MT JOY plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

NATALIE PRASS plays new material at the PledgeHouse for SXSW.

MARLON WILLIAMS plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

STARCRAWLER plays the PledgeHouse at SXSW.

ARCADE FIRE play “Creature Comfort” and “Put Your Money On Me” on SNL in time for Twofer Tuesday.

THE RAVEONETTES share "Ghost."

BLEACHERS goof on When Harry Met Sally in the video for "Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)."

COVER SONGS get over two hours of love on (the apolitical) Political Beats with Scot Bertram and Jeff Blehar.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: From Twee Outsiders to Pop Icons. (Thx, Frank Yang.)

THE CLIENTELE's Alasdair MacLean talks to London In Stereo about English suburbia, nostalgia and Music For The Age Of Miracles.

THE DAMNED: How we made "New Rose."

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: Disney wants a Toronto court to seal documents in the mogul's sex assault lawsuit.

STEVEN SEAGAL: One of 2 women who came forward accusing the former action star of sexual assault claims he raped her when she was in her late teens and took her virginity.

RHIANNA wiped out over 800MM of Snapchat's market value.

CYNTHIA NIXON (Sex and the City) jumped into the race for governor of New York.

VIVECA A. FOX discusses her sex life with 50 Cent.

STEVEN SPIELBERG regrets "digitally enhancing" E.T.

DAVID DUCHOVNY talks to NME about Tom Petty, The X-Files, and his new LP.

OVERLOAD: Will any shows from the Golden Age of TV endure?

A WOBBLY PUPPY gets a sister who inspires her to run.

BENTO, THE KEYBOARD CAT, passed away at the age of nine.

UNITED AIRLINES misdirected another dog; re-routed a flight to get it to Akron.

AND THERE WAS STINKY HERRING all over the highway.

COURTNEY BARNETT shares a video for "Need a Little Time."

SUNFLOWER BEAN plays a mini-set for The Current at SXSW.

SON LITTLE plays at PledgeHouse during SXSW.

JADE BIRD plays at PledgeHouse during SXSW.

WARBLY JETS brings the Paisley Underground back to life at PledgeHouse during SXSW.

YO LA TENGO streams There's A Riot Going On.

BLUE SWEDE: "Hooked on a Feeling," introduced by the late Don Kirshner. Ooga-Chucka.

DAVID BOWIE talks Burroughs, Iggy and Ziggy in two unearthered interviews for the New Zealand TV show, Radio with Pictures.

NAP EYES: Nigel Chapman talks to Aquarium Drunkard about the spiritual themes of I’m Bad Now, slang terms, and the relative values of turning inward and outward.

TORONTO's TOP 100 SONGS, according to The Star.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Shirelles'"Will You Love Me Tomorrow."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Black Panther reigns for a fifth straight weekend with 27MM on a mere 34 percent drop. It's the first movie to fivepeat since Avatar. And it crosses 600MM domestic in the process.  The only blemish in this story is that China still seem... lukewarm on movies featuring a black cast (Marvel has pulled in ~66MM there; compared to making 55MM in the UK.) Domestically, it is likely to surpass Titanic for third all-time in a couple of weekends.  Tomb Raider places with 23.5MM against a 94MM budget, so the franchise likely dies again, absent extraordinary foreign receipts.  The faith-based flick I Can Only Imagine shows with 17MM against a 7MM budget, which is much better math.  And it edges out fourth-place A Wrinkle in Time, which grossed 16.6MM on a 50 percent drop in its second weekend and is unlikely to profit on the big screen.  The debut of Love, Simon rounds out the Top Five with 11.5MM against a 17MM budget, which is not bad for the first gay teen romance from a major studio.

THE OSCARS PRESIDENT is under investigation for sexual harassment, trade publications reported.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: The NYPD physically hid Weinstein accuser Ambra Battilana from the Manhattan D.A.'s office after the police became concerned that the D.A.'s investigators were trying to intimidate and discredit her.

TERRY GILLIAM is speaking out against the MeToo movement, saying that in Hollywood, “mob rule takes over; the mob is out there, they are carrying their torches and they are going to burn down Frankenstein’s castle.”

THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WARS shared a new trailer.

READY PLAYER ONE shares a new (final) trailer.

ISLE OF DOGS: Wes Anderson's upcoming animated flick shares a "making of" video."

ALESSANDRO AMBROSIO and Jamie Mazur, her fiancé of 10 years, have split.

A "CLEAN FREAK" GORILLA  at the Philadelphia Zoo is taking a stand against dirty hands by opting to walk on two legs.

A DOG NAMED HAVOC lived up to his name after escaping from his crate and tearing around the tarmac of Pearson International Airport for an hour.

HALF-BILLION-YEAR-OLD BRAINS OF SEA MONSTERS, found fossilized n Greenland.

A 68-YEAR-OLD WOMAN reeled in a massive 136-lb bass grouper.

THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with JOE STRUMMER and THE POGUES!  People will be getting their drink and dance on, so enjoy Joe, Shane and the band putting a Celtic spin on "London Calling" and "I Fought The Law" for St. Patrick's Day, 1988. Follow that up with the Dropkick Murphys' videos for "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" (which you may have heard in Martin Scorsese's The Departed) and "The Wild Rover."  Round it out with an Old Grey Whistle Test of my fave Pogues song, "Sally MacLennane," and a Shamrock Shake.

COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS advance streams May Your Kindness Remain.

ALICE BAG advance streams Blueprint

THE MESSTHETICS advance stream a self-titled debut.

