HARRY NILSSON: "Everybody's Talking" on Swedish TV, circa 1969. SONNY & THE SUNSETS stream Hairdressers from Heaven. EX HEX performs at The Current. SILENCE KIT performs at The Current. THE FLAMING LIPS share “All For The Life Of The City.” ANGEL OLSEN teases her new song with Mark Ronson. TODD RUNDGREN covers Weezer's "Hash Pipe." THE BEST SELF-REFERENTIAL SONGS, according to Paste. PAUL RAYMOND, guitarist and keyboard player for UFO, has died at 73. GARY STEWART, the head of A & R for Los Angeles-based Rhino Records in the 80s and 90s, revivng bands like the Monkees and compiling power pop, 70s hits, and so much more, has died at 62. THE NUMBER ONES looks at the other love ballad from a blockbuster about a sinking ship, Maureen McGovern's "The Morning After".(Look, anyone can sink a ship at the end of a movie; try doing it at the beginning.)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Shazam! repeated atop the chart with 25.1MM, but on a 53 percent drop that probably troubles the studio a bit, evenen though it will recoup its 100MM production budget domestically in a day or so. It may well threepeat before Thanos snaps his fingers. Little places with a surprisingly strong 15.5MM against a 20MM budget. The Hellboy reboot shows with 12MM against a 50MM budget, which is bomb territory when you consider the original opened with 23.1MM in 2004 (the 2008 sequel opened with 34MM). Pet Sematary slides to fourth with10MM; its 59 percent drop is not unusual for a horror flick, and this one cost only 21MM to produce. Dumbo rounds out the Top Five with 9.2MM on a 50 percent drop; this one will sting the House of Mouse, even after the overseas receipts are counted. STAR WARS: The Mandalorian trailer debuted at the Celebration convention in Chicago; here's the bootleg look at it, and official pics. J.J. ABRAMS discusses the title of Star Wars: Episode IX. GAME OF THRONES and George R.R. Martin’s Legacy in Epic Fantasy. BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIE are officially single. DANCING WITH THE STARS' Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson tied the knot. WARNERS is freaking out that Amber heard's lawsuit against Johnny Depp may wreck the Harry Potter franchise. NETFLIX lost as much as 8 Billion in market capitalization after news of Disney's upcoming — and cheaper — streaming service. IAN COGNITO died onstage. Literally. WATCH A 173-LB RETRIEVER lose 100 pounds. THE CIRCLE OF Whoops. A CASSOWARY killed its Florida owner when it attacked him after he fell, authorities said Saturday. CHINESE SCIENTISTS defend implanting a human gene into monkeys' brains.
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