THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera. Part Four has John C. Reilly.

HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF, Live at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club.

METRIC plays KEXP.

LANA DEL REY shares “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.” And it refers to Nilsson.

RICHARD DAWSON: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

THE BEST INDIE ALBUMS of 2022, according to Uproxx.

CELINE DION was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome.

THE STRANGLERS' Jet Black has passed away at 84.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK was named best film of 2022 by the National Board of Review.

JAMES GUNN responded to the chaotic reports about Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3 not moving forward and other DC changes.

NICK CARTER is being accused of raping an underage autistic girl back in 2001; he denies the accusation.

TRACY FLICK CAN'T WIN: It's a sequel.

MICHELLE YEOH will play Madame Morrible in the planned "Wicked" movies.

JACKIE CHAN is currently in talks to make a fourth "Rush Hour" movie.

THE BEST MOVIES of 2022, according to The Ringer.

IS THERE SUCH A THING as too smol?

A DOGGO's amazing stick trick.

THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT: Surprising move from the referee.