Shocker: Britney Spears can actually sing...live (+video)

Pop starlet

Britney Spears

has pulled another blinder.

No, her latest exploits have nothing to do with the demonstrable absence of undergarments,

hair-hating

, romantic dalliances with

dubious lens lizards

or

personal meltdowns

. Shocker - the miming marvel has actually sung live! Yep, she opened her mouth and sound came out.

Mime that tune

Brit-Brit has pretty much mimed her way across the globe with her

Circus

tour - bar a few whimpers while singing along to ballad

Everytime

(with the backing track turned down low) when the tour kicked off in New Orleans in March.

But the pop princess surprised fans during a concert in North Carolina, US, over the weekend when she belted out a cover version of

Alanis Morissette

's

You Oughta Know

- live.

A snitch who attended the concert revealed: "We were really surprised! Nobody knew she going to sing that song. When I saw her rise up with a microphone I was thinking, 'what is she doing?' I had to ask the person in front of me what song she was singing!"

Reason to celebrate: Brit Brit can actually sing and dance (shuffle) at the same time and, dare we say it, pull it off rather nicely.

True, she kept her usual booty-shaking to a minimum, and vocally she's not the singing siren of days gone by, but it's a jolly good start.

And from the look of things Brit Brit's fans gave her live warbling the thumbs up, too, giving out huge cheers at song's end.

One enthusiastic fan posted on the singer's Twitter page: "This song is soooo good and seems so nice in Britney!"

Eh?

"Congrats Britney, you should sing more live. Even if it's not perfect it would be more exciting and emotional for you, and for the fans. [sic]"

Brits, you sounded pretty good, so why not ditch the backing tracks and sing live more often?

Have a listen and judge for yourselves...

Welcome back, Rob

Pop's boy wonder

Robbie Williams

is back with killer comeback single,

Bodies

.

He's been lost in showbiz since 2006's critical and commercial disaster that was

Rudebox

, but we won't hold that against him. We love a good survivor tale over here on Idiot Island.

Here's a sneak peek at the vid for

Bodies

:

And as a special bonus, we'll even throw this one in:

Just shush

Bad boy

Chris Brown

is still banging on about his assault on former girlfriend

Rihanna

.

Following his sentencing last week, Brown saw fit to whinge about TV Titan

Oprah Winfrey

's recent show about domestic violence which she dedicated to "all the Rihannas out there."

Did Brown like it? Not a lot.

"I commend Oprah on being like 'This is a problem,' but it was a slap in my face." (Slap? Bad choice of words perhaps?)

He ranted: "I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school. She could have been more helpful, like, 'OK I'm going to help both of these people out.'"

Buddy, nobody messes with the Big O. And in true Oprah style, her rep fired back:

"Oprah takes domestic abuse very seriously. She hopes he gets the counseling he needs."

Now zip it.

Off on one

Once she opens her mouth, there's just no stopping aesthetically pleasing

Megan Fox

.

Not content with discussing the ins and outs of her

"mental health disorder"

with the world, she's now comparing

Transformers

director

Michael Bay

to

Hitler

.

Biting the hand that feeds, she said:

"He [Michael] wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is.

"So he's a nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward. He has no social skills at all. It's endearing to watch him. He's so vulnerable and fragile in real life and then on set he's a tyrant."

Guess who's not coming back for the threequel...

A word from her

Lady Gaga

on those pesky hermaphrodite rumours. She's not offended, but her lady area is:

"My beautiful vagina is very offended. I'm not offended; my vagina is offended. I'm not embarrassed — I sold 4 million records in 6 months; I'm not embarrassed about anything. I think more than anything, it's society's reaction to a strong woman.

"The idea that we equate strength with men and a penis is a symbol of male strength, you know, it's just what it is. But like I said, I'm not offended at all, but my vagina might be a little bit upset."

Since when did pop music become so anatomical?

Hey, Gaga, we saw this and thought of you:

Welsh Factor

Introducing

Lucie Jones

. The 18-year-old singer dazzled British TV talent show

X Factor

judges last week with a rousing rendition of

I Will Always Love You

by

Whitney Houston

.

Jones, nicknamed 'the Welsh Whitney', hails from a wee village on the outskirts of Cardiff, callled Pentyrch - a place she describes as "the little village on top of a hill - with all the sheep".

Ah, a girl after our own heart.

But can she cut it?

Yes she can.

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