THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including: "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back To Me," "Satisfaction," "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream," "Soul Serenade," "Night Life," "Baby I Love You," "Groovin,'" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Come Back Baby," "Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)," "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" "I  Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," "Chain Of Fools," and "Respect."

YARD ACT plays The Current.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN shares "Girl 71."

MARK KNOPFLER shares "Watch Me Gone."

ISOBEL CAMPBELL shares "4316."

JUDAS PRIEST shares “The Serpent And The King.”

THE HIGH LLAMAS shares “Sisters Friends.”

KINGS OF LEON shares "Mustang."

BAT FOR LASHES shares "The Dream of Delphi."

FOREIGNER's Mick Jones is battling Parkinson's.

MARY TIMONY's 10 favorite '60s / '70s prog and Brit-folk jams.

STEVEN TYLER won dismissal of a sexual assault lawsuit as untimely.

JIM GORDON: A new book on the legendary drummer turned murderer.

DENIS VILLENEUVE, on the crazy privilege of making Dune: Part Two.

TOM CRUISE is again looking to pair with auteur directors like Alejandro Iñárritu.  More background here.

JODIE FOSTER is earning career-best reviews - but she still wonders how differently her life could have gone.

NATALIE PORTMAN, on the decline of film as a primary form of entertainment.

WENDY WILLIAMS was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

AMANDA SEYFRIED, on suddenly being typecast as a Mom.

JOHN CENA joins OnlyFans, sort of.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE FLOOR Is Lava.

A WOLF PUP's First Howl.

A DOGGO solicits skritches.