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THE OHIO PLAYERS are on "Fire." Over nine minutes, and just gets wackier.

WET LEG plays KEXP. 

SUGAR returns with “House of Dead Memories.” 

SHARP PINS shares “Queen Of Globes And Mirrors.” 

COURTNEY BARNETT shares “Stay In Your Lane.”

THIS IS LORELEI re-records “Name the Band.” 

KATY & THE NULL SETS shares “Last Time/Next Time.”  

LALA LALA is on SubPop with “Does This Go Faster?” 

THE AVETT BROS & MIKE PATTON share “Heaven’s Breath.” 

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is projected to lose 100MM in its theatrical run. 

JIM CARREY: Meet George Jetson? 

THE DUFFER BROS on Stranger Things, moving to Paramount, and more. 

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS defends Method acting. 

BRITNEY SPEARS cheated with a female backup dancer and was phoning Justin Timberlake before her wedding, according to Kevin Federline's new book. 

GWYNETH PALTROW: Not a fan of her new biography. 

LAURENCE FISHBURNE wants to play Professor X. 

MICHAEL J. FOX & ERIC STOLTZ met 40 years after the latter was replaced in Back To The Future.

A BABY ELEPHANT asking for treats. 

A DEER with dwarfism. 

A DOGGO loves the harmonica. 

THE MEMBERS: "Working Girl," from the "Where Are They Now?" file.

GRIZZLY BEAR plays their first show in six years. 

GUIDED BY VOICES shares "Lucy's World." 

WET LEG shares "mangetout."  Aw, yeah.  

STEVE GUNN shares "Morning on K Road." 

MARGOT PRICE covers the Dylan classic, "Maggie's Farm." Not bad.

JULIANNA BARWICK & MARY LATTIMORE share "Melted Moon."

CHARLI XCX is profiled at Vanity Fair. 

D'ANGELO, a legendary R&B singer who helped pioneer the genre of music known as “neo-soul,” died Tuesday of cancer. He was 51. Eff cancer. 

DID KURT RUSSELL save Titanic? 

SEND HELP has a trailer online. 

MEL GIBSON is recasting Jesus for “The Resurrection of the Christ,” and apparently Jesus isn't taking the bait. 

BRITNEY SPEARS: Is she OK post-conservatorship? 

MIA GOTH is profiled at Elle. 

SEAN PENN, on PTA, Brian de Palma, Terrence Malick and more. 

JEREMY RENNER plans to narrate the first full-length AI-based animation. 

CHESS: Writer Danny Strong is trying to fix the incomprehensible plot of the 80s musical. 

BILL SIMMONS is headed to Netflix, sort of. 

DREW STURZAN, the renowned artist known for designing posters for films including “Star Wars,” “Back to the Future” and “Blade Runner,” died on Monday. He was 78. 

DOGGOS work the balloon. 

A DOGGO sees Dad after a month. 

THE SQUIRREL is me most days. 

MADNESS: "It Must Be Love."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Flock of Dimes, The Antlers, and more. 

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Besnard Lakes, The Verve's Richard Ashcroft, and more.

HAIM & BON IVER share "Tie You Down." 

IMOGEN HEAP shares "Aftercare." 

DAVID BYRNE & HAYLEY WILLIAMS "Open The Door."

PERRY FARRELL & CARL COX share "Joya." 

RHETT MILLER teaches us about great songwriting via Dylan, Pixies, Adrianne Lenker, and more. 

FACES: Ronnie Wood revealed that progress on the new album has stalled, saying it is hard to make their “times tally.” 

TOMMY PRICE, the drummer known for his work with Joan Jett and Billy Idol, has died at the age of 68.  

JOHN LODGE, bassist and vocalist for symphonic prog-rock greats The Moody Blues for over 50 years, died last week. He was 82.

