Karl The Godfathers: “Birth, School Work, Death.”
New Releases: Paste will point you to Westside Cowboy, Lambchop, and more.
Bill’s Indie Grotto has The Afghan Whigs, The Cramps, and more.
Friko shares “Necessary.”
Jeff Tweedy covers Star Moles’ “Real Magic.”
Nicole Atkins shares “Trippin’ On Teardrops.”
Napsack shares “If I Could Write.”
Bonnaroo is taking 2027 off to let their location recover from extreme weather.
Dr. Dre sees AI as another tool in the music-tech toolbox akin to synthesizers — and asserted that only people “who have trouble creating” are afraid of AI.
Janie Bradford, the onetime receptionist for Berry Gordy who co-wrote the R&B classic “Money (That’s What I Want),” the first big hit for Motown Records, has died. She was 87.
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Weekend Box Office: Spider-Man: Brand New Day remains atop the chart with another 39MM on a 40 percent drop. Insidious: Out Of The Further places with a 25.3MM debut. The Odyssey shows with 19.5MM on a mere 17 percent drop.
Mark Ruffalo attacked the Paramount-WB merger by implicating Larry Ellison in genocide and apartheid in Israel. Paramount responded that the company is “troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute.” The studio got support from prominent Jewish advocacy groups. Ruffalo replied that “the accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest.”
Hollywood’s Battle Against Piracy enters a brand new era.
Anna Taylor-Joy, on Dune 3.
National Treasure 3 reportedly has a script.
Meghan Markle is eyeing a return to the screen as she and Prince Harry move back to the U.K.
Mel Brooks programs his 20 favorite films at American Cinematheque.
Harry Potter actress Jessie Cave, on joining OnlyFans.
Michael Wright, who starred as the lead vocalist Eddie King Jr. in Robert Townsend’s The Five Heartbeats and as Wesley Snipes’ brother in Sugar Hill, has died. He was 70.
Shelley Fabares, the star of the classic sitcoms “The Donna Reed Show” and “Coach,” died on Saturday in Los Angeles. She was 82.
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Doggo befriends Donkey.
Cats & Dogs, living together…
The odds of a Deer randomly coming up to you and beating the daylight out of you are incredibly low, but never zero.
