Buzz Break: What Goes Into Up

· The Visitor director Tom McCarthy had a hand in writing Pixar's Up, and the two definitely share a similar "old homebody learns to open his heart" story arc. I presume that the scene where maybe-Asian Boy Scout Russell teaches Ed Asner to play the djembe (gotta earn that "condescending appreciation for other cultures" badge!) was cut for time.

· Have a listen at the first single from the new Scarlett Johansson/Pete Yorn album of duets.

· Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has picked up the Michel Gondry documentary A Thorn in the Heart for his Oscilloscope Pictures (which Movieline profiled a while back).

· Secret confession: I can't get enough of the overblown articles that HuffPo editorialists still continue to crank out in the face of Kris Allen's upset Idol win. Today's fave? "In Israel, Adam Lambert Would Have Won."

· Those fighting, fussing parents Jon & Kate (their last name "Plus 8" really is superfluous at this new level of fame) rode their marital problems to massive ratings records last night. In response, Oxygen has promptly announced its new series, Tori & Dean: Divorce Court.