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U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you Guided by Voices, Peter Gabriel, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Harp, Trevor Horn, and more.

LANA DEL REY covers the John Denver classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

GRANDDADDY shares "Cabin In My Mind."

KISS played their final two shows at MSG, allegedly.

KATE PIERSON, from her memories of the B-52’s very first shows in New York City to appearing in the Flintstones movie and singing with R.E.M. and beyond.

THE TOP 50 SONGS of 2023, according to Rolling Stone.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé tops the chart with 22MM, which is a pretty good total for the post-Thanksgiving frame.  The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes places with 14.5MM on a respectable 50 percent drop.  Godzilla Minus One, an actual subtitled Toho epic, shows with 11MM and almost universally good reviews.

THANKSGIVING: Eli Roth promises a second helping.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR's Third Act.

RYAN GOSLING talks Kenergy.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN crashed his Ferrari into a parked car.

JODIE FOSTER hopes people ate tiring of superhero movies.

KELSEY GRAMMER shares the soundtrack of his life.

HOW NICOLAS COPPOLA Became Nicolas Cage.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

DOG and Butterflies.

DEER, prancing through the forest at night.

CATCHING a falling bear. Pretty sure I've seen this before, but still cool.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

SHANE MacGOWAN, the brilliant but chaotic songwriter who as frontman for the Pogues reinvigorated interest in Irish music in the 1980s by harnessing it to the propulsive power of punk rock, died on Thursday. He was 65. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, said the cause was pneumonia but did not say where he died. Here's the Billboard obit, and a tribute/obit from The Guardian. Tributes from fellow musicians are compiled by Consequence.  A selection of his best work, both with and without The Pogues, is collected at Stereogum, including the Chrismas classic “Fairytale Of New York,” but bizarrely omitting "A Pair of Brown Eyes."  BONUS: Over two hours of discussion and analysis of The Pogues.

SCOTT KEMPNER, co-founding guitarist of the Dictators and the Del-Lords, is dead at 69. The musician passed away from complications of early onset dementia at a nursing home in Connecticut.  That first Del-Lords LP is so, so good.

LANA DEL REY put her own spin on ‘Unchained Melody’ for NBC’s new Christmas at Graceland special.

HORSEGIRL & LIFEGUARD, two Chicago bands, cover the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored."

PAULA COLE of all people shares "The Replacements and Dinosaur Jr."

THE REPLACEMENTS: A Pitchfork podcast on the Tim reissue features some Tommy Stinson.

DARYL HALL wins the first stage of his lawsuit against JOHN OATES.

SOUNDGARDEN still has litigation going on too.

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA has a trailer online.

SEBASTIAN STAN has reportedly been tapped to portray a young Donald Trump in an upcoming film titled The Apprentice.

TOM HOLLAND, on whether he will return as Spider-Man.

THE FUGITIVE: Director Andrew Davis, on the movie's legacy.

KELLY CLARKSON's ex-husband overcharged her as manager, a judge rules.

MEG RYAN, on Aging, Dating, and Rom-Coms.

BILLY CRYSTAL is the last of his kind.

A RARE GIANT RAT that can grow to the size of a baby and chew through coconuts caught on camera for first time.

LIONS & TIGERS & DOG, Oh My!

A DOGGO and a calf. 

FLEETWOOD MAC: "Go Your Own Way," live circa 1979. Sounded great, fellas, but I coulda used a little More Cowbell.

JULIE BYRNE: A Takeaway Show.

JERRY GARCIA & MERL SAUNDERS at the Record Plant in Sausalito, CA. July 8, 1973.

THE HIGH LLAMAS return with "Hey Panda."

GARTH BROOKS released a 7-CD box set, but only at Bass Pro Shops.

CHARLI XCX & THE 1975's George Daniel are engaged.

PETE DROGE, getting back in the groove.

NICK CAVE's second novel, The Death Of Bunny Munro, is about to become a TV series.

TAYLOR SWIFT is reportedly shacking up with TRAVIS KELCE in KC for a few weeks. Then again, it's the Daily Mail.

PUFF DADDY has temporarily stepped aside as the chairman of the media network Revolt.

KURT RUSSELL is killing it in Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters.

