THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

…with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera. Part Four has John C. Reilly.
THE BETA BAND plays KEXP.
YO LA TENGO's Hanukkah run added Matt Berninger, Lenny Kaye, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and more. Including "Eve of Destruction."
ST VINCENT covers Bowie's "Young Americans."
PAUL McCARTNEY mourns as Hofner (the company which made his iconic bass) enters bankruptcy.
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN guitarist Will Sergeant on how he’s shaped the post-punk sound since 1978.
OLIVIA RODRIGO has discovered post-punk.
THE 10 BEST SHOEGAZE LPs of 2025, according to Stereogum.
JOHN TRAVOLTA fathered Elvis‘ great-grandson with RILEY KEOUGH?
CHRIS EVANS is officially returning to the MCU.
ROB REINER, on fatherhood.
ZOOEY DESCHANEL was not the first choice for the female lead in Elf.
GEN Z is going to the movies.
WARNER BROS: The Last Hollywood Gold Mine.
DISNEY's deal with Sora may mark a turning point in the AI wars.
GUY RITCHIE's YOUNG SHERLOCK has a trailer online.
JAMES CAMERON says MATT. DAMON. was never getting 10 percent to star in Avatar.
THE TEN BEST TV EPISODES of 2025, according to THR.
MAY BRITT, the statuesque Swedish actress who starred in such films as The Blue Angel and Murder, Inc. before becoming the second wife of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 91.
SEA LIONS, screaming.
CATS & DOGS, living together…
A POLAR BEAR adopts a cub.