Topic: Karl

THE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards.

CHARLIE CROCKETT visits World Cafe.

THE ROLLING STONES kicked off their tour in Houston.

REDD KROSS returns with "Candy Coloured Catastrophe."

RINGO STARR's  EP with The Strokes‘ guitarist Nick Valensi, ‘Crooked Boy’, is now available on streaming.

U2: Adam Clayton is getting an amicable divorce. From his wife, not the band.

HIPGNOSIS: The bidding war for their song fund has escalated, as Blackstone has agreed to acquire the company for 1.6billion.

A MYSTERIOUS VIRAL 80s SONG was finally idnetified, and the story is a doozy.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Pitbull and Kesha's joyously dumb backwoods-gone-Euro-club novelty "Timber."

MUFASA: THE LION KING has a trailer online.

BRITNEY SPEARS is blowing through her post-conservatorship finances, but is not broke yet.

PARAMOUNT has booted CEO Bob Bakish.

JERRY SEINFELD says that “P.C. crap” and the “extreme left” is making television comedy go extinct.ALSO: The Top 20 Seinfeld episodes, ranked at Uproxx.

RUSSELL BRAND is getting baptized to "leave the past behind" after he was accused of multiple counts of r*pe, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013.

GERARD DEPARDIEU will stand trial in October on charges of sexual assault.

KANYE WEST is being sued for racial discrimination by one of his former security guards.

THE RUSSO BROTHERS argue that Marvel’s current issues boil down to the changes in how people absorb media: It’s a Hollywood-wide issue, not just a Marvel one.

CHINA FIXER-TURNED-MOVIE-PRODUCER Kenneth Huang charmed Hollywood''s elite before vanishing, owing millions.

COOPER is not a fan of the new dog.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

WHAT DOES THE COW SAY?

A LITTLE GIRL said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60000 bees.

THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Charlie Crockett, St. Vincent, the Lostines, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Pet Shop Boys, the Woodentops, and more.

LANA DEL REY joined PAUL CAUTHEN on the righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" at Stagecoach.

PET SHOP BOYS: Neil Tennant grabs the third rail of Taylor Swift discourse.

DAVID GILMOUR might okay a Pink Floyd hologram show, maybe.

BILL WYMAN, on life after the Stones.

ST. VINCENT, on recording with Dave Grohl, covering Kate Bush, and writing with Taylor Swift.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Challengers tops the chart with 15MM, and I'm going to be in the camp that finds that a bit meh, esp. with a B+ CinemaScore.  But I am open to it having legs next weekend. Unsung Hero places with a 7.75MM debut.  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire shows with 7.2MM on a leggy 25 percent drop.

THE ROYALS: King Charles III will resume public duties this week after receiving treatment for cancer.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE won't require "homework" for viewers, they promise.

PARAMOUNT's CEO could be gone by Monday afternoon.

EMMA STONE: You can call her Emily.

BRITNEY SPEARS settled her legal dispute with her dad, Jamie Spears, and TMZ reports that Jamie isn't paying Britney a cent, but Britney is paying Jamie's legal bills.

DAVID CROSS & BOB ODENKIRK got denied by Paramount's analytics department.

KANYE WEST appears to have confirmed reports that he's set to launch an adult entertainment site.

CATS in Roomba tanks.

THE GREAT ESCAPE: Bring your plushie.

A GIANT GOLDEN SPIDER, Down Under, of course.

THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Charlie Crockett, St. Vincent, the Lostines, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Pet Shop Boys, the Woodentops, and more.

LANA DEL REY joined PAUL CAUTHEN on the righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" at Stagecoach.

PET SHOP BOYS: Neil Tennant grabs the third rail of Taylor Swift discourse.

DAVID GILMOUR might okay a Pink Floyd hologram show, maybe.

BILL WYMAN, on life after the Stones.

