NEW RELEASES: Paste has the Mountain Goats, Golden Apples, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has King Gizzard, Circus Devils, OMD, and more.

LADY GAGA joined U2 at the Sphere.

BRANDON FLOWERS joined ED SHEERHAN for "Mr. Brightside" in Vegas.

TALKING HEADS talked on Colbert.

THE BEATLES' "final" song will be released this week with an assist from Peter Jackson's AI.

GEORGE HARRISON: A paradox even to his biographer.

GRAM PARSONS' long-lost sci-fi movie will live on as a book.

R.E.M. vs THE REPLACEMENTS: Was it a rivalry?

MATTHEW PERRY, the affable actor who became a television superstar playing Chandler Bing on the beloved NBC sitcom Friends, has died. He was 54.  Here are critics' appreciations from Alan Sepinwall, THR, and Variety. And just a few of the tributes from his colleagues.  The cast is reeling. Here is his final interview, and how he wanted to be remembered after he died. And here is how he knew he woould be remembered.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Five Nights at Freddy’s tops the chart with 78MM, despite a day-and-date co-release on Peacock. Second biggest videogame adaptation opening, I think.  Taylor Swift's tour movie places with 14.7MM on a 56 percent drop, with a global total around 200MM on a 15MM budget. Killers of the Flower Moon shows with 9MM on a steeper-than-expected 61 percent drop.

TAYLOR SWIFT hits billionaire status.

JONATHAN MAJORS' movie is pulled from the release shedule, whie the live-action Snow White gets delayed.

RICHARD MOLL,  the fun-loving actor who portrayed the towering and tenderhearted bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon on all nine seasons of the popular NBC sitcom Night Court during its original run, has died. He was 80. 

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: Oppenheimer isn't a biopic.

GEMINI MAN: Big on Netflix.

RICHARD DEYFUSS is unhappy about The Shark Is Broken.

BOOGIE SHOES: My friend Nathan would have loved this. 

AT MY SIGNAL, unleash Hell!

THE SLOTH RESCUE: Not new, but still charming.