As you may have heard, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals recently asked British synth-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys to change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys — in order, they say, to call attention to the “cramped, filthy conditions” of many breeding facilities. The band gracefully turned them down, while acknowledging that it does “raise an issue worth thinking about.” And the Music Mix agrees! While there’s nothing really wrong with Cat Power, Fleet Foxes, or Modest Mouse (has anyone ever met a really aggressive, braggy mouse?

Rest easy, dog lovers: The canine at the center of the movie Dog does not die. In fact, when co-director and star Channing Tatum set out to make the film with longtime friend and Magic Mike collaborator Reid Carolin, they ruled out doggy deaths from the jump. "We love dogs over here," Tatum tells EW. "It's one of those things, no one really wants one of those movies. I think that's one of those deadly sins.

For the second time this week, Doja Cat is unveiling the cover art for her upcoming album Scarlet. The "Paint the Town Red" singer posted a new version of the artwork on social media Thursday, a day after observers pointed out that the original iteration bore a striking resemblance to the cover of German metal band Chaver's next album, Of Gloom, with both depicting a red spider staring down a drop of blood.

Don't call it a makeover, but Doja Cat has reworked Hole's hit "Celebrity Skin" with the blessing of the band's frontwoman Courtney Love. In a behind the scenes video for Taco Bell's upcoming Super Bowl commercial titled "The Grande Escape," viewers see the "Kiss Me More" singer record her cover of the 1998 rock hit, with a quick shot of the reworked lyrics that Doja worked on in partnership with Love.

At the end of the day, Dolly Parton is just a simple gal from Pittman Center, Tenn. — yes, a simple gal from Pittman Center, Tenn. who's amassed hundreds of millions of dollars and has become a national treasure and cultural touchstone...but still. You're not going to catch that gal tapping her acrylics away on the latest iPhone. The "Coat of Many Colors" singer sat down with Drew Barrymore on her eponymous talk show and explained her famed love of the fax machine, once the height of technology now among kids today, an answer phrased in the form of a question: What the hell is a fax machine?

Dolly Parton is afraid to reveal if she's done anything that would land her on Santa's Naughty List. "Do I really have to say? I don't know if I'd done anything that naughty," the music legend says via Zoom, joining EW from her studios outside Nashville to chat about her NBC holiday movie, Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas. The truth, of course, is that the "Jolene" and "9 to 5" singer has done a whole lot of good not just this year but throughout her life, and she's hoping her new special within a movie will inspire some of that for audiences.

Dolly Parton closed out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony with a performance of a new rock song. The country icon was inducted during the ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday night, where she celebrated her newfound rock star status and reiterated plans to release a rock album in her speech. "I'm a rock star now!" she said. "This is a very special night for me." Addressing her previous decision to remove herself from the nomination process, Parton said, "

We already know Dolly Parton is a badass, but did you know she was also partly responsible for bringing one of TV's most famous badasses to screen? In 1986, the legendary singer and her former manager Sandy Gallin founded Sandollar Productions, the company that produced the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie in 1992. While the film didn't receive great reviews, Sandollar executive Gail Berman believed in the story and thought it would work as a television series.

The sudden death of Dolores O’Riordan, beloved and immensely talented frontwoman of The Cranberries, has rocked the music world. The Irish band was one of the most popular rock acts of its time, selling more than 40 million records worldwide, with several albums netting platinum certifications in the U.S. To pay tribute to the legendary band, we’ve rounded up the five essential songs that any Cranberries fan should be listening to right now.

Domhnall Gleeson has a bone to pick with Domhnall Gleeson. The About Time actor stars as multiple versions of the same blood-splattered, shovel-wielding man in the music video for Hozier's new single, "De Selby (Part 2)." In the black-and-white visual, Gleeson wakes up in a field only to discover another version of himself, whom he promptly strikes over the head and then buries alive. With each death, Gleeson finds himself back in the field once again.