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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with HARRY NILSSON! Let's revisit the BBC's "The Music of Nilsson from 1971, including a mashup of "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" and "One," "Gotta Get Up," a medley of "Walk Right Back," "Cathy's Clown" and "Let The Good Times Roll," and really moving take on "Life Line." Then there are two videos from The Point!  -- "Think About Your Troubles" and "Are You Sleeping" -- sandwiching "Joy." The set concludes with "Without Her," "Coconut" and "1941."

NELS CLINE of Wilco visits World Cafe.

NATION OF LANGUAGE shares "Inept Apollo."

WOLF ALICE shares “Bloom Baby Bloom.”

BLONDE REDHEAD shares "Before (Choir Version)."

SMOKEY ROBINSON is under a criminal investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after being accused of sexual assault.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: The early Tomatometer is good, but the reviews seem mixed.

TOM CRUISE & ANA DE ARMAS? US Weekly claims there is indeed a romance.

THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHRIST: Mel Gibson's sequel found a studio.

DIDDY overdosed at the Playboy Mansion, his ex-galpal testified. And there's yet another lawsuit against him.

CHRIS BROWN was arrested at a five-star hotel over a bottle attack at a London nightclub.

PEDRO PASCAL interviews DAKOTA JOHNSON.

SEAN PENN says movie stardom ran out somewhere around Jennifer Lawrence.

STEVE PEPOON, who received an Emmy for writing an episode of The Simpsons as a freelancer, worked on other TV comedies like It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, ALF and Roseanne and co-created The Wild Thornberrys, has died. He was 68.

CHARLES STROUSE, the famed Broadway composer who received Tony Awards for his scores for Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died Thursday at his home in New York City, his family announced. He was 96.

JOE DON BAKER the broad-shouldered Texas tough guy who portrayed characters on both sides of the law, most notably Sheriff Buford Pusser in the unexpected box-office hit Walking Tall, died May 7, his family announced. He was 89. 

THE DOGGO as bridesmaid.

A RESCUE DOG reunites with its foster.

TIGER vs BEAR: Who You Got?

FREE: "All Right Now." Wouldn't be Summer without it.

SUZANNE VEGA plays WFUV.

THE LEMONHEADS share "Deep End," ft J Mascis and Juliana Hatfield. Eh, I wanted to like it.

WAVVES shares "Spun." Now that's power pop.

THE BUG CLUB shares “Appropriate Emotions.”

PAUL BANKS (Interpol) covers Stooges' ‘“Gimme Danger” and Iggy Pop's "Sister Midnight."

STEVE PERRY joins WILLIE NELSON on "Faithfully."

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN shares "Repo Man."

OASIS: Andy Bell will play the reunion gigs.

INSIDE THE STUDIO that bred Sheffield's weirdest stars.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON Wants AI Boundaries, Respect for Blockbusters-and Revenge on Michael Che.

TOM CRUISE wants to talk about his movie, not tariffs.

DIDDY's ex testified about his physical abuse.

SUPERMAN has a full trailer online.

JAMIE LEE CURTIS got plastic surgery at 25 years old after a cinematographer refused to film her on set.

IRONHEART has a trailer online.

QUENTIN TARANTINO's advice to young directors.

ROSAMUND PIKE was asked to strip to her skivvies for her James Bond audition.

BRIDGERTON adds two more seasons.

MADDEN: A first look at Nic Cage and Christian Bale as John Madden and Al Davis.

BALLERINA is the first big US release in Russia in three years.

WARNERS is making it easier to recycle their IP into commercials.

MAX is changing back to HBO Max.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

YOU'RE Gonna Need A Bigger Boat.

HOW TO COMMUNICATE with a Humpback Whale.

SIMON & GARFUNKEL tackle "Late In the Evening" in Central Park, circa 1981, iirc.

JAPANESE BREAKFAST plays KCRW.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD shares "Grow Wings and Fly."

MAJOR MURPHY shares "Touch Grass."

JAMIE LIDELL shares "The Center."

PRETTY BITTER shares "Thrill Eater."

TUNE-YARDS shares “How Big is the Rainbow.”

THE SWELL SEASON shares “Factory Street Bells.”

OASIS' manager says there is no new album.

MADONNA enlists Deadpool's Shawn Levy to help tell her story at Netflix.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS frontman Anthony Kiedis has launched his own brand of “concert-friendly” coffee.

