Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O's contribution to the soundtrack of Tim Burton's upcoming full-length Frankenweenie movie is brazenly sweet, even coming from the woman responsible for the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack. It is sugary enough to speak the language of children fluently.

The low-rent Jimmy Lloyd Productions put ads on Craigslist to attract "REAL songwriters" to add "Realness" to their proposed Lower East Side reality show, The Scene. Don't waste a demo, this is an embarrassment, not a big break. [Getty]

Give Joe Biden a high five. The Vice President of the United States turns 67 today. (Let's all hope he gets through the day without any more accidents.) The oldest member of Congress, Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, turns 92 today. Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton is 61. Mike D of the Beastie Boys turns 44. Joel McHale of The Soup and Community is turning 38. Pat Kiernan of NY1 is turning 41. Actress Sean Young is 50. Bo Derek turns 53. Author Don DeLillo is turning 73. TV anchor Judy Woodruff turns 63. Avant-garde performer Meredith Monk is 67. Tween star Cody Linley turns 20. Former Eagles member Joe Walsh is turning 62. And Mark Gastineau, the retired football star and father of Brittny, is 53. Below: A few folks celebrating birthdays this weekend, including Scarlett Johansson and Tina Brown.

Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs perform in front of a very large, watchful blue eye during the rain-soaked All Points West music festival in Jersey City over the weekend. [AP/Jason DeCrow]