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NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?
SAINT ETIENNE visits World Cafe.
BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT: Favorite Albums of 2025.
BILLY JOEL performed in front of a crowd for the first time since his touring was called off in May due to a brain disorder diagnosis affecting his balance.
PETER BUCK joins ICICLE WORKS' Ian McNabb on a cover of R.E.M.'s "So. Central Rain." Notable, tho not my jam.
PETER GABRIEL shares "Been Undone."
FORTY-FOUR Albums from Indie Legends in 2025.
FIFTEEN Albums from Britpop Greats in 2025.
BARRY MANILOW shared a health update after revealing his lung cancer diagnosis late last month.
PRINCE streams surge after the Stranger Things finale.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Avatar 3 threepeats atop the chart with 40MM on a pretty leggy 37 percent drop. Zootopia 2 places with 19MM on a mere 4 percent drop. And The Housemaid shows with 14.8MM, a showing that puts more shine back on Sydeny Sweeney's star.
THE STRANGER THINGS FINALE put 25-28MM into the hands of theater owners (in concessions charged for free tickets).
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS' AWARDS went to these folks. Big night for One Battle After Another.
THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO missed the Palm Springs International Film Awards due to US action in Venezuela messing up air travel, but sent in a recorded message that doubled down on the need for original movies and the theatrical experience.
MOVIE THEATERS, however, didn't have much of a comeback in 2025. They are cautiously optimistic about 2026.
TOMMY LEE JONES and family released a brief statement following the death of his daughter Victoria at 34.
AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY put its Thor-centric trailer online.
IF NETFLIX BUYS WARNER BROS, the theatrical window may shrink to 17 days.
DANNY OCEAN is putting the crew back together.
DIRECTORS, on their fave films of 2025.
ISIAH WHITLOCK, remembered for his roles in The Wire and a number of Spike Lee films, has died aged 71.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN was partially filmed on the same set as Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.’
CATS & DOGS, living together…
A PUPPER and his horse.
PRANKED by an elephant.
A SWAN breaks the ice for some ducks.
