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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with POWER POP! A few of these may be known generally, like Cheap Trick's "Way of the World" and Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind"... and some well-known to fans of the genre, like Dwight Twilley's "I'm On Fire," Shoes "Too Late," The Records' "Starry Eyes," the Flamin' Groovies' "Shake Some Action" and the Plimsouls'  "A Million Miles Away" (seen here in a rare live slot).  Others are well-known to longtime Pate fans, like the Three O'Clock's "Her Head's Revolving" or Let's Active's "Waters Part."  BONUS: Bram Tchaikovsky playing "Girl Of My Dreams" and "Lady From the USA", live.

MEG BAIRD plays KEXP.

MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE share “The Spirit.”

TORO Y MOI cover Broken Social Scene's “Stars and Sons.”

MIYA FOLICK & HAND HABITS cover Broken Social Scene's “Almost Crimes.”

GINA BIRCH of The Raincoats shares "Causing Trouble Again."

SMOKEY ROBINSON's called accusations of sexual assault against the Motown legend false and an attempted shakedown.

JAPANESE BREAKFAST: "I don't want to make art that everyone likes."

THE WHO are doing a farewell tour. Again. I saw the 1982 farewell tour.

THE CONJURING: LAST RITES has a teaser trailer online.

BLADE's old screenwriter offers help to a project in limbo.

DIDDY's prosecutors may have lost a key witness.

BLAKE LIVELY's lawyer confirms that the actress plans to take the stand in the upcoming Justin Baldoni trial.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: Another accuser testifies.

BARRY KEOGHAN was nervous to meet Ringo ahead of playing him in a biopic.

THE X-MEN may recruit “Thunderbolts*” director Jake Schreier.

THE ROYALS: Prince Harry is being blackballed by the royal family because none of them trust him — or Meghan Markle, according to sources in the know.

HOW LONDON became the New Hollywood.

SHIA LeBEOUF & DAVID MAMET made a movie they're distributing themselves.

NICOLAS CAGE: "I don't think a day goes by where I'm not mistaken for Nick Cave."

JAMES FOLEY, director of films including “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “At Close Range” and “Fear,” died earlier this week of brain cancer.

THE TURTLE on a mini-skateboard is good, but the cat's reaction might be better.

A DOGGO retrieves a ball from the sea for his little brother, who is afraid of waves.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

THE UNTOUCHABLES: "I Spy For the FBI."

TORO Y MOI plays KEXP.

MATT BERNINGER shares “Inland Ocean.”

ALLO DARLIN' returns with "My Love Will Bring You Home."

FIONA APPLE shares "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)."

AMY MILLAN shares "The Overpass."

FRANKIE COSMOS shares "B^tch Heart."

GWENNO shares "War."

SMOKEY ROBINSON was accused of sexual battery, rape and other offenses by four women in a complaint for damages filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court. He responded, sort of.

LIAM PAYNE  left behind a £24.3m fortune after dying without a will.

3 DOORS DOWN lead singer Brad Arnold has revealed he’s been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer.

OZZY OSBOURNE said he is done with the “rock star lifestyle” ahead of Black Sabbath‘s final-ever live show this summer.

HONEY DON'T, directed by Ethan Coen, has a trailer online.

THE LONG WALK, based on a story by Richard Bachman (Stephen King), has a trailer online.

ECHO VALLEY, with Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney, has a trailer online.

FERRIS BUELLER & CAMERON FRYE, together again?

BOARDWALK EMPIRE actor Michael Pitt allegedly sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend and later attacked her with a cement block and a chunk of wood, according to Brooklyn prosecutors and sources.

SCALETT JOHANSSON had a vision behind the camera.

SHAUN THE SHEEP is getting a threequel.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES will give an award for Best Podcast.

AMERICAN PSYCHO: The Canonization of Patrick Bateman.

FIRST RULE: Don't fall overboard.

FLAMINGOS and their escorts.

WHEN THE DOG wants a late, late snack.

LOVE: "Your Mind and We Belong Together." Rare promo.

RILO KILEY reunites after 17 years.

SOCCER MOMMY shares  “She Is (stripped).”

FLORRY shares "Pretty Eyes Lorraine."

U.S. GIRLS returns with the 12-minute "Bookends."

TURNSTILE gets profiled by the NYT.

RADIOHEAD's Jonny Greenwood posted a statement about his recently cancelled shows with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa.

JIMMY PAGE has been hit with another lawsuit regarding the songwriting credits to "Dazed And Confused."

THE DAMNED's Brian James was reportedly granted his dying wish of being buried at sea.

SUMMER BOX OFFICE: The biz hopes to set a post-pandemic record.

SPIKE LEE is bringing the Brooklyn fight to 2025.

