CHERRY GLAZER shares a NSFW-ish video for "Nuclear Bomb."

JIM JAMES (My Morning Jacket) stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

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

ONCE & FUTURE BAND brings the 70s prog-pop on a self-titled debut album.

THE FEELIES shared "Gone Gone Gone"ahead of In Between.

JAPANDROIDS embrace the slow burn.

SOUL ASYLUM: The Lost Children of "Runaway Train."

THE NEW "PAYOLA": In An Ever-Changing Music Industry, Cash For Hits Remains A Constant.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN: Ten of Their Best.

THE OSCARS nominations went to these folks. Congrats! And here are the notable snubs and surprises.

VIOLA DAVIS earned her place in the record books when she received a Best Supporting Actress nod for her role in Fences.

ERIN ANDREWS has been fighting cervical cancer.

MEL GIBSON welcomed his first child with his girlfriend of two years Rosalind Ross.

ANGELINA JOLIE signed a fragrance deal and will be donating her fee to one of her own charities.

JANE FONDA and Richard Perry are quietly parting ways after eight years together.

ROMAN POLANSKI pulled out of presiding over France’s prestigious César film awards next month amid mounting pressure from women’s advocacy groups stemming from his 1977 child rape case.

THE FIVE BEST END CREDITS, according to Cinefix.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOTS in the History of Disney.

HERO DOG saves another dog from a raging torrent.

CHIMPANZEES can do almost everything that was once considered a distinctively human trait. You did it. You blew it up.

A CAT is sought for Mouser at onse of Scotland's newest whiskey distilleries.

WOLF-SIZED OTTERS prowled prehistoric China.

STRAND OF OAKS share a video for "Rest Of It" ahead of Hard Love.

TY SEGALL advance streams his new self-titled LP.

CLOUD NOTHINGS advance stream Life Without Sound.

BRENT COBB plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

RAY DAVIES and THE JAYHAWKS team up on "Poetry."

WIRE shared "Short Elevated Period," ahead of Silver/Lead.

FATHER JOHN MISTY shared "Pure Comedy," the title track to his upcoming LP.

ST VINCENT: Annie Clark talked to Pitchfork about her worst birthday, her directing debut and more.

BRIAN ENO searches for a silver lining to 2016 at The Guardian.

THE BEST 16 JONI MITCHELL SONGS, according to Paste.

JARVIS COCKER & RICHARD HAWLEY are teaming up... to save trees in Sheffield.

STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII has an official title.

CARRIE FISHER gets paid a lovely tribute by Dan Ackroyd.

THE RAZZIES nominations are out. Congrats?

LAURA PREPON & BEN FOSTER are expecting their first child.

MICHELLE WILLIAMS is profiled by the Wall Street Journal.

TOM HARDY has reportedly lost nearly £2 million from making his new BBC miniseries, Taboo.

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been 'critically injured' in air strikes in northern Iraq, it has been claimed. 

STONED DOGS: A supercut.

THIS WASP has an ant head for a butt.

THE SQUIRREL THREAT: They're winning the cyber-war.

A KANGAROO ripped a personal trainer to pieces.

CASS McCOMBS shared a video for "I'm a Shoe."

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

PINEGROVE is streaming a live LP, Elsewhere.

DON'T STOP NOW: A covers copilation that benefits the ACLU is streaming via Bandcamp.

ARCADE FIRE & MAVIS STAPLES share "I Give You Power."

ANGEL OLSEN shares "Fly On Your Wall."

SONIC YOUTH's seminal Daydream Nation, reconsidered by Drowned In Sound. Saw the original tour, saw the ATP full performance decades later, get off my lawn.

CRAIG FINN talks to Columbus Alive about the difference between living rooms and rock clubs, and whether all of us really do want the same things.

PETER OVEREND WATTS, original bassist for Mott the Hoople, has died of throat cancer. He was 69.

MAGGIE ROCHE, a member of family vocal group the Roches, has died at age 65.

JAKI LIEBEZEIT, drummer and founding member of the seminal krautrock band Can, has died from pneumonia at the age of 78.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: M Night Shyamalan's Split is a surprise hit, topping the chart with 40.2MM, about double of predictions.  It's the director's first No.1 since 2004 (tho 2015's The Visiit debuted at No. 2 and had very solid ROI).  xXx: The Return of Xander Cage placed with 20MM, which has to be disappointing given Vin Diesel returning to the franchise, an 85MM budget and likely big marketing costs.  Hidden Figures, last weekend's topper, showed with 16.3MM on leggy 22 percent drop; it's likey profitable now, even before opening abroad. Sing took the fourth slotwith 8MM on a 37 percent drop that's not bad after a long weekend.  La La Land rounded out the Top Five with 6.4MM and is proving quite profitable worldwide against a 30MM budget.  Below th fold, Rogue One lands in sixth place at breaks the billion-dollar barrier worldwide.

M NIGHT SHYAMALAN wants to make an Unbreakable sequel next.

VIN DIESEL urges Marvel not to abandon The Inhumans movie  (this weekend's box office for xXx may explain why).

HARRY POTTER & THE CURSED CHILD: Coming as a film trilogy?

GREEN LANTERN CORPS is looking to recruit an A-lister to play Hal Jordan.

THE TERMINATOR: James Cameron is in early talks with Deadpool director and VFX wiz Tim Miller to direct a reboot and conclusion of one of cinema’s great science fiction tales.

