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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.

DAVID BOWIE performs songs from Station to Station in March 1976.

PIXIES visits Morning Becomes Eclectic.

HALF MOON RUN visits The Current.

KAREN O & DANGER MOUSE cover Lou Reed's "Perfect Day."

STEPHEN MALKMUS returns with “Xian Man.”

ANDY SCHAUF shres "Neon Skyline."

M WARD shares "Unreal City."

JOHN FOGERTY, because it is. 

A SONGWRITING MYSTERY SOLVED: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote 'In My Life.'

CUE FAKE DRUMS: Dan Bejar On Destroyer's Have We Met.

THE GO-GOs retired from touring, so don't call this a reunion tour.

THE GRAMMYS: 30 Legendary Artists Who Never Won a Grammy. Plus, Stereogum's picks.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases include The Gentlemen, which is currently scoring 71 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; The Turning, which is scoring 26 percent; and The Last Full Measure, scoring 67 percent.

QUENTIN TARANTINO has given his opinion on Marvel movies and the Star Wars franchise in a fiery new interview.

JOKER director Todd Phillips has said that he was "not prepared" for the controversy that followed the film's release.

BILL MURRAY confirmed after much speculation that he is set to appear in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

STAR WARS: Obi-Wan is in trouble.

TERRY GILLIAM on Terry Jones, Brexit, and more.

ROBERT DOWNEY, JR has no regrets about Tropic Thunder.

NICOLAS CAGE: The New Vincent Price?

ANNABELLA SCIORRA testified in a New York City court Thursday about the night Harvey Weinstein allegedly raped her.

THIS BUNNY is ginormous.

ROGUE WOMBAT, Relocated.

AN ENORMOUS PYTHON devours a goanna while hanging from a roof.

THE CLOTHES LINE SAGA CONTINUES. (Have you heard the news?)

ARCTIC MONKEYS: "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor." Their ferocious (Domino) debut.

AEROSMITH: A judge ruled against Joey Kramer rejoining the band for its upcoming Grammy performance.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Gloria Gaynor's indestructible disco anthem "I Will Survive."

TERRY JONES, who earned a spot in comedic lore as a member of the British troupe Monty Python and also had success as a director, screenwriter and author, died on Tuesday night at his home in the Highgate neighborhood of North London. He was 77.

MEGXIT: Meghan Markle has been adjusting quite well to her new life outside of the royal family. My shocked face.

JESSICA SIMPSON was sexually abused as a young girl and later was killing herself with booze and pills.

CAPTAIN MARVEL 2 is officially in the works.

LORI LAUGHLIN's daughters will be called to testify in the Varsity Blues case.

ANTONIO BROWN now has an outstanding arrest warrant.

JARED HARRIS is in Marvel's Morbius, but he's not talking about it.

THE LODGE has a trailer online.

LION THE DOG is battling cancer but still going strong and enjoying life.

More tomorrow, I hope. But almost certainly by next week, he wrote, jinxing himself.

THE HOLLIES: "I Can't Let Go."

PRINCE HARRY touched down in Canada on Monday night to join Meghan Markle.

TAYLOR SWIFT is no longer polite at all costs, incymi.

PAMELA ANDERSON married movie mogul Jon Peters in a secret ceremony.

HUGO WEAVING explains why he wasn't in The Avengers and won't be in The Matrix 4.

OZZY OSBOURNE talks about his Parkinson's disease.

AEROSMITH invited Joey Kramer to the Grammys, but he can't perform with them.

More (and better) news tomoorow, I hope.

LOVE TRACTOR plows through "Buy Me a Million Dollars," "Paint" and "Fun To Be Happy" in Athens, GA, circa 1983, for an instrumental Threefer Tuesday.

THE BLACK PUMAS, Live from First Avenue in Minneapolis.

THE BLAKE BABIES reunited for a pair of tunes during a Juliana Hatfield show.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN made three surprise cameos in one evening.

VELVERT TURNER GROUP hear the obscure psychedelic soul of "Scarlet Warrior."

RUSH gets two and one-half hours of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with Dr. Brad Birzer of Hillsdale College.

RADIOHEAD is launching an online streaming service, including rarities.

WEYES BLOOD talks Tinder, Lana Del Rey collaborations, and Generation Z.

QUEEN are set to be the face of a new £5 coin, making them the first band ever to be honoured on a UK currency.

RAY SAWYER,  the Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show member who sang the 1973 Shel Silverstein-penned hit “The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone,'” has died at the age of 81.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the Bee Gees' falsetto-screaming love ballad "Too Much Heaven" and Rod Stewart's shameless “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?,” a pretty great piece of tacky, insincere disco.

MEGXIT: Prince Charles will bankroll wayward son Harry's post-Megxit life amid fears over the "mess" of his security arrangements - but has warned it's for one year only.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN has been holed up on his own in a rented apartment in Manhattan, reading books, watching streamed TV shows, Googling himself and nervously obsessing about the outcome of his trial.

BAR RAFAELI gave birth to her third child with her husband, Adi Ezra.

DAVID LYNCH has released a surprise Netflix short film which sees him interrogate a talking monkey about a murder.

THE OSCARS: In the Best Picture Race, Is Netflix Still Its Own Obstacle?

STUDIO GHIBLI's films are coming to Netflix, but not in America.

ANDREW SCOTT is in no danger of being typecast.

AN ELEPHANT wanders into reception at luxury hotel in Sri Lanka.

A BIZARRE, TENTACLED MICROBE discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean may help explain the origins of all animals, plants, and fungi.

A PIGEON was spotted wearing a tiny sombrero — after pigeon in a cowboy hat dies.

U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream.

DION: A vintage performance of "Abraham, Martin & John."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Bad Boys For Life tops the chart with 59.2MM, which is just fine against a 90MM production budget.  Dolittle places with 22.5MM, which is definitely not fine against a 175MM budget.  1917 shows with 22.1MM on an Oscars nominations-buoyed 40 percent drop.  Jumanji: The Next Level takes the fourth slot with another 9.6MM on a leggy 32 percent drop; Sony would love to see this reach 30MM domestic, but they'll still be happy when it falls a bit short of that.  The Rise of Skywalker rounds outh the Top Five with 8.4MM on a 45 percent drop as it creeps up on 500MM domestic and 520MM looks like the limit here.

THE SAG AWARDS went to these folks. Congrats! Twist ending, too.

MEGXIT: Queen Elizabeth announces the terms of departure for Harry & Meghan, and it's a hard exit. The new arrangements will be reviewed in a year.

THE BATMAN: Zoe Kravitz talks Catwoman.

DISNEY drops the Fox name, will rebrand as 20th Century Studios.

ROGER DEAKINS's 10 Best Films, From ‘The Shawshank Redemption' to ‘1917.'

WHEN GEORGE LUCAS Met Baby Yoda.

EACH PIG HAS ITS MERITS, but only one can be the chosen pig.

CAPS vs ISLANDERS: A dogs' tale.

A PET RABBIT sitting in business class wore a bowtie and spent her flight eating croissants.