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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.

PANDA BEAR visits World Cafe.

PAUL WELLER covers The Guerrillas' “Lawdy Rolla,” and Brian Protheroe’s 1974 UK hit “Pinball.”

WEDNESDAY shares "Elderberry Wine."

ROBERT FORSTER of the Go-Betweens shares "All Of The Time."

MADELINE KENNEY shares "Scoop."

DEAD & COMPANY detail their 60th "anniversary" shows at Golden Gate Park.

GEORGE WENDT guested with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson on a Cheers podcast shortly before his death.

CAUGHT STEALING, from Darren Aronofsky, has a trailer online.

ZACH BRAFF is rejoining Scrubs.

VINCE VAUGHN has a Netflix hit.

DAVID DUCHOVNY officially tied the knot with Monique Pendleberry, after nearly six years of dating.

CHRIS BROWN was granted bail by a London court after he was charged with a serious assault, clearing the way for his world tour.

HARRISON FORD advised MILEY CYRUS.

IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY for Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson.

BARRY DILLER: Hollywood's Most Fearsome Legend Bares His Soul.

HOLLYWOOD gained a powerful DC ally in its fight against AI.

MICHAEL ALAIMO, a theater and film actor known for his roles in "Space Jam" and the Oscar-nominated "The China Syndrome," died Friday, May 2, in Burbank, Calif. He was 86.

MEMORIAL DAY has become -- in the minds of some -- a day devoted to uncovering their swimming pools and barbeques. So take a moment (preferably at 3 p.m. local time) to remember what it's really about.You can read about "The Meaning of Memorial Day" with selections from American authors and statesmen, including Herman Melville, Ernie Pyle, Louisa May Alcott, Frederick Douglass, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Joyce Johnson and the "Arlington Ladies" who attend every funeral in Arlington National Cemetery, to ensure no soldier is buried alone, take more than a moment.  Re-read "A Death in the Family," as powerful as it was when Christopher Hitchens wrote it in 2007.  Revisit William Wyler's footage of the last mission of the Memphis Belle, or check the Tube for Alfred Hitchcock's footage of the liberation of the Belsen concentration camp.  The Wikipedia entry for Memorial Day notes a race track connection unrelated to the Indy 500.  It's a good day -- as good as we are likely to get -- for Sgt. Barry Sadler's No. 1 smash, "Ballad of the Green Berets."  or the movie adaptation of Gen. George S. Patton's "Speech to the Third Army."  As "Greyhawk" once wrote at the Mudville Gazette, "This is Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy it. Celebrate it - the people who died to give you that right would appreciate it. But they didn't die peaceably in their beds, these dogs who fell protecting sheep from wolves.

LIONS vs HIPPOS: Who You Got?

DOGS are Boyfriend's Best Friend.

A DOG and his puddle.

ANOTHER DOGGO heads down the aisle.

JON PRATT covers Pate's anthemic "Gone Electric" as Pete Townshend crossed with early Billy Bragg. And he's getting the band together in July.

NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS play KEXP.

WOLF ALICE debuted two new songs in Kilkenny.

US GIRLS shares "Like James Said."

STEREOLAB shares "Transmuted Matter."

SMUT shares "Touch & Go."

LAURA STEVENSON shares "Honey."

TURNSTILE shares "Look Out For Me."

STEVE PERRY discusses recording a new version of Journey's "Faithfully" with Willie Nelson and whether he has more music on the way.

JOSH FREESE listed 10 possible reason he was fired from Foo Fighters.

JIM MORRISON's stolen graveside bustwas found by chance 37 years later.

GEORGE WENDT, the Second City comedian who earned six consecutive Emmy nominations for his performance as Norm Peterson on the beloved NBC comedy series “Cheers,” died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 76.  Ted Danson, John Ratzenberger, and more paid tribute.

PEPPA PIG has a new sister.

SIMON PEGG: "Every 'Mission: Impossible' I've ever done has had a parallel 'Mission: Impossible' running alongside it, which is making 'Mission: Impossible.'" 

ZOOTOPIA 2 has a teaser trailer online.

THE BEAR: Season 4 has a trailer online.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN's "THE GOLD RUSH" has a trailer online for its 100th anniversary.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's third accuser testified about an alleged assault that she said occurred nine months after the charges he now faces.

DIDDY's trial continued with testimony from a male escort whose nickname is "The Punisher."

JODIE FOSTER: What is with these young actors today?

MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS: The maestro is finally getting a documentary.

LETHAL WEAPON 5: Are they getting too old for this?

A DOGGO wants into the ambulance.

A KOMODO DRAGON swallows a goat in three seconds.

SERVICE DOGS reuniting with the people who raised them before they graduate.

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

JULIEN BAKER & TORRES visit World Cafe.

