Year: 2024

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…

…with THE TALKING HEADS!  Here's the expanded band — including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) — Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay Hungry," "Cities," "I Zimbra," "Drugs," "Take Me To The River," "Crosseyed And Painless," "Life During Wartime," "Houses In Motion," "Born Under Punches," and "The Great Curve."

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD debuts new songs in Shanghai.

RICHARD THOMPSON returns with "Singapore Sadie."

ST VINCENT shares "Broken Man."

EELS shares "Time."

KACEY MUSGRAVES shares "Too Good To Be True."

DON HENLEY testifies that he never gifted any one his handwritten Eagles lyrics.

FAYE WEBSTER is hiding in plain sight.

BIG STAR: Radio City Turns 50.

RONI STONEMAN, banjo player, comedian and cast member on the long-running television show Hee Haw, died Feb. 22 at age 85.

 

HOW DUNE: PART 2 Became the Movie Event of 2024.

AMC THEATERS' revenue increase last year was all Taylor Swift and Beyonce. 

THE ROYALS: Kate Middleton's recovery from surgery breeds conspiracy theories.

SUPERMAN: LEGACY has a new title you'll never guess.

EMILY BLUNT denied being the mystery former film co-star that 'screamed' at Rebecca Ferguson and made her cry.

ALEC BALDWIN is seen rushing the Rust crew in the trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film’s 24-year-old armorer, for involuntary manslaughter.

RAY WINSTONE doesn't want to talk about acting.

THE OSCARS: Which past films would have won the new Best Casting award?

 

SUGAR BABIES, jumping in sequence.

CATS & DOGS, living together…

TANZANIA may be home to the world's largest elephant.

CANDIE PAYNE brings her updated Northern Soul sound on "I Wish I Could Have Loved You More."

THE VELDT plays KEXP.

NICK CAVE covers Édith Piaf's classic “La Vie En Rose.”

T-BONE BURNETT returns with "Waiting for You."

CLOUD NOTHINGS returns with “Running Through The Campus.”

HINDS shares "Coffee."

JASON ISBELL comments on his dvorce from Amanda Shires.

PAUL McCARTNEY backs Foreigner for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

JACK ANTONOFF, pop music's production king, on Taylor Swift, his new album and the genre that's ‘about to blow.'

PINO PALLADINO shared the stories behind the bass lines he considers among the toughest and most significant of his career.

 

RICHARD LEWIS, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home due to a heart attack. He was 76.  Larry David paid tribute.

JEFFREY WRIGHT, on American Fiction, which has earned him his very first Oscar nomination, plus The Batman: Part 2, and more.

REBECCA FERGUSON revealed that she was once screamed at by a co-star on set to such an unprofessional degree that she ultimately fired back and requested she only act opposite the back of the actor’s head.

JOSH BROLIN: Steering into what scares him.

WARNERS is no longer seeking a merger with Paramount.

NEUROMANCER: The William Gibson cyberpunk classic is headed to Apple TV.

DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD: The remake has a trailer online.

JOHN WATERS is making his first film in 20 years. With Aubrey Plaza.

DREA De MATEO is raking it in on OnlyFans, saving her home from foreclosure.

 

MOURNING FLACO, the owl who escaped.

BLACK GEESE on parade.

DUCKS, ducking in.

FLAMING GROOVIES "Shake Some Action," circa 1987.

MGMT visits World Cafe.

COURTNEY LOVE joins BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG on Cheap Trick’s “He’s A Whore” and “Surrender,” as well as Tom Petty’s “Even The Losers.”

KINGS OF LEON play "Mustang" on Fallon.

MO TROPER shares "The Billy Joel Fan Club."

LES SAVY FAV returns with "Guzzle Blood."

DON HENLEY was asked in a New York courtroom about his 1980 arrest after authorities said they found drugs and a naked 16-year-old girl suffering from an overdose at his L.A. home.

RUN-DMC: Two men were convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend’s studio.

PATTIE BOYD is set to auction off a selection of love letters written by George Harrison and Eric Clapton.

 

DUNE: PART TWO is tracking to open between 65-80MM domestic.

