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The Newsdump, Jan 28 08: from Atomic Kitten in their smalls to Beyonce's acting call

  • January 28, 2008
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What has been going on in the world of news while we've all been asleep?

»
Promotion of the chronic 'new' Atomic Kitten single has extended to a couple of underwear photos. ('Girls Get Their Atomic Kit Off' — The Sun)

» Kelly Rowland is a big fan of X‑Factor and all things British. ('Kelly's After A Brit' — Daily Star)

»
Michael Jackson's
'Thriller' was quite important in the history of popular music according to an article based on ten minutes' Googling. ('Monster Smash' — The Guardian)

»
Scarlett Johansson
is still planning to release an album. ('Johansson Hopes The World Will Now Fall For Her Voice' — The Independent)

»
An unwell Morrissey has cancelled his current tour dates. ('Ill Morrissey Postpones Concerts' — BBC)

»
The new Gnarls Barkley album is almost finished. ('Gnarls CD Nearly Done, Danger Mouse Branches Out' — Billboard)

»
Beyonce
is making another movie and will be playing a singer. This time it is Etta James in new movie 'Cadillac Records'. ('Beyonce To Play Etta James' — Yahoo)


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