THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with NEIL DIAMOND! There are two types of people, you know.  But here's Neil on the Beeb in 1971.  Your set list: "Sweet Caroline," "Solitary Man," "Cracklin' Rosie," "Done Too Soon," "A Modern Day Version Of Love," "He Aint' Heavy (He's My Brother)," "Holly Holy," and "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show."  Sadly, "I Am I Said" is off the Tube right now, but here's a contemporaneous German clip.

BRANDI CARLILE advance streams By The Way, I Forgive You.

FISCHERSPOONER advance streams Sir.

THE LOW ANTHEM advance streams The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea.

LAURIE ANDERSON & THE KRONOS QUARTET advance stream Landfall.

I'M WITH HER advance streams See You Around.

THE EELS share the jaunty “Today Is The Day.”

DOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd."

DEADBEAT CLUB: The B-52s tour Athens in 1989.

TELEVISION: Marquee Moon turns 40.

THE BREEDERS' new official bio is really an essay by Neil Gaiman.

MICKEY JONES, the drummer for Dylan's Royal Albert Hall gig, and Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, before going on to a significant acting career, has died at the age of 76.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases are Fifty Shades Freed, which is currently scoring 12 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Peter Rabbit, which is scoring 64 percent; and Clint Eastwood's The 15:17 to Paris, scoring 20 percent.

VENOM, starring Tom Hardy, dropped a teaser trailer online.

KATE UPTON elaborates on alleged sexual harassment by Guess co-founder Paul Marciano.

DIANE KRUGER talks about being choked by Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds.

JOAQUIN PHOENIX is in talks to play The Joker.

ALICIA VIKANDER talks Tomb Raider with Vogue.

OPRAH WINFREY confirmed she's not running for President.

A DOG snagging a pancake starts a house fire.

A TIGER CUB is not suitable to be mailed, not even express mail. The More You Know. Swoosh.

A "SUPPORT HAMSTER" was killed by an air passenger told she couldn't bring it onboard.

JUST A DEER, getting some drive-thru fries.

SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus."  And she was topping the chart this week in 1970.

FEIST plays La Blogotheque.

PAUL LUC streams Bad Seed.

MOON TAXI stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

VUNDABAR riffs on Mission Of Burma's "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" on their new single "Tonight I'm Wearing Silk."

THE BREEDERS' Kim Deal covers Michael Nesmith's "Joanne."

LANA DEL REY answers questions from Stevie Nicks, Kim Kardashian West, Courtney Love, and more.

MY BLOODY VALENTINE did a deep, career-spanning interview with Uncut, which someone copied and pasted to Reddit.

THE CLASH: NPR re-upped Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon talking about Sandinista! for International Clash Day (yesterday).

JOHN PERRY BARLOW, Grateful Dead lyricist and internet pioneer, has died at age 70.

QUINCY JONES torches the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Marlon Brando and a cast of thousands. And Richard Pryor's widow confirms a bit of it.

DEADPOOL 2 has a trailer online. NSFW language.

SHAZAM! has a cast list and plot summary.

NICOLE EGGERT took Scott Baio up on his challenge and filed a police report, claiming he sexually abused her when she was a minor.

QUENTIN TARANTINO was dead wrong to suggest she welcomed her rape by Roman Polanski in 1977, says Polanski's victim — but she's willing to cut the director some slack.

KYLIE JENNER & TRAVIS SCOTT are co-parenting, but not living together or expecting marriage.

JULIE BOWEN is officially calling it quits with her husband of 13 years.

A SNEAKY CORGI rides a one-eyed pony.

A TIGER that triggered a 45 minute police standoff turned out to be a plush toy.

A GREAT WHITE SHARK has been spotted lingering off the Florida coast.

SUPER ANTS could save the world.

TITUS ANDRONICUS shares a video for "Above The Bodega (Local Business)."

CALEXICO stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED has new tracks from Girlpool, The Messtheticsm, Superorganism, and more.

HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER's MC Taylor shares mixtapes, Wah-Wah Cowboys, Volume I & 2.

BLOOD ORANGE shares "Christopher & 6th" and "June 12th."

CAR SEAT HEADREST updates "My Boy."

MASON WILLIAMS pumps some "Classical Gas."

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN talks to Stereogum about Sleater-Kinney, Portlandia, and more.

SUFJAN STEVENS talks about attending the Oscars.

SHOEGAZE: A Bluffer's Guide.

ZANE CAMPBELL: The Man Who Would Save Country Music.

QUENTIN TARANTINO talks to Deadline about Uma Thurman's dangerous car stunt.And on Instagram,Thurman adds some more context. Probably a bad day for QT have Jezebel remind everyone he defended Roman Polanski pretty strongly in 2003.

