THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with KEITH RICHARDS, LORD OF THE UNDEAD! And Rge Expensive Winos, Live at the Hollywood Palladium, Dec. 15, 1988.  Your setlist includes: "Take It So Hard," "How I Wish," "I Could Have Stood You Up," "Too Rude," "Make No Mistake," "Time Is On My Side," "Big Enough," "Whip It Up," "Locked Away," "Struggle," "Happy," and "Connection."

HALF JAPANESE advance streams Hear The Lions Roar.

NATALIE HEMBY advance streams Puxico.

SYSTEMA SOLAR advance streams Rumbo A Tierra.

SON VOLT shares "Back Against The Wall" ahead of Notes of Blue.

JENS LEKMAN shares "What's That Perfume That You Wear?," ahead of Life Will See You Now.

HALL & OATES: You've never heard "Maneater" quite like this. (Thx, Jeff B)

ANDY SCHAUF talked to Flood about the various favors, themes, and machines that make up The Party.

DAVID BYRNE talks to The Creative Independent about trying new things instead of a Tallking Heads reunion.

SINGLES is getting a deluxe soundtrack, for fans of Paul Westerberg and Citizen Dick.

34 ESSENTIAL GLAM SONGS, categorized by Stereogum.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's new wide release is Underworld: Blood Wars, which is currently scoring 10 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.  Hidden Figures expands wide scoring 94 percent; as does A Monster Calls, scoring 89 percent. Lion opens on about 600 screens scoring 87 percent.

STAR WARS: Adam Driver talks Kylo Ren with...Larry King? ALSO: Han Duo.(totally stole that joke from Andy)

KANYE WEST's Year of Breaking Bad.

LAMAR ODOM completed a 35 day stint in rehab and will be heading back to his home in L.A.

CHARMED is getting a 70s-period reboot.

THE 75 BEST TV TITLE SEQUENCES, according to Paste.

THE HUNT FOR HOLLYWOOD's LOST RELIC: Rodney Dangerfield's Caddyshack Boat.

NICOLAS CAGE's Cage-iest Moments.

PUTIN's NEWEST EXPORT: ISIS is full of Russian speakers from Chechnya and other Caucasus republics, and the ‘stans.' One is suspected of the NYE shooting in Istanbul.

AN ENORMOUS SUNFISH Dwarfs Divers. (Thx, Zoey!)

PANTHER DEATHS remain at a record high in Florida.

AMERICAN PHAROAH is a dad. That stud.

A BABY ELEPHANT was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

FOR PROFESSIONAL REASONS, just a few items today before the regular Friday:

CARRIE FISHER's body has been cremated, but some of her ashes will be buried with her late mother, Debbie Reynolds.

BRANGELEXIT: Angelina Jolie agreed with sealing documents in her divorce and custody case, but she's going after Brad Pitt in a big way, saying if the kids have been damaged it's all his doing.

JOHNNY DEPP scoffed at AMBER HEARD's attempt to get more from him than they agreed in their divorce settlement, and he's telling the judge she just wants to stay relevant and sway public opinion.

JANUARY JONES is in no hurry to find a partner.

RYAN REYNOLDS talks Deadpool with Variety.

WILLIE NELSON plays "Me And Bobby McGee" in an Austin City Limits tribute to Kris Kristofferson.

ANGEL OLSEN stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

BRIAN ENO is streaming his single-track ambient LP, Reflection.

CRYPT RECORDS is streaming a 164-minute sampler of garage punk from the labels entire catalog.

NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?

RADIOHEAD were surprised at the fan reaction when they erased their internet history.

CAPTAIN SENSIBLE discussed his favorite LPs at The Quietus. Missed this the first time.

THE TOP 89 SONGS of 2016, playlisted by The Current.

THE MOST ANTICIPATED LPs of 2017, according to Consequence of Sound.

CARRIE FISHER's death may pay 50MM to Disney.

"YOUNG HAN SOLO" may move its release to December 2018, given Disney's success with Star Wars at the holidays.And Woody Harrelson may be in it.

CHRIS PRATT is the new Vanity Fair cover story.

JANET JACKSON and husband Wissam Al Mana welcomed their first child, a son, on Tuesday.

BRANGELEXIT: Angelina Jolie hit the slopes with her kids during Colorado ski trip... as she enjoyed a NYE getaway in wake of her Brad Pitt split.

JENNIFER LOPEZ & DRAKE: Just selling music?

SERENA WILLIAMS is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

DOCTOR STRANGE is sort of confirmed for Thor: Ragnarnok.

CHARLES MANSON is temporarily out of prison for hospital care.

