Karl ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” is 50 years old now.
New Releases: Paste will point you to Phoebe Bridgers, the Womack Sisters, Dent May, and more.
Bill’s Indie Grotto: Brooklyn Vegan may effectively be dead, but Bill Pearis is on Substack with Kiwi Jr., King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Sweeping Promises, and more.
Twisted Teens shares “toe.” But kind of as a joke, I think.
Smug Brothers shares “Pinhole to Vortex.” They’re from Dayton, like Guided by Voices.
Troje Sivan shares “She’s the Best,” and look, that’s Nicole Kidman.
Sheryl Crow shares “Freedom Bus.”
Julia Jacklin covers Sugar Ray’s “Every Morning.” Yes, really.
The Kinks’ Dave Davies clarifies his past comments on The Beatles.
Johnny Marr, on Paul McCartney’s summation of the The Smiths’ break-up.
Frankie Valli is not retiring at 92 years old, despite his brother Bobby stating otherwise.
Dave Marsh, the music critic and biographer who documented the early days of Bruce Springsteen in his influential 1979 book “Born to Run,” died Friday in his Connecticut home. He was 76.
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Weekend Box Office: Spider-Man: Brand New Day dominates with 70MM on a 51 percent drop and it’s the second-best third weekend evah, grossing over 2 Billion globally. The Odyssey places again with another 23.2MM on a leggy 27 percent drop and crossing the 500MM mark domestically. End of Oak Street shows with 21MM; both Variety and THR reviewed it as “trash, but in a good way.”
The Paramount-WB merger is approved in Mexico, leaving only 12 state attorneys general standing in the way of closing the deal.
Avengers: Doomsday dropped a second trailer online. Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman keep promoting their absence from the movie.
Adam Driver will finally do an MCU movie, joining the X-Men reboot.
VisionQuest will feature James Spader returning as Ultron.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse had unfinished footage leak online.
Incredibles 3 and Zootopia 3 are both in the works.
Monstropolis is set to open at Disney World in 2027.
Matthew McConaughey, on helping to catch a murderer. And on name-dropping when he got pulled over by Mexican police.
Johnny Depp may return to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, according to Jerry Bruckheimer.
Drea de Mateo says starting her OnlyFans page was a “political statement.”
Mark Rydell, who received a best director nomination for the Oscar-winning “On Golden Pond” and directed Bette Midler in “The Rose” and “For the Boys,” died Friday. He was 97.
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Fare-evading Goats are back home after hopping on a public Portland bus during the morning commute.
Sharing orange juice with a bear cub.
A Bat… swimming.