JOHNNY MATHIS plays his last show.

SUEDE shares "Disintegrate."

CAR SEAT HEADREST performs "The Colossus" for the first time.

DIIV shares  "Return of Youth."

FLORRY shares “Truck Flipped Over ’19.”

GUIDED BY VOICES is not broken up... but maybe not touring?

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy," the first Hot 100 chart-topper from an artist born in the 21st century.

TOM CRUISE does not want to be the last movie star. And he wants to make movies into his 100s.

DENZEL WASHINGTON got a surprise honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes.

WES ANDERSON discovering MICHAEL CERA is like God discovering water, according to Benedict Cumberbatch.

DIDDY: Three witnesses backed up claims of abuse made by his ex-girlfriend.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN will speak out in a new on-camera interview with Candace Owens about the allegations made against him. Meanwhile, a third accuser testified that he was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

SESAME STREET heads to Netflix (and PBS).

EDDIE REDMAYNE, on “The Day of the Jackal,” “The White Lotus,” and more.

TOY STORY 5 adds Conan O'Brien.

SAG-AFTRA is fighting the use of AI James Earl Jones' voice as Darth Vader in Fortnite, though Jones' family was onboard. 

A DOG'S-EYE VIEW of a beach visit.

A HAWK and a duck decoy.

A DOG and a BABY, meeting the first time.

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

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Ezra Furman, Tune-Yards, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Gotobeds, Billy Nomates, and more.

THE BLACK KEYS shares "No Rain, No Flowers."

VANDOLIERS shares "Your Picture."

JADE BIRD shares "Avalanche."

DRAYTON FARLEY shares “Carving of a Dove.”

THE WHO sacks Zak Starkey again.

FOO FIGHTERS sacked Josh Freese.

THOM YORKE goes Willy Wonka.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Final Destination Bloodlines tops the chart with 51MM, which iirc is the best opening for this franchise.  Thunderbolts* placed with 16.5MM on a 50 percent drop, and may still have trouble making a profit despite a 325MM worldwide total.  Sinners showed with 15.4MM on a leggy 32 prcent drop.

NOUVELLE VAGUE: Richard Linklater's take on the making of Breathless, in the style of that film, has a trailer online.

JUSTIN BIEBER was not one of Diddy's victims.

MICHAEL J. FOX is returning to TV.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE, on motherhood and postpartum.

MARISKA HARGITAY, on her mother, Jayne Mansfield, and her biological father.

JOSH HOLLOWAY: Call it a comeback?

ED SMYLIE, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon, died on April 21 in Crossville, Tenn. He was 95. 

A PIG's daring highway escape.

JUNGLE CRUISE? Chased by a hippo.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

TUSCON SHEEP are front-line troops in the war on wildfires.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with HARRY NILSSON! Let's revisit the BBC's "The Music of Nilsson from 1971, including a mashup of "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" and "One," "Gotta Get Up," a medley of "Walk Right Back," "Cathy's Clown" and "Let The Good Times Roll," and really moving take on "Life Line." Then there are two videos from The Point!  -- "Think About Your Troubles" and "Are You Sleeping" -- sandwiching "Joy." The set concludes with "Without Her," "Coconut" and "1941."

NELS CLINE of Wilco visits World Cafe.

NATION OF LANGUAGE shares "Inept Apollo."

WOLF ALICE shares “Bloom Baby Bloom.”

BLONDE REDHEAD shares "Before (Choir Version)."

SMOKEY ROBINSON is under a criminal investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after being accused of sexual assault.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: The early Tomatometer is good, but the reviews seem mixed.

TOM CRUISE & ANA DE ARMAS? US Weekly claims there is indeed a romance.

THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST: Mel Gibson's sequel found a studio.

DIDDY overdosed at the Playboy Mansion, his ex-galpal testified. And there's yet another lawsuit against him.

CHRIS BROWN was arrested at a five-star hotel over a bottle attack at a London nightclub.

PEDRO PASCAL interviews DAKOTA JOHNSON.

SEAN PENN says movie stardom ran out somewhere around Jennifer Lawrence.

STEVE PEPOON, who received an Emmy for writing an episode of The Simpsons as a freelancer, worked on other TV comedies like It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, ALF and Roseanne and co-created The Wild Thornberrys, has died. He was 68.

CHARLES STROUSE, the famed Broadway composer who received Tony Awards for his scores for Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died Thursday at his home in New York City, his family announced. He was 96.

JOE DON BAKER the broad-shouldered Texas tough guy who portrayed characters on both sides of the law, most notably Sheriff Buford Pusser in the unexpected box-office hit Walking Tall, died May 7, his family announced. He was 89. 

THE DOGGO as bridesmaid.

A RESCUE DOG reunites with its foster.

TIGER vs BEAR: Who You Got?