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TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Here Comes My Girl."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bruce Springsteen, Daisy the great, and more... 

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Frankie Cosmos, BC Camplight and more... 

KURT VILE & LUKE ROBERTS shared "Classic Love." 

LORD HURON shared "Bag of Bones." 

HEATMISER shared the previously unreleased “Silent Treatment.”   

GLASTONBURY organizers were appalled by punk duo Bob Vylan‘s set on Saturday, during which singer Bobby Vylan led the crowd in several chants including “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces].” 

REBEKAH DEL RIO, the singer best known for performing “Llorando” in David Lynch’s film Mulholland Drive, died on June 23 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 57. No cause of death was given. 

WALTER SCOTT, a co-founding member of the R&B group the Whispers, has died at 81. 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: F1 lapped the field with a 55.6MM debut, near the top of estimates. How to Train Your Dragon placed with 19.4MM on a 47 percend drop as it passed the 200MM mark domestic.  Elio showed with 10.7MM on a 47 percent drop.

THE BATMAN 2 script is done. 

ORLANDO BLOOM and... SYDNEY SWEENEY? 

SYDNEY SWEENEY has collaborated with Baskin-Robbins to create a special summer menu, which does not involve her bath water. 

JOHN TRAVOLTA made a surprise appearance at Friday night's "Grease" sing-a-long at the Hollywood Bowl dressed as his iconic drag racing, hip swinging 1950s bad boy Danny Zuko.

BUGONIA: Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone are at it again: here's the trailer.

MARK HAMILL has more thoughts on Rian Johnson and The Last Jedi. 

THE 11 BEST SHARK MOVIES, ranked by THR. 

THE 100 BEST FILMS OF THE CENTURY, ranked by the NYT. 

JUST WASHING MY BIG SNAKE. Literally. 

A BEAR CUB discovers sprinklers. 

A DOGGO visits the grandparents. 

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL! The obligatory "Summer in the City" because of course.  But let's do the other big hits: "Daydream," "Do You Believe in Magic," and "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice."  Also, the band gets some orchestral backing on "Darlin' Be Home Soon," which is lesser-known today, but which reached No. 15 on the Billboard charts in 1967.

YACHT ROCK: Daryl Hall may hate it, but the seminal DIY video series turns 20 and led to a reconsideration of 70s soft rock.

THE BESNARD LAKES returns with "In Hollywood." 

BLOOD ORANGE shares "The Field." 

WHY? covers Mac Miller's "Circles." 

PROLAPSE shares "Cha Cha Cha 2000." 

BRIAN WILSON's cause of death. 

ZAK STARKEY, on being sacked from The Who, playing with Oasis, and Barry Keoghan playing Ringo Starr. 

SABRINA CARPENTER smells the glove. 

THE BEST ALBUMS of 2025 (So Far), according to NME. 

ORLANDO BLOOM & KATY PERRY are dunzo after nine years. 

F1: Will racing fans approve of Brad Pitt's latest? Plus, Jerry Bruckheimer takes you under the hood.

BRAD PITT's home was ransacked by burglars. 

ALLISON WILLIAMS quietly married fellow actor Alexander Dreymon. 

PAUL DANO will write and direct a comedy for Universal. 

THE TOP 10 MOVIES of 2025 (So Far), according to Variety.

LALO SHIFRIN, the Grammy-winning composer of “Mission: Impossible” and film scores including “Cool Hand Luke,” “Dirty Harry” and “Bullitt,” died Thursday of complications from pneumonia. He was 93. 

THE OCTOPUS: Master of Disguise.

A TARANTULA sheds a layer, goes blue. 

A CATerpillar. 

ROGER McGUINN performs "King of the Hill" -- a song about "Papa" John Phillips -- for Carson.

JAPANESE BREAKFAST plays KCRW. 

JONATHAN RICHMAN returns with “O Guitar,” and “I Was Just A Piece Of Frozen Sky Anyway.” And Jerry Harrison.

