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

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to The National, Josh Ritter, Jesse Ware, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Robyn Hitchcock, Beach House, The Blue Aeroplanes, and more.

THE NATIONAL was profiled in The New Yorker and played "Eucalyptus" on Fallon.

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM returns with "Positive Charge."

LUCINDA WILLIAMS, reading a passage from her new memoir, Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You.

POPTIMISM killed the Hipsters.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at T.I.'s "Whatever You Like," the stadium-sized pop-rap song that soundtracked the last days before the financial collapse.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Super Mario Bros remains atop the chart and breaking records with 40MM on a leggy 33 percent drop.  Evil Dead Rise places with 12.2MM on a somewhat leggy 50 percent drop.  Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret shows with a 6.8MM debut, which is probably a disapointment, but the movie could find legs based on good word-of-mouth.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 3: Early buzz is hot, though the Rotten Tomatoes score has dropped from 91 to 78 percent as more reviews have rolled in.

MICHAEL J. FOX, on dealing with Parkinson's.

JACK NICHOLSON returned to his courtside seat for the Lakers, after a period of seclusion had folks speculating on his health.

EVA GREEN won her million-dollar High Court battle with a production company over the collapse of an abandoned sci-fi film.

SYDNEY SWEENEY stepping out with her fiancee amid rumors about a ralationship with Top Gun: Maverick's Glen Powell.

JASON MOMOA is also baffled by the success of Aquaman.

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, but R-rated.

AI v HOLLYWOOD: As labor contract negotiations heat up in Hollywood, unions representing writers and actors seek limits on artificial intelligence.

LION v TURTLE: Who You Got?

A SQUIRREL leaves a treat for a human friend.

A CHEETAH finds the shade.

RESEARCHERS Turned This Goldfish Into a Cyborg.

LONELY PARROTS find friendship through video chats.