THE GO! TEAM drops a video for their current advance single, "T.O.R.N.A.D.O."

BRENDAN BENSON did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. 

CLARE & THE REASONS, with Van Dyke Parks, did a mini-set at World Cafe, including "Heroes & Villains." 

DWIGHT TWILLEY does a mini-set on Mountain Stage, including his two biggest hits, 1976's "I'm on Fire" and 1984's "Girls." 

PINK MARTINI gets a feature plus tracks from Weekend Edition.

ARCADE FIRE talks to The Guardian about adapting to bigger venues, anti-hipsterism, songwriting, faith and more... Plus, the Spike Jonze-directed video for "The Suburbs."

VAMPIRE WEEKEND briefly talk to The Scotsman about the sophomore LP, while Ezra Koenig makes a list for The Guardian as the band sets off on a UK tour.

PINK FLOYD called off a reunion show.

PETER "SLEAZY" CHRISTOPERSON of Throbbing Gristle, Coil and Psychic TV died "peacefully" in his sleep on Nov. 24 at the age of 55 in his Bangkok home.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows edged out Disney's Tangled for the top spot with 50.3 million over the weekend and a total of 76.3 million over the 5-day holiday weekend.  It is still on track to become the biggest Potter film ever in the US.  Tangled made 49.1 and 69 million, respectively -- numbers that would, absent Potter, heve folks remembering Disney's dominance of the early 90s.  The Mouse must be both delighted and relieved, given the flick's rumored 260 million budget.  Megamind comes in third over the family-friendly holiday stretch, making 12.9 and 17.6 million, respectively; its 130 domestic haul now equals its production budget.  Burlesque debuted at No. 4, amking 11.8 and 17.2 million against a reported 55 million budget.  Unstoppable rounded out the Top Five with 11.7 and 16.2 million, respectively.  Below the fold, Love and Other Drugs and Faster debuted at Nos. 6 and 7, which is tolerable only in light of the low budgets for both of them.  IIRC, Faster is The Rock's worst opening ever (unless you count Southland Tales).

LESLIE NIELSEN, the Canadian-born actor who, after decades in dramatic and romantic roles, launched a new, far more successful career as a comic actor in films like "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" series, died on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84.  Nielsen appeared in over 100 films and 1500 television programs over the span of his career, including the lead in the sci-fi classic, "Forbidden Planet." BONUS: icydk, the "Naked Gun" movies started with the short-lived TV series, "Police Squad!"

WILLIE NELSON was arrested Friday morning for allegedly having about 6 ounces of marijuana after his tour bus was stopped at the Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca.  Shocka.

EVA LONGORIA: Already targeted by Dane Cook.

LINDSAY LOHAN spent Thanksgiving with Samantha Ronson and her ex-con Dad.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL & TAYLOR SWIFT spent Thanksgiving together.

TIGER WOODS ate pie with his kids this Thanksgiving. I'll skip the joke you just thought up.

JOHN TRAVOLTA & KELLY PRESTON had a baby boy on the 23rd. Missed that in the pre-holiday rush.

LILY ALLEN is reportedly planning a New Year wedding.

GHOSTBUSTERS 3: Dan Aykroyd fueled casting rumors during a WGN radio appearance.

NORTH KOREA on Friday officially protested a joint US-South Korean military exercise planned for Sunday, even as the aircraft carrier USS George Washington steamed toward the region.

IRAN: FoxNews and The Guardian both have features about the amount of work and top-secret information needed to build the Stuxnet computer worm believed to have (temporarily) hobbled Tehran's nuke program.  Meanwhile, Iran has completed fueling the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Also, the latest doc dump from Wikileaks shows that: (a) the US believes that Iran has obtained advanced missiles from North Korea that could let it strike at Western European capitals and Moscow and help it develop more formidable long-range ballistic missiles; and (b) Iran's ascent has unified Israel and many longtime Arab adversaries - notably the Saudis - in a common cause.

AFGHANISTAN: Pres. Karzai's desperation for a "Good Friday agreement for Afghanistan" led officials to ignore repeated warnings from their own spy chief that they should not trust a man who orchestrated a humiliating face-to-face meeting between the Afghan president and a shopkeeper who pretended to be the Taliban's second most powerful leader.

IRAQ: Prime Minister al-Maliki, speaking at his first press conference two days after being formally tapped to form a Cabinet, appeared bullish Saturday on the progress of his security forces and the participation of a key rival in cobbling together a government.

WHEN OTTER ATTACKS: Let's go to the video.

17 RARE SEA TURTLES facing imminent death were rescued on Cape Cod.

PRINCE CHUNK, an enormously fat cat who became famous when he was found wandering in New Jersey after his owner lost her home to foreclosure, has died of heart disease.

PROBLEM BEAVERS have a price on their heads in Manitoba.

GOAT-RUSTLING wave hits the Chilliwack area of Canada.

A MEERKAT STOLEN from the Kansas City Zoo is back home, 11 days after he was taken by someone the zoo director can only describe as an "idiot."