CAVERN OF ANTI-MATTER advance streams Hormone Lemonade.

JOE COCKER is "Feelin' Alright," with a little help from his friend.

THE DECEMBERISTS' Colin Meloy talks to Billboard about the band’s new approach, his collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda, and why he’s the group’s reigning board game king.

MOUNT EERIE: Phil Elverum talks to Stereogum about critical acclaim, Lil Peep, and Now Only.

INSIDE THE 'DEMISE' OF NME: Ex-staffers, publishers and musicians tell the inside story of how a once-mighty media brand lost its cool.

THE ROLLING STONES' 10 BEST SONGS, according to... NME.

THE BEST 30 ALBUMS OF 1988, according to Paste.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Tomb Raider, which is currently scoring 51 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Love, Simon, which is currently scoring 87 percent; I Can Only Imagine, which was not screened for critics; and 7 Days in Entebbe, scoring 15 percent.

DANNY BOYLE confirmed that he is directing James Bond 25, while also revealing that the plan is to start shooting at the end of the year. With a script by Richard Curtis?

AVA DuVERNAY will direct New Gods at Warner Bros. as part of the studio’s DC Extended Universe.

MATT DAMON, contra some reports, is not moving the family to Australia.

CATE BLANCHETT and SANDRA BULLOCK swear by "penis facials. "

FORMER ESPN CHIEF JOHN SKIPPER details his exit amid cocaine addiction and an extortion plot.

ANDERSON COOPER has split from his longtime boyfriend Ben Maisani.

JESSICA ALBA's reinvention is the cover of Redbook.

A RESCUED PIT BULL finally gets to be a dog.

AN UNUSUAL SNAKE REMOVAL required jackhammers.

IS THAT A BAG FULL OF FINCHES, or are you just... oh.

THE FISH BONES backed up a little.

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH: The friendly stranger in the black sedan.

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB stopped by the World Cafe.

SEE THROUGH DRESSES play a mini-set at Daytrotter.

INVSN streams their Forever Rejected EP.

EELS shares "Premonition."

BELLY shares a video for "Shiny One."

THE DECEMBERISTS talk to Paste about going outsidetheir comfort zone on I’ll Be Your Girl.

THE BREEDERS' Kelley Deal talks to Weekend Edition about the band's return.

CLAUDIA FONTAINE, a Zelig-like figure in the 1980s, backing up performances by Elvis Costello, the Jam and the Specials. has died at age 57. 

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Elvis Presley's gorgeous and intense ballad "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

LAURA DERN couldn’t stop saying “pew” every time she fired her laser gun in The Last Jedi.

MATT DAMON & BEN AFFLECK have announced that they will adopt the inclusion rider agreement in all their future production deals through their Pearl Street company.

JENNIFER GARNER & BEN AFFLECK went through a heartbreaking period of nearly two years where the actress tried to save their marriage. Yes, she's got a movie opening tomorrow.

RAMPAGE has a new trailer online.

IS SPIKE LEE joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

MILEY CYRUS was sued for 300 million dollars by a Jamaican songwriter who said the pop singer's 2013 smash “We Can't Stop” closely resembles a song he recorded 25 years earlier.

MARGOT ROBBIE is in negotiations to play Sharon Tate in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

PEACOCK THIEF chased by angry birds.

UNITED AIRLINES says it's investigating after mistakenly flying a Kansas family's dog to Japan. Toto!

A POLICE DOG made a significant drug bust in Connecticut.

MALE BROWN WIDOW SPIDERS prefer females who eat them.

HARRY NILSSON: "Everybody's Talking" on Swedish TV, circa 1969.

RIVERS CUOMO played a solo acoustic set at The Hi Hat in Los Angeles, with Weezer songs plus a few classic covers.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS play the Mountain Stage.

JOHN PRINE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

LEON BRIDGES returns with Bet Ain't Worth the Hand" and "Bad Bad News."

CRAIG FINN & the Uptown Controllers share a "Galveston" that is not the Jimmy Webb / Glen campbell tune.

DAVID BYRNE shares a video for "Everybody's Coming To My House."

VAN MORRISON: Read an excerpt from Astral Weeks: A Secret History Of 1968.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Politics and Religion.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs' doo-wop classic "Stay."

NOKIE EDWARDS, longtime lead guitarist for surf-guitar legends the Ventures, has died after a hip surgery resulted in an infection. Edwards was 82.

STEPHEN HAWKING, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76.

AN HBO EXEC regrets saying that the Big Little Lies cast's salary demands for season two "raped" the premium cable network.  Game of Thrones spin-offs are also likely to pressure the budget.

HEATHER LOCKLEAR will no longer face court for allegedly hitting her boyfriend in late February, but she is facing charges for allegedly attacking the police officers that responded to her home.

ZAYN MALIK & GIGI HADID have split after two years together.

MADONNA threatens to direct another movie.

SHIA LeBEOUF is profiled by Esquire.

READY PLAYER ONE had a successful SXSW premiere (if beset with tech problems). And they're letting critics post reviews.

TOMB RAIDER shared seven clips ahead of its premiere.

A HORSE IN A NIGHTCLUB? Neigh.

HORRIFYING: A teacher fed puppy to a snapping turtle in front of students.

A DOG died on a United flight to LaGuardia after its employee forced its owner to stow it in an overhead compartment.

THE SWARM: A professor just gave a lecture completely covered in bees and he didn’t seem to mind one bit.