KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND: "Boogie Shoes," live in Miami, circa 1974.

CAMERA OBSCURA visits World Cafe.

GALAXIE 500 shares two previously unreleased tracks.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD shares "Le Risque." And it's... glam?

LAURA MARLING returns with "Patterns."

THE JESUS LIZARD returns with “Alexis Feels Sick.”

MICK FLEETWOOD wants to see a "healing" between his former bandmates Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

NIRVANA and Marc Jacobs International have settled a lawsuit over the fashion brand’s use of an image that bears a striking resemblance to the grunge band’s iconic smiley face logo.

THE KILLERS paused their London show so fans could watch England win the Euro soccer semifinal.

MARGO PRICE got septoplasty and rhinoplasty.

WE LIVE IN TIME, ft Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, has a trailer online.

SEVERANCE: Season 2 has a trailer online.

KEVIN COSTNER's period Western Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 is getting a delayed release (presumably so folks see Chapter 1 on streaming first).

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE is currently projected for a 160-165MM opening weekend, which would not only be the best opening year-to-date but also a record start for a R-rated movie.

THE CONJURING franchise gets its grand finale in September 2025.

OLIVIA MUNN & JOHN MULLANEY got hitched.

PETE DAVIDSON & MADELYN CLINE broke up.

GEORGE CLOONEY went Michael Clayton.

WILLIAM SHATNER has only seen a "few" of his episodes of Star Trek and has "never seen" any of the spinoffs. 

HARVEY WEINSTEIN is facing a new investigation over alleged “additional violent sexual assaults”, prosecutors in New York have said.

TILDA SWINTON once slapped a friend who called her English instead of Scottish.

A DEAF DOGGO loves the fireworks.

A NEW SHERIFF in town.

IT'S A LEAP of Faith?

THE HOLLIES: "Have You Ever Loved Somebody", courtesy of the Beeb.

BOB DYLAN & THE BAND: Hear a live version of "Forever Young" from an upcoming, massive box set of 1974 recordings.

CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON shares "After Hours."

OSEES shares "Earthling."

FAYE WEBSTER plays "But Not Kiss" on Kimmel.

MJ LENDERMAN explains how his songs - full of sad sacks and losers - get to the heart of masculinity.

PETER HOOK looks back on his genre-defining legacy.

QOTSA: Josh Homme heads back to the US for an emergency surgery.

PEARL JAM's near death-experience.

PRINCE's former advisors win a key legal ruling against several of the late artist’s heirs.

GLADIATOR 2 has a trailer online.

TIME BANDITS, the AppleTV adaptation of Terry Gilliam's beloved cult classic 1981 movie, has a trailer online.

INSIDE OUT 2 becomes Pixar's highest grossing film ever.

SHREK 5 is coming with the original (voice) cast.

BRENDAN GLEESON joins NIC CAGE for the Spider-Man Noir series at Amazon.

EMMA WATSON, caught canoodling on camera.

MARTIN SCORSESE saved MICHAEL POWELL from Destitution and Anonymity.

GOOSE vs COWS: Who You Got?

TWO LONG-TERM SHELTER DOGS get adopted together.

GATOR ATTACK: My favorite part here is the kids.

TWOFER TUESDAY:  "The Dawn Of Correction" by The Spokesmen is an "answer song" to Barry McGuire's immortal "Eve Of Destruction."

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN plays CBS Saturday Morning.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK covers the Small Faces' “Itchycoo Park” with fellow Soft Boy Kimberley Rew.

HUEY LEWIS, on the News's Most Humorous and Strategic Music.

NOEL GALLAGHER is beefing with DAVE GROHL now.

MARK LANEGAN likely has a posthumous LP coming.

JOE EGAN, the Scottish singer-songwriter who cowrote “Stuck In The Middle With You” as one half of Stealers Wheel with Gerry Rafferty, has died at age 77.

THE NUMBER ONES revisits Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's grief-stricken 'Furious 7' rap power ballad "See You Again."

LONGLEGS: Nicolas Cage is scaring the crap out of early reviewers.

NICOLAS CAGE, on the origins of “Adaptation,” his potential leap to television, and the art of “keeping it enigmatic.” 

F1: Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski on: Filming At Grand Prix, The Bottom Line On The Budget,and More.

PARAMOUNT & SKYDANCE officially announce merger plans.

ALEC BALDWIN racks up a win in his involuntary manslaughter trial for the 2021 killing of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA sequel is moving forward.

MELROSE PLACE stars Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga are revisiting the soapy drama with a new rewatch podcast.

A BABY HIPPO & BABY RHINO, hanging out.

