Weird Week Ahead

The Mamas & Papas: Can’t trust that day.

New Releases: Paste will point you to Sylvan Esso, Angela Autumn, and more.

Bill’s Indie Grotto reviews This Is Lorelei, The Tubs, and more.

Slack Times shares the jangly “Casting.”

Jeff Tweedy covers Twisted Teens’ “Wild Connection.”

Bleachers shares “Caught Myself Believing.”

Modest Mouse & Califone cover Neil Young’s “Barstool Blues.”

My Morning Jacket & the Preservation Jazz Band cover Neil Young’s “Like a Hurricane.”

Manic Street Preachers talk about their live album, memories of 1994, and more.

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Weekend Box Office: Practical Magic 2 tops the chart with a 30MM debut, in line with Sandra Bullock’s recent releases. That’s not great, Bob. Spider-Man: Brand New Day places with 8.4MM on a 54 percent drop. It will be the highest-grossing movie in domestic box office history by Monday. The Odyssey shows with 7.4MM on a 43 percent drop. It is Universal’s biggest picture evah.

Paramount leaving California would devastate the state’s economy.

Lady Gaga is now Mama Gaga.

Chris Hansen calls Primetime an “insult.”

Zack Snyder Goes Indie.

Crystal Lake, the new Linda Cardellini-led prequel series to “Friday the 13th,” has a trailer online.

Christian Bale opened a 22MM foster care community on Friday.

Why Has Hollywood Never Made a Great 9/11 Movie?

Jeremy Thomas, one of the film industry’s most highly respected independent producers with a body of work spanning more than half a century, died on Friday. He was 77 years old.

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Cats & Dogs, living together…

A Cat takes its Icarus journey.

Skateboarding with birds.

A Baby Horse, rescued from a swimming pool.