GAVIN ROSSDALE opens up about his ‘worst days’ following his split from Gwen Stefani and the pressure he's under from his kids to find love again.

KRISTEN STEWART is speaking up about Donald Trump, recalling when he took an interest in her with a series of tweets in which he voiced his opinion about the actress' personal life.

ROMAN POLANSKI's selection as the head of the jury for France's César Awards - the country's equivalent of the Oscars - has sparked outrage.

IRAQ: Most Islamic State commanders in Mosul have been killed in battles with Iraqi government forces that raged over the past three months in the eastern side of the city, an Iraqi general said on Thursday.

AN ORANGUTAN learned to cut branches after observing humans. He wants to be like you.

SAVING THE ENDANGERED ONE-HORNED RHINO, one drone at a time.

A TERRIFYING WORM lurking at the bottom of the sea is named after Lorena Bobbit.

GIRAFFE MILK: The new superfood?

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."  Sadly, "I Am I Said" is off the Tube right now, but here's a contemporaneous German clip.

JAPANDROIDS advance stream Near to the Wild Heart of Life.

TIFT MERRITT advance streams Stitch of the World.

ALLISON CRUTHCHFIELD advance streams Tourist in This Town.

PRIESTS advance stream Nothing Feels Natural.

BASH & POP: Tommy Stinson's band returns with "Anything Could Happen."

RYAN ADAMS shares "Doomsday" ahead of Prisoner.

CLOUD NOTHINGS share "Enter Entirely" ahead of Life Without Sound.

DOBIE GRAY is in with "The In Crowd."

TY SEGALL on Black Flag, T Rex and why the Kinks made so much sense in 90s California.

ALANIS MORISETTE's former business manager has admitted embezzling more than 7MM from the singer and other celebrities and agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, prosecutors have said.

GREIL MARCUS on the musical odes of sci-fi films Passengers and Arrival, Christian Marclay’s slippery sonic sculptures, Sleater-Kinney’s live album, the secret of Jack White's success, and more. 

THE BEACH BOYS' FIRST DECADE, surveyed by the incomparable Jeff Blehar.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases include: xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, which is currently scoring 60 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Split, which is coring 78 percent; The Founder, scoring 83 percent; and The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, which was not screened for critics.

THE MONICA LEWINSKY SAGA may be the next People vs OJ Simpson.

MARK HAMILL is taking a little time out to voice an animated Lovecraft feature.

BLACK ADAM: After announcing plans to make a Shazam movie with Dwayne Johnson attached to play the antagonist Black Adam, New Line Cinema and DC Entertainment have now decided to expand the property with a second film.

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 has a clip online.

LOGAN has a second trailer online.

POWER RANGERS has a new trailer online.

POWERLESS has a trailer online.

MIGUEL FERRER, character and voice actor who appeared in shows including Twin Peaks, NCIS: Los Angeles and Crossing Jordan, and films including RoboCop and Iron Man 3, died Thursday of cancer. He was 61.

A COW was 'mooved' out of a swimming pool in southeast Oklahoma City.

THE SWARM: A Florida man with an unusual wasp removal technique recorded himself taking out an entire nest of the stinging insects with his bare hands.

HORSES are more deadly than snakes in Australia.

BACTERIA  are being reprogrammed to eat brain tumors, in case you're wondering how the zombie apocalypse starts.

OKKERVIL RIVER shared a video for “Mary On A Wave.”

THE SHELTERS stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

JONATHAN EDWARDS played the Mountain Stage. Yes, including "Sunshine."

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: Tracks from Brian Eno, Timber Timber, Tall Tall Trees and more highlight the latest edition.

SOUNDGARDEN shared a previously unreleased version of “Beyond the Wheel” from the Ultramega OK reissue.

DIRTY PROJECTORS shared "Up In Hudson" ahead of their third (yet self-titled) LP.

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD shared "Sleep Drifter" ahead of Flying Microtonal Banana.

THE DEL LORDS extend "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" Circa 1990.

PAUL McCARTNEY has filed a lawsuit against Sony/ATV to regain the rights to classic Beatles songs.

FOXYGEN talked to Aquarium Drunkard about the conception and execution of their new album, Hang, how they’ve evolved as performers and record-makers, and the misconception that annoys them still.

CONOR OBERST will release Salutations -- a cameo-laden, full band version of 2016's Ruminations, and then some.

THE SLANTS are locked in a legal battle at the Supreme Court over trademarks, free speech and their band name.

DISNEY confirmed that Pixar movies are connected.

WILL & GRACE are getting a 10-episode revival.

DRAKE met JENNIFER LOPEZ's kids, and they're making music together.

FUTURE & CIARA are no longer at war over custody of their 2-year-old baby.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY packed on 47 pounds for Gold. And it made him "Captain Fun."

JOHN McTIERNAN, who directed Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, and The Thomas Crown Affair remake, made his first film in 14 year, and it's a videogame commercial.

IRAQ's military says it has retaken the eastern side of Mosul from the Islamic State group, a critical milestone in its battle to drive the terror organization from the country’s second-largest city.

A BABY ELEPHANT with an injured foot gets hydrotherapy.

JOSEPHINE THE GORILLA, the grandmother of Harambe, has died, Zoo Miami says.

A NEW MOTH has been named after Donald Trump; it's the hairstyle.

VAMPIRE BATS are now feasting on human blood.