VAN SHE drops a video for "Idea of Happiness."

DINOSAUR FEATHERS is advance streaming Whistle Tips.

HEARTLESS BAST^RDS stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.

THOMAS DOLBY played World Cafe Live; you can stream the gig on demand.

THE MILK CARTON KIDS stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set.

THE LUMINEERS play a set of gently rolling acoustic numbers live on KEXP.

SOUNDGARDEN: "Live To Rise," from The Avengers soundtrack, is the band's first new studio effort in 15 years.

BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW release a mysterious new song called "Spraypaint."

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: That "Out of the Game" stars Helena Bonham-Carter may be the least strange thing about the clip for this jaunty number.

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS: Stephin Merritt talks to The Awl about songwriting.

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE talks to the WSJ about his latest album, "Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now."

NEIL YOUNG is developing a high-res digital audio format.

ROBIN GIBB: Cancer-free.

INDIE-ROCK COMPOSER-PERFORMER: The financials.

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & JESSICA BIEL pulling out all the stops for a big summer wedding, allegedly.

RHIANNA has warned her management team she won't be kept apart from ex Chris Brown or be held back by their rules.

RYAN GOSLING saved a British woman from being hit by a taxi.

ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO is having a baby boy.

WHITNEY HOUSTON's autopsy reveals a "spoon with a white crystal-like substance on it" and a "white powdery substance" were found in her hotel room.

ZOOEY DESCHANEL looks a lot like her mom.

BARRY WILLIAMS (a/k/a Greg Brady) is a dad again. (Met him once. He complimented my tie.)

JEREMY RENNER on The Avengers, Bourne, privacy, Thai knife fighting and more at THR.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON is featured in a new clip from the Avengers movie.

TERROR in the CAUCUSUS: Security forces killed five terrorists, including two suspected suicide bombers, at a checkpoint in Nazran in Ingushetia.

TERROR in FRANCE: Investigations began of 13 members of the banned group Forsane Alizza on suspicion of terror activities that included plotting to kidnap a Jewish judge in Lyon.

SYRIA: Rebels abandoned efforts to hold territory in major cities and towns after a series of defeats. Government troops entered rebel areas, hunted down activists, and torched and bulldozed homes. Nevertheless, Assad's uncle said Assad was unlikely to hold onto power much longer.

EGYPT: Members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood began a week-long charm offensive in Washington on Tuesday, meeting with White House officials, policy experts and others to counter persistent fears about the group's emergence as the country's most powerful political force. Meanwhile, the presidential hopeful of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has promised to give religious clerics power to review legislation to ensure it is in line with Islamic law.

BIG CAT, small pot.

MAYBE THE DOG ate your Masters' tickets.

THE DOG SCOUTS OF AMERICA have badges and campouts, cookie drives and troops in 22 states.

A PYTHON gets cagey when its cage is cleaned.