FATS DOMINO, the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues singer whose two-fisted boogie-woogie piano and nonchalant vocals, heard on dozens of hits, made him one of the biggest stars of the early rock ’n’ roll era, died on Tuesday at his home in Harvey, La., across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. He was 89.  Fats had more than three dozen Top 40 pop hits through the 1950s and early ’60s, among them “Blueberry Hill,” “Ain’t It a Shame” (also known as “Ain’t That a Shame,” which is the actual lyric), “I’m Walkin’,” “Blue Monday” and “Walkin’ to New Orleans.” He reportedly sold more than 65 million records, outselling Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly – combined.  The Guardian esays his impact.

JD McPHERSON played in Nashville for The Current.

PINEGROVE stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

SLAUGHTER BEACH, DOG streams Birdie.

MORRISSEY shares "I Wish You Lonely."

FRANZ FERDINAND reurns with “Always Ascending.”

BRIAN ENO & KEVIN SHIELDS (My Bloody Valentine) share "Only One Away My Son."

MADNESS: "It Must Be Love."

ALICE GLASS accuses former Crystal Castles bandmate of sexual assault, which he denies.

JULIA HOLTER says that Matt Mondanile was "emotionally abusive" to her.

SCOTT McCAUGHEY talks to Aquarium Drunkard about Filthy Friends, the last days of R.E.M. and more...

A LOOK AT PRINCE Through the Lens of His Personal Photographer.

EMMA STONE has been seeing Saturday Night Live writer and segment director Dave McCary for at least three months.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN faces another rape allegation.

RONAN FARROW is working on another Weinstein expose, focused on the company.

HOW TO SUCCEED as a Woman Producer in Hollywood's Boys' Club.

DANA CARVEY worries about "Trump fatigue" on SNL.

FMR. PRES. GEORGE H. W. BUSH apologized for patting actresses on the rear.

ANNA FARIS discussed rumors that then-hubby Chris Pratthada  n affair with Jennifer Lawrence.

A DOG LEFT IN A DUMPSTER now brings hope to others.

A GOAT in a Milwaukee nightclub.

A BIGHORN SHEEP jumped off a hill, landed on a car in Washington State.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT invaded a Manchester soccer pitch.

ANGEL OLSEN  directed and edited her new music video for “Special.”

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

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

IRON & WINE stopped by The Current.

SLEIGH BELLS share "Rainmaker."

TUNE-YARDS shares "Look At Your Hands."

THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN: Because there's "Something In The Air." And you know that it's right.

KID ROCK is not running for the U.S. Senate.

MARGO PRICE talks to Ann Powers about the new LP.

CHRIS HILLMAN honored Tom Petty at the Troubadour.

JAWBREAKER's Blake Schwarzenbach talks to In These Times.

ROBERT GUILLAUME, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sharp-tongued butler in the TV sitcoms Soap and Benson, has died at age 89.  He was great on Sports Night as well, both pre- and post-stroke.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN was accused of sexual assault again, this time by Mimi Haleyi, a New York woman who did production work on a Weinstein Co. TV show.

STEVEN SEAGAL ranted about female journalists amid accusations of sexual assault.

TERRY RICHARDSON, the fashion photographer, has been barred from working with some of the world’s bestselling magazines; he has been dogged for years by allegations of sexual exploitation of models, something he has always denied.

KATE WINSLET talks Woody Allen, Wonder Wheel, and Titanic.

THE KARDASHIANS re-sign with E! for 150MM.

BILLY JOEL welcomes his third child, his second with wife Alexis Roderick.

STAR JONES is engaged to her boyfriend, Ricardo Lugo.

FROM WEINSTEIN TO STAR WARS: The Ankler's Richard Rushfield tells all.

A PEEPING BOBCAT checked in on a Woodinville, WA school.

CORGI-CON took over Ocean Beach, CA.

A MYSTERIOUS, CREEPY INSECT baffles even Australia.

SOMETIMES, urgent things come up.  But I have a few things in the "news":

SPOON's Britt Daniel is Photoshopped to death in "Do I Have To Talk You Into It."

JOE HENRY streams Thrum.

LEE ANN WOMACK advance streams The Lonely, The Lonesome and The Gone.

POSITIVE NO streams Partners In The Wild.

MANFRED MANN: "Do Wah Diddy" and "The Mighty Quinn" are your Twofer Tuesday

GREIL MARCUS talks Bob Dylan.

PATTI SMITH talks to NYLON about what’s going on in the world and why she maintains hope for change in 2020.

THE TOP TEN ROBERT PLANT SOLO SONGS, according to Stereogum.

GEORGE YOUNG, Easybeats guitarist and AC/DC producer, has died at the age of 70.

GEORGE CLOONEY & MATT DAMON saying they had no idea of the alleged misconduct of Harvey Weinstein. Except Damon knew he harassed Gwyneth Paltrow.  (Did thisn ot strike him as notable, given that her parents were big in Hollywood in their own right?)

JAMES TOBACK, the writer-director accused of sex harassment by over 30 women? Well, 193 more women came forward.

THE DARK OVERLORD, a hacking group known for mocking and extorting victims, has now stolen highly personal photos from a plastic surgeon to the stars in London.

JOHN STAMOS announced his engagement to girlfriend of nearly two years Caitlin McHugh.

RENEE ZELLWEGER will star as Judy Garland in a new movie about the show business legend's final concerts in London.

PHANTOM THREAD: Paul Thomas Anderson's next film has a trailer online.

COUGARS are the biggest species of cat that can still meow.

MAN BITES PYTHON.

