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EVERY MOTHER'S SON: "Come On Down to My Boat," baby.

PALMYRA visits World Cafe.

BLONDSHELL shares “Event of a Fire.”

KACEY MUSGRAVES covers "Lost Highway."

SUFJAN STEVENS shares the demo for “Death with Dignity.”

TURNSTILE shares “Seein’ Stars” and “Birds.”

REAL ESTATE shares "Pink Sky."

KEVIN BACON sang "Footloose" at Stagecoach.

SHERYL CROW, on the industry from which she mostly exists at a remove these days.

MICHAEL BOLTON, on his glioblastoma diagnosis.

NICK CAVE, on his “love” for his live audience, and why he thinks the song "Into My Arms" is so affecting.

OSCARS voters admitted they lie about watching nominated films, by pressing play on the voting screeners and going to work.

BEN AFFLECK & JON BERNTHAL name their Mt Rushmores of rappers.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's accuser took the stand.

TOM CRUISE & ANA DE ARMAS, spotted together again.

THE BETTER SISTER, with Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks, has a trailer online.

LAINEY WILSON is set to make her feature film acting debut in the adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestseller "Reminders of Him."

THE GOONIES, Then and Now.

A CORGI eats and wears a watermelon.

THE DOGGO does not want his nose eaten.

INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS on parade.

THE TEMPTATIONS gallop through "I Can't Get Next to You" live on TOTP.

BRIAN ENO gets about three and a half hours of discussion and analysis on the latest Political Beats podcast.

MORRISSEY played a pair of Smiths classics in Reno.

STEREOLAB shares "Melodie is a Wound."

PUP shares "Olive Garden."

THESE NEW PURITANS shares "A Season in Hell," with Alexander Skarsgård.

JENNY HVAL shares "Lay Down."

THE ALARM's frontman Mike Peters, a long-standing cancer campaigner and fundraiser, has died aged 66, after living with blood cancer for 30 years.

RILO KILEY, Resurrected.

LUCY DACUS is uncomfortable with (but sorta understanding of) people treating her and Julien Bakers' lives “like a Marvel Universe.”

BUDDY GUY took on his role in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners “to help the blues.”

GENE SIMMONS explains why he's charging a fan over 12K to be his roadie.

BRUNO MARS, who definitely doesn’t owe tens of millions of dollars in gambling debts to MGM Resorts, forcing him to play a life-long residency at their venues, has once again extended his residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM.

THE SMASHING MACHINE, which may produce Oscar buzz for Dwayne Johnson, has a trailer online.

THUNDERBOLTS* arrives at a pivotal moment for Marvel; it's estimated to make 70-73MM domestically this weekend.

NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T has a trailer online.

WEAPONS, reuniting Josh Brolin and Alden Ehrenreich, has a trailer online.

THE TWO POPES surged on Netflix after th death of Pope Francis.

TERENCE HOWARD once turned down the chance to play Marvin Gaye in a biopic because he couldn't kiss a man.

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES may get a spinoff/reimagining.

HITCHCOCK is coming in force to Netflix.

A SENIOR DOG is rescued so he won't die alone. He thrives!

SO CUTE until he rips your face off.

A DOGGO picks up the drive-thru.

THE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards.

THE SWELL SEASON visits World Cafe.

CHRIS STAMEY shares the Beach Boys-inspired "I'd Be Lost Without You," with cool guests.

TY SEGALL shares "Possession."

DAVID FRANKLIN COURTWRIGHT shares "feels."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN played with John Fogerty, Smokey Robinson, Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Darlene Love and more at an awards show.

STEPHEN STILLS joined NEIL YOUNG at the annual Light Up The Blues charity show.

THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME inductees are announced, snubbing Joy Division/New Order.

JOHN CLEESE, on 50 years of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

TAYLOR SWIFT & BLACKE LIVELY appear to be on the outs.

SEBASTIAN STAN & WYATT RUSSEL, on Thunderbolts*.

JOHN LITHGOW, on JK Rowling and winding down his career at Hogwarts.

