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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
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And in other news ... the Brits are back, and so is Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu
Hat's entertainment ... Is Erykah having a Badu hair day? Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

• Erykah Badu's new kaleidoscope-effect music video featuring Lil Wayne is still on her website, also featuring hand puppets and Barack Obama (Via erykahbadu.com)

• Grainy footage of Prince rehearsing in a warehouse, apparently from 1984 (Via Daily Swarm)

The Brits section begins:

• The tabs decide Lady Gaga is being a diva ... (Via Digital Spy)

• And take bets on Cheryl Cole's lovelife ahead of her primetime performance (Via The Mirror)

• After giving props to Susan Boyle, Jay-Z continues his charm offensive (Via Gigwise)

• The Pope has been nominated in the Classical Brits category. We look forward to a drunken acceptance speech (Via BBC)

Brits section ends

• Kate Nash's new single suggests she spent a long time listening to the second Horrors album. Or Britpop. Or something (Via Idolator)

• Florence Welch says she'd like to work with Thom Yorke. No word from Thom (Via BBC 6 Music)

• Fancy owning Abbey Road studios? Yours for just "tens of millions of pounds" (Via Bloomberg)

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