THE SMOKING POPES: "Need You Around," for a little Chicago flavor.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will pont you to Beyonce, Dent May, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has the High Llamas, Ride, and more.

ST VINCENT shares "Flea," ft. Dave Grohl on drums.

THE 25 BEST COUNTRY-SOUL ALBUMS, according to Rolling Stone.

DENT MAY's 12 favorite food songs.

2 LIVE CREW's Luther Campbell may run for Congress.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire tops the chart with a shocking 80MM debut, just short of Dune: Part Two's opening weekend.  Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire places with 15.7MM on a 65 percent skid.  Dune: Part Two shows with 11.1MM on a 37 percent drop.

LOUIS GOSSETT JR,  the tough guy with a sensitive side who won an Oscar for his portrayal of a steely sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman and an Emmy for his performance as a compassionate slave in the landmark miniseries Roots, died Friday. He was 87.

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA is screening Megalopolis, as attendees call it “baffling” with an “unflinchingly batsh*t” vision. And he's begun work on a new film.

SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS owes nearly 100 million in mortgage payments on a trio of mansions in Los Angeles and Miami that were raided by federal agents.

THE BATMAN was not plagiarized, a judge ruled.

DAVID KRUMHOLZ on Oppenheimer, Lousy Carter, 10 Things, and more.

EUPHORIA: Oh, this seems very screwed up.

HOLLYWOOD'S BEST NUDE SCENE... according to Reddit.

CHANCE PERDOMO,  an actor who starred in the television series “Gen V” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” has died as a result of a motorcycle accident.  He was 27.

RECUSING BABY SEALS trapped in a net.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A SHARK swallows the video camera.

A BABY KANGAROO meets a Bearded Dragon.