THE ROLLING STONES cover Clifton Chenier’s zydeco tune “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés” for his 100th birthday.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE shares “Love On The Big Screen.” 

BON IVER shares "From." 

CASE OATS shares "In a Bungalow." 

OHSEES shares "Fight Simulator."

JONI MITCHELL shares the demo for "Be Cool." 

BOB DYLAN is putting out an art book. 

BILLY IDOL: Learning I had a son wasn't a surprise. I had sex with a million people.

DENIS VILLENUEVE has been tapped to direct the next James Bond movie, the first from Amazon MGM Studios. 

F1's tracking estimates are all over the place. 

SENSE & SENSIBILITY is being adapted by Amazon, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones. 

MICHAEL CERA says TOM CRUISE chewed him out as Les Grossman. 

THE SOCIAL NETWORK: A sequel has been written by Aaron Sorkin, who intends to direct. 

DIDDY won't testify. 

VERY YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is headed to FX. 

BLUES CLUES' Steve Burns is launching a podcast designed to continue teaching the adults who watched his show as children.   

A CAT rides a gator. 

A GOAT imitates an Emu. 

RACING a Duck. 

THE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of "Tobacco Road."

RAIN PARADE plays KCRW unplugged. 

THE BETHS shares "No Joy." 

FRANZ FERDINAND adds JOHNNY MARR to "Build It Up." 

FOLK ***** TRIO shares "Moth Song." 

TOPS shares "Falling On My Sword." 

MTV is bringing back music videos, all day, all night, for one week. 

THE SONG OF THE SUMMER, picked by various artists. 

STEVEN VAN ZANDT will miss a few Springsteen shows after having to undergo emergency surgery for appendicitis. 

BOBBY SHERMAN, a singer and actor who became a quintessential shaggy-haired teen idol of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died Tuesday at age 81. 

PEDRO PASCAL: Everyone wants a piece. 

JAMES GUNN says viewers won't be confused by Superman's large cast. 

THE BOX OFFICE WINNERS & LOSERS of 2025 (So Far), according to Variety. 

HUGH JACKMAN is officially divorced. 

MICHAEL CERA, on turning down the Fantastic Beasts franchise. 

JAMES BOND: Amazon is rebooting him first in a videogame. 

EVERYONE LOVES RAYMOND is not getting a reboot. 

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER's highest-paying movie. 

THE FASTEST-GROWING Streaming Service may surprise you.  

CATS & DOGS, living together, with GPS...

DRAGON vs PYTHON: Who You Got? 

A GIRAFFE motivating a turtle. 

THE KINKS: "Last of the Steam Powered Trains" and "Picture Book," circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday.

WEIRD BLOOM is profiled at World Cafe. 

THE LEMONHEADS share "In The Margin." 

WET LEG shares "davina mccall." 

BLONDE REDHEAD share a choral version of "Rest Of Her Life." 

SUPERCHUNK shares "No Hope." 

GOLDEN APPLES shares "Noonday Demon." 

DOLLY PARTON is headed to Vegas. 

THE WRECKING CREW's director, on bassist Carol Kaye's beef with him and the Rock Hall of Fame. 

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Selena Gomez's breakup ballad "Lose You To Love Me." 

MICK RALPHS, the guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the legendary ‘70s rock bands Bad Company and Mott The Hoople, has died, according to an announcement from his rep. No cause of death was disclosed, although he had been in poor health for nearly a decade; he was 81. 

BRAD PITT & TOM CRUISE had a red carpet reunion. 

JOHNY DEPP, on his trials and MeToo accusations. 

EZRA MILLER: Don't call it a comeback. 

THE ROYALS: Prince Harry is offering King Charles III and Prince William an “olive branch” by inviting them to the 2027 Invictus Games. 

JOHNNY KNOXVILLE is hosting a reboot of Fear Factor. 

DERMOT MULRONEY divorces after 14 years. 

WES ANDERSON's FILMS, ranked by THR.  

KANGAROOS make for a unique golf hazard. 

A SEA LION returns to the beach to visit his rescuer. 

CATS & DOGS, living together...