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A Newsdump for 13 October 2011: From Nicki Minaj delivering a shock to Liam 1D's fear of a croc

  • October 13, 2011
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» Nicki Minaj surprised two of the cutest kids you're ever likely to see on the Ellen show. (NEWS.com.au)

» Rihanna gamely tries to fill a role made famous by Sinitta as she helps out at the judges houses stage of the US X Factor. (Daily Mail) Perhaps this was a homage to this?

» To carry on her cat obsession, Katy Perry's forth­com­ing second range of perfume will be called Meow. (MTV) That might sound cute now but when someone gives you a bottle of Scratching Post for Christmas 2012 don't come running to us.

» Lady Gaga talks about safe sex and which shade of taupe suits olive skin best in this here interview. (USA Today)

» Cher Lloyd does not like people taking pictures of her bottom. (Liverpool Echo)

» Jessie J has been shooting a video with pro­fes­sional bore James Morrison. (The Sun) Imagine the between takes chat about authen­ti­city and serious musi­cian­ship. Excellent.

» When Nicola Roberts gets married she'd quite like it to be in a derelict church, similar to the one used by Ross and Emily in famed doc­u­ment­ary series, Friends. (Contactmusic)

» Over 10 million people follow Britney Spears on Twitter now. (New Zealand Herald) That's a lot of people reading retweets of fans' com­pli­ment­ary concert reviews.

» Even lamazing popstars like Cover Drive have been affected by the Blackberry outage. (Twitter)

» And finally, One Direction's Liam blames Niall for the fact that he thought there was a chance he might get attacked by a crocodile. (The Mirror)

THAT WAS some of THE NEWS.

  • Britney Spears
  • cher lloyd
  • Cover Drive
  • Jessie J
  • Katy Perry
  • Lady Gaga
  • Nicki Minaj
  • nicola roberts
  • One Direction
  • Pon De Runway
  • Sinitta
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A jolly good Nicole Scherzinger song not being sung by Nicole Scherzinger but you get the idea

  • October 12, 2011
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A Newsdump for 14 October 2011: From Jessie J's sticky eyelids to Joe McElderry's QVC bids

  • October 14, 2011
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