THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS play "Birdhouse In Your Soul" with the Doc Severenson Orchestra.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Weyes Blood, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Richard Dawson, Röyksopp, and more.

ROSIE THOMAS & SUFJAN STEVENS teamed up on a new Christmas song, "We Should Be Together."

CHRIS FRANZ & TINA WEYMOUTH, on feminism, working with David Byrne and Phil Spector, and the chances of a Talking Heads reunion.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE's Dave Portner is profiled by American Songwriter.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN defends his high ticket prices. Harvey Dent similes.

LIVE NATION is under investigation by the Justice Dept.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Outkast's cross-genre, cross-generational monster smash "Hey Ya!"

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Wakanda Forever repeats atop the chart with 67.3MM on a 67 percent drop that some are attributing to the film's length (maybe).  The Menu places with a 9 MM debut, while The Chosen Season 3 (a faith-based title) shows with 8.2MM.  Below the fold, She Said, the Me-Yoo journalism moviedebuted in the sixth slot with 2.3MM.

BOB IGER has retaken control of Disney.

JASON DAVID FRANK, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver on the 1990s children's series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” has died.  He was 49.

HARRISON FORD explains why he agreed to Indiana Jones 5.

RYAN REYNOLDS, on a Deadpool Christmas movie.

MORGAN FREEMAN caught flak on social media for opening the Qatar World Cup ceremony.

WALL-E director Andrew Stanton on the film's legacy and his feelings about a sequel.

MOVIES need to show in theaters.

QVC made a Christmas movie.

A BABY CHIMP had to be put on oxygen before it was introduced to its mother.

A FLOCK OF SHEEP in Inner Mongolia have been walking in a circle for over 10 days straight and no one knows why.  (Or do they?)

A WESTIE, trying out for sheep dog.

COWS fed hemp act stoned and produce milk containing THC.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE REPLACEMENTS! The original quartet, opening for X in Mpls in October '83.  Your setlist includes: "I'm In Trouble," "Kids Don't Follow," a lounge version of "F*** School," "Color Me Impressed," and "Sixteen Blue."  BONUS: The A.V. Club's primer to Paul Westerberg and the Replacements.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD plays KEXP.

DIIV, Live at the Murmrr Theater.

JOHNNY MARR joins ANDY ROURKE on "Strong Forever."  Been a mere 35 years.

CAITLYN ROSE, on leaving her dark days behind.

THE CURE, on becoming Funko Pop figures.

TICKETMASTER blames TAYLOR SWIFT for its crash.

THE 50 SEXIEST SONGS, according to Paste.

MUSIC FANS are listening to more music today than ever before, according to the findings of a new report.

QUENTIN TARANTINO announced that he will be making an eight-part TV series, with shooting set to commence in 2023.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY made a hype vdeo for the Texas Longhorns, if you dare.

MEGXIT: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's project will be released on Netflix in December.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH on movies, the future of Thor, his businesses, fatherhood, and how a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's alters everything.

BRADLEY COOPER will play Bullitt for Steven Spielberg.

ANNA TAYLOR-JOY, on how Mike Love inspired her career.

JERRY SEINFELD, on the state of stand-up, and Chappelle.

THE ONLY WAY to get the nails done.

RATS can dance.

A DOGGO, graceful with the ball.

A CAT gets the door.

BILLY PAUL: "Me and Mrs. Jones." Got a thing going on.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Yo La Tengo, Among Authors, and more.

TAKURU OKADA covers Don Cherry and Haruomi Hosono for a Lagniappe Session.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM plays "New Body Rhumba" on Colbert.

TITUS ANDRONICUS reimagines Billy Joel's "Piano Man" as about the birth of Jesus. Oh yeah.

WEYES BLOOD shares "God Turn Me Into a Flower," ft. Oneohtrix Point Never.

JENNY HVAL shares "Buffy."

LOVE is disappearing from pop songs.

THE TOP 20 LPs of 2022, according to Rough Trade US and UK.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Ludacris's party stomp "Stand Up."

HOLLYWOOD HORROR BLOCKBUSTER: Jason Blum and James Wan are in advanced talks to merge their companies and create a massive horror film factory.

KEVIN SPACEY is facing seven new sexual assault charges in the U.K., British authorities said Wednesday.

BRENDAN FRASER: Call it a comeback?

BONES AND ALL: The making of a cannibal love story.

FANTASTIC BEASTS: Is the franchise dead?

BRAD PITT has a new gal pal.

QUENTIN TARANTINO called the current era of movies “the worst in Hollywood history.”

ROBERT CLARY, who went from Buchenwald to the cast of Hogan's Heroes, has died at 96.

HE's part of the pack now.

SQUIRREL! This is not a drill!

EVERYONE swim for your lives!

NOT TODAY, murder mittens...not today.

MARTI JONES & TIM LEE (The Windbreakers) cover The dB's classic, "Neverland." With Beatle Bob cameo.

FRIENDSHIP plays World Cafe.

MARCUS MUMFORD visits World Cafe.

THE BAD ENDS (ft Bill Berry) shares "Thanksgiving 1915."

ROBERTA FLACK, the highly decorated vocalist whose smash hits like “Killing Me Softly With His Song” made her among the most recognizable voices of the 1970s, has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and can no longer sing, according to a statement released by her publicist.

THE GRAMMYS nominations went to these folks. Congrats.

THE TOP 75 ALBUMS of 2022, according to MOJO.

OVERLOOKED WOMEN in AMERICANA in the Oughts.

DENISE RICHARDS was in a life-threatening situation when a road rage incident erupted in gunfire.

ZOE KRAVITZ, on Catwoman, ***** Island, Channing Tatum, and more.

JAMES GUNN and Peter Safran are coming close to completing a roadmap for the future of DC.

PRINCESS DIARIES 3 is in the works, but maybe without Anne Hathaway.

MAGIC MIKE'S LAST DANCE has a trailer online.

EMANCIPATION: Inside Will Smith's salve drama.

PAULINA PORIZKOVA, on how she found her estranged husband, Ric Ocasek, dead in his bed.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

CATS & DOGS, living together...

MINISTRY of Silly Walks.

THE MAMAS & PAPAS: All the leaves are brown, so it's "California Dreamin'" and "Nowhere Man" for Twofer Tuesday.

CATBITE plays World Cafe.

ANDY SCHAUF shares "Wasted On You."

DEATH VALLEY GIRLS share "What Are The Odds."

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME ARTISTS, ranked by Vulture. 

BEAT HAPPENING: "It was about having this adventure with your friends."

DOLLY PARTON was awarded 100MM by Jeff Bezos.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Beyonce's horny Sean Paul collab "Baby Boy."

JAY LENO, recovering from a gasoline fire.

MARGOT ROBBIE, Nobody's Barbie.

PETE DAVIDSON and Emily Ratajkowski are dating, because of course.

DEMI MOORE and boyfriend Daniel Humm have split after less than one year together.

SYLVESTER STALLONE, on Arnold Schwarzenegger.

1923: The Yellowstone prequel has a trailer online.

JOHN ANSITON, Days of Our Lives star, father to Jennifer, has died at 89.

THE CAPE FOX and the striped polecat.

A PUPPER, enjoying a walk.

THE DEER HUNTER: Mao!