NICK CAVE, on about being mistaken for Nicolas Cage.

TOM CRUISE previewed some of the “never been done” stunts in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”

SIMON PEGG, on being rescued by Mission: Impossible.

DIDDY's so-called “freak-offs” were described at length during his sex trafficking and racketeering trial in New York on Tuesday by Cassie Ventura, his ex-girlfriend.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's legal team resumed their questioning of Kaja Sokola, one of the convicted movie mogul’s accusers, on Tuesday during his retrial in Manhattan.

GERARD DEPARDIEU was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021 and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.

SEAN PENN defends WOODY ALLEN.

SALMA HAYEK is the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

ANDOR: Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna talk about the end.

ALISON BRIE & DAVE FRANCO have been hit with a copyright infringement suit over “Together,” their independent horror film.

ROBERT BENTON, a three-time Oscar-winning director and screenwriter who helmed the 1979 best picture Oscar winner “Kramer vs. Kramer” as well as such films as “The Late Show,” “Places in the Heart” and “Nobody’s Fool” and collaborated on the screenplay for “Bonnie and Clyde,” died Sunday in Manhattan. He was 92.

LIONS vs RHINOS: Who You Got?

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THERE'S SWIMMING UPSTREAM and then there's this.

FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE play "It Must Be Summer" unpluggedy.

BETH GIBBONS plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

ALAN SPARHAWK & TRAMPLED BY TURTLES share "Not Broken."

DOLLAR STORE shares "Tik Tok."

JILL SOBULE: See her posthumous video for "Underdog Victorious."

PATRICK WOLF shares "Jupiter."

DARYL HALL is finally taking a stand against yacht rock.

STEVE ALBINI's estate has launched a sale of memorabilia from his archive.

DEAD & CO. will play 60th "anniversary" shows this Summer in Golden Gate Park.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus' "Old Town Road," a strange novelty that became an out-of-nowhere cultural phenomenon.

TOM CRUISE, filming himself jumping out of a plane, as Tom does.

DIDDY's sex trafficking trial escalated on Monday afternoon as Daniel Phillip, a 41-year-old male escort, was called to the witness stand.

MICHAEL JORDAN will contribute to NBC's NBA coverage.

JAMIE LEE CURTIS went straight to the top at Meta seeking to have the company remove an AI-generated commercial that featured her likeness.

JUDE LAW & ANDREW GARFIELD, as Sigfried & Roy.

CANNES will be enforcing its dress code this year.

BARBERSHOP is headed to the small screen.

SPIDER-NOIR: First Look.

SAMUEL FRENCH, a Texan actor known for his role as undercover FBI agent CJ Robinson in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” died in Waco, Texas following a years-long battle with cancer. He was 45.

THERE ARE TWO Types of Doggos.

DOGGOS old and new.

TALK to the hand.

WE FIVE: Because "You Were On My Mind," natch.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Murray Attaway (Guadalcanal Diary ), I'm With Her, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Peter Murphy, Joe Goddard, and more.

ELBOW shares "Sober."

MATT POND PA covers Cocteau Twins’ "Heaven or Las Vegas ."

GARBAGE shares "Get Out My Face."

LORD HURON shares "Looking Back."

JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, the chart-topping Hispanic country music star and “That’s the Way Love Goes” singer, has died. He was 73. 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Thunderbolts* repeats atop the chart with 33MM on a 55 percent drop that's a little worse than projected but okay by recent MCU standards.  Sinners places with 21.1MM on another leggy 36 percent drop and crosses 200MM domestic so far.  A Minecraft Movie shows with 8MM on a 42 percent drop, legging out without family competition.

TOM CRUISE, in a rare interview, comments on Nicole Kidman, Val Kilmer, and more. And still more.

TOM HARDY on masculinity, Spider-Man rumors, and more.

DAVID MAMET revisits his storied career, including telling DeNiro to GFH.

BLAKE LIVELY's rep issued a scathing response to Justin Baldoni’s legal team subpoenaing Taylor Swift.

AMBER HEARD had twins.

REPTILIA: How about Mikey Madison and Kirsten Dunst in the story of a dental hygienist who is seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade?

GREG CANNOM, a makeup and prosthetics artist whose Oscar-winning work can be seen in "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Vice" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and the music video for Michael Jackson's "Thriller," has died. He was 73.

A KEA flew off with a video camera.

A DOGGO hurdles a doggo.

A HORSE has a request.