THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

with SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, who rip through a medley of "Everyday People" and "Dance to the Music," plus "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey," and "I Want to Take You Higher" on network TV, circa 1969.

THE LAST DINNER PARTY, Live at Webster Hall.

THE MC5: Hear “Boys Who Play With Matches” from the posthumous Heavy Lifting LP.

SOCCER MOMMY shares "Lost."

CAMP TRASH shares "Normal, IL."

THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS are issuing a deluxe version of The Fabulous Sounds Of The Pacific Northwest.

THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS documentary has a trailer online.

THE KILLERS' Best Songs, ranked by Steven Hyden.

PHARRELL WILLIAMS is tackling his life story via LEGO animation.

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, REBECCA FERGUSON, and NAOMIE HARRIS are among the signatories of an open letter demanding a crackdown on bullying and sexual harassment in the U.K.’s entertainment industry.

SUBERBAD will never get a sequel, according to Seth Rogen.

TOM CRUISE sends DAKOTA FANNING shoes every year.

DAY OF THE JACKAL is headed to the small screen courtesy of Taylor Sheridan.

THE PHOENECIAN SCHEME: Wes Anderson's espionage movie is filling out its stacked cast.

THE HUNGER GAMES: New book, new movie.

BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD has been renewed for Season 3, and moves to Comedy Central.

THE ACADEMY is thinking about adding a stunt category.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

HONEY BADGER vs LEOPARDS: Who You Got?

CHICKEN denies ALPACA the snacks.

AEROSMITH: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" At least until Midnight.

NELLY FURTADO plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

GUIDED BY VOICES shares “Fictional Environment Dream.”

PHOEBE BRIDGERS & SOCCER MOMMY cover Elliott Smith's "The Biggest Lie."

DAVID LEE ROTH perfoms an acoustic cover of “867-5309/Jenny.”

RAY LaMONTAGNE shares “Step Into Your Power.”

THE JESUS LIZARD returns with "Hide and Seek."

NEKO CASE is publishing her memoir.

STURGILL SIMPSON is now Johnny Blue Skies.

CYNDI LAUPER, on her alleged feud with Madonna.

THE BEATLES may be played by these actors in four movies.

MAXXXINE has a trailer online.

THE KILLER'S GAME has a trailer online.

PEAKY BLINDERS is getting a movie at Netflix.

SIMON PEGG, on Godzilla movies.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL Just Wants to Freak Himself Out.

ALEC BALDWIN is starring in a reality series.

HOT RODENT MEN: America's Newest Heartthrobs?

HOW HOLLYWOOD LOST TOUCH, by a founder of Amazon Video.

JEANNETTE CHARLES, who reigned supreme in the world of lookalikes by impersonating Queen Elizabeth II in The Naked Gun, has died aged 96 - the same age reached by the late monarch.

D-DAY: The anniversary of the invasion of Normandy is marked with five essential stories.

SLOTH BEAR vs TIGER: Who You Got?

CATS & DOGS, living together...

CATS & DOGS, living together...

CARL DOUGLAS, with the classic "Kung Fu Fighting."

MARNIE STERN plays KEXP.

MERCURY REV reurns with "Patterns."

CURSIVE shares "Up and Away."

ALOE BLACC does a Bruno Mars-y cover of No Doubt's "Don't Speak."

HALSEY's shares "The End," which addresses her multiple health struggles.

BILLY CORGAN defends TAYLOR SWIFT.

FLAVOR FLAV wants to save Red Lobster.

THE-DREAM has been sued for sexual assault by his former protégée Chanaaz Mangroe.

NEIL FINN, on Crowded House’s new album and touring history, as well as Neil’s other bands — Split Enz and Fleetwood Mac — and his time in the orbit of Flight Of The Conchords and Bluey.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2024, according to Stereogum.

ALIEN: ROMULUS has a trailer online.

INSIDE OUT 2 has a final trailer online.

MARVEL eyes Shawn Levy to direct the next Avengers film.

THOMAS HAYDEN CHURCH is the latest actor to join the cast of Knives Out 3.

THE ROYALS: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were left off the Trooping the Colour invite list for the second year in a row.

PAUL GIAMATTI will star in a Hostel mini-series. Hey, he said he wanted to do horror.

REBEL WILSON entered the debate surrounding straight actors playing queer characters.

EVANGELINE LILLY is “stepping away” from Hollywood for the foreseeable future.

JON HAMM & KRISTEN WIIG, talking shop.

A DOGGO in disguise on a motorbike.

THE WEINER DOG is unrepentant.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

URGE OVERKILL: Their killer '93 single "Sister Havana" and their even more famous cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" are your Twofer Tuesday.

YES: The prog-rockers' career from 1969-1973 gets almost three hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats. Part One of Two.

THE PIXIES share “You’re So Impatient” and cover Doris Day’s “Que Sera Sera.”

BONNY DOON shares “Clock Keeps Ticking.”

THE ENGLISH BEAT: Read an exerpt from Daniel Rachel’s history of 2 Tone Records.

2 LIVE CREW's Brother Marquis is dead at 57.

SPOTIFY is raising prices again.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Magic!'s truly awful lite-reggae novelty "Rude."

PARAMOUNT & SKYDANCE are merging.

JEFF BRIDGES & JOHNNY DEPP will play God and Satan in Terry Gilliam's next film.

JOSH BROLIN has joined the all-star cast of the next Knives Out.

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE has a trailer online.

PAT SAJAK, on retiring from Wheel of Fortune.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR & JODIE FOSTER, talking shop.

KANYE WEST's ex-executive/personal assistant claims he gave her the boot after sending her vile sexual texts and videos.

KATE HUDSON, on starting a music career.

MATTHEW VAUGHN, on Argylle's bad reviews.

LEONARD NIMOY's son, on Dad's feud with Shatner.

INSIDE OUT 2: Influenced by Uncut Gems.

CATS and domino theory.

THE ELEPHANT was not playing.

A HOG plays ball.

THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS broke through with this video for "Love My Way" on the MTV.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bat for Lashes, Crowded House, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Richard Hawley, Bernard Butler, Buffalo Tom, and more.

SOCCER MOMMY debuts "Evergreen" in NYC.

MAGGIE ROGERS covers Bonnie Raitt's “I Can’t Make You Love Me.”

SNOW PATROL returns with "The Beginning."

BLONDIE: Chris Stein excerpts his memoir.

STEVE MILLER pays tribute to EMINEM.

ABBA reunited...to be knighted.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Garfield tops the chart with 14MM, while If likely edges out Furiosa by 10.8MM to 10.75MM.  Meanwhile, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is quietly going to be the biggest domestic grosser of the modern franchise.

BENIFER: J-Lo canceled her tour, ostensibly to spend time with her family and totally not due to ticket sales.

GIANCARLO ESPOSITO has joined the cast of Captain America: Brave New World amid reshoots, though totally not as many reshoots as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, or The Marvels.

300 is headed to the small screen, with  Zack Snyder in talks to direct and executive produce.

RILEY KEOUGH is trying to save mom Lisa Marie Presley's legacy.

MAYA HAWKE embraces being a nepo baby.

MAD MAX's Ongoing Apocalypse.

TRAILERS: Crucial to the Theater Biz?

RUPERT MURDOCH, married again at 93. Never give up on love, kids!

AN ORANGUTAN, driving a golf cart.

A DOGGO running on and off a speeding boat.

HAWK vs SNAKE: Who You Got?

A GIRAFFE, eating grass.

A BLACK BEAR was found dead in a plastic bag Friday night in Arlington, Virginia.