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The Newsdump, Feb 05 08: from Alesha's new job to Coldplay's new record

  • February 5, 2008
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What has been going on in the world of news while we've all been asleep?

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As well as trying to sell cars, Alesha Dixon has also been given her own TV show. ('Alesha Dances Onto TV Show' — The Sun)

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Dirty Pretty Things are worried that their new sound will scare their remaining fans but we're sure they're both made of strong stuff. ('I'm Pretty Scared' — Daily Star)

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Will.I.Am couldn't keep his nose out of the US pres­id­en­tial race. ('My Stumps: Barack Obama Speech Turned Into Music Video By will.i.am' — The Guardian)

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A lot of people watched Alicia Keys' recent TV appear­ance. ('Super Bowl Watched By 97.5m Viewers' — BBC)

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Justin Timberlake is too busy playing board games to work on a new album. ('Timberlake + Biel Addicted To Scrabble' — Yahoo)

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Duffy's 'Mercy' single has been given the remix treatment. How modern! ('Duffy's Mercy Gets Remixed' — Popbytes)

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The new Coldplay album is so close to being finished you can almost smell it. ('Coldplay 'Weeks' From Finishing New Album' — Gigwise)

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