ST. VINCENT, on recording with Dave Grohl, covering Kate Bush, and writing with Taylor Swift.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Challengers tops the chart with 15MM, and I'm going to be in the camp that finds that a bit meh, esp. with a B+ CinemaScore.  But I am open to it having legs next weekend. Unsung Hero places with a 7.75MM debut.  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire shows with 7.2MM on a leggy 25 percent drop.

THE ROYALS: King Charles III will resume public duties this week after receiving treatment for cancer.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE won't require "homework" for viewers, they promise.

PARAMOUNT's CEO could be gone by Monday afternoon.

EMMA STONE: You can call her Emily.

BRITNEY SPEARS settled her legal dispute with her dad, Jamie Spears, and TMZ reports that Jamie isn't paying Britney a cent, but Britney is paying Jamie's legal bills.

DAVID CROSS & BOB ODENKIRK got denied by Paramount's analytics department.

KANYE WEST appears to have confirmed reports that he's set to launch an adult entertainment site.

CATS in Roomba tanks.

THE GREAT ESCAPE: Bring your plushie.

A GIANT GOLDEN SPIDER, Down Under, of course.

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

SPOON played a Telefono-era reunion gig.

THE DECEMBERISTS share "All I Want Is You."

LES SAVVY FAV shares "World Got Great."

GIRL IN RED covers Talking Heads' "Girlfriend Is Better."

BAT FOR LASHES shares "Home."

ROBYN HITCHCOCK announced a memoir.

TAYLOR SWIFT, ranked by NME.

LARRY PAGE, who managed The Kinks, The Troggs, Sonny and Cher, Daniel Boone and many others, is dead at 86.

CHALLENGERS: Gen Z's Next Movie Obsession?

SYDNEY SWEENEY & GLEN POWELL played up the romance rumors to market "Anyone But You."

RYAN GOSLING Says ‘The Nice Guys' Didn't Get a Sequel Because ‘Angry Birds' "Destroyed Us."

OWEN WILSON is passing on an O.J. Simpson movie.

JIM HENSON, IDEA MAN has a trailer online.

GAME OF THRONES: Another spinoff fails.

13 GOING ON 30: A Cast Reunion Going On 20.

THE LINGUINI INCIDENT, a nearly-forgotten 1991 crime comedy starring David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, is getting a second chance.

BAREFOOT FLORIDA MAN wrangles a gator in the street.

SNACK TIME on the Doggo Bus.

THE BANANAS Chose Violence.

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

DEVOTCHKA plays KEXP.

ST. VINCENT shares “Big Time Nothing.”

CULTS shares "Crybaby."

JOHNNY CASH: hear the postumous “Well Alright.”

MOTOWN's Berry Gordy is caught up in an ugly legal battle pitting his son -- Rockwell --  against a former business advisor and romantic partner.

SCOTT WEILAND's son released a songwith vocals by the late Stone Temple Pilots frontman... due to blackmail.

MEGAN THEE STALLION's former cameraman is suing her for a hostile work environment, alleging that he was forced to watch Megan have sex with a woman while trapped in a moving vehicle.

JOHN LENNON's lost guitar from Help! has been found, and is headed for auction.

QUENTIN TARANTINO: Inside the messy, late-hour collapse of the director's mysterious final feature.

DUNE: PART TWO Director Denis Villeneuve Answers All Your Questions.

JERRY SEINFELD Says Movies Are Over. Here's Why He Made One Anyway.

CLUE may be headed to screens big and small.

JOHN CLEESE said he’s “surprisingly poor” despite being in show business for five-decades, blaming his 20MM divorce for him having to work into his eighties.

13 GOING ON 30: An oral history, going on 20.

TERRY CARTER, who portrayed Pvt. Sugie Sugarman on The Phil Silvers Show, the sidekick of Dennis Weaver’s character on McCloud and Colonel Tigh on the original version of Battlestar Galactica, has died. He was 95.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A FROG, trying to swallow a baby snake.

THE DONKEY hopes you brought some for everyone.