THE BEATLES drop a video for Buddy Holly's "Words Of Love" ahead of Live at the BBC Vol. 2.

BEACHWOOD SPARKS are streaming Desert Skies. BTW, L.A. Magazine has eight facts about the alternative country trailblazers. (Thx, Chromewaves.)

SAVAGES played a full set at Chicago's Lincoln Hall.

JOHNNY MARR stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

JONATHAN RICE stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

BILLY PAUL: "Me and Mrs. Jones." Got a thing going on.

CAT POWER talks to the Cleveland Plain Dealer about her latest LP, the South, future plans, etc.

FANFARLO: Simon Balthazar talks to TLOBF about the band’s early days in London, their restless musical experimentation, and finding just the right place to record their new album.

OF MONTREAL, ranked by Stereogum.

SUFJAN STEVENS shares a few shout outs. Dude.

ALEC BALDWIN is not welcome back at MSNBC because of his infamous angry behavior, network insiders say.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH is expecting another baby with wife Elsa Pataky.

GINNIFER GOODWIN is expecting her first child with her Once Upon a Time costar, fiancé Josh Dallas.

CHRIS BROWN went into a violent rage at rehab and has been ordered into in-patient rehab.

SEAN PENN went nuclear on a fan in a fancy San Francisco hotel.

LEIGHTON MEESTER & ADAM BRODY are engaged after less than a year of dating.

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD will appear on the Michael J. Fox show. Great Scott!

EGYPT: Ansar Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the recent shooting attack on a national security officer in Cairo. The Salafi jihadist group also released a video about its October attack on the South Sinai Security Directorate.

ISRAEL: While in Russia, Prime Minister Netanyahu called for a tougher deal over Iran's nuclear program.

THE UNITED STATES: President Obama pushed for an agreement with Iran on its nuclear program, despite criticism that the deal is too lenient.

IRAN: It’s “as clear as day” that under any nuclear deal, Iran will continue to enrich fissile material, the former US official on non-proliferation Mark Fitzpatrick told CNN. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday called Israel a “rabid dog” of the region bent on besmirching the Islamic Republic’s reputation. Khamenei also said "We are not hostile to the American nation. They are like other nations in the world." In response, militiamen chanted: "Death to America."

MAGPIE & PUPPY, playing together...

COUGARS are spreading eastward, perhaps in search of younger men.

A GIANT SQUID lurks beneath an oil rig in the gUlf of Mexico.

A SHEEP HIGHWAY opens in Xinjiang.