THE SMOKING POPES: "Need You Around," for a little Chicago flavor.
NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Courtney Barnett, King Tuff, and more.
BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has the New Pr0nographers, José González, and more.
ROBYN HITCHCOCK returns with "I Am This Thing."
JIMMY PAGE shares his demo for "Ten Years Gone."
PORTUGAL. THE MAN & MARSHMELLO share "Phoenix."
SUKI WATERHOUSE shares "Back In Love."
FLAMIN' GROOVIES: An appreciation of Teenage Head.
ROBERT CHRISTGAU is the subject of a new documentary.
BOB DYLAN started a Patreon.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Project Hail Mary repeats atop the chart with 54.5MM on a leggy 32 percent drop. Hoppers places with 12.2MM on a 31 percent drop. They Will Kill You shows with 5MM.
JAMES TOLKAN, the character actor who expressed a disdain for “slackers” in the Back to the Future trilogy and portrayed Tom Cruise’s no-nonsense commanding officer in Top Gun, has died. He was 94.
TIGER WOODS drove into the rough again.
HARRY POTTER: Season 2 is alreay being written.
THE END OF OAK STREET has a trailer online.
THE MUMMY: John Hannah is reuniting with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz for the latest installment of the horror-adventure franchise.
KIM NOVAK, on Alfred Hitchcock, the trouble with being pretty and why a biopic about her love affair with Sammy Davis Jr won't happen.
MARY BETH HURT, the Tony-nominated actress whose demure demeanor drew moviegoers to her array of emotionally impactful performances in such films as Interiors, Chilly Scenes of Winter and The World According to Garp, has died. She was 79.
A BIRD raids the picnic.
COCAINE SHARKS prowl the Caribbean.
AS CAT RESCUES GO, pretty weird.