STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS cover Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" for the kids. Literally.

OF MONTREAL advance streams Aureate Gloom.

SWERVEDRIVER advance streams I Wasn't Born To Lose You.

MOON DUO advance streams Shadow Of The Sun.

ELVIS PERKINS advance streams I Aubade.

GANG OF FOUR drops "Stranded" ahead of What Happens Next.

THE SINGLES: Scarlett Johansson joins Este Haim, Holly Miranda, Kendra Morris and Julia Haltigan on the pop "Candy."

TEGAN & SARA bring ?uestlove, Andy Samberg, Will Arnett, and Mark Mothersbaugh on for "Everything Is Awesome" at the Oscars. BONUS: Lady Gaga's medley from The Sound of Music may be her most surprising performance yet.

ARCADE FIRE's Will Butler will be writing a song a day based upon a news story in the Guardian for a week starting today.

KIM GORDON talsk tot the NYT about her book; Billboard has an audio excerpt.

THE ARISTO & THE SPIV: The true story of the men behind the Who.

TUSK: Fleetwood Mac's follow-up to the 1977 megahit Rumours, revisited by The New York Times Magazine.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Fifty Shades of Grey dominates the chart again with 23.2 million; that's a 72 percent drop, but with over 400 million worldwide on a 40 million budget, the trilogy is already assured. Kingsman: The Secret Service places again with 17.5 million on a 52 percent drop (which isn't too bad considering last weekend was Valentine's/Presidents' Day weekend).  It likely needs about 200MM to profit and has 153MM so far worldwide.  The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water shows again with 15.5 million on a 50 percent drop; again, not bad given last weekend and it's on track to profit.  McFarland USA debutes in the fourth slot with 11.3MM against a ballpark 25MM estimated budget; okay, but likely a disappointment for Disney.  The DUFF rounds out the Top 5 with 11MM which is actually a bit above estimates against an 8.5 MM budget.  Below the fold, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 debuted with 5.8MM against a 14MM budget which amy only turn a profit after overseas grosses come in.

THE OSCARS went to these folks. Congrats, JK Simmons.

THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS went to these folks.

THE RAZZIES went to these folks. Bad night for camerons.

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, is directed by Matthew Vaughn (KickAss, X-Men First Class), based on a limited comics series by Mark Millar (KickAss),so it's not surprising that it sends up the over-the-top super-spy genre as well as celebrate it.  It's not an Austin Powers-esque pastiche, but has its tongue firmly in cheek.  At the same time, the film tries to provide enough bacstory for the audience to care about the protagonists, particularly spy-in-training Eggsy.  All the actors handle the limits of the material well enough, with Samuel L. Jackson as equal parts Goldfinger, Ted Turner and Spike Lee.

LEONARDO DiDAPRIO helped throw Rihanna a star-studded affair for her 27th birthday.

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN was under the influence of drugs the morning she was found unresponsive in her bathtub. Shocka.

HILARY DUFF filed for divorce from her estranged husband Mike Comrie.

A RUSSIAN newspaper claims to have an official government strategy document outlining the invasion of Ukraine that was prepared weeks before the Ukrainian government collapsed last year.

TURKEY invaded SYRIA, but just a little. Just the tip. 

EGYPT  Egypt has banned Islamic State videos from the internet. Qatar recalled its ambassador to Egypt after the latter's airstrikes in Libya.

OCTOPUS Gets Crabby.

SHARKNADO actually happened: Shark stranded on beach after twin cyclones hit Australia.

A COW has a bicycle mishap.

PET MONKEY stands to inherit.