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

NEW RELEASES: None this holiday week.

ELVIS COSTELLO picked influential songs for Theft of the Dial.

THE SUBURBS share "Social Style Lush."

SLEAFORD MODS cover Yazoo's "Don't Go."

HOW JIM MORRISON's final sessions with the Doors produced an L.A. classic out of chaos.

DAVID BOWIE: The long tail of Hunky Dory.

ROD STEWART and his son plead guilty to battery in 2019 Florida altercation case.

ROSALIE TROMBLEY, who as music director for CKLW furthered the careers of Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, the Temptations and many others, has passed at 82.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's "Emotions," a disco-house jam full of insane high notes.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Spider-Man: No Way Home debuts with a chart-busting 253MM domestic; that's the best December domestic opening, best ever for Sony, 3rd best ever among all films beating 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens domestic opening.  It has a rare A+ CinemaScore and little competition for weeks. Spidey's world-wide web netted 587.2MM without China. Encanto remains in the second slot with another 6.5MM.  Spielberg's West Side Story skids into third with 3.4MM on a dreadful 68 percent drop.

CHRIS NOTH faces a third accusation of sexual assault.

SAM WATERSTON is returning to "Law & Order." 

OSCAR ISSAC, on how ‘Inside Llewyn Davis' led to ‘Star Wars' and more.

OLIVIA MUNN & JOHN MULLANEY welcomed a baby boy.

JENNIFER LOPEZ says she's not mad at Ben Affleck's comments about his marriage  to Jennifer Garner.

JACLYN SMITH has a portrait in her attic.

THE BATMAN: Robert Pattinson's take on Bruce Wayne is isnpired by... Kurt Cobain?

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON's feature films, ranked at Uproxx.

A DOGGO referees a dispute over the remote.

A DEER, scoring a goal and celebrating.

A HUNTSMAN SPIDER interrupts an Australian Covid press briefing.

A PELICAN intrudes on the picnic.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, with crab.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ELTON JOHN! Half of a live show captured by the OGWT on Christmas Eve, 1974.  Your setlist includes: "Grimsby" (incomplete), "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Daniel," Grey Seal,"  "Bennie And The Jets," "I Saw Her Standing There," "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," "Honky Cat," "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting," "Crocodile Rock," "The B^tch Is Back," "Your Song," and "White Christmas."

PINK FLOYD is streaming a dozen live albums documenting some of their gigs from the early ’70s.

THE FELICE BROTHERS play World Cafe.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED on the best songs and albums we missed in 2021.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN sold his masters and publishing rights to Sony for 500MM.

JAPANESE BREAKFAST: Michelle Zauner On Her Wild Year And Winning The 2021 Uproxx Music Critics Poll.

THE TOP 25 EPs OF 2021, according to Paste.

IN MEMORIAM: The bands that broke up in 2021.

CHRIS NOTH is accused of sexual assault by two women.

CHRIS PRATT & KATHERINE SCHWARZENEGGER are expecting a second child.

KIM KARDASHIAN on beauty, fame, Kanye, criminal justice reform, and much more. Not your typical celeb interview.

JENNIFER LOPEZ is among those mad at Ben Affleck seemingly blaming Jennifer Garner for his alcoholism. He's doing damage control.

ALEC BALDWIN's phone is sought by the police.

CARRIE-ANNE MOSS Loves Trinity.

THE LOST CITY has a trailer online.

HOW I MET YOUR FATHER has a trailer online.

A DOGGO, moving four tires with one bite.

ANOTHER DOGGO, selecting his Christmas tree.

A GIRL and her doggo.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & STEVE EARLE performed a special set for charity.

POM PON SQUAD covered Nada Surf's "Popular" with Matthew Caws and remade the video at the same high school.

ELVIS COSTELLO talks to The Current.

GEORGE HARRISON: See the star-studded video for “My Sweet Lord” In celebration of the 50th anniversary of All Things Must Pass.

THE KINKS: Dave Davies has announced details of his forthcoming autobiography Living On A Thin Line.

