of Clowns.

BARNYARD ANIMALS survive the hurricane and are overjoyed to see their owners.

HONEY BADGER stops her kid from doing something stupid.

A FORD FOCUS, saved by horse power.

EVEN CATS don't like mimes.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE FACES! Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, Kenny Jones, and Ian McLagan, live on the Beeb circa 1972.  Your setlist includes: "Three Button Hand Me Down"; "Maybe I'm Amazed"; "Too Much Woman/Street Fighting Man"; "Miss Judy's Farm"; "Love In Vain"; "Stay With Me"; and "I'm Losing You."

MIDDLE KIDS plays KEXP.

SLEATER-KINNEY shares "This Time."

FONTAINES DC cover Lana Del Rey's "Say Yes To Heaven."

ELTON JOHN told fans “there’s not much of me left” following multiple surgeries due to health issues.

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN made a playlist titled “Nocturne of Love and Loss.”

DAVID GILMOUR is now done with Roger Waters.

GARTH BROOKS has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit.

TODD PHILLIPS is done after two Joker movies.

TIME CUT has a trailer online.

IS DISNEY BAD AT STAR WARS? An Analysis.

JAMES GUNN's DCU is gonna have a lot of Frank Grillo.

MEN IN BLACK director Barry Sonnenfeld has said he once had to evacuate the set after Will Smith farted.

AGATHA ALL ALONG is officially the “least expensive show” Marvel Studios has made to date.

SYDNEY SWEENEY is building an empire.

TOXIC FANDOM: How Hollywood is Battling Fans Out For Blood.

DON'T step on a cat's tail.

A STRAY DOG gets a cookie off the bus daily.

A TURTLE says "hi."

THE BEATNIX cover Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

AMERICAN AQUARIUM visits World Cafe.

DEAN & BRITTA tem with SONIC BOOM to cover the Wille Nelson/Roy Orbison Christmas song "Pretty Paper."

PAUL McCARTNEY played the AI-Beatles' "Now and Then" in Uruguay.

KATY J. PEARSON shares a countryside playlist.

PINK FLOYD sold their entire catalog, as well as their name and likeness, to Sony for whopping 400 million dollars.

BOB DYLAN has a restaurant recommendation.

FLEETWOOD MAC: Ken Caillat, who co-produced Rumours with the band and Richard Dashut, sued the makers of the Broadway musical Stereophonic in a federal court, claiming it rips off his memoirs.

ANDREW GARFIELD's Confessions.

DENZEL WASHINGTON confronted DIDDY after an all-night party in 2003. 

CHERYL HINES may divorce RFK Jr. after his sexting scandal with journalist Olivia Nuzzi.

JOKER 2's opening tracking estimates continue to drop.

RACHEL ZEGLER on the reimagined Snow White.

MATTHEW PERRY's doctor pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine to the late Friends actor.

BETTER MAN, a Robbie Williams biopic starring a CGI monkey, has a trailer online.

FIGHTING KANGAROOS stop for a dance break.

A DOGGO meets the baby.

A LOST DOG was found with new friends.