DIANE KEATON, who sparkled in her Oscar-winning turn as the titular quirky woman in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall and portrayed the outsider Kay Adams-Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola’s three Godfather films, has died. She was 79.  Here are the obits from Variety and the NYT.  A flood of tributes issued (oddly, my fave may be Reese Witherspoon's).  Keaton did not do a ton of interviews, but she did one with THR in 2023.  She also directed and campaigned to preserve L.A.'s classic architecture.  I think I'll be watching Something’s Gotta Give.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Tron: Ares tops the chart with a disappointing 33.5MM, well below Legacy. Roofman places with 8MM.  One Battle After Another shows with 6.7MM on a 39 percent drop.

BRET EASTON ELLIS, author of American Psycho, is not a big fan of One Battle After Another. 

WARNER BROS rejected Paramount's first bid for the company. 

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS has a trailer online. 

WONDER MAN has a trailer online. 

SIGOURNEY WEAVER could return to the Alien franchise. 

REBECCA FERGUSON calls TOM CRUISE a "manchild," but in a good way. 

 A RESCUE LYNX befriended a cat who seems... thrilled.

A BLUE TIT finds a home, starts a family, in time-lapse.

SWANS thank a man for freeing their child from a fishing line. 

A KANGAROO, not hitting the bag. 

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with THE FACES! Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane, Kenny Jones, and Ian McLagan, live on the Beeb circa 1972.  Your setlist includes: "Three Button Hand Me Down"; "Maybe I'm Amazed"; "Too Much Woman/Street Fighting Man"; "Miss Judy's Farm"; "Love In Vain"; "Stay With Me"; and "I'm Losing You."

HUNX AND HIS PUNX play KEXP. 

EMF covers the Bauhaus classic, "Bela Lugosi's Dead." Unbelievable. 

MIDLAKE shares "The Calling." 

SPANISH LOVE SONGS shares “Cocaine and Lexapro” and “Berlin.” 

GENE SIMMONS recovers from a car crash. 

DRAKE's defamation suit against Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" is dismissed. 

MICHAEL J. FOX is coming out of retirement. 

ANDREW GARFIELD absolutely denies appearing in Avengers: Doomsday. 

RYAN REYNOLDS says being a people-pleaser doesn't work in Hollywood. 

MATLOCK actor David Del Rio was fired after an allegation of sexual assault. 

TANGLED: The live action remake moves forward, possibly with ScarJo. 

MINECRAFT: A sequel is set for 2027. 

TIMOTHEE CHALAMET is a Yaknees fan, his gf Kyle Jenner less so. 

SORA is here and Hollywood is sore. 

GOOD BOY's canine star is urging the Oscars to recognize animal actors in its acting categories.  

A BULL helps someone over a fence. 

CATS & DOGS, living together... 

THE BITE POWERS of doggos, measured. 

JULES SHEAR: "If She Knew What She Wants," unplugged on Unplugged, circa 1990. Check how he's holding his guitar.

LUCIUS plays The Current. 

SHARON VAN ETTEN covers HTRK's "Poison."

HATCHIE shares "The Only One Laughing." 

WHITNEY shares "Damage." 

OSO OSO shares "Bad News." 

BLONDSHELL shares "Arms." 

SUGAR is teasing something. 

DOLLY PARTON made a proof of life video for us. Phew! 

BOX OFFICE TRACKING: Tron: Ares is projected at 50MM about even with Legacy, while J-Lo's Kiss of the Spider Woman is set to bomb.

BLUMHOUSE: Jason Blum on 15 years of Horror hits, and more. 

BILL BURR doubles down on defending his gig in Riyadh. 

I LOVE L.A. has a trailer online. 

HOW KEVIN COSTNER Lost Hollywood. 

OCEAN'S 14 is moving forward. 

TILLY NORWOOD: Threat or Stunt? 

RON DEAN, an actor known for his roles in “Risky Business” and “The Breakfast Club,” died on Oct 5. He was 87. 

A MAMA DUCK brings the fam to a cat's bed. 

A HORSE attracts dolphins. 

EXCITED for the Doggo Bus.