THE MAMAS & PAPAS: Can't trust that day.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Nation of Language, Mitski, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Woods, Madder Rose, and more.

U2 debuted "Atomic City" during a Vegas video shoot.

JANN WENNER said a lot of nutty things to the New York Times. And got ejected from his position on the Board of Directors of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation he co-founded.

THE NATIONAL is dropping a surprise LP imminently, maybe already.

KEANE's Tom Chaplin, on the band's early years, finding their sound, and structuring the setlist.

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT shares the soundtrack of his life.

BERNIE TAUPIN: Still Underrated After All These Years?

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Nun 2 tops the chart with 14.7MM on a 55 percent drop, edging A Haunting in Venice, which places with a 14.5MM debut.  Equalizer 3 shows with 7.2MM on a 40 percent drop. This weekend’s total box office is bound to be the second-worst of 2023.

RUSSELL BRAND is accused by four women (including one who was 16) of rape, sexual assaults, and abuse.

DREW BARRYMORE is putting her show back on hiatus during the writers' strike.

ASHTON KUTCHER & MILA KUNIS stepped down from the board of the anti-child sexual abuse charity he founded amid fierce criticism of their defense of actor and convicted rapist Danny Masterson.

HUGH JACKMAN and his wife Deborra-lee are amicably ending their marriage.

ADELE may be married.

TIM BURTON, in a career-spanning chat with the BFI.

A DOGGO who brings his stuffed pals to dinner.

A CAT, enjoying the cars rolling by.

A DEER and a cat, cozyng up.

CURLING, or Purrling?

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with HUSKER DU!  Live from London's Camden Palace in 1985. Your setlist includes: "New Day Rising"; "It's Not Funny Anymore"; "Everything Falls Apart"; "Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill"; "I Apologize"; "If I Told You"; "Folklore"; "Terms of Psychic Warfare"; "Powerline"; "Books About UFOs"; "Chartered Trips"; "Diane"; "Celebrated Summer"; "Every Everything"; "Makes No Sense at All"; "Pink Turns to Blue"; "Ticket to Ride"; "Reoccurring Dreams/Dreams Reoccurring"; "Eight Miles High"; and "Love Is All Around".

LEE FIELDS plays KEXP.

MARGO PRICE shares three new songs, one with the Heartbreakers' Mike Campbell.

WILCO shares "Cousin."

SPINAL TAP's Derek Smalls shares "Must Crush Barbie."

L7 returns with "Cooler Than Mars."

BETH ORTON & SKINNY PELEMBE cover Leonard Cohen's "Who By Fire."

R.E.M.'s most heartfelt and goofy, according to Mike Mills.

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER's MC Taylor talks to Aquarium Drunkard.

SIGUR ROS: Their new sonic adventures.

WES ANDERSON's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar has a trailer online.

AQUAMAN & THE LOST KINGDOM has a trailer online.

THE CONTINENTAL: A sneak peek at the John Wick spinoff.

SCOTT PILGRIM TAKES OFF: Behind the scenes of the upcoming anime.

DUMB MONEY director Craig Gillespie loves an outsider.

DONALD GLOVER's Lando series is becoming a movie instead.

MADONNA's banned Pepsi commercial goes online.

LIONSGATE spoofed AMC's Nicole Kidman ad with Saw's Jigsaw.

PUPPER watches 101 Dalmations.

CATTY Cakes.

A CAPYBARA, attended by ducks.

THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS are "Standing Next to Me."

MICKY DOLENZ shares "Shiny Happy People" from an EP of REM covers he's releasing at age 78.

BIG THIEF shares "Born For Loving You."

SUFJAN STEVENS shares "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?"

KING KRULE & MOUNT KIMBLE share "Boxing."

JEFF TWEEDY, on Judaism, Staying Sober, and Why He's ‘Disappointed' by Bob Dylan.

BEST COAST's Bethany Cosentino, on how Sheryl Crow, Michelle Branch and more inspired her solo debut.

OZZY OSBOURNE revealed that he’s to undergo further surgery due to injuries he sustained in previous accidents.

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON has a second trailer online.

MARTIN SCORSESE Still Has Stories to Tell.

THE CREATOR has a final trailer online.

FRASIER: Inside the reboot.

WONKA: How Hugh Grant became an Oompa Loompa.

SEAN PENN, on Ukraine, Will Smith AI, and more.

MAMMA MIA: An Oral History.

ESPN will offer a NFL game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Jacksonville Jaguars that will be fully animated in the “Toy Story” universe.

MONKEYS have an ice cream social.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A MOUNTAIN LION plays the shell game.

THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN: Because there's "Something In The Air."  It's all happening.

MITSKI premiered a host of new songs in Mexico City.

CAT POWER shares “She Belongs To Me” and “Ballad Of A Thin Man” from Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert.

JASON ISBELL joins SEMISONIC on guitar for “Out The Dirt.”

CHERRY GLAZERR shares "Sugar."

POUTY shares “Virgos Need More Love.”

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY returns with "Loved Ones."

TALKING HEADS took the stage at TIFF to discuss the remasterd Stop Making Sense.

AEROSMITH: Steven Tyler has suffered serious vocal cord damage, resulting in the postponement of six shows during the band’s farewell tour.

CHRISSIE HYNDE admitted that she feels “guilty” over the deaths of her former Pretenders bandmates Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN might direct two James Bond movies? Color me skeptical. Meanwhile, here's his first-person script for Oppenheimer.

LOST IN TRANSLATION: Sofia Coppola on the Movie's 20th Anniversary. And not making money off it.

ANNA KENDRICK's directorial debut, Woman Of The Hour, seems like a hot property.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER has a trailer online. Seems like a verrrrry loose adaptation.

BARBIE changed the future of Free Guy 2.

MURDER, SHE WROTE may be coming to the big screen.

MARILYN MONROE's last home is spared from demolition, for now.

THE BRADY BUNCH's home is sold for 3.2MM (a loss).

SEEMS STAGED, but I laughed.

A RACCOON, in love with a deer.

A TIBETIAN MASTIFF protects the flock from a wolf.

JULIANA HATFIELD: The autumnal "My Sister" and the Blake Babies' cover of "Temptation Eyes" for Twofer Tuesday.

NICK CAVE shares a playlist of his best songs.

MADDER ROSE is back for a new album after 24 years.

NATION OF LANGUAGE shares "Sightseer."

THOM YORKE, on vocal technique, his favorite singers, and more.

TEENAGE FANCLUB, on Life, Death, and Remaining Seated.

TURNING 20: My Morning Jacket's It Still Moves and The Decemberists' Her Majesty.

STOP MAKING SENSE: The Talking Heads may have more to say?

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Wiz Khalifa's breezy Pittsburgh-pride anthem "Black And Yellow."

THE CHARTER-DISNEY DEAL: Does it transform the TV biz? (The piece argues no, though carriage of D+ seems significant.)

MARTIN SHORT gets public support after a silly Slate piece claimed he's not funny. Including from celebs.

THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW is picketed upon returning to production without writers.

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL 2: The sequel that wasn't.

AQUAMAN & THE LOST KINGDOM has a teaser online.

FILM FESTIVALS in a time of strikes.

A TAXONOMY of Cinematic Cucks.

PUPPERS do the mirror shtick.

TORTOISE ON THE LAM mobilizes a search party.

NICE DAY LIKE THIS, you'd think there'd be more people about.