ROAD HOUSE: Amazon faces a lawsuit claiming they used fake AI voices to skirt the actors' strike to avoid having their rights to the work expire.

TAYLOR SHERIDAN's most watched series, ranked.

THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter has blessed the upcoming Ryan Coogler reboot.

KEVIN BACON & KYRA SEDGWICK serenade their pigs with Beyonce's new country smash.

CHARLES DIERKOP, the actor known for his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and Police Woman, has died. He was 87.

EDDIE DRISCOLL, an actor best known for his roles on Mad Men, Entourage and Sex and the City, has died. He was 60.

JACKIE LOUGHERY, the first Miss USA whife of Dragnet's Jack Webb, and a sidekick to both Abbott & Costello and Johnny Carson has died at 93.

 

GORILLA vs GOOSE: Who You Got?

CATS & DOGS, living together…

CATFIGHT!

MISSION: IMPAWSIBLE videos are a sure thing here.

THE FEELIES: The Jonathan Demme-directed "Away" and a live take on "Deep Fascination" for Twofer Tuesday.

GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR debuts three new songs in NYC.

REAL ESTATE covered Elton John's "Daniel" at the release party for their Daniel LP with an all-Daniel audience.

DIIV shares an SNL-themed video for "Brown Paper Bag" ft… Fred Durst?

CARDINALS: The Cork indie band set on writing future classics.

QUEEN and… a Freddie Mercury hologram tour?

BILLY CORGAN is set to star in a new reality series about his life, as part of a television deal struck by the wrestling promotion that he owns.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Baauer's "Harlem Shake," an indie dance record that became an unlikely meme-driven smash.

 

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, starring and directed by Kevin Costner, has a trailer online.

RYAN GOSLING will sing "I'm Just Ken" at the Oscars.

DENIS VILLENUEVE won't rush Dune 3.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN almost cut the most famous line in The Dark Knight.

MARY POPPINS has been deemed potentially unsuitable for children in the UK for using one word.

GLEN POWELL & SYDNEY SWEENEY are looking for a new project.

SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS: A fifth lawsuit with further sexual misconduct accusations was filed by producer Lil Rod.

KANYE WEST claims Adidas is suing him for 250MM.

THE ACCOUNTANT sequel is moving forward.

SHOGUN: The next Game of Thrones?

 

FLACO: The late escapee from the Central Park Zoo may be honored by NYC lawmakers.

MOOSE vs BEAR: Who You Got?

A PIG displays its hoop skills.

BLAKE BABIES' fab cover of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes."  Saw 'em open for Game Theory, many moons ago.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to MGMT, Hurray For The Riff Raff, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Mary Timony, Real Estate, Stereolab‘s Laetitia Sadier, and more.

PAUL WELLER shares “Soul Wandering.”

THE LIBERTINES: Pete Doherty says he was "healthier when he was on heroin."

MGMT: "Every so often we do something that's accidentally on trend."

YARD ACT: James Smith's cultural highlights.

IAN "TICH" AMEY, the lead guitarist of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, has died at 79.

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Bob Marley: One Love repeats atop the chart with 13.5MM on a 53 percent drop. Demon Slayer places with an 11.6MM debut.  The faith-based Ordinary Angels shows with a 6.5MM debut.  Another slow wee, perhaps the last for a while.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks.  Congrats. (A pretty CW selection all told.)

THE SPIRIT AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats.

COYOTE v ACME's fate is uncertain as the WB takes a 115MM tax writedown.

WERNER HERZOG, on the ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon.

SCHINDLER'S LIST: An Oral History.

OFFICE SPACE Turns 25.

GLADIATOR 2's budget has ballooned to 300MM.

RICHARD RUSHFIELD's Hollywood Field Guide.

 

FOUR GOLDENS and a baby.

TRAMPOLINE MAKERS find their target demo.

CATS & DOGS, living together.

FLACO,  the Eurasian eagle owl discovered missing from the Central Park Zoo after his exhibit was vandalized just over a year ago, is dead after an apparent collision with a building on West 89th Street in Manhattan.

