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Britney in sync with lips?

Britney Spears introduced Miley Cyrus at the iHeart-Radio Music Festival. Or at least her lips did.
Britney Spears introduced Miley Cyrus at the iHeart-Radio Music Festival. Or at least her lips did.

Spin Cycle presents another installment of “All the News That’s Fit to Razz” …

Odds are that pop star Britney Spears will not sing but rather lip sync during her two-year stint in Las Vegas at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, starting Dec. 27, an unnamed source told the New York Daily News.

Britney Spears sings?

Speaking of Spears, she was present at the recent iHeartRadio music festival in Vegas to introduce Miley Cyrus. Cyrus balanced gyrating and slapping a dwarf dancer’s booty with breaking down into a puddle of messy mascara during an emotional rendition of “Wrecking Ball,” days after announcing her split from fiance Liam Hemsworth.

Oh well, we’re sure he was a total twerk anyway.

The newest iPhones - the 5s and the 5c - went on sale Sept. 20, with geeky tech types in line days before the launch.

As if such people actually get phone calls.

Singer Kelly Clarkson will not be able to keep a ring belonging to novelist Jane Austen that she bought in a 2012 Sotheby’s auction. A temporary export ban provided Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire, enough time to secure the money to keep it.

It finally raised enough Cents and Sensibility.

A Tweeted photo of singer Rihanna posing with a loris, a protected primate, led to Thai police arresting men suspected of selling endangered wildlife.

Or in other words, monkey business.

Speaking of Twitter, it was Carrie Underwood’s tribute to the Beatles that generated the most social media buzz - some 17,090 tweets per minute - during the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards.

So we’re now calling the Fab Four the Tweetles. #ibeleiveinyesterdaybutwithtoday’stechnology

The Emmys also got some negative response. In an Associated Press story, actress Ellen Pompeo of Grey’s Anatomy said boldly she was “really disappointed by” the telecast, adding, “I didn’t see any diversity in the Emmys at all. The Emmys felt so dated to me. ... That dance number was embarrassing. Did you see one person of color in that dance number?”

Shocking, right? Grey’s Anatomy is still on?!

Actor Michael Douglas gave his estranged wife Catherine Zeta-Jones props during his acceptance speech for best actor in a movie or miniseries. “I want to thank my wife, Catherine, for her support,” said Douglas, who was wearing his wedding ring.

So maybe they are working things out. Or he really is the best actor.

And finally at the Emmys, best supporting actress Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie) also won the unofficial briefest speech award: “Thanks so much. Thank you so much. I gotta go. Bye.”

And because of this, we think Merritt merits all future awards - Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, Oscars, Golden Globes, Country Music Awards, etc.

We gotta go. Bye.

Gotta email: [email protected] Spin Cycle is a weekly smirk at pop culture and a weekly segment on Little Rock’s KURB-FM, B98.5 at 7 a.m.Thursdays. Listen live and hear podcasts at b98.com.

Style, Pages 51 on 09/29/2013

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