THE CONJURING: LAST RITES gets a first look at Entertainment Weekly.

JOHN WICK 5 will be really different, says director Chad Stahelski.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON released an IMAX trailer online.

THE BEEKEEPER 2 will be distributed worldwide by Amazon/MGM.

PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 is headed to theaters in Sept. 2026.

JON HAMM & JOHN SLATTERY: The Mad Men will reunite in a star-studded movie directed by David Wain (“Wet Hot American Summer”).

WATCH THE SKIES: A Swedish sci-film is using AI-driven “visual dubbing” to English.

DOLPHINS showing off their favorite stunts.

A MAMA HARE fends off a hawk.

A BABY DEER, rescued from the highway.

JUST A CAT and its shadow.

THE GO-GOS: "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat" for Twofer Tuesday.

NEAL FRANCIS plays World Cafe.

SHARON VAN ETTEN & THE ATTACHMENT THEORY plays Brooklyn Steel.

THURSTON MOORE shares "The Serpentine."

BILLIE EILISH covers Radio head's "Creep." (Or is it The Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe"?)

HEALTH x CHELSEA WOLFE share "Mean."

PUP discusses how R.E.M., King Harvest, Blur, and more influenced their new LP.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Jonas Brothers' sleek quasi-funk comeback hit "Sucker."

THUNDERBOLTS* is changing its title, and it's a big spoiler.

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST: Denzel Washington and Spike Lee have a trailer online.

BEN STILLER likes talking Severance with fans on social media.

NATASHA LYONNE defends making an AI-heavy film.

PAUL McCARTNEY is making an animated film.

NICOLAS CAGE: Learning to stand up on a surfboard for his new movie proved more difficult than stealing the Declaration of Independence.

JK ROWLING said she wouldn't fire a Harry Potter cast member for supporting trans rights.

THE MET GALA Red Carpet, in all its excess.

CHASED by a baby bobcat.

A WOLF PUP's first howls.

AN ABANDONED PUP RESCUE: Click.

CINCO DE MAYO STARTS HERE: 

...with LOS LOBOS: "I Got Loaded" (with an added snippet of "Turn On Your Lovelight") from their fabulous first full-lengther, How Will the Wolf Survive? "Don't Worry Baby," "Evangeline," "Our Last Night," and "A Matter of Time" were on that album, too.

PEE WEE HERMAN: "Tequila." Obvsly.

HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS: Rare video of "A Taste of Honey" from 1967.

CHEAP TRICK brings you the Mariachi mash-up of "Surrender."

JIMMY BUFFETT: Margaritaville. Obvs.

LIZ PHAIR: "Cinco de Mayo." Obvsly.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Car Seat Headrest, Blondshell, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Raveonettes, Jenny Hval, and more.

RIP VAN WINKLE: Robert Pollard's new side project shares "By The Water."

R.E.M. share a remix of "Radio Free Europe" for RFE/RL's 75th anniversary.

JULIEN BAKER & TORRES cancel Spring tour dates for health reasons.

HOW TICKETMASTER swallowed the live entertainment scene.

STEVEN TYLER & JOE PERRY reunited at a charity gig; Tyler will be at Black Sabbath's farewell show.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Thunderbolts* tops the chart with 76MM, at the high end of projections (if not the sort of debut MCU movies once made).  Sinners places with 33MM on another leggy drop of only 26 percent; it could pass Captain America: Brave New World as the second biggest movie of the year... at least until Summer really gets started on Memorial Day weekend.  A Minecraft Movie shows with 13.7MM on a 40 percent drop as it approaches 400MM total domestic.

KEANU REEVES & SANDRA BULLOCK are reuniting to star in a new feature film.

LORNE MICHAELS' would ban Chris Farley from SNL for weeks as part of his efforts efforts to rehab the comedian.

RYAN REYNOLDS is writing a treatment for a Deadpool/X-Men movie.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN's accuser stormed out of the courtroom in tears after brutal questioning by his lawyer. 

UNHOLY TRINITY, ft Pierce Brosnan and samuel L. Jackson, has a trailer online.

THE TOP MOVIE STARS aren't all that young anymore.

BLUE'S CLUES: Steve Burns remembers his small paychecks.

CHARLEY SCALIES,  who portrayed the stevedore and union guy Thomas “Horseface” Pakusa on the second season of The Wire and Tony’s high school football coach in a dream sequence on The Sopranos, has died. He was 84.

RUTH BUZZI, who shot to nationwide fame as one of the stars of the 1960s TV comedy variety series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in, died May 1 from complications from Alzheimer’s disease at her home near Mingus, Texas. She was 88.

CATS meeting Babies.

DOGS with Babies.

A BIRD, eating fish in a cartoon manner.

A MOOSE, cooling off in someone's yard.