DARLENE LOVE's final "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for Letterman.

JOAN SHELLEY visits World Cafe.

WEYES BLOOD plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER visits WFUV's Studio A.

SPARKS returns with "Please Don't F*** Up My World."

BEACH SLANG shares "Jolly Liver."

THE VOIDZ: Julian Casablancas, Mac DeMarco and Kirin J Callinan share a video for "Did My Best" and "The Eternal Tao 2.0."

PRINCE: Lisa Coleman talks to The Current about Prince in the 80s; there are also links to The Current's four-part podcaast on 1999.

NPR Music's Best Albums of 2019 Staff Picks. And NPR's Best Albums of 2019. And Best Songs.

WHY Are There No New Christmas Songs? 

SEASONABLY RICH: How much are musicians making from our favorite Christmas songs?

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER early reactions are... a lot.

CHARLIZE THERON says she was sexually harassed by a "famous director" early in her career.

ROMAN POLANSKI says he feels like a leper. Can't imagine why...

MADONNA was spotted in Miami cozying up to 25-year-old dancer Ahlamalik Williams over the weekend.

BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC gave a first look to Entertainment Weekly.

TV STAR SALARIES, Revealed.

DOES THE MOVIE INDUSTRY Need an Unsafe Space?

PIPER THE DOG went missing for two weeks, then greeted his boy at school.

EDDIE THE CORGI likes removing his boy's socks.

ABBY'S KITTEN wants a sweater.

FERAL PIGS Roam the South. Now Even Northern States Aren't Safe.