TOM CRUISE is encouraging his fans to go see Sinners.

BACK TO THE FUTURE 4 is never going to happen, says screenwriter Bob Gale.

REVENGE OF THE SITH: The Saddest and Sincerest Star Wars Movie.

BILL BELICHICK had an uncomfortable interview on CBS.

DOG BUS VIDEOS: Not one but two.

CATS working out on a treadmill.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THAT PELICAN is nice, but not the story.

THE KINKS are "The Village Green Preservation Society." God bless 'em.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Tennis, Sunflower Bean, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Deerhoof, the Moonlandingz, and more.  Plus, The Raveonettes released Pe’ahi II.

LANA DEL REY sang three new songs at Stagecoach.

THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE shares “Makes Me Great” and “Out of Body.”

FISHBONE shares “Last Call In America,” ft. George Clinton.

MATT PINFIELD is slowly recovering from his stroke.

OASIS: Noel and Liam Gallagher came together for some filming in a London pub earlier this week - reportedly being met with noise complaints from nearby residents.

WEEZER: The LAPD released footage from a shooting involving bassist Scott Shriner's wife, Jillian Lauren.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Sinners repeats atop the chart with 45MM on an extraordinarily good 6 percent drop.  The rerelease of Revenge of the Sith placed with 25.2MM, which iirc is the second-best suchever  rerelease ever.  The Accountant 2 shows with 24.2MM, wich iirc is about wht the original made in its debut.  A Minecraft Movie was close behind at 22.7MM, resulting in about 146MM in total box office, over twice as good as this frame last year, so good that Hollywood is once again wondering if the theatrical experience is coming back.

TOM CRUISE is underestimated as an actor, according to Kenneth Branagh.

GEORGE LUCAS explains why Yoda speaks backwards.

STEVEN SPIELBERG called The Godfather the greatest American film at a star-studded AFI tribute to Francis Ford Coppola.

NARNIA: Emma Mackey has been cast as the White Witch.

THE SOPRANOS: David Chase wasn't initially sold on James Gandolfini playing Tony because he thought he wasn't "threatening enough."

SELMA BLAIR's multiple sclerosis is in remission. 

DIDDY has rejected a plea deal  in his federal racketeering and sex trafficking case.

A SQUIRREL FAMILY sneaks home.

DOG and Butterflies.

THIS DOG is ungodly fast.

A PADDLEBOARDER encounters Orcas.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with SQUEEZE!  Despite a new LP, some of you whippersnappers may never heard of Difford, Tilbrook & Co., who previously reeled of stellar string of pop gems, including "Take Me I'm Yours", "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction", "Goodbye Girl,"  "Another Nail in My Heart", "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", "If I Didn't Love You", and the one most people know -- even if they don't know it's Squeeze -- "Tempted", which features transient member Paul Carrack on vox and keys.  Fun fact: Carrack was also responsible for the classic, "How Long" as a member of Ace.

SOCCER MOMMY plays The Current.

THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS return with "Sandbox."

EZRA FURMAN shares "Power Of The Moon."

HAIM shares “Down to be Wrong.”

MAGGIE ROGERS & SYLVAN ESSO cover Broken Social Scene's "Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl."

THE FACES are working on a new album after 50 years, says Kenney Jones.

SHANNON SHARPE is "electing to step aside temporarily" from ESPN in the wake of sexual assault allegations.

JULIA GARNER, on taking on the mantle of the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: First Steps.

JOSH HARTNETT: Not a fan of social media.

HUGH GRANT has criticized schools for allegedly restricting outdoor play and has also campaigned for the banishment of laptops and tablets in the classroom.

LINDA EVANGELISTA on cosmetic surgery disasters and more.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's retrial on sex abuse claims gets underway.

RAINN WILSON criticizes left-leaning news.

PARAMOUNT & the FCC start talks about their Skydance merger.

A DOGGO crashes the high school track meet.

A BLIND & DEAF DOGGO reunites with its owner.

ELEPHANTS adorably block traffic.