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The Newsdump, Jan 15 2010: from Calvin's predicted snub to an annoyed N‑Dub

  • January 15, 2010
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Eyes down, look in:

» Calvin Harris reportedly doesn't think his album was good enough for a Brit. (Daily Star)

» Susan Boyle ran around shouting "I've escaped! I've escaped!" at Heathrow Airport recently. (Digital Spy)

» Lady Gaga has had to cancel a pop concert due to illness. GET WELL SOON LADY GAGA. (Gagadaily)

» Jay‑Z says that he uses newspaper stories and headlines for lyrical inspir­a­tion. NEWSFLASH: So do all song­writers when they can't think of anything to write about. (Digital Spy)

» Nicola Roberts supports a tanning bed ban for minors, which seems a bit unfair because if you're under­ground all day digging coal you're not going to see much sunlight are you. (Popdirt)

» Lemar is feeling good today. (Twitter)

» Here's a picture of Blur at the premiere of their doc­u­ment­ary thing. Nice of them to make an effort. (Radio 1 Newsbeat)

» It turns out that as well as being a hat-sporting bellend, Dappy N‑Dubz
isn't very good at taking criticism. (He has apo­lo­gised, of course,
just like he did for those homo­phobic lyrics on his first album.) (Gigwise)

That's your lot. Except to say…

» Farmers in New Zealand have been reminded that "a cool cow is a happy cow" — a rule we could all live by. (TVNZ)

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