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."

YARD ACT plays The Current.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN shares "Girl 71."

MARK KNOPFLER shares "Watch Me Gone."

ISOBEL CAMPBELL shares "4316."

JUDAS PRIEST shares “The Serpent And The King.”

THE HIGH LLAMAS shares “Sisters Friends.”

KINGS OF LEON shares "Mustang."

BAT FOR LASHES shares "The Dream of Delphi."

FOREIGNER's Mick Jones is battling Parkinson's.

MARY TIMONY's 10 favorite '60s / '70s prog and Brit-folk jams.

STEVEN TYLER won dismissal of a sexual assault lawsuit as untimely.

JIM GORDON: A new book on the legendary drummer turned murderer.

 

DENIS VILLENEUVE, on the crazy privilege of making Dune: Part Two.

TOM CRUISE is again looking to pair with auteur directors like Alejandro Iñárritu.  More background here.

JODIE FOSTER is earning career-best reviews – but she still wonders how differently her life could have gone.

NATALIE PORTMAN, on the decline of film as a primary form of entertainment.

WENDY WILLIAMS was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.

AMANDA SEYFRIED, on suddenly being typecast as a Mom.

JOHN CENA joins OnlyFans, sort of.

 

CATS & DOGS, living together…

THE FLOOR Is Lava.

A WOLF PUP's First Howl.

A DOGGO solicits skritches.

DEAN & BRITTA: Today just seemed good for "Words You Used to Say."

HOT WAX plays WFUV.

RICHARD HAWLEY shares "Two For His Heels." Less laid back for him.

PERNICE BROTHERS share “I Don’t Need That Anymore,” ft. Neko Case.

BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN shares “When I Was Younger.”

THE SMITHS: Every song ranked in order of greatness.

BEYONCE becomes the first Black woman to reach Number One on the US country chart with her new single.

JIMMY IOVINE: A woman who sued the A-list producer and Interscope co-founder for sexual abuse and misconduct has dropped the case after “the matter was resolved to the satisfaction of the parties,” according to her lawyer.

MARK RONSON is actively lobbying for his father’s band – Foreigner –  to get into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

THE EAGLES: A trial involving the stolen handwritten lyrics to ‘Hotel California' has begun in New York, with Don Henley expected to testify.

 

MARVEL RETOOLS: The Kang Dynasty is dead; Long Live Kang?

VAINTY FAIR's HOLLYWOOD ISSUE: The traditional Oscars-season group cover is out.

CHALLENGERS: Zendaya's post-Dune flick has a trailer online.

ETHAN COEN and TRICIA COOKE on their new film, and wanting movies to not suck.

JENNA ORTEGA talks up the Beetlejuice sequel.

GRETA GERWIG's Next Big Swing.

HOLLYWOOD CONTRACTION: Actors Struggle To Find Jobs As TV Castings Dry Up.

PAUL D'AMATO, the actor who played the gloriously vicious Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken opposite Paul Newman in Slap Shot, died Monday after a long battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain condition that is similar to Parkinson’s disease. D’Amato was 76.

 

OKAY, she's still angry.

TWO TYPES of pupper.

CATS & DOGS, living together…

THE FOUR TOPS: Levi Stubbs works up a sweat on live French TV, belting out a supercharged "I'll Be There."

BRITTANY HOWARD visits World Cafe.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Mary Timony, Daisy Rickman, Jessica Pratt, and more.

OLD 97s shares "Where The Road Goes," ft. Peter Buck of R.E.M.

ADRIENNE LENKER shares "Fool."

REAL ESTATE shares "Flowers."

THE BEATLES: Sam Mendes plans to direct four interlocking biopics of the Fab Four.

KISS: Gene Simmons, on the one time he got high.

 

DUNE: PART TWO had to figure out how the Fremen ride a sandworm.

CIVIL WAR: Alex Garland’s new A24 film has a trailer online.

JURASSIC WORLD: The next installment has a new director?

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF is getting a spin-off movie.

JON STEWART responds to critics of his Daily Show return.

MARTIN SCORSESE's next movie role is acting.

