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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE...

...with THE TALKING HEADS!  Here's the expanded band -- including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) -- Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay Hungry," "Cities," "I Zimbra," "Drugs," "Take Me To The River," "Crosseyed And Painless," "Life During Wartime," "Houses In Motion," "Born Under Punches," and "The Great Curve."

WILL SHEFF plays KEXP.

PAOLO NUTINI plays WFUV.

BOYGENIUS shares "Not Strong Enough."

SPARKS shares "The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte."

KELLY CLARKSON covers Spacehog.

JOURNEY's Neal Schon v. Everyone: Will Band Members Go ‘Separate Ways'?

LEONARD COHEN's children and heirs have accused his former manager and his attorneys of forgery.

CHAKA KHAN: The Wrath of Khan.

WAYNE SHORTER, the enigmatic, intrepid saxophonist who shaped the color and contour of modern jazz as one of its most intensely admired composers, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 89.

STEVE MACKEY, the bassist for Pulp, has died at 56.

WOODY HARRELSON railed against COVID protocols on film sets during a new interview with The New York Times.

CHRISTINA AGUILERA, on getting injections.

CHRIS ROCK is ready to talk about the Will Smith Slap... on Netflix.

THE ROYALS: Why Don't Big Stars Want to Perform at Charles' Coronation?

ANA DE ARMAS, on the polarized reaction to Blonde.

JOHN WICK 4 is on track for a franchise-record opening.

DONNIE YEN: Hong Kong's Ageless Action Hero (is in John Wick 4).

HAUNTED MANSION has a trailer online.

BAD PROJECTION Is Ruining the Movie Theater Experience.

A PUPPER runs out of battery.

RAISING A DOG... I mean a bear.

THE LOCHNESS MONSTER has escaped.

CANDIE PAYNE brings her updated Northern Soul sound on "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More."

MICHIGANDER plays World Cafe.

BIG THIEF plays the unreleased "Vampire Empire."

MOMMA shares "Bang Bang."

MUDHONEY shares "Move Under."

KISS announces their final shows ever, no, really, this time for sure, nothing up their sleeves, presto.

KAIA KATER on swinging between emotional extremes when making something, the value of side projects, and the power of slowing down.

THE NUMBER ONES ooks at Justin Timberlake's sweeping, ambitious breakup ballad "What Goes Around... Comes Around."

MEGXIT: Harry and Meghan are getting booted from Frogmore Cottage.

ALEC BALDWIN is hit with yet another lawsuit related to the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

NICOLAS CAGE may want his own Dracula movie.

THE IDOL was supposed to be HBO's next Euphoria, and it has gone wildly, disgustingly off the rails. REBUTTAL from The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp.

JENA MALONE claims that she was “sexually assaulted” while filming “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.”

CHRIS PINE, profiled at Esquire.

MRS. DAVIS, with a nun on a Butlerian jihad, has a trailer online.

CAT-LIKE Reflexes.

A GATOR interrupts lacrosse practice.

WHEN A BEAR ATTACKS, don't ‘push a slower friend down,' National Park Service says.

FLAMING GROOVIES "Shake Some Action," circa 1987.

BIG STAR gets over two hours of discussion and analysis at Political Beats. That's longer than their original discography.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Daisies, Anna B. Savage, and more.

FEIST joins HAYDEN for "On a Beach."

KELLY CLARKSON covers Smashing Pumpkins' "1979."

DAVE GROHL fed 450 homeless people after cooking barbecue for 16 hours.

YOKO ONO, reportedly in ill health, is moving out of The Dakota.

QUASI: Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss discuss their discography.

R.E.M.: Mike Mills responded to Alex Jones’ claim that all artists asked to “pledge themselves to Lucifer” before signing record deals.

ADELE is reportedly engaged to Rich Paul.

EVAN RACHEL WOOD submits evidence that she did not manipulate Marilyn Manson's accuser.

JEREMY RENNER shared video of his physical therapy, nearly two months after his snowplow accident.

THE MANDALORIAN: What to expect in Season 3.

PATRICIA ARQUETTE, on bombing her audition for "Jerry Maguire."

THE NIGHT MANAGER is getting a second season.

PETER PAN & WENDY has a trailer online, if you want to see Jude Law as Hook.

STREAMING: To Bundle or Not To Bundle?

A LAND DOLPHIN, in its natural habitat.

FRODRICK is in the house.

A HEDGEHOG, farting. Dinsdale!

THE FEELIES: The Jonathan Demme-directed "Away" and a live take on "Deep Fascination" for Twofer Tuesday.

STARCRAWLER plays The Current.

NEIL YOUNG's first performance since the pandemic.

GEORGE HARRISON's Jukebox, circa 1965.

ROGER WATERS had a concert canceled in Frankfurt.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Nelly Furtado's astral, psychedelic pop ballad "Say It Right."

GINA BURCH of the Raincoats talks to Paste about her solo LP.

COURTNEY COX, on Friends, Prince Harry taking shrooms at her place, and more.

ANT-MAN 3: Should Marvel be worried about the movie's 70 percent drop?

MARK WAHLBERG's SAG appearance sparked controversy.

JON HAMM is engaged to his Confess, Fletch costar Anna Osceola.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN crossed paths with a high school contemporary who used to ‘tease him’ in an awkward red carpet moment.

AUSTIN BUTLER, on Elvis, auditioning for Tarantino, and more.

TOM SIZEMORE's family is “deciding end of life matters” for the 61-year-old actor after he suffered a brain aneurysm on Feb. 18.

THE HIGHEST PAID actors and actresses on TV.

PARTY DOWN: An Oral History.

DROP-KICKED by a monkey.

A TIGER, waking up.

NOT BAXTER, but a distinguished gentleman nonetheless.

BLAKE BABIES' fab cover of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes."  Saw 'em open for Game Theory, many moons ago.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to US Girls, Iris DeMent, Gina Burch, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Church, Gruff Rhys, Death Valley Girls, and more.

FISHBONE returns with "All We Have Now."

SUPERCHUNK shares "Making A Break."

JACK WHITE played "Taking Me Back" and "Fear Of The Dawn" on SNL.

HOW LANA DEL REY Became ‘Completely Unburdened' For Her Most Personal Material Yet.

DEATH VALLEY GIRLS: Bonnie Bloomgarden talks about the influences on the band's new LP.

US GIRLS' Meg Remy gives a track-by-track tour of the new album.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at "Irreplaceable," the angry blockbuster that Beyonce almost didn't include on her album.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Ant-Man 3 tops the chart with 32.2MM, but that's a 70 percent drop, the worst second-weekend drop for an MCU film.  Cocaine Bear places with a 23MM debut.  The faith-based Jesus Revolution shows with a 15.5MM debut.

ROGERS: That Captain America musical from Hawkeye is becoming a real stage show.

ELIZABETH OLSEN teases Wanda's return to the MCU.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!

MARILYN MANSON's accuser recants, claims that she was “manipulated” by Evan Racel Wood and Illma Gore to make false accusations.

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN was honored with a state memorial service in Australia on Sunday.

TOM CRUISE, as Pumbaa fro "The Lion King." Coming Soon.

SCREENTIME: The Ankler's Richard Rushfield discusses whether a looming writers' strike will change how streamers do business or end civilization as we know it.

BEARS IN POP CULTURE: The Definitive Ranking.

A HAMSTER with room to spare.

A BIRD knows its color schemes.

WHEN YOUR FRIENDS got in the club and you didn't.