POP MUSIC: Let's hear M talk about it.

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

LAURIE ANDERSON returns with "Road to Mandalay."

LIAM GALLAGER always saves a seat for Noel at his concerts.

QUEEN's billion-dollar deal with Sony is confirmed.

JOHN CALE's Favorite Music.

JAMES CHANCE, the No Wave icon who served as the saxophonist and singer of the Contortions and Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, has died at 71.

JON HAMM, on wrestling with Don Draper's demons, and more.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY & GLEN POWELL Interview each other.

PARAMOUNT: Inside the failed merger talks.

JENIFER LOPEZ, sans BEN AFFLECK in Italy.

NELLY & ASHANTI have been secretly married for months.

SPACEBALLS 2 is in development, and better be called "The Search For More Money."

INSIDE OUT is spinning off a TV show about the Dream studio.

GLADIATOR 2 is hyped as having some of the “biggest action sequences ever put on film.”

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS has begun filming.

LETHAL WEAPON 5 is still happening, according to Mel Gibson.

MOOSE vs GRIZZLY: Who You Got?

BLURRED LINES, but with a pigeon.

THE DOG brought a friend.

A RESCUE...Fish blossoms.

THE MUSIC EXPLOSION: "Little Bit O'Soul."

HEALTH plays KEXP.

BOB MOULD shares "Breathing Room."

TRACE MOUNTAINS covers Matthew Sweet's "Sick Of Myself."

MAVIS STAPLES shares "Worthy."

PAUL McCARTNEY's Top 80 Songs, according to Variety for his birthday. Ang greviously wrong in at least one respect.

HUEY LEWIS's musical is closing after two months on Broadway.

JOHN CALE, on hip-hop, Wales, the Velvet Underground, Nick Drake, Nico, Brian Eno, and more.

MICHAEL McDONALD: The Captain of Yacht Rock.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE was busted for DUI by a cop too young to know who he was.

WILLIE MAYS, the spirited center fielder whose brilliance at the plate, in the field and on the basepaths for the Giants led many to call him the greatest all-around player in baseball history, died on Tuesday. He was 93.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Ratings for the Season 2 premiere were down from last season's finale, though still solid.

EVERYONE HATES CHRIS is returning as an animated series.

A REAL PAIN has a teaser trailer online.

JOHN MULLANEY, on how Everybody’s in LA came together and his plans for future hosting gigs.

BEN AFFLECK & MATT. DAMON. are attached to star in the thriller RIP, with Joe Carnahan writing and directing.

WILL SMITH is already looking to the future as he is attached to star in Sony's Resistor.

JAWS forever changed the blockbuster, and may have lessons for the future.

THE SOPRANOS had a family reunion.

THE 10 BEST FILMS of 2024 (So Far), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

THE 10 BEST TV SHOWS of 2024 (So Far), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

ANOUK AIMEE, the sophisticated French beauty who graced the films of Federico Fellini, Jacques Demy, Sidney Lumet, Bernardo Bertolucci and Claude Lelouch, has died. She was 92. 

A DEER plays peek-a-boo.

A HERON saves a fish.

A CAT enjoying some love from deer.

GARY WRIGHT will always be known as the "Dreamweaver," but add "Love is Alive" (with More Cowbell) and you have Twofer Tuesday.

CHAKA KHAN plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

REDD KROSS shares “I’ll Take Your Word For It.”

BEACH BUNNY shares "Vertigo," not a U2 cover.

TINDERSTICKS shares "Nancy."

STEVIE NICKS: "Without Christine there is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together."

SCOOTER BRAUN has retired from managing his superstar clients.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Meghan Trainor's contentious novelty smash "All About That Bass."

FURIOSA: Australian authorities likely shelled out more than 100MM in tax rebates to the production.

IAN McKELLEN was taken to a hospital after falling off stage during a performance of Player Kings at the Noël Coward theatre in London.

RUSSELL CROWE Answers Yor Questions.

MORGAN FREEMAN: Not a fan of Black History Month.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA's Megalopolis has finally found a North American distributor.

MARTIN SCORSESE is reportedly working on a documentary about ancient shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea.

HOMICIDE: Life On The Street may finally make it to streaming.

