THE CONNELLS: " '74-'45. " Read more about this Raleigh, North Carolina quintet at Trouser Press.
NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to beaming, Frog, and more.
BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Nine Inch Noize, Penny Arcade, and more.
KACEY MUSGRAVES shares "Middle Of Nowhere."
S.G. GOODMAN covers the Butthole Surfers' "Pepper."
DEAD CAN DANCE shares "Death Cults."
JESSE MALIN shares "Hollywood Forever."
OLIVIA RODRIGO shares "Drop Dead," which references her new friens, The Cure.
IRON MAIDEN will skip the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony.
CHER discovers a secret granddaughter.
DON SCHLITZ, the architect behind many of country music’s most enduring songs,including “The Gambler,” passed away on April 16 at a Nashville hospital after a sudden illness. He was 73.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Super Mario Galaxy Movie threepeats atop the chart with 35MM on a 49 percent drop. Project Hail Mary places with 20.4MM on a mere 15 percent drop. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy shows with a 13MM debut, which isn't great, but I think the budget was only 20MM.
NATALIE PORTMAN is pregnant.
EDDIE MURPHY recieves an AFI lifetime achievement award.
CHARLIZE THERON mines her dark past.
MINDY COHN announces a cancer diagnosis. Eff cancer.
MILES TELLER makes megamillions on canned beverages, but isn't leaving his day job.
CHARLES DANCE joins Robert Pattinson's next Batman movie.
KANYE WEST is canceled in more European countries.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBER announces he is an alcoholic.
THE LAST TIME Everyone Watched the Same Thing is really the Super Bowl, but fair enough.
A PIG gives hula hoop lessons.
A CAT discovers the beanbag chair.
CATS & DOGS, living together…
SNAKES, hanging out on a wall.