A DOGGO version of jump rope.

A BLIND DOG smells her owner.

DIAMOND KNIGHTS: "Destination Diamonds".  For the 70s vibe in the heat of July.

ZACH BRYAN is streaming The Great American Bar Scene.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT's Best Albums of 2024 (So Far).

THE TOP 50 ALBUMS of 2024 (So Far), according to PopMatters.

ERIC BURDON joined STING on War's "Spill The Wine" in Athens, Greece.

THE NATIONAL, on getting revenge on Dave Grohl, new material, the magic of Taylor Swift, and this new supergroup The Strawberry Blondes.

BECK, on his orchestral tour, stardom in the '90s and the hit songs he never saw coming.

QUADROPHENIA, but as a ballet.

TOM FOWLER, best known as the bassist for Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention, has died. He was 73.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Despicable Me 4 tops the chart with 75MM over three days (and 122MM over the whole holiday period).  Inside Out 2 places with 33.1MM on a 42 percent drop.  A Quiet Place: Day One shows with 21MM on a 60 percent drop.

F1 has a teaser trailer online.

MARGOT ROBBIE and husband Tom Ackerley are expecting their first baby.

DANNY TREJO says he was provoked into a brawling during a Fourth of July incident.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIGER WOODS are opening a bar in Scotland.

NIELSEN's Ratings Evolution.

THE 50 BEST SNL SKETCHES, according to Esquire.

JUDITH BELUSHI PISANO  the wife of comedian and musician John Belushi, passed away on Friday night at 73.

JON LANDAU, the Oscar-winning film producer who collaborated with James Cameron on several projects including “Titanic” and both “Avatar” films, died Friday after a battle against cancer. He was 63 years old.

TWO BORDER COLLIES outsmart their owner for treats.

A PENGUIN leaps to safety as the ice breaks.

AN ALPACA, sans wool.

THE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE BEACH BOYS!  It's time to "Do It Again."  Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument -- as with this 1980 take o­n "Good Vibrations."  Their "Lost Concert" from 1964 includes "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Long, Tall Texan," "Little Deuce Coupe," "Surfer Girl," "Surfin' USA," "Shut Down," "In My Room," "Papa Ooh Mow Mow," and "Hawaii." Their take on "Dance, Dance, Dance" from Shindig! later that year is like a slice of Christmas in July.  There's also a nifty twofer of "I Get Around" and "'When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)" from their first UK TV appearance o­n Ready Steady Go!  The Andy Williams Show serves up "Help Me, Rhonda," while The Jack Benny Hour produced these quick takes o­n "Barbara Ann" and "California Girls."  There's a primitive video for "Wouldn't It Be Nice" that starts with a cameo from Brian Wilson's dogs (Banana and Louie), who appear at the end of the Pet Sounds LP.  And I'll finish with a live version of "God Only Knows" from the 1967 European tour -- one of the last Brian would do for a decade or so.  BONUS: Part 1 and Part 2 of the epic Political Beats podcasts covering the entirety of the Beach Boys' catalog.

RAY CHARLES performs "America The Beautiful" like no one else.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: Bruce Springsteen, circa 1978, before it came out on The River.

AMERICAN MUSIC: The Violent Femmes, circa 1992.

DAVE ALVIN: Hey, baby, it's the "4th of July."

JAMES LILEKS: Truth.

JOHN ADAMS, on helping with the Declaration of Independence.  And being told to sit down.

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER: As performed by Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson, members of the Grateful Dead, and Umphrey’s McGee.

YES: The post-1974 part of the band's career gets 2 hours, 43 minutes of discussion on Political Beats.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD play “Bad Pilot,” “Le Risque,” and “Daily Blues.”

LOS CAMPESINOS! shares "kms."

ONEIDA shares "La Plage."

HEART's Ann Wilson had cancer surgery.

LILY ALLEN started an OnlyFans... for her feet.

DAVID CROSBY donated to more than Melissa Etheridge.

ROBERT TOWNE, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89.

PARAMOUNT is looking to sell BET.

THE INTERNET ARCHIVE steps in after Paramount deletes MTV News.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE has a new trailer online.

SUPERMAN will feature a special cameo.

LARA FLYNN BOYLE on tabloids, dating actors, ageism in Hollywood, and more.

SUKI WATERHOUSE on music, motherhood and Robert Pattinson.

KATE BECKINSALE mooned London.

TWIGGY: Another Fourth of July tradition, the water-skiing squirrel. She's retired, but it remains a great story. Compelling and rich.

CATS & DOGS: Game Of Throne edition.

AN ELEPHANT plays a prank.

MOM collects her weasels.