THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with BURT BACHARACH! The debonair pop composer, arranger, conductor, record producer and occasional singer whose hit songs in the 1960s distilled that decade’s mood of romantic optimism, died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94.  His musical legacy is massive, having co-written “(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance,” "Baby, It's You," “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” “The Look of Love,” “What’s New Pussycat?,”  “Walk On By,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “This Guy’s in Love With You,” “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do),” and even "Always Something There To Remind Me,"just to name a few.  The Stereogum obit has comments from Dionne Warwick. The Guardian has a medley of Bacharach playing the hits. We shall not see his like again.

DEPECHE MODE returns with "Ghosts Again."

MARGO PRICE & SHARON VAN ETTEN duet on "Radio" for the Late Show.

DAS KOOLIES: Former Super Furry Animals share “The Condemned.”

ROGER DALTREY, on the Who and the Keith Moon biopic he's written.

ROGER WATERS is re-recording Dark Side of the Moon (clearly not due to the original's quality). And Russia wants him to speak at the UN.

THE EDGE, on Television as an inspiration for U2.

BLACK SABBATH, but in a ballet.

GRAHAM NASH remembers DAVID CROSBY at AARP.

BRITNEY SPEARS' family and friends were in talks to host an intervention for the pop star.

PAUL RUDD: Inside the stupendous rise of Hollywood's favorite everyman.

IDRIS ELBA is profiled at Esquire.

SPIDER-MAN NOIR: A live-action series is in the works at Amazon (but probably without Nicolas Cage).

THE ROYALS: An expert claims Harry and Meghan would be less visible if they attend King Charles' coronation.

PAINT, with Owen Wilson playing Bob Ross, has a teaser online.

STRAYS, a talking dog revenge flick, has a NSFW trailer online.

SECURITY TO AISLE 7... no rush.

SORRY I MISSED YOUR CALL, the frogs had my phone again.

I DO MY LITTLE TURN on the catwalk.

A DOGGO was rescued after more than 60 hours underneath the rubble in Turkey.