Karl Marshall Crenshaw played “Someday, Someway“ for his network TV debut in 1982.
New Releases: Paste will point you to Greg Freeman, Stef Chura, and more.
Bill’s Indie Grotto has The Fall, Johnny Marr, and more.
Turnstile played “BIRDS” and “I CARE”/”DULL” on SNL.
King Hüsky covers the Silver Jews’ “Punks In The Beerlight.”
The Rolling Stones shares “Bad Luck Hideaway,” a Mick/Keith duet with Charlie Watts on the throne. It’s the virtual B-side to “Mr. Charm.”
DIIV shares “Trillions.”
Gen X is moving on to the Early Bird Special concerts.
A St. Louis man discovered his biological father is Michael McDonald.
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Weekend Box Office: Verity tops the chart with 32.6MM, high for a Colleen Hoover adaptation but getting a C+ CinemaScore. Resident Evil places with 12.5MM on a 46 percent drop. Heart of the Beast shows with 11MM on a 45 percent drop. Digger opens with only 8MM in the fifth slot, a bigger disaster than the one in the movie, set to lose 150MM.
Skydance is the official name of the Paramount-WB umbrella. It also sounds like David Ellison is gonna back up the truck to make Barbie 2.
Michael Douglas finally copped to his secret relationship with “Romancing the Stone” co-star Kathleen Turner after four decades of secrecy.
Clayface is long-range tracking to open at 23-33MM.
The Social Reckoning: Aaron Sorkin didn’t reckon on Jesse Eisenberg not reprising his role as Zuck.
Tony Romo is out at CBS Sports following his DUI arrest.
Sony Pictures has emerged as the frontrunner to land Michael B. Jordan’s Battlefield video game movie adaptation. Christopher McQuarrie, who worked on Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies, is attached to write, direct and produce.
The Age of Antiheroes: The best shows of TV’s best age featured the worst of people. And we loved it.
Marjoe Gortner, the celebrity child preacher who was the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary and an actor with roles in Earthquake, When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? and Falcon Crest, has died. He was 82.
Mary Louise Weller, who portrayed Mandy Pepperidge, the Pi House sorority sister and object of future U.S. senator John “Bluto” Blutarsky’s affection in Animal House, has died. She was 79.
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Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak.
A Chiuahua adopts a wolf cub.
A Puma Cub, rescued from a wolf pack.
A Bull assists a disabled doggo.