STAR WARS announced a new series of movies to be written by Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. What happens to Confederate?

ISLE OF DOGS: Wes Anderson's upcoming film has a new clip online.

SARAH SILVERMAN & MICHAEL SHEEN have consciously uncoupled.

KYLIE JENNER named her baby...Stormi.

CONAN is coming to Amazon.

LADY BIRD: An argument for why it should win the Oscar.

DOGS IN SINGAPORE dress up to mark the Year of the Dog.

A MUTANT CRAYFISH reproduces asexually and is taking over Europe.

THE ROAMING CHICKENS of Ybor City aren’t charming local color to everyone who lives and works in the historic Latin district.

TWO LIONS, One Vulture.

PARAMORE play morning show hosts in their new "Rose-Colored Boy" video.

LEE RENALDO stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

TIFT MERRITT plays the Mountain Stage.

HOVVDY streams Cranberry.

SLOAN shares "The Day Will Be Mine."

R.E.M., playing "Radio Free Europe" and "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" for their network TV debut ... and Twofer Tuesday.

STEELY DAN gets almost 2 hours of discussion on Political Beats with guest Eli Lake.

THE 20 BEST LEAD-OFFS ON DEBUT ALBUMS, according to Salon.

PATTERSON HOOD of  the Drive-By Truckers talks to The Los Angeles Review of Books.

HOT CHIP's TOP 10 SONGS, according to Stereogum.

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY has a full trailer online.

JOHN MAHONEY, best known for playing Martin Crane on 11 seasons of Frasier, died in Chicago on Sunday while in hospice care, his manager, Paul Martino, confirmed. He was 77. Mahoney worked in film for more than 35 years, appearing in classics like The American President, Moonstruck, In the Line of Fire, and Say Anything.

KELSEY GRAMMER, meanwhile, is now doing opera.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN is thinking of suing Uma Thurman. Good luck with that.

BLACK PANTHER: Chadwick Bozeman and Ryan Coogler talk to Variety about their upcoming blockbuster. Sonny Bunch reminds us of past African-American comic book movie heroes.

KIM CATRALL's brother went missing and has been announced as dead.

MAN ATTACKED by rescued seagull.

A MASSIVE TIGER SNAKE invades a home office.

A HORSE startled by an umbrella goes nuts near Central Park.

IT'S RAINING ELK, sort of.

DENNIS EDWARDS, who succeeded David Ruffin in The Temptations, has died aged 74 of complications from meningitis.  He was the lead singer on a series of hits including Cloud Nine, Ball of Confusion, and the epic Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.

CLAUDE PATE: The Situation EP is steaming on Spotify.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM plays a set on Austin City Limits.

BAT FANGS are streaming their debut on Spotify.

TALKING HEADS: "Once In a Lifetime." How did I get here?

DESTROYER: Dan Bejar talks about returning to songwriting on guitar for ken.

BEYOND RETRO: Remixers are taking new hits back to the 80s.

THE TOP 10 SIMPLE MINDS SONGS, according to Stereogum.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Wilbert Harrison's R & B standard "Kansas City."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle climbs back to the top of the chart on the traditionally slow SuperBowl weekend with another 11MM on a leggy 32 percent drop. It's Sony's third-biggest hit ever, behind the first two Spider-Man movies. The Maze Runner: The Death Cure places with 10.2MM on a not-so-leggy 58 percent drop. The debut of Winchester shows with 9.3MM and likely dies next weekend when a normal slate of movies are released.  The Greatest Showman remains in fourth on arguably one of the leggiest performances of all time (leggier than Titanic, albeit with lower overall numbers). Hostiles round out the Top Five with 5.5MM on a 45 percent drop; it's now in danger of not recouping its budget domestically.

UMA THURMAN accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, and Quentin Tarantino of endangering her life.

VINCENT CIRRINIONE helped Halle Berry and Taraji P. Henson become stars, and now stands accused of unwanted sexual advances.

KATE UPTON accused the Guess fashion brand's co-founder Paul Marciano of sexual harassment.

KYLIE JENNER and Travis Scott are parents after she gave birth Thursday to a “beautiful and healthy” baby girl.

NATALIE PORTMAN defended the Star Wars prequels in a NSFW SNL rap video.

ALEC BALDWIN skewers Trump, but defends Allen and Toback.

JOHN STAMOS and his fiance Caitlin McHugh got married.  And robbed.

A KANGAROO takes out a Queensland cyclist.

NIGEL, the world's loneliest bird, died next to the decoy he loved.

A FALLING GOOSE knocked out a hunter after being shot.

SNAKE secretly flushing a toilet.