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OFF BROADWAY: "Stay In Time" and "Full Moon Turn My Head Around," for Twofer Tuesday. More power pop for the summer.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to DIIV, Gastr del Sol, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Paul Weller, La Luz, The Chameleons, and more.

THE CHAMELEONS shares "Where Are You?"

JAMES BLAKE shares "Thrown Around."

LANA DEL REY talked to NME about the “music business going country”, what to expect from her new album ‘Lasso’, and feeling “playful” rather than “vindicated” after proving naysayers wrong.

THE BLACK KEYS canceled their arena tour and will reschedule for more modest venues.

TOMMY IOMMI responded to Ozzy Osbourne‘s recent plea to play one final Black Sabbath show.

McCARTNEY roasts SPRINGSTEEN.

THE BEST MUSIC of 2024 (So Far), according to Pitchfork.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX's "Fancy."

DOUG INGLE, the founding singer and organist of the late Sixties hard rock band Iron Butterfly and the co-writer of the group’s hit “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” has died at the age of 78.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Furiosa edges The Garfield Movie for the top of the chart, 32MM to 31.1MM. Furiosa underperformed expectations which perhaps overlooked that the Mad Max series is R-rated, with a particular audience.  IF showed with 21MM.

BILL WALTON, the basketball Hall of Fame center who won two national titles at UCLA, two NBA championships in Portland and Boston and later put the “color” in color commentator, died at 71 following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH, on Furiosa, imposter syndrome, mortality, and more.

MIKE TYSON suffered a medical scare on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday.

RICHARD DREYFUSS delivered a rant described by attendees as transphobic, sexist, and homophobic at a Massachusetts holiday weekend screening of Jaws.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 8 has been delayed again due to a submarine malfunction as its budget balloons towards 400MM.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA & GEORGE LUCAS reflected on a multi-decade-long relationship.

BROOKE SHIELDS has been elected president of Actors’ Equity Association, the union that represents more than 51000 professional stage actors and managers.

DAVID CRONENBERG: "I've Never Understood the People Who Think My Movies Are Cold."

RICHARD SHERMAN, Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar-winning songwriter who partnered with his late brother to craft tunes for such Disney classics as Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book, died Saturday. He was 95.

A PUP plays ball with dolphins.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

LIONESS vs HYENAS: Who You Got?

THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND STARTS EARLY:

...with THE SWEET!  The bubble-glam rockers are probably best known for the trifecta of "Little Willy," "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run," though they also charted with the harder-edged "Action" and the more ballad-y "Love is Like Oxygen."  All of those clips also feature the band's rather unique fashion sense, but you have to see the clip for "Wig Wam Bam" -- complete with headdress -- to see the band at its most ridiculous.  BONUS: "All That Glitters" is a BBC documentary originally broadcast in February 1974 charting a day in the life of The Sweet.

LARRY CAMPBELL & TERESA WILLIAMS play the 30A Songwriters Festival.

REDD KROSS shares "Born Innocent."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN joins JOE ELY on "Odds of the Blues."

THE BESNARD LAKES shares "(Dizzy) Eagle."

MENOMENA Are Just as Surprised by Their Return as You Are.

DIIV's Cold-Blooded Evolution.

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS, crafted by Apple Music’s team of experts alongside a select group of artists, songwriters, producers, and industry professionals.

CHARLIE COLIN, a founding member of the group Train, has died at the age of 58 after he slipped and fell in the shower.

GLEN POWELL is returning to his native Texas to party with his folks, escape the L.A. fishbowl and finally graduate college.

RILEY KEOUGH is likely to succeed in blocking the sale of Graceland, if she can prove fraud.

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON has a trailer online.

VISION gets the inevitable D+ series.

PIXAR cuts its staff, part of moves to scale back on development of original shows and movies for D+.

MICHAEL RICHARDS returns to the public eye.

JURASSIC WORLD: Rupert Friend, the British actor who in appeared in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, will star alongside Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey in the next installment.

ANDREW SCOTT, on Becoming ‘Ripley,' His Taylor Swift Friendship and Why He's Tired of Being Called an ‘Openly Gay' Actor.

THE IMPALA/CHEETAH Crossing.

A HIPPO'S ATTEMPTED ESCAPE is foiled by a zoo security guard.

THE PONY needs butt skritches.

JAY & THE AMERICANS "Come a Little Bit Closer" on Wednesday.