MEGYN KELLY is leaving Fox News for a triple-role at NBC.

THE DOGS of 2016, courtesy of the great We Rate Dogs. They're good dogs, Brent.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE PUPPY MILL?  Rescue is just the first step to recovery.

CHEETAHS may be at higher risk of extinction than previously thought.

TEN DOLPHINS were rescued from Wellfleet Harbor on New Year’s Day.

SLEATER-KINNEY rang in the new year by covering George Michael's "Faith" and bowie's "Rebel Rebel," bringing The Thermals and Spoon's Brit Dnaiel for the latter.

LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS performed for WNYC Soundcheck.

BEACHHEADS stream four songs from their forthcoming self-titled debut.

CHRISTIAN LOPEZ BAND played the Mountain Stage.

WEEZER shared a White Album outtake, "The Last Days of Summer."

THE XX dropped "Say Something Loving" on Spotify.

THE KILLERS play a Russian billionaire's party and PAUL McCARTNEY turns up for "Helter Skelter."

GEORGE CLINTON talked to Rolling Stone about why he admires Flying Lotus and Thundercat, how hip-hop saved his career, and what's next.

DAMIEN JURADO talked to Aquarium Drunkard about working with Richard Swift, the rules of Punk, movies and more...

HOW THE CLASH rang in New Years Day at the Roxy in 1977.

THE ULTIMATE BEST LPs of 2016? NME avergages the critics' polls.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (FOR REALS): Rogue One threepeated atop the chart as predicted with 64.3MM, essentially flat from the prior holioday weekend.Disney takes the top three slots for the year, with this one sandwiched between Finding Dory and Captain America: Civil War.  Sing placed again on a 60 percent rise in domestic business and is already well into profit on worldwide receipts over 277MM. Passengers showed with 20.7MM and despite a 38 percent rise in business over last weekend, the studio must be praying for this thing to hit big in China, because 126MM worldwide so far is nowhere near the likely 400MM it needs to profit in theaters.  Moana took the fourth slot with 14.3MM on an 85 percent rise in biz and looks set to mildly profit even before we get to merch sales.  Why Him? ultimately edged out Fences to complete the Top Five with 13MM.

BEN AFFLECK sounds kind of iffy on The Batman.

MARIAH CAREY believes her New Year's Eve performance — which turned out to be a trainwreck — was sabotaged so TV execs could score bigger ratings than usual. M'kay.

AZEALIA BANKS had a blood-stained room for performing witchcraft.

ROGUE ONE: The New York Times details one particular visual effect (and why it doesn't completely work).

BEN MENDELSOHN (a/k/a Rogue One's Director Krennic) and wife Emma Forrest have called it quits after four and a half years of marriage.

MARK HAMILL paid tribute to Carrie Fisher.

LEIA ORGANA: A Critical Obituary.

EAGLECAM UPDATE: The proud parents had a NYE hatching.

A PIT BULL mauled a family who tried to put him in a Christmas sweater.

SCORPION on a train. Delayed the trip like a hurricane.

PAN PAN, the world's male oldest panda, died at age 31, leaving 130 descendents.

NOT A TON OF POST-HOLIDAY NEWS FOR TODAY....but we have these:

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (SORT OF):  The estimates aren't official, let alone the actuals, but Rogue One threepeats atop the early guesstimates and is almost the second-biggest movie of 2016, behind Finding Dory.  The spin-off has done quite well for itself, but might have lost a little momentum in this frame, if the actuals come in as guesstimated.  Sing places, bossted its sales over the prior holiday weekend, and is likely to land in the year's Top Ten grossers of the year.  Passengers shows, but is sliding from disappointment to bust, especially compared to expectations based on the supposed star power of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Moana likely takes the fourth spot, probably not bad given the strong competition from Sing.  Fences likely rounds out the Top Five, a strong showing for a film viewed more as awards bait (though perhaps a bit low for the preternaturally consistent Denzel Washington).

CARRIE FISHER & DEBBIE REYNOLDS will have a joint funeral.  The cause of Fisher's death remains unclear.

GEORGE MICHAEL's autopsy was also inconclusive.

RAY DAVIES of The Kinks is a knight.

MARIAH CAREY had a NYE lip-sync malfunction.

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the hit sitcom M*A*S*H, died Saturday of lung cancer. He was 84. Stand by for the blessing.

ALLEN WILLIAMS, “the man who gave the Beatles away”, died at age 86.

TYRUS WONG, best known for his sketches for the Walt Disney animated feature Bambi, died Friday, according to a statement released by The Walt Disney Family Museum.  He was 106.