And in other news ... the Brits are back, and so is Erykah Badu

• 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 )