999: "Homicide." You better believe it.

GUIDED BY VOICES streams he 32-song double album Zeppelin Over China.

XTC, Live at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club, January 29, 1980.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features new tracks from Better Oblivion Community Center, Duster, Bellows, and more.

PAUL SIMON reimagines "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" and “Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War” on Colbert.

THE 30 BEST ALBUMS of 1969, according to Paste.

BLACK FLAG, ranked by Brooklyn Vegan.

JAMES INGRAM, the R & B singer who collected two Grammy Awards and a pair of No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits over his decades-long career, has died. He was 66.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the The Rolling Stones' raunchy, messy rocker "Brown Sugar."

JUSSIE SMOLLETT: The  Empire star told the Chicago Police Department he was assaulted early Tuesday morning by two suspects who yelled out “racial and homophobic slurs” before the attack.

GWYNETH PALTROW is accused of a hit-and-run ski collision.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN was... caught canoodling with actress Kiki Layne.

ZACK SNYDER, who directed 2017's Justice League only to step away from movies to deal with a family tragedy, has signed on to helm Army of the Dead, a zombie horror thriller, for Netflix.

OSCAR ISSAC is the latest star in negotiations to join the Dune reboot.

ROSARIO DAWSON is set to join Zombieland 2.

LINDSAY LOHAN is back in her first film in six years, Among the Shadows.

TOY STORY 4 has a tiny trailer featuring an old character.

A BOBCAT prowls a New Boston yard.

A SHEEP, playing in the snow.

A CAT, in a rain poncho.

RAVENMASTER is a job at the Tower of London.

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

SHARON VAN ETTEN visits Morning Becomes Eclectic.

TOMMY EMMANUEL & JOHN KNOWLES perform for The Current.

NOTHING strips down some songs at the World Cafe.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS share "Younger" ahead of a Dungeons & Dragons-Inspired album.

CAT POWER guests on a new song from Lou Doillon.

NEW ORDER plays "Ceremony" in rare 1981 footage.

SHIELA E shares her memories of working with Prince.

SUNFLOWER BEAN gets a big profile from NME.

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL's Tracey Thorn on performing, her parents and her second memoir, Another Planet.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Three Dog Night's silly smash "Joy To The World."

INVSIBLE MAN: Universal is bringing in horror maven Jason Blum to restart this film, effectively killing the studio's planned Dark Universe.

THE JOKER movie starring Joaquin Phoenix was rewritten as it was shot.

JORDAN PEELE talks to Empire about the inspiration for Us.

TOLKIEN shares some first-look pics at Entertainment Weekly.

STEVE WYNN was accused of raping, assaulting, and harassing Wynn Resorts employees for years while company execs turned a blind eye.

THE DUDE meets CARRIE BRADSHAW on Superbowl Sunday.

WONDER WOMAN 3 likely won't be a period piece.

DOG vs CAT... plus rat?

POODLE vs CAT: No Mas.

THE WORLD'S LONLIEST DUCK dies on the island of Niue...but how lonely way he, really?

GLASS CEILING FOR DOGS?  Males win the Westminster Kennel Club show twice as often.

BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER, a/k/a Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers, plays CBS This Morning.

JIM JAMES stops by the World Cafe.

TK ECHO streams a self-titled debut EP.

KURT VILE shares the jangly, Meat Puppets-esque, "Timing Is Everything (And I'm Falling Behind)."

NELLIE McKAY shares a video for "My Romance."

DAVID CROSBY talks to Vanity Fair about his new documentary (David Crosby: Remember My Name), the evils of Spotify, and his drug-addled past.

MANIC STREET PREACHERS' Richey Edwards may have staged his own disappearance.

IN PICTURES: Mod revival fanzines.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Temptations' tender masterpiece, "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Glass repeats atop the chart with 19MM on a 53 percent drop; this trajectory is quite a bit lower than its predecessor, Split, but it's still boffo biz against a 20MM production budget. The Upside places again with 12.2MM on a leggy 18 percent drop (could it top the chart on Super Bowl weekend? Hmm.)  Aquaman shows again with another 7.4MM on a 28 percent drop.  The Kid Who Would Be King debuts in the fourth slot with 7.3MM, which I presume is disappointing, though it could still make decent bank in the UK (where it oddly hasn't opened yet).  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse rounds out the Top Five with another 6.2MM on a still-leggy 19 percent drop.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats!

THE OSCARS are cutting most songs from the telecast.

BRYAN SINGER will keep his Red Sonja directing gig despite new accusations of sexual misconduct. But he may be taking a pay cut.

GLENN CLOSE talks to BuzzFeed News about her face, and more.

