THE FOUR TOPS: Levi Stubbs works up a sweat on live French TV, belting out a supercharged "I'll Be There."

MARK LANEGAN, who followed a long stint as lead vocalist for the proto-grunge band Screaming Trees with a distinguished career as an impassioned solo singer-songwriter and adventurous collaborator with Queens of the Stone Age and others, has died. A cause of death was not announced, although last year he was said to be suffering from Covid-19 and kidney disease; he was 57.

GARY BROOKER, the frontman for Procol Harum who led the band throughout their 55-year history and co-wrote and sang their 1967 classic “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” died at his home from cancer on Saturday, Feb. 19. He was 76.

BUFFALO NICHOLS plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Fantastic Negrito, Daniel Rossen, Porridge Radio and more.

THE AFGHAN WHIGS return with "I'll Make You See God."

REGINA SPEKTOR returns with "Becoming All Alone."

COLA, featuring members of Ought and US Girls, share "So Excited."

SUPERCHUNK: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

AARON RODGERS & SHAILENE WOODLEY: Not dunzo after all?

THE OSCARS will pre-tape 8 of 23 awards, which is one way to shorten the show, I suppose.

SCARLETT JOHANSSEN is starting a skincare line.

MATTHEW PERRY plans a juicy autobiography.

JOHN CARPENTER is sort of interested in a sequel to The Thing.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD's oral history comes a lot of new dish about the set feud between leading actors Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.

STAR TREK: The sequel announcement came as a surprise, not just to observers who have been watching the movie studio haltingly try to revive Trek on the big screen for years but also to the actors and their representatives.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR. & SHANE BLACK (“Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” and “Iron Man 3”) are reteaming for a movie based on the character Parker, created by author Donald E. Westlake.

RISING PHOENIX, the documentary in which Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of "essentially" raping her, has a trailer online.

A MYSTERY KANGAROO, on the lam in Denmark.

A MASAI GIRAFFE was born at the Phoenix Zoo.

AN AGGRESSIVE DONKEY in Oaxaca struck again on Wednesday and killed a 79-year-old man.