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A Newsdump for 22 March 2012: From Katy Perry becoming a Marine to Nicki Minaj performing on US TV

  • March 22, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

Katy Perry’s video for 'Part Of Me' – which shows her breaking up with her boyfriend, joining the Marines and wrestling under­wa­ter – is now available to watch. (YouTube) It is 'quite something'.

Harry Styles says that the first thing he’s going to buy to celebrate their US success is a new mattress, as he has broken the springs in his one. (The Sun) [PERFUNCTORY ASIDE ABOUT HARRY HAVING LOTS OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH WOMEN IN HIS BED HERE PLEASE SUBS THANKS] 

Justin Bieber has dropped ('told people') the lyrics to his new single 'Boyfriend', which includes the melted­cheese­ban­ter­iffic line "swag swag swag on you, chillin by the fire why we eaten' fondue". (Billboard) Make of that what you will.

If you haven’t already, put up the bunting, fly the flag at full mast, hurl ticker tape from the nearest window: Jessie J has arrived back in the UK after her Australian and Asian tour. (Capital FM)

'The House That Built Me' hitmaker Miranda Lambert’s dog Virginia went missing last week, so if you see a dog looking like this roaming around please let her know.

Kelly Clarkson has recorded an authentic ('not as good') country version of 'Mr Know It All' for American airways. (The Boot)

Charlie Simpson of Busted fame is working on a film soundtrack for a cheery-sounding comedy called Everybody’s Going To Die. (Daily Star) This is of course not Charlie’s first exper­i­ence of soundtrack­ing a film, as demon­strated by this classic video.

Victoria Beckham screamed with excite­ment when she saw that Beyoncé was wearing one of her dress designs the other day, which seems like a fair reaction. (Belfast Telegraph)

And finally, 'Sticks In My Bun' chanteuse Nicki Minaj will be per­form­ing on American Idol next week. (That Grape Juice) If she doesn’t perform 'Starships' with at least three glit­ter­ball canons and a fireworks display, we’re not watching.

THAT WAS some of THE NEWS.

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