LOONEY TUNES will remain on Max after fan outrage.

WILL & JADA PINKETT SMITH: Together forever?

MS. MARVEL may know what's wrong with the MCU.

MUSICALS are putting out non-musical trailers?

FORBES' 30 Under 30.

FERAL SUPER-PIGS, invading from Canada.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

HAVE YOU BEEN Petting Other Dogs!?

JASON and the SCORCHERS cover "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and play "Harvest Moon" for Twofer Tuesday.

CACTUS LEE covers Christine McVie, the Butthole Surfers, and the Grateful Dead for a Lagniappe Session.

PETER GABRIEL shares "Live and Let Live," thus completing his i/o LP.

REAL ESTATE shares "Water Underground."

SMASHING PUMPKINS plays Disney World.

BOYGENIUS, on their breakout year.

SPINAL TAP: Paul McCartney, Elton John, and Garth Brooks willappear in the sequel. No word on Puppet Show.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at LMFAO's ridiculous "Sexy And I Know It."

GEORDIE WALKER, a founding member and guitarist of the post-punk band and goth rock pioneers Killing Joke, has died. He was 64.

JEAN KNIGHT, the New Orleans soul singer who topped the R&B chart in 1971 with her Stax Records single “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died. She was 80.

CHRIS EVANS hasn't heard that Marvel has considered bringing back the original six Avengers for a future project.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: Hollywood needs franchises (and other movies).

DISNEY'S bleak streak continues.

TAYLOR SWIFT's movie is streaming soon.

KYLIE JENNER, Interviewed by JENNIFER LAWRENCE.

STEPHANIE COURNEY: Why Flo from Progress got snubbed by SNL.

LINDA EVANGELISTA, on the cosmetic procedure incident that she said left her “permanently deformed” and “brutally disfigured.”

LOVE, ACTUALLY: Richard Curtis continues his apology tour.

A BORDER COLLIE goes to work.

A KINGFISHER frozen to a bridge is rescued.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE WHO: "I'm A Boy."

RHIANNON GIDDENS visits World Cafe.

THE NATIONAL played The Late Show at David Letterman's request.

SUNNY WAR and LOGAN LEDGER play Americanafest.

DARYL HALL obtained a restraining order against JOHN OATES to block his longtime musical partner from selling his share in their joint venture to Primary Wave Music.

BLEACHERS: Jack Antonoff has revealed that his new song ‘Hey Joe' is not about Taylor Swift's ex.

RUSH: Paul McCartney wasn't familiar with their music, but told Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to start touring again.

OZZY OSBOURNE: How the Prince of Darkness defied the odds and found happiness.

THE GREATEST ONE-ALBUM WONDERS, according to Paste.

BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE was a musical trailblazer and the first Native regular on Sesame Street. Now it appears she isn't actually Native.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes tops the Thanksgiving chart with 42MM.  Napoleon places with 32.5MM, though that B- CinemaScore does not bode well for Ridley Scott's latest epic.  However, it did beat Wish, which showed with 31.7MM.  Below the fold, Eli Roth's Thanksgiving stands at 24.1MM-- almost as much as the total for Grindhouse, in which the original fake trailer for Thanksgiving appeared.

MARTY KROFFT, who with his brother Sid produced memorable kids shows “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost” — as well as the 2009 feature based on the latter — has died. He was 86. 

STAR WARS: Dave Filoni is being given creative control over the galaxy.

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS knows laughter is the best medicine.

PUFF DADDY was hit with a second lawsuit in as many weeks, accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman who claims she was also a victim of alleged “revenge porn” by the music artist.

JAMIE FOXX has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a New York City restaurant, according to court records.

SUSAN SARANDON has been dropped by top Hollywood agency UTA after saying frightened Jews are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America.”

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS is getting hitched again.

NOSFERATU: Robert Eggers is already hyping Bill Skarsgård's transformation into Count Orlock.

THE RIGHT STUFF: Philip Kaufman on the film fibs, demons, and labia that made it just right.

THE STRANGE 55MM NETFLIX SAGA you will never see.

AN ANTEATER wants to play.

SEALS: Doggos of the sea.

SOMETIMES all you need is a little push.