SUPERCHUNK drops a video for "Digging Into Something."  Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance talks to the WaPo about the band's comeback and their label, Merge.

GIRLS played the ATP Fest, you can stream the gig on demand.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY also played the ATP Fest, you can stream the gig on demand.

TIRED PONY: Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody and R.E.M.'s Peter Buck stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

MEGAFAUN is streaming Heretofore.

ABE VIGODA is streaming Crush.

KISS: "Black Diamond." They got you under their thumb. More Cowbell.

THE BESNARD LAKES: Jace Lasek talks to Canoe about the band's Polaris Music Prize nomination.

OWEN PALLETT also talks to Canoe about his Polaris Music Prize nomination.

WHY IS THE BEST INDIE MUSIC depressing, local and unpopular?

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD's surviving members have announced plans to reform after 42 years for two American charity concerts.

LINDSAY LOHAN thinks having a baby could straighten out her life?

JENNIFER LOPEZ: her 12 million dollar deal for American Idol covers just one year. Meanwhile, network execs think someone is trying to sabotage Idol by dragging Lopez through the mud.

PENELOPE CRUZ: More pregnancy rumors.

KRISTEN STEWART talks to The Telegraph about Twilight, her reputation for moodiness and her rumoured romance with R-Pattz.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL & RACHEL BILSON are reportedly a couple.

KALEY CUOCO broke a leg in a horse accident this weekend and won't be able to tape The Big Bang Theory this week.

JOSH BROLIN denies cheating on Diane Lane: "I mean, check her out, man."GEORGE MICHAEL was sentenced to two months in prison stemming from his July bust for driving while under the influence of marijuana.

HAROLD GOULD, a widely recognizable character actor in film and television, died Saturday in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 86.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS: A young Saudi Arabian woman was murdered by her father for chatting on Facebook.

IRAN: A third Iranian diplomat upset with Tehran's post-election crackdown on dissidents has defected in Europe - this time in Belgium, an opposition group said.

PAKISTAN: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner bluntly says Mullah Omar is in Quetta or Karachi.

AFGHANISTAN: Although Taliban leaders have denounced Afghanistan's parliamentary election and threatened violence at the polls on Saturday, some are discreetly making overtures to candidates, apparently in hopes of building political clout in Kabul, according to the top United Nations envoy and some Afghan politicians.

CHIHUAHUA PLAYS POOL (sort of): Let's go to the video.

RICKY the PENGUIN releases his debut single.

RUNAWAY TORTOISE didn't get far.

A COCKER SPANIEL and a BABY SPARROW, making friends...