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

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Amy Millan, Ben Kweller, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Minus 5, Ty Segall, and more. But mostly The Minus 5. 

HAIM shares "Take Me Back."

GREG FREEMAN shares "Curtain." 

TAYLOR SWIFT purchased her catalog of recordings that were initially released through Big Machine Records, after six years of transfers and turmoil.

MATT BERNINGER: "All that's left when you're gone are your ideas." 

DAVID C. LOWERY, of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, talks to Sonny Bunch. 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Lilo & Stitch repeats atop the chart with 63MM on a 57 percent post-holiday drop. Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning places with 27.3MM on a similar 57 percent drp.  And Karate Kid: Legends shows with 21MM, maybe a little less.

LORETTA SWIT, the Emmy-winning actress who made the high-strung and relentlessly militaristic Maj. Margaret Houlihan human, dignified and, against all odds, sympathetic on the acclaimed television series “M*A*S*H,” died on Friday at her home in Manhattan. She was 87.  Her co-stars paid tribute.

HAILEE STEINFELD married JOSH ALLEN. 

VANESSA KIRBY is pregnant, as life imitates art. 

RUSSELL BRAND pleads not guity to sexual assault. 

DIDDY & HARVEY WEINSTEIN share an accuser. 

KNIVES OUT 3 drops a teaser. 

FRANKENSTEIN: Guillermo del Toro drops a teaser. 

TRUE DETECTIVE... with McConaghey and Harrelson? 

SINNERS is probably not getting a sequel anytime soon. 

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD's sequel is casting up. 

WHEN Michael Cera Met Jackie Chan. 

JON HAMM & JOHN SLATTERY reflect on Mad Men. 

CLINT EASTWOOD, on directing at 95. 

DAVID DASTMALCHIAN, a true "that guy" character actor, shared the soundtrack of his life. 

ALF CLAUSEN, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” for 27 years, has died at 84. 

A BABY GIRAFFE with the zoomies. 

BALL CHASE: Senior Dog Division. 

BOATING THROUGH GATORS: Nope, nope, nope. 

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.

TUNE-YARDS plays WFUV. 

TY SEGALL shares "Buildings." 

CASE OATS shares “Bitter Root Lake.” 

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN shares "Adelita." 

THE CHAMELEONS shares "Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing." 

TY SEGALL talks about going pop, and more. 

LUCY DACUS lists her favorite songwriters by decade. 

JOHN FOGERTY is set to release a new album filled with re-recorded versions of some of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s most iconic songs.  

BEN STILLER & ADAM SCOTT on all things Severance, inclusing possible spin-offs. 

THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB has a trailer online. 

THE HOME, with Pete Davidson in a horror role, has a trailer online. 

DIDDY TRIAL: An anonymous former employee took the stand in his sex trafficking trial, accusing him of sexual assault and violence. 

SYDNEY SWEENEY will sell you her bathwater. 

MAMMA MIA 3... with Sabrina Carpenter? 

EDDIE MURPHY's son just married Martin Lawrence's daughter. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES is licensing content to Amazon for AI purposes. 

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN has words for his Game of Thrones fans. 

A DOG COMES HOME after two years, and even the cat recognizes him. 

THE SQUIRREL makes a deal. 

THIS DOGGO is the opposite of a porch pirate. 

MOUNTAIN GOATS: John Darnielle choreographs Ace of Base's "The Sign." (Language warning) A perennial fave.

THE LUMINEERS play KEXP. 

DRUGDEALER & WEYES BLOOD share "Real Thing."

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA shares "Boys With The Characteristics Of Wolves." 

THOM YORKE shares "Dialing in." 

WHITNEY returns with ""Darling." 

THE WHO: Zak Starkey is not going along with the "retired, not fired" story. 

SMOKEY ROBINSON and his wife, Frances Robinson, have filed a 500MM countersuit against the four women who sued him earlier this month accusing the music icon of sexual assault. 

U2: Bono has a Bono-esque update on their next LP. 

MICHAEL SUMLER, Kool & The Gang‘s energetic hype man, passed away over the weekend at the age of 71.

F1: The making of Brad Pitt's pricey new racing pic. 

BARRY DILLER, on “the most coked-up film set” he ever visited during his tenure as the CEO of Paramount Pictures. 

KARATE KID: LEGENDS is tracking for a 25MM opening weekend. 

SUPERHERO CINEMA: Is this Summer a hinge point? 