TONY GANIOS, the comedic actor known for his turn as fan-favorite Meat in Bob Clark’s “Porky’s” and as Perry in Philip Kaufman’s 1979 coming-of-age comedy-drama “The Wanderers,” died Feb. 18 following surgery at a hospital in New York. He was 64.

 

A HORSE, galloping down I-95 in Philly.

CATS & DOGS, living together…

BABY CROCS, firing like laser guns.

THE KNACK: "Frustrated."

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to IDLES, Molly Lewis, and more…

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Grandaddy, El Perro del Mar, and more…

VAMPIRE WEEKEND returns with “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops.”

LOS CAMPESINOS! debuted "A Psychic Wound" live in London.

BRIAN WILSON’s family has filed for a new legal conservatorship, stating that he suffers from “major neurocognitive disorder (such as dementia).”

RICHARD HELL says his ex-lover's acclaimed book is "revenge pr0n."

ROD STEWART sold his back catalog for about 100MM.

WARPAINT, on their nostalgic new single, their highs and lows of two decades together, once being labelled "Satanic", and more.

OASIS: Liam said Noel turned down a 30th anniversary tour of Definitely Maybe.

RANDY SPARKS, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and founder of the folk music group the New Christy Minstrels, died Feb. 11 at an assisted-living facility in San Diego. He was 90.

DEXTER ROMWEBER, of North Carolina psychobilly/garage-punk legends Flat Duo Jets died on Friday at age 57. 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Bob Marley: One Love tops the chart with 27.7MM, and it has recoupedd its production budget worldwide in its first six days of release. Madame Web places with 25.8MM, and it won't be a financial bloodbath, but ouch, especially given Sony's plans to expand its Spider-franchise.  Argylle shows with 15.1MM on a 24 percent drop.

THE BAFTAS went to these folks. Congrats!

REPO MAN is getting a sequel from director Alex Cox.

DUNE: PART TWO has some very hype early reactions.

NICOLAS CAGE could play Spider-Man Noir in a live-action series.

ROONEY MARA & JOAQUIN PHOENIX are expecting their second child.

DIANE LANE, on Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, Treat Williams, and more.

LORI SINGER  reflects on 40 years of Footloose.

JULIAN SCHLOSSBERG, on Elaine May, Mikey and Nicky, and more.

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY is observed today. Here's an inaccurate and profane tribute to the first US President.

 

BUNNIES, playing leapfrog.

A RESCUE DOG resists sleep for fear it will all go away.

A HORSE waits for the cat to mount up.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

…with OTIS REDDING!  Otis and the Bar-Kays crank up the energy to 11 for a Ready Steady Go special, crashing through "Satisfaction,"  "My Girl" and "Respect," then "Shake" morphing into "Land of a Thousand Dances" performed by Otis, Eric Burdon and Chris Farlowe.  BONUS: from the same special, Eric Burdon covers "Hold On, I'm Coming," while Chris Farlowe covers "It's a Man's World."

MAYER HAWTHORNE plays KUTX.

FUTURE ISLANDS plays WFUV.

MILES DAVIS, circa 1973-74.

KELLEY STOLTZ shares "Reni's Car." Jangle!

IDLES deepfake Coldplay in the video for "Grace."

MGMT discuss their new record and a treasure trove of random, genuinely absurd stories.

ROBERT PLANT can’t find the words for his new music.

PAUL McCARTNEY's favorite bass guitar has been returned to him after 54 years.

 

RIDLEY SCOTT takes on the Bee Gees.

KNOX GOES AWAY has a trailer online.

THE SYMPATHIZER, with RDJr filling multiple roles, has a trailer online.

STALLONE would like Ryan Gosling to play the next Rambo.

DAKOTA JOHNSON's unfiltered press tours.

BEN MENDELSOHN, on The New Look, acting myths, and the importance of making art accessible.

BRAD PITT and Ines de Ramon are living together.

TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY has become the HBO anthology series’ most-watched season.

 

A TOUCAN pays a visit.

AN ORCA slaps a dolphin.

A BABY SHEPHERD's first day at work.