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SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES: "Tears of a Clown." Originally released in 1967, but it didn't become a hit until 1970. Sometimes, a hit takes time.
DEHD plays acoustic at The Current.
DAWES plays for Paste.
TWIN SHADOW covers Billie Eilish's "Birds of a Feather."
FROM ELVIS COSTELLO TO THE FLATLANDERS: Pub-Rock and Americana's Great Overlap.
RORY GALLAGHER got a statue unveiled in Belfast.
PASTE's Top 40 Rock Albums of 2024.
EVAN DANDO, now clean from street drugs and using LSD, will release his long-delayed memoir this spring.
BRENTON WOOD, the soul singer best known for his 1967 hit “The Oogum Boogum Song,” has died. He was 83.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Mufasa repeats atop the chart with 23.8MM on a 35 percent drop. Sonic 3 places with 21.2MM on a 44 percent drop. Nosferatu shows with 13.2 MM on a 39 percent drop (and clears 100MM globally). The estimated total is 105.5MM, 23 percent better than the opening frame of 2024.
THE GOLDEN GLOBES were awarded to these folks. Congrats!
RICKY GERVAIS shares the jokes he would have told hosting the Globes.
JEFF BAENA, indie filmmaker and husband of Aubrey Plaza, has died at 47.
THE SUBSTANCE will not have a sequel.
YACHT ROCK's Fascinating Legacy.
SONNY BUNCH's Top Ten (Or So) Movies of 2024.
BRITT ALLCROFT, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, has died at age 81.
CATS & DOGS, living together…
A PUPPER hitches a ride during a walk.
TORTOISES come to get cleaned.
PERRY, who famously served as the model for the Donkey character in “Shrek,” was euthanized on Thursday after battling a painful hoof disease. He was 30.
