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The Newsdump, Jan 13 2010: from Nutini’s hope for a Brit to Frankie’s request for more road grit

Eyes down, look in:

» Benjamin Button-esque singing tramp Paolo Nutini would like to be nominated for a Brit. (Digital Spy)

» Blur’s Alex James says that he is bored by pop music. Perhaps he should give the Cheryl Cole album a spin to remind himself how exciting and life-affirming it can be! (Digital Spy)

» Erik Hassle has shot a fourth (FOURTH) video for ‘Hurtful’. (XOLondon)

» The soundtrack album for Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland film is shit. (NME)

» Marina & The Diamonds‘ Marina ‘Marina & The Diamonds’ Diamandis has been to the cinema. (Marinaandthediamonds.com)

» Brian Higgins thinks Abba were quite good. (Xenomania News)

» John & Edward are reported to be working with Vanilla Ice. Let’s hope they ‘stop collaborating’ before we have to ‘listen’. (The Sun)

» MIA‘s chucked a new song onto the internet. (Twitter)

» As snow falls once again across the country, The Saturdays‘ Frankie Sandford has hit out at all of England. (Twitter)

That’s your lot. Except to say…

» There’s been a breakthrough in quantum cascade laser efficency with news of compact, mid-infrared laser diodes that generate more light than heat. (Science Daily)