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GLAM XMAS:  Wizzard's awesome "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" and Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" (1973's UK Xmas No. 1) are your Twofer Tuesday.

OLIVIA RODRIGO visits World Cafe.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN appeared on The Simpsons.

BRENDA LEE's “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” tops the Hot 100 for the first time this week, 65 years after its release.

LANA DEL REY, on wanting children.

THE TOP 100 SONGS of 2023, according to Pitchfork.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Adele's stately ballad "Set Fire To The Rain."

NICOLAS CAGE wants to quit movies for television.

GODZILLA x KONG has a trailer online.

GTA 6 has a trailer online.

JULIA ROBERTS talks MATTHEW PERRY.

GAL GADOT called out the silence over media reports of sexual violence committed by Hamas during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel.

FLORENCE PUGH was hit in the face by a flying object during an appearance at CCXP 2023 on Sunday.

SPIDER-MAN: NOIR is moving forward.

ADAM McKAY's serial killer comedy film starring Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr. has been cancelled at Netflix.

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: Behind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show On TV.

UTAHN GORED BY A BISON admitted he was the “idiot in this scenario.”

A BUNNY sticks the landing.

CLIFFORD, but not red.

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you Guided by Voices, Peter Gabriel, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Harp, Trevor Horn, and more.

LANA DEL REY covers the John Denver classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

GRANDDADDY shares "Cabin In My Mind."

KISS played their final two shows at MSG, allegedly.

KATE PIERSON, from her memories of the B-52’s very first shows in New York City to appearing in the Flintstones movie and singing with R.E.M. and beyond.

THE TOP 50 SONGS of 2023, according to Rolling Stone.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé tops the chart with 22MM, which is a pretty good total for the post-Thanksgiving frame.  The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes places with 14.5MM on a respectable 50 percent drop.  Godzilla Minus One, an actual subtitled Toho epic, shows with 11MM and almost universally good reviews.

THANKSGIVING: Eli Roth promises a second helping.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR's Third Act.

RYAN GOSLING talks Kenergy.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN crashed his Ferrari into a parked car.

JODIE FOSTER hopes people ate tiring of superhero movies.

KELSEY GRAMMER shares the soundtrack of his life.

HOW NICOLAS COPPOLA Became Nicolas Cage.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

DOG and Butterflies.

DEER, prancing through the forest at night.

CATCHING a falling bear. Pretty sure I've seen this before, but still cool.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

SHANE MacGOWAN, the brilliant but chaotic songwriter who as frontman for the Pogues reinvigorated interest in Irish music in the 1980s by harnessing it to the propulsive power of punk rock, died on Thursday. He was 65. His wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, said the cause was pneumonia but did not say where he died. Here's the Billboard obit, and a tribute/obit from The Guardian. Tributes from fellow musicians are compiled by Consequence.  A selection of his best work, both with and without The Pogues, is collected at Stereogum, including the Chrismas classic “Fairytale Of New York,” but bizarrely omitting "A Pair of Brown Eyes."  BONUS: Over two hours of discussion and analysis of The Pogues.

SCOTT KEMPNER, co-founding guitarist of the Dictators and the Del-Lords, is dead at 69. The musician passed away from complications of early onset dementia at a nursing home in Connecticut.  That first Del-Lords LP is so, so good.

LANA DEL REY put her own spin on ‘Unchained Melody’ for NBC’s new Christmas at Graceland special.

HORSEGIRL & LIFEGUARD, two Chicago bands, cover the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored."

PAULA COLE of all people shares "The Replacements and Dinosaur Jr."

THE REPLACEMENTS: A Pitchfork podcast on the Tim reissue features some Tommy Stinson.

DARYL HALL wins the first stage of his lawsuit against JOHN OATES.

SOUNDGARDEN still has litigation going on too.

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA has a trailer online.

SEBASTIAN STAN has reportedly been tapped to portray a young Donald Trump in an upcoming film titled The Apprentice.

TOM HOLLAND, on whether he will return as Spider-Man.

THE FUGITIVE: Director Andrew Davis, on the movie's legacy.

KELLY CLARKSON's ex-husband overcharged her as manager, a judge rules.

MEG RYAN, on Aging, Dating, and Rom-Coms.

BILLY CRYSTAL is the last of his kind.

A RARE GIANT RAT that can grow to the size of a baby and chew through coconuts caught on camera for first time.

LIONS & TIGERS & DOG, Oh My!

A DOGGO and a calf. 

FLEETWOOD MAC: "Go Your Own Way," live circa 1979. Sounded great, fellas, but I coulda used a little More Cowbell.

JULIE BYRNE: A Takeaway Show.

JERRY GARCIA & MERL SAUNDERS at the Record Plant in Sausalito, CA. July 8, 1973.

THE HIGH LLAMAS return with "Hey Panda."

GARTH BROOKS released a 7-CD box set, but only at Bass Pro Shops.

CHARLI XCX & THE 1975's George Daniel are engaged.

PETE DROGE, getting back in the groove.

NICK CAVE's second novel, The Death Of Bunny Munro, is about to become a TV series.

TAYLOR SWIFT is reportedly shacking up with TRAVIS KELCE in KC for a few weeks. Then again, it's the Daily Mail.

PUFF DADDY has temporarily stepped aside as the chairman of the media network Revolt.

KURT RUSSELL is killing it in Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters.

LOONEY TUNES will remain on Max after fan outrage.

WILL & JADA PINKETT SMITH: Together forever?

MS. MARVEL may know what's wrong with the MCU.

MUSICALS are putting out non-musical trailers?

FORBES' 30 Under 30.

FERAL SUPER-PIGS, invading from Canada.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

HAVE YOU BEEN Petting Other Dogs!?

JASON and the SCORCHERS cover "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and play "Harvest Moon" for Twofer Tuesday.

CACTUS LEE covers Christine McVie, the Butthole Surfers, and the Grateful Dead for a Lagniappe Session.

PETER GABRIEL shares "Live and Let Live," thus completing his i/o LP.

REAL ESTATE shares "Water Underground."

SMASHING PUMPKINS plays Disney World.

BOYGENIUS, on their breakout year.

SPINAL TAP: Paul McCartney, Elton John, and Garth Brooks willappear in the sequel. No word on Puppet Show.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at LMFAO's ridiculous "Sexy And I Know It."

GEORDIE WALKER, a founding member and guitarist of the post-punk band and goth rock pioneers Killing Joke, has died. He was 64.

JEAN KNIGHT, the New Orleans soul singer who topped the R&B chart in 1971 with her Stax Records single “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died. She was 80.

CHRIS EVANS hasn't heard that Marvel has considered bringing back the original six Avengers for a future project.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN: Hollywood needs franchises (and other movies).

DISNEY'S bleak streak continues.

TAYLOR SWIFT's movie is streaming soon.

KYLIE JENNER, Interviewed by JENNIFER LAWRENCE.

STEPHANIE COURNEY: Why Flo from Progress got snubbed by SNL.

LINDA EVANGELISTA, on the cosmetic procedure incident that she said left her “permanently deformed” and “brutally disfigured.”

LOVE, ACTUALLY: Richard Curtis continues his apology tour.

A BORDER COLLIE goes to work.

A KINGFISHER frozen to a bridge is rescued.

CATS & DOGS, living together...