A BORDER COLLIE masters the skateboard.

BEAR & MAN: An unexpected encounter.

A BEAR CUB, distracted by a red balloon while crossing the road.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

STEAM: The one-hit wonder with a synced take on "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." Sorry 'bout those White Sox.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to The Decemberists, John Cale, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has John Grant, Kelley Stoltz, and more.

R.E.M.: Here's better video of their one-song reunion. Plus video of Jason Isbell covering “It’s The End of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine).”   And here's the band's TOP 40, as ranked by each member: Michael's are #1-10, Peter's 11-20, Mike's 21-30, & Bill's 31-40. 

THE LINDA LINDAS covered Talking Heads' "Found A Job" on Fallon.

TALKING HEADS spoke about the making of their iconic concert film Stop Making Sense, saying that they didn't want it to be "too Spinal Tap".

PHISH's Trey Anastasio covered Steely Dan for the band's induction into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.

MICK FLEETWOOD joined CROWDED HOUSE for Split Enz's "I Got You."

THE BLACK KEYS reportedly signed a new manager.

JOHN GRANT, on how Cocteau Twins, The Carpenters, Kate Bush, Dead Can Dance, and more influenced his new LP.

ALICE COOPER launches his Presidential campaign.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Inside Out 2 tops the chart with a boffo 155MM opening (295MMglobally), in a hige relief to Pixar/Mouse and the industry generally.  Bad Boys 4 places with 33MM on a very leggy 42 percent drop.  Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes rises again toshow with 5.2MM on a mere 4 percent drop despite losing 555 screens.  It is the Summer of the Adequate Sequel.

MILES TELLER to star in a remake of An Officer and a Gentleman?

NICOLE KIDMAN confirms she and SANDRA BULLOCK are doing a Practical Magic sequel.

TUBI cashes in as streaming gets more expensive.

RUSSELL BRAND: Concerns about his behavior while hosting Big Brother spin-off programmes were “not adequately addressed”, an investigation has found.

ARMIE HAMMER is grateful for those cannibalism rumors.

KATE WINSLET, on the weird aspects of kissing Leonardo DiCaprio for Titanic.

BRUCE WILLIS: A Celebration.

A RACCOON picks up some Dunkin'.

HOW A DEAF DOG learns it's time for a walk.

A DOGGO saved from a pit by an excavator.

HORSES AND A GOAT go on the lam.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with POWER POP (REDUX)! For whatever reason, I have considered Summer the ideal season for gems like Badfinger's "No Matter What" (which Pate covered on occasion) and "Baby Blue", and even Todd Rundgren's "I Saw the Light" and Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me."  Ditto for more obscure tracks like The Rubinoos "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (see also their vintage cover of "Please Please Me"), Off Broadway's "Stay In Time" and "Full Moon Turn My Head Around," and Pezband's "Baby It's Cold Outside" and "Close Your Eyes."

T-BONE BURNETT visits World Cafe.

DIVINE FITS had a surprise reunion in Williamsburg.

R.E.M.'s first group interview in 30 years. And their first performance in 17 years.

ART BRUT shares "Home Altars of Mexico."

PAUL WELLER covers Billie Eilish’s Oscar-winning Barbie ballad “What Was I Made For?“

TOM MORELLO joined... DEF LEPPARD on the glammy "Just Like '73."

BACKBEAT director Iain Softley looks back on capturing the early Beatles 30 years ago.

BILLIE EILISH, Interviewed by LANA DEL REY.

MARK JAMES, the songwriter responsible for classic hits like "Suspicious Minds" and "Hooked On A Feeling," has died at 83. 

INSIDE OUT 2 opens at 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Can it save Pixar from its slump? Tracking estimates are for a 90MM debut.

WATCHMEN: The animated miniseries has a teaser trailer online.

THE G.I. JOE / TRANSFORMERS crossover has a screenwriter.

DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON signed a first look deal with Disney.

EMILY BLUNT may join Spielberg's UFO movie.

APOCALYPTIC MOVIES, ranked by survivability.

GREMLINS: An Oral History.

A GROUPER, petted by a diver.

GATOR vs DRONE: Who You Got?

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A HONEYBEE changes its mind in mid-sting.