THE O'JAYS: The remains of a body found nearly 40 years ago have finally been identified as Frank “Frankie” Little Jr., a former member of the R&B band.

LES EMMERSON, the voice behind the iconic 1970s rock track “Signs” has died from COVID-19 at the age of 77.

THE GUMMY AWARDS: Stereogum's reader poll for 2021.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch's clumsy, hip-house throwdown "Good Vibrations," the second rap song ever to top the Hot 100.

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME hits theaters on Friday and is poised to generate 150MM in its box office debut — a heroic feat even by pre-COVID standards.

INTRODUCING: The Sinister Six.

INDIEWIRE's 2021 Critics' Poll.

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY narrowly avoided the ultimate wardrobe malfunction.

15 ACTORS Who Made It Big With One Movie And Then Called It Quits.

ALAN RUCK (Succession, Ferris Bueller's Day Off), on the Jeremy Strong kerfuffle and more.

CORGI Roll Call.

A "TALKING" CAT is giving scientists insight into how felines think.

FERAL HOGS take over a Southeast Texas neighborhood.

OH TANNENBAUM! South Africa's most venomous snake slithers out of a family's decorated Christmas tree.

PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!"

ELTON JOHN visits World Cafe.

IDLES plays KEXP.

BIG THIEF shares "No Reason" and "Spud Infinity."

MICHAEL NESMITH Made It Fun, by Jack Handey. Yes, Jack Handey.

JAMES BROWN's estate has sold the late singer's music assets to Primary Wave for an estimated 90MM.

J MASCIS talks about Bob Dylan, stage dives, and his taxonomy of hugs.

STEREOGUM's 70 Favorite Songs of 2021.

NPR's Most Popular Songs Of 2021.

STEVE BRONSKI died in a Soho flat fire.

NICOLAS CAGE IS NICOLAS CAGE in the trailer for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

BEN AFFLECK felt “trapped” in his marriage to Jennifer Garner — and thinks he wouldn't have gotten sober had he stayed.

KIM KARDASHIAN said in a recent court filing that “no counseling or reconciliation effort” could repair her marriage to Kanye West  —  Kanye West is still hoping otherwise?

TOM CRUISE reportedly flew his private jet across the Atlantic and back to deliver 300 Christmas cakes to his London-based "Mission: Impossible" film crew.

KEANU REEVES decodes the Sad Keanu meme.

O.J. SIMPSON's parole ended early.

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, Return of the Jedi, and Stop Making Sense are among the 25 movies selected for preservation on the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, live-action version.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

MOTHER & CHILD Quokka.

BOB GELDOF, by his own admission, is responsible for two of the worst songs in history: "'Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "We Are The World."

ROBERT PLANT & ALLISON KRAUSS play a Tiny Desk Concert from Home.

AMOS LEE plays The Current.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE shares "Walker," inspired by the late Scott Walker.

AQUARIUM DRUNKARD's 2021 Year in Review.

THE 30 BEST ALBUMS of 2021, according to SPIN.

THE TOP 40 POP SONGS of 2021, according to Stereogum.

HOW THE HUMAN LEAGUE made "Don't You Want Me."

THE NUMBER ONES ooks at the extremely early-'90s R & B boy band Color Me Badd's first chart-topper "I Adore Mi Amor."

FANTASTIC BEASTS: The Secrets of Dumbledore has a trailer online.

DEEP WATER: The Adrian Lyne-directed erotic thriller starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas is going to streaming after the 20th Century Studios/New Regency movie was pulled from the Disney theatrical release calendar last week.

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS shut down in a COVID outbreak.

BRAD PITT is reopening the legendary Miraval recording studio in France.

ELON MUSK is TIME's Man of the Year.

YELLOWSTONE is getting a movie prequel, starring Tom Hanks.

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON doesn't think superhero movies ruined cinema.

A FAMILY OF PIGS, hopping through the grass.

A CAT, busy while the family sleeps.

A SEAGULL, dancing maniacally.