RYAN REYNOLDS says Deadpool 3 goes in "a completely different direction" to its predecessors.

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN's next movie gets a July 2020 release date.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: Vanity Fair has an exclusive look at Quentin Tarantino's next film.

SCALLOPS can move — and they're surprisingly fast.

RED WOLF PUP vs Gravity.

PEREGRINE FALCONS return to New Jersey skies.

AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT GATOR assists a Pennsylvania man.

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."  And "I Am I Said" is back the Tube right now.

BETTER OBLIVION COMMUNITY CENTER, a/k/a Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst, stream their self-titled debut album.

GIRLPOOL advance streams What Chaos Is Imaginary.

MANDOLIN ORANGE advance streams Tides of a Teardrop.

EMILY KING advance streams Scenery.

BOY HARSHER advance streams Careful.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND shares new songs "Harmony Hall" and "2021."

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE shares “Moderation” and “Haunted House.”

JOHN FOGERTY, because it is.

ST VINCENT: Annie Clark is profiled by GQ.

ROXY MUSIC's saxophonist Andy Mackay talks about the band and a possible Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reunion.

DEERHUNTER's Bradford Cox, the asexual rock star for end times.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Janis Joplin's posthumous masterpiece "Me And Bobby McGee."

NOW SHOWING:This weekend's wide releases are The Kid Who Would be King, which is currently scoring 84 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Serenity, scoring 23 percent.

CHRIS BROWN's Parisian lawyer filed a defamation lawsuit against the woman who got his client arrested on rape allegations.

VANITY FAIR's Hollywood issue -- and cover -- is online.

CATHERINE O'HARA is interviewed by The New Yorker.

MICHAEL CAINE, on the first time he got high, and the role he most regrets.

MATT SMITH may join JARED LETO in Morbius, a film based on the Spider-Man villain of the same name. 

SARAH PAULSON talks about her romance with Holland Taylor. 

THE BEACH BUM, from Harmony Korine, has a red-band trailer online.

JAMES FRAWLEY, a director of scores of TV and film projects – from The Monkees to The Muppet Movie – died Tuesday at his home in Indian Wells, where he had found tranquility outside of the Hollywood spotlight. He was 82.

A DOG is about to be surprised by cake.

NO ONE IS PREPARED FOR HAGFISH SLIME: It expands by 10K times in a fraction of a second, it's 100K times softer than Jell-O, and it fends off sharks and Priuses alike.

FIVE RESCUED SEAL PUPS named after characters from Harry Potter have been released back in to the sea. 

AN ACTIVIST puts four venomous snakes in his mouth to save the rainforest. Nope.

RICHARD THOMPSON: The culmination of 1000 Years Of Popular Music.

DANIEL JOHNSON: Watch a tribute concert featuring Flaming Lips, Built To Spill, Yo La Tengo, Bob Mould, and more.

JOAN SHELLEY plays the Mountain Stage.

WEEZER surprise releases the Teal album, a collection of covers. 

RYAN ADAMS shares "F*** the Rain."

JENNY LEWIS shares "Red Bull and Hennessey."

MERCURY REV shares two more Bobbie Gentry covers, featuring Lucinda Williams and Susanne Sundfør.

COCHEMEA, a Daptone jazz act, shares "Mitote."

JOE JACKSON plays "Fabulously Absolute" for Fallon.

JEFF TWEEDY is profiled by Relix.

THE FUTUREHEADS return from their 2013 hiatus, announcing their first LP in nine years.

THE FEUD That Birthed the Electric Guitar.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Osmonds' shameless Jackson 5 bite "One Bad Apple."

BRYAN SINGER has spent decades being trailed by allegations of sexual misconduct. The Atlantic reports on the various lawsuits and allegations against him, including speaking to four accusers. Here is Singer's response, and a bit on Hearst allegedly spiking the article first.

ALEC BALDWIN pleaded guilty on Wednesday to harassment and agreed to take anger management classes over his parking spot blow-up with a Manhattan motorist.

SAVED BY THE BELL: Mark-Paul Gosselaar revealed that he once dated co-star Elizabeth Berkley

THE SOPRANOS: James Gandolfini's son will play young Tony Soprano in the prequel.

NICOLAS CAGE has been set to star in Color Out of Space, a horror film based on terror-master H.P. Lovecraft’s 1927 novella.

KATE WINSLET will make her limited television series debut in Mare of Easttown, a limited dramatic series for HBO.

THE OFFICE remains one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

OTTERS vs TIGER CUB: Who You Got?

KITTY is going to have that snack, oh yes.

SNEAK LEVEL: 100.

TWO NEW BREEDS will join the Westminster Kennel Club dog show this year.