HUGH JACKMAN's ex breaks her silence. 

DAVID GEFFEN may be headed for a messy divorce. 

JENNA ORTEGA, on transitioning out of child stardom.

JACKIE CHAN, on the Rush Hour trilogy. 

PETER KWONG, who playedone of the three martial arts warlocks in “Big Trouble in Little China,” died in his sleep. He was 73.  

ED GALE, best known for playing Chucky, a doll possessed by a serial killer, in Child’s Play and other infamous 1980s movie characters, has died. He was 61. 

PLAYING WITH A GATOR: Nope, nope, nope. 

A RUNAWAY PITBULL rings the doorbell at 4 a.m. 

A CAT, using one of its nine. 

THE MAIN INGREDIENT: "Everybody Plays the Fool." Sometimes.

FRANZ FERDINAND visits World Cafe. 

WET LEG shares "CPR." 

FOXWARREN shares "Deadhead." 

MJ LENDERMAN joins BEN KWELLER for "Oh Dorian." 

ALAN SPARHAWK and TRAMPLED BY TURTLES share "Get Still." 

ROD STEWART delivered a lively performance of “Forever Young” as he received the AMA’s lifetime achievement award. 

THE WHO didn't "fire" Zak Starkey; they "retired" him. 

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Are Beating Again. 

RICK DERRINGER, whose six-decade career spanned teen stardom as lead singer of the ‘60s smash “Hang on Sloopy,” a ‘70s solo hit with “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo,” session work with artists from Steely Dan to Barbra Streisand, and extensive work as a writer and producer of wrestling themes like Hulk Hogan’s seemingly ageless “Real American,” has died at 77.  And here are your NYT and Rolling Stone obits.

HBO"s HARRY POTTER has found its Harry, Ron and Hermione.  

DIDDY TRIAL: Capricorn Clark, a longtime employee of the rapper, accused him of kidnapping her with a gun and bringing her to the home of singer Kid Cudi. 

KEVIN SPACEY has directed his first feature film in more than 20 years.  

DIANE KRUGER is bringing Bluey to Germany.

LINDSAY LOHAN is embracing the drama (onscreen). 

FAME & FRUSTRATION On the New Media Circuit. 

YOUTUBE led all media companies in the United States in TV viewing time for the third straight month. 

DRAGONLORD is the new project from Swedish filmmaker David Sandberg, described as “like ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Mad Max, ‘Lord of the Rings’ and He-Man mashed into one." 

TAINA ELG, who starred opposite Gene Kelly in the colorful 1957 George Cukor musical Les Girls and with Kenneth More in the 1959 remake of the spy thriller The 39 Steps, has died. She was 95. 

CATS & DOGS, living together... 

FARM ANIMALS save a chicken from a hawk. 

A SEAL causing a traffic jam. 

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 Florry, Stereolab, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Go-Betweens‘ Robert Forster, Sparks, and more.

ST VINCENT (re-)shares "Tiempos Violentos."

CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS shares "Catching Feelings."

NEIL YOUNG & THE CHROME HEARS shares “Talkin to the Trees.”

SAINT ETIENNE shares "Glad."

FREDDIE MERCURY had a secret daughter?

FEARGAL SHARKEY received a prostate cancer diagnosis after seeing his doctor for a sore throat.

BILLY JOEL is committed to making a full recovery after a brain disorder diagnosis.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Lilo & Stitch tops the chart with 180MM.  Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning places with 77MM, a series-best debut.  Final Destination: Bloodlines shows with 24MM.  All pointing to a 4.2 billion summer.

TOP GUN 3 writer Christopher McQuarrie says the story is in the bag.

TOM CRUISE is very serious about a Les Grossman movie.

MISSIONS: IMPOSSIBLE, Ranked.

KENAN THOMPSON teases big changes at SNL.

ROSAMUND PIKE recalls a mugging.

THE WHEEL OF TIME is canceled.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE: An oral history.

THE 50 BEST DYSTOPIAN MOVIES, according to Paste.

PHIL ROBERTSON, the patriarch of TV’s “Duck Dynasty” reality show, has died. He was 79.

MARA CORDAY,  who was menaced by a huge hairy spider in the cult horror film Tarantula and appeared in several films thanks to Clint Eastwood, whom she called a “godsend,” has died. She was 95.

THE PORCH PIRATE is a pooch.

A CAT brings flowers to its owner's bed (and seems to know it's being watched).

SAVING GOOSE EGGS from a snake.