SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: "Tears of a Clown." Originally released in 1967, but it didn't become a hit until 1970. Sometimes, a hit takes time.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE visits World Cafe.

PETER GABRIEL returns with "Panopticon."

TREY ANASTASIO & JACK ANTONOFF cover The Nationsl's "Bloodbuzz Ohio."

NICK CAVE has started work on a new album.

LOW's Alan Sparhawk battles for control of the master recordings for Low’s early discography from Universal Music Group.

CAGE THE ELEPHANT singer Matthew Shultz has been arrested for illegal gun possession.

DON WILLIAMS,  who partnered with Andy Williams and their brothers, Dick and Bob, in a singing foursome that performed on the radio, in the movies and with Bing Crosby and Kay Thompson, has died. He was 100.

GORDY HARMON, a founding member of the long-running R&B group the Whispers, has died at 79.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Kanye West's biggest chart hit, the lively and complicated Jamie Foxx collab "Gold Digger."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Avatar 2 remains atop the chart with 45MM on a 33 percent drop, performing much like the original.  M3GAN places with 30.2MM, pretty impressive for the horror genre.  Puss In Boots 2 shows with13.1MM on a 22 percent drop, reflecting the dearth of family fare on the big screen.

GLADIATOR 2 is in the works with Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal.

THE ROYALS set up a war room to address Harry's memoir.

ELI ROTH is finally making a Thanksgiving movie.

RON JEREMY may be incompetent to stand trial for sexual assault.

CLAIRE DANES & HUGH DANCY are expecting their third child.

SHOULD STUDIOS Pull the Plug on Prestige?

HENRY GROSSMAN, a photographer who was best known for his formal portraits of celebrities and other public figures — but who also, less famously, immortalized the Beatles on film in thousands of unscripted antics while juggling a side career as a Metropolitan Opera tenor and a Broadway bit player — died on Nov. 27 in Englewood, N.J. He was 86.

ADAM RICH, best known for starring in the television drama-comedy Eight Is Enough, has died. He was 54.

EARL BOEN, a veteran character and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Peter Silberman in "The Terminator" movies, died Thursday in Hawaii. He was 81.

A BUNNY, a bucket.

AN OTTER makes like a copter.

A BORDER COLLIE covers the cutoff.

TWO DOGGOS brought a friend home.

TWO DOGGOS, making out.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ECHO and the BUNNYMEN!  Live at the Royal Albert Hall, circa July 1983.  Your setlist includes: "Going Up," "Villiers Terrace," "All That Jazz," "Heads Will Roll," "Porcupine," "All My Colours (Zimbo)," "Silver," "Simple Stuff," "The Cutter," "The Killing Moon," "Rescue," "Never Stop," "The Back Of Love," "No Dark Things," "Heaven Up Here," "Over The Wall," and "Crocodiles."

JOHN PEEL SESSIONS: Stream over one thousand of them.

FRANKIE ROSE returns with "Anything."

IDLES play "The Wheel" for Fallon.

THE DAMNED's Last Stand?

PAVEMENT's Bob Nastanovich visits World Cafe.

LOU REED's posthumous book collects his unpublished writings on tai chi, music, and meditation.

JEREMY RENNER shared a video of his "spa day" in the ICU.

THE ROYALS: Prince Harry sensationally puts some of the blame for his Nazi uniform scandal on his brother, Prince William, and his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton. He claims that both he and Prince William urged King Charles not to marry Camilla Parker Bowles. He also admits he shouldn't have Googled Meghan's sex scenes.

HUGH JACKMAN, on family, superheroes and the sexual misconduct claims against director Bryan Singer.

CATE BLANCHETT's 13 Best Performances, according to Variety.

THE BEST MOVIES of 2022, according to GQ.

RENFIELD, ft Nicholas Cage as Dracula, has a trailer online.

YOU PEOPLE, ft. Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill, has a trailer online.

POKER FACE, ft Natasha Lyonne, has a trailer online.

I IMMEDIATELY Regret This Decision.

RIDE My See-Saw.

TONIGHT there's gonna be a jailbreak.

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD play "For What It's Worth."

HONEY HARPER plays World Cafe.

KEVIN MORBY plays KEXP.

THE HOLD STEADY returns with "Sideways Skull."

BILLLIE EILISH covers Ben Folds' "Still."

R.E.M.'s PETER BUCK, on the perils of touring without guitar tuners, sculpting bridges instead of solos and why writing songs is the best way to get better.

TANYA TUCKER, profiled at The Oxford American.

