BLUR drops an in-studio video for "Under the Westway."

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD is advance streaming Hypnotic Nights.

CLARE & THE REASONS advance stream KR-51 (which is a model of moped).

BARONESS is advance streaming the Yellow and Green double set.

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND: "Boogie Shoes," live in Miami, circa 1974.

THE REPLACEMENTS: Pleased to Meet Me turns 25. I drove Music Works' Paul Miller out to the UPS depot to pick it up first thing that Tuesday morning.  I saw the opening show of the tour at First Ave. (w/ Young Fresh Fellows opening).  Get off my lawn.

CRO-MAGS co-founder Harley Flanagan attacked two current members of the band with a hunting knife before a gig at the CBGB Festival.

SLEIGH BELLS:  Derek and Alexis finish off each other’s sentences as they talk to Drowned In Sound about unleashing Reign Of Terror, Freddie Mercury as the ultimate front-person, and how they would have stopped at nothing to be the band they want to be.

20 SONGS for Sticking It to The Man.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Amazing Spider-Man tops the chart with 65 million (and a 140 million total to date).  That's good, but not nearly as good as The Avengers or The Hunger Games.  Indeed, it is not as good as the not-good 151-176 million Spider-Man 3 made in its first 3-6 days.  Still, it has a 341 million global total to date against a 230 million budget.  Ted places with a leggy 32.6 million and a mere 40 percent drop from its debut; its domestic total is 120 million against a 50 million budget, and hasn't played worldwide yet.  Brave shows with 20.2 million and continues to perform somewhere between Up and Wall-E.  Savages debuts in the fourth slot with 16.1 million against a 45 million budget.  Magic Mike rounds out the Top 5 with 15.6 million on a 60 percent drop -- which isn't terrible considering the subject and the fact that Warner Bros paid only 7 mill to distribute a film that has raked in 72.8 million domestic.

SAVAGES: If you needed proof that Oliver Stone still does sex, drugs and violence better than overt politics, Savages is your ticket. That said, Stone's adaptation of a novel by Don Winslow often seems to lack the propulsive narrative drive of his Scarface screenplay.  In a movie like JFK, Stone realized he needed sharp editing to keep folks interested; anyone thinking this will be paced like a Quentin Tarantino film will be disappointed (despite the occasional nod in that direction). However, setting aside the expectations set by the marketing, this is Stone's best film in years.  He largely succeeds in the not-easy task of getting you to buy the romantic triangle of the three ostensible leads, even making a sharp observation on it later in the film. And I say ostensible leads because Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro and John Travolta get the diabolically fun roles that are the real reason to see the film.  I suspect the divided opinion on this movie has much to do with its ending, which is a crazy, but entirely reasonable twist if you have fully invested, or a terrible cheat if you have not.

TOM CRUISE & KATIE HOLMES have called a temporary truce while their lawyers try to negotiate a full divorce settlement.

ELLIE KEMPER (The Office) has finally swapped her bridesmaid dress for a wedding gown.

GEORGE CLOONEY & STACY KIEBLER got food poisoning in Italy.

JENNIFER LOPEZ is developing an drama for ABC Family about a lesbian couple who suddenly have their already child heavy household turned upside down when a wayward teenage girl moves in.

NATALIE WOOD's death certificate has been changed from “Accident” to “Undetermined.”

ERNEST BORGNINE, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the Best Actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.

A CAT eats watermelon.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: 30 escape the zoo... 38 are recaptured.

THE SWARM: A honey producer near Grande Prairie, Alta., suspects another beekeeper may be responsible for the theft of millions of his bees.

...AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: A fish with genitals on his head.