EURYTHMICS' Dave Stewart declares "Christmas is For Lovers".

HOLIDAY SEASON: No new releases or indie basement this week.

YO LA TENGO wrapped up Hanukkah by reuiniting the Aisler Set and brining the Bangles' Vicki Petersen for Herma's Hermits' “I’m Into Something Good.”

U2 plays "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" live for the time in 36 years.

PR0NO FOR PYROS shares a holiday song, "Pete's Dad."

CHER: Not a fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

JENNY LEWIS Talks Mr. Belvedere, Rilo Kiley, & Greening Out On Office Hours.

MAGNET's Top 25 Albums of 2023.

AC/DC's original drummer, Colin Burgess, has died at 77.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Wonka tops the chart with 39MM while exceeding projections overseas. Songbirds & Snakes places with 5.8MM on a leggy 38 percent drop.  Boy and the Heron shows with 5.1MM on a 60 percent drop, which is disappointing but probably not shocking.

MATTHEW PERRY died from “the acute effects of ketamine,” according to the toxicology report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. Perry had taken ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety a week-and-a-half before his death. The ketamine in his system at the time of his death, however, “could not be from that infusion therapy, since ketamine’s half-life is 3 to 4 hours, or less.”

A CHRISTMAS STORY at 40: Includes Ralphie's opinion on Die Hard as a Christmas movie.

GARY OLDMAN says he was saved by the Harry Potter and Batman franchises.

MIYAM BIALIK will not be hosting Jeopardy!

KANYE WEST goes on an unhinged, 10minute, antisemitic rant.

DEMI LOVATO and musician Jordan ‘Jutes’ Lutes have announced that they are engaged.

ROSARIO DAWSON is going to be a grandma.

VARIETY's Worst Movies of 2023 somehow includes Asteroid City.

WHIT STILLMAN, on Metropolitan as a Christmas movieand the evolution of the indie biz.

THE GODZILLA of seals.

WHAT KIND OF BIRD is this?

A BORDER COLLIE, herding ducklings to water.