STEVEN TYLER is officially out of the upcoming Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Power of Love Gala, following a sexual assault claim filed against him.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Carrie Underwood's career and her sole pop chart-topper, the 'American Idol' coronation ballad "Inside Your Heaven."

DAVE BAUTISTA loves Drax, but is glad to leave him.

EZRA MILLER may survive the DCU shakeup while The Rock doesn't?

THE ROYALS: King Charles III is reportedly eager to reconcile with Prince Harry, contrary to the Duke of Sussex’s recent claim.

ASHLEY OLSEN married her longtime beau, artist Louis Eisner in a hush-hush ceremony.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS moves from minor-key naturalism to more stylized performances.

AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON is the current leader in the James Bond sweepstakes.

A SCARY GOOD YEAR: Why 2022 was good for horror.

OTTERS and a Butterfly.

BRO, we're sooo busted.

MELIBE VIRIDIS is a carnivorous sea slug with a gelatinous vacuum cleaner for a head.

THE SMILE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

BRANDI CARLILE & SLEATER-KINNEY team up for Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

THE LEMON TWIGS return with "Corner of My Eye," and it might be their best yet.

CDs: The postcards of your past.

DE LA SOUL's classic albums are finally coming to streaming services on March 3, the group says.

THE POGUES: Shane shares a health update.

ALAN RANKINE, musuician, producer, and popularizer of Belle & Sebastian has died at 64.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's massive comeback single "We Belong Together."

JEREMY RENNER shared a health update on social media.

ROMEO & JULIET (1968) stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed a lawsuit accusing Paramount of sexually exploiting them and distributing nude images of adolescent children.

THE ROYALS: Meghan Markle is looking to ink a deal for a tell-all memoir like her husband's.

ANGELINA JOLIE and... Paul Mescal?

GLASS ONION: Rian Johnson isn't trying to fool you.

WEDNESDAY could move from Netflix to Amazon?

SHERLOCK: Season 5?

TAYLOR SWIFT's CAT is worth 97MM.

SHEPHERD Cat.

THE DOGGO BUS in Skagway, Alaska.

MAKING MUSIC is fun.

NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?

AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF... "Well, How did I get here?"

FOO FIGHTERS will continue this year without Taylor Hawkins.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John Darnielle talks with Bully's Alicia Bognanno.

AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler is accused of a sexual assault in the 1970s in a new lawsuit.

QUEEN's Brian May has been knighted by King Charles.

VINYL just had its biggest week since the 90s. 

ANITA POINTER, one of the Grammy award-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of hits included "Fire," "Jump (For My Love)," "Automatic" and "I’m So Excited," has died aged 74.

JEREMIAH GREEN, a drummer who was one of the founding members of Modest Mouse, an indie rock band that rose to mainstream fame in the early 2000s, died on Saturday. He was 45.

FRED WHITE,  a drummer for classic ’70s superband Earth, Wind & Fire, has died, according to an Instagram post from his older brother and former bandmate, Verdine White. He was 67.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, the designer who defined the look of punk, using rock iconography, royalty, art and religion as recurring motifs in collections that brought a rebellious edge to British style, before going on to a long and influential career as a fashion designer with an activist streak, died on Thursday in the Clapham neighborhood of South London. She was 81.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Avatar 2 is tops again with an 82.4MM four-day holiday haul, for a domestic total of 440MM.  Puss In Boots: The Last Wish places with 21.7MM.  Wakanda Forever shows with 6.5MM.

HOLLYWOOD'S TOP 10 for 2022.

JEREMY RENNER is in critical but stable condition after an accident while plowing snow on the weekend, a spokesperson for the actor revealed on Sunday. Renner lost a lot of blood, but a doctor neighbor was able to fashion a tourniquet. UPDATE: Renner returned from surgery and remains in the intensive care unit in critical but stable condition.

BABYLON: Damien Chazelle shot a two-hour version with his phone.

ANGELA LANSBURY only played a gamer in her posthumous Glass Onion cameo.

ANTHONY HOPKINS celebrates 47 years of sobriety.

MARVEL is reportedly developing more Halloween specials for D+ after the success of Werewolf by Night.

THE TOP 100 TELECASTS of 2022 was led by a streaming show, according to Variety.

BARBARA WALTERS, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, died Friday. She was 93.

A WALRUS really had a day, resulting in the cancellation of NYE fireworks.

PENGUINS, chasing a butterfly.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A DOGGO steals an empanada during a TV interview.