PHOSPHORESCENT, Live at The Current.

AMYL & THE SNIFFERS shares “U Should Not Be Doing That” and “Facts.”

YOUTH LAGOON shares “Lucy Takes a Picture.”

THE TOP 10 SMITHS SONGS, according to Stereogum.

DON WAS, on Detroit, the Stones, Dylan, Chris Gaines, the B-52s, Bonnie Raitt and much more.

PAVEMENT finally got a gold record.

STREAMSAVER: Looks like Comcast actually will offerbasic Netflix, basic Peacock, and AppleTV+ as a cheap bundle.

FRED ROOS, casting director for landmark films such as “American Graffiti” and who went on to have a close relationship with Francis Ford Coppola, including producing best picture winner “Godfather Part II” and “Apocalypse Now,” died Saturday in Beverly Hills. He was 89.

RILEY KEOUGH is fighting to halt the court-approved sale of Graceland, alleging that the sale is “fraudulent.”

MATTHEW PERRY's death is under investigation.

DIDDY is facing yet another lawsuit filed by a former model who claims the disgraced mogul enticed her with promises of career advancement, but she claims his plan was far more sinister.

X-MEN is gaining momentum at Marvel.

HORIZON: Early reviews for Kevin Costner's passion project are... not great, Bob.

WHAT GEORGE MILLER LEARNED in Forty-five Years of Making "Mad Max" Movies.

BAMBI at the beach.

RHINOS vs LIONS: Who You Got?

FOUND THE ONE DOG who likes seeing the vet.

THE RASPBERRIES crush "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be With You" for Twofer Tuesday.

FAYE WEBSTER blays KCRW.

SAMMY KAYE shares "How Fast To Run."

WHY? returns with "The Letters, Etc."

ART BRUT's Eddie Argos on Yard Act, past feuds, advice for The Hives, and their influence on sprechgesang.

PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS: The oft-bootlegged One Hand Clapping is getting an official release.

KID ROCK had quite the Rolling Stone interview.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at John Legend's stripped-down wedding ballad "All Of Me."

BENIFER were photographed together, but Affleck reportedly has “come to his senses” about his failing marriage to the singer and knows they are headed for a divorce.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON: OpenAI tried to make me into Her.

DABNEY COLEMAN Was the Perfect Onscreen Jerk.

TOM HANKS catches up on the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef.

HORIZON: Inside Kevin Costner's 38MM Gamble.

AL PACINO is set to play a Mafia boss once again in a new kidnapping thriller.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN has two movies in the works.

BRITNEY SPEARS: Headed for another conservatorship?

A DOGGO plays ball on a Brazilian beach. Stick around for the ending.

ANOTHER DOGGO trains a human.

FREEING a trapped kingfisher.

FREE: "All Right Now." Wouldn't be Summer without it.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Beth Gibbons, the Avett Brothers, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Isobel Campbell, Of Montreal, and more.

LENNY KAYE & FRIENDS performed as part of the celebration surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Nuggets compilation.

LANA DEL REY sang "Sweet Home Alabama" with Jelly Roll at a festival gig.

STEVE ALBINI's bands, Shellac and Big Black, are back on Spotify.

FEIST celebrated 20 years of her breakthrough record Let It Die.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  John Krasinski's IF tops the chart with 34MM and an "A" CinemaScore.  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes places with 25.7MM on a 56 percent drop.  Strangers – Chapter 1 shows with 11.5MM.

DABNEY COLEMAN, the popular comic actor from 9 to 5, Tootsie and Wargames whose many redeeming qualities including a knack for portraying characters who had none, has died. He was 92. 

EMMA STONE will join director Yorgos Lanthimos for a third film, “Bugonia,” which follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

DIDDY admits he beat ex-girlfriend Cassie. I mean, ther's video.

THOSE ABOUT TO DIE, with Anthony Hopkins as Emperor Flavius, has a trailer online.

DAVID COPPERFIELD repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein, according to The Guardian.

THE FAST & FURIOUS franchise may get retooled.

GOODFELLAS now has a trigger warning on AMC.

THE IDEA OF YOU and the Notion of the Hot Mom.

A KING COBRA, regurgitating three other snakes.

DOGGOS cooling off from the heat.

WHEN THE SHEEP steal your dinner.

AN OSTRICH, with swagger.