DANIEL JOHNSON & JEFF TWEEDY cover The Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" on what has been billed as Johnson's farewell tour.

DESTROYER streams ken.

TEGAN & SARA talk about The Con and stream The Con X, a 10th anniversary tribute LP.

JESSIE WARE streams Glasshouse.

EMILY HAINES covers LCD Soundsystems' "American Dream."

SHARON VAN ETTEN shares "Passion and Love."

FEIST shares "Born to Bond."

THE REPLACEMENTS have the number one (vinyl) album in America.  BONUS: Check out Political Beats' 93 minutes on the band with Mark Hemingway of the Weekly Standard.

MARGO PRICE talks about politics and Willie Nelson at Rolling Stone.

MARILYN MANSON's longtime bassist Twiggy Ramirez is accused of rape.

GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE is being treated for leukemia.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Tyler Perry's Boo 2: A Madea Halloween topped the chart with 21.6MM, a bit below the 28MM debut of the original, but almost certainly clockwork money in the bank against a 25MM budget.  Geostorm placed with 13.3MM against a 120MM budget, which makes one wonder why people still have Gerard Butler headlining movies, when he rarely opens above 20MM anymore.  The answer may be the nearly 50MM in foreign receipts.  Happy Death Day showed wiith 9.4MM on a not-shocking-for horror slide of 64 percent from its debut.  This scary spin on Groundhog Day has grossedover 40MM against a 4.8MM budget, so it'll be all smiles anyway.  Blade Runner 2049 took the fourth slot with 7.2MM on a 54 percent slide; even the bigger foreign grosses aren't going to save this on the big screen.  The debut of Only The Brave rounded out the Top Five with 6MM against a 38MM budget, raising the question of whether real-life wildfires were a wet blanket on a well-reviewed tale of heroism.  Below he fold, The Snowman debuted in the eighth slot with 3.4MM against a 35mm budget, another case where even foreign grosses are unlikely to save it.

JAMES TOBACK, a prominent writer director (The Pick-Up Artist, Bugsy, Two Girls and a Guy) faces sex harassment accusations from 38 women.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN also used his fashion business as a pipeline to models. And is out of "rehab" after a week.

ASIA ARGENTO fled Italy after the public condemned her for speaking out about Harvey Weinstein.

SEAN YOUNG joins the list of Weinstein accusers.

BILL O'REILLY paid an astounding 32MM settlement for alleged sexual harassment and a “nonconsensual sexual relationship,” then got a new contract.

LARA FLYNN BOYLE, in a rare public appearance, talked about sex harassment in Hollywood.

WOODY ALLEN's next movie (after Wonder Wheel) contains some scenes involving an older man having sex with young starlets. Shocka.

MARK WAHLBERG says he prayed to God for forgiveness for Boogie Nights.

AMBER TAMBLYN says she believes claims of racist comments made against her ex, David Cross.

EWAN McGREGOR 7 MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD, co-stars on Fargo,were caught canoodling in NYC.

BILL NIGHY goes off on young actors not learning their lines.

AN AMOROUS BULL and a motor scooter.

THE HALLOWEEN DOG PARADE in Thompkins Square, NYC.

A 416-LB WILD BOAR was killed in the front yard of a suburban Houston home.

YOU DON'T LIKE SPIDERS & SNAKES: It's Science. And Jim Stafford.

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with DAVID BOWIE! The 1980 Floor Show was really recorded live at the Marquee, circa October 1973.  It aired on The Midnight Special the following month. Your selist includes: "Sorrow," "Everything's Alright," "Space Oddity," "I Can't Explain," "Time," "The Jean Genie," and "I Got You Babe," ft. Marianne Faithfull.

DANIELLE LUIPPI & PARQUET COURTS advance stream MILANO.

BOOTSY COLLINS advance streams World Wide Funk.

GVSU NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE advance streams RETURN.

THE YOUNG FRESH FELLOWS THEME: T.G.I.F.

INXS: The backstory of Kick, which turns 30.

STEELY DAN's Donald Fagen is suing his insurance companies over health claims.

COURTNEY BARNETT & KURT VILE take Pitchfork on a track-by-track tour of their album.

JANN WENNER: Rolling Stone's founder has had a falling out with his biographer (unless it's clever marketing).

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Geostorm, which iis currently scoring 20 percent; Only The Brave, which is scoring 89 percent; Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween, which was not screened for critics, but may win the weekend ; The Snowman, scoring 13 percent; and Same Kind of Different as Me, unscreened for critics.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN is under investigation by the LAPD for sexual assault. A club owner corroborated the potted plant story. And he's already belligerent at sex-addiction rehab.

QUENTIN TARANTINO: "I knew enough to do more than I did" about Harvey Weinstein; he feels ashamed.

LUPITA NYONG'O writes about her harassiment by Harvey Weinstein.

DAVID BLAINE is under investigation by Scotland Yard for sexual assault.

BEN AFFLECK, currently undergoing a PR nightmare, somehow found a stray, purebread husky pup and heroically adopted it.

JESSICA CHASTAIN called out hypocrisy in Hollywood at Elle Magazine's Women In Entertainment event. 

BRITISH GQ POLITICAL REPORTER  Rupert Myers was sacked amid “allegations” about his behavior.

I, TONYA, improbably featuring Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding, has a teaser trailer online.

A MOOSE MOM saves her child from drowning.

HARRY THE PUP joins the CIA.

THE WORLD'S OLDEST TORTOISE may be gay. nttawwt.

IDITAROD SLED DOGS tested positive for a banned substance.