1. Paul McCartney has announced that he will release a new album in February that will feature guest appearances by Stevie Wonder and Eric Clapton and a mix of covers of “songs he was inspired by during his childhood,” as well as two original compositions. [via NME]

2. In case you’re curious, here are the results of a yearly demographic survey of Broadway audiences. The stat that we find the most interesting: The average age of the Broadway theatergoer was 44 years. [via Pop Culture Brain]

3. Regardless of what yesterday’s Twitter rumors might have led you to believe, Bon Jovi was not found dead from cardiac arrest in a New Jersey hotel. He’s actually alive, and making sort of funny signs about it. [via The Daily What]

4. If you could use some help waking up this morning, you can now listen to “Stupid Hoe,” the second single off of Nicki Minaj’s forthcoming Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded album, here.

5. Ryan Gosling has joined the growing list of celebrities, which also includes Zooey Deschanel and Alicia Silverstone, who have publicly asked McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner to step in and prevent his company from using battery hens to source its eggs and other animal products. [via Jezebel]

Bonus Buzz: Super-Nerdy Snow Sculptures

1. So this is fun: After they were introduced by mutual friend Alicia Keys, Jack White and Jay-Z have recorded a song together! [via TwentyFourBit]
2. Not at the SXSW Festival? IFC.com is live streaming a ton of panels, interviews, and live performances. [via Pop Candy]
3. Have you read Courtney Love‘s crazy Facebook apology to Billy Corgan? An excerpt: “We have again created beauty from the agony between us, all the buried and unburied anguish, all that is true, that is gold, that is meant to be is within this endless and somehow eternal cycle of Billy & Courtney.” [via Billboard]
4. We’d watch that: Conan O’Brien‘s upcoming 30-city tour, “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour,” could be the focus of a documentary film. [via Deadline]
5. For reasons that are unclear, Sigourney Weaver is joining the cast of that Amy Heckerling/Alicia Silverstone vampire romantic comedy. Do you think vampire queens get to chainsmoke? [via THR]