THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with ARETHA FRANKLIN, Live in Stockholm, 1968! The "Lady Soul" concert was broadcast on Swedish TV, including: "There's No Business Like Show Business," "Come Back To Me," "Satisfaction," "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream," "Soul Serenade," "Night Life," "Baby I Love You," "Groovin,'" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Come Back Baby," "Dr Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)," "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" "I  Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)," "Chain Of Fools," and "Respect."

ST PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES play World Cafe.

LUNA plays KEXP.

THE NATIONAL shares its "New Order T-Shirt," both in song and merch.

WEDNESDAY shares "Bath County."

DAVID BOWIE's massive archive has been acquired by London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

WET LEG, profiled at The New Yorker.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN has been sentenced to a further 16 years in prison for a rape conviction in Los Angeles.

R KELLY has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for child sex crimes, with 19 to be served simultaneously with a previous 30-year term.

CHARLES BARKLEY is considering a CNN show with Gayle King.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON could return for its second season in Summer 2024.

LORD OF THE RINGS is getting a reboot?

WAYNE'S WORLD could be a trilogy?

HOGWARTS LEGACY has grossed more than twice as much in two weeks as the last "Fantastic Beasts" movie did in its entire run.

JEAN SMART is recovering from a heart procedure.

SUCCESSION: The End Is Near.

THE PROSPECT PARK GATOR had swallowed a four-inch-wide bathtub stopper and is not strong enough for it to be removed right now, the Bronx Zoo said.

AN EXTINCT PREDATORY FISH was the size of five Corgis.

DOGGOS may soon be oppressed in Florida.