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"British pop star Ellie Goulding, 26 -- who performed on Dick Clark&amp;apos;s New Year&amp;apos;s Rockin&amp;apos; Eve With Ryan Seacrest Dec. 31 -- shares the 25 things you don&amp;apos;t know about her with Us Weekly.&amp;#xA0;\r\n1. I am addicted to cheese.\r\n2. My fasted half marathon time is 1 hour 40 minutes.\r\n3. I&amp;apos;m a country girl, born and bred.\r\n4. My favorite Christmas film is The Snowman.\r\n5. I&amp;apos;m ambidextrous.\r\n6. My single &amp;quot;Lights&amp;quot; stayed on the Billboard charts for 33 weeks, longer than any other song in 2012.\r\n7. I sang for Prince William and Duchess Kate at their royal wedding.\r\nPHOTOS: 15 royal wedding highlights\r\n8. I adore 30 Rock.\r\n9. I taught myself guitar at age 14.\r\n10. I have a stuffed rabbit and a stuffed crow in my flat.\r\n11. I did my first stage dive in Ireland during the 2012 Arthur&amp;apos;s Day music festival.\r\n12. I&amp;apos;ve never seen a Star Wars or Lord of the Rings film!\r\n13. The song that lets me know it&amp;apos;s holiday time is &amp;quot;Last Christmas&amp;quot; by George Michael.\r\n14. I&amp;apos;m a natural brunette.\r\n15. I used to do tae kwon do and capoeira, and I also surf.\r\n16. I think Daniel Day-Lewis is the best actor in the world.\r\n17. I once performed for Barack Obama and his family!\r\n\r\n18. I have a fascination with World Wars I and II.\r\n19. I got to the level of grade 7 on clarinet. In the U.K., 8 is the highest!\r\n20. I like gifting people with books and alcohol.\r\n21. I spent last Christmas in a hotel room in Hollywood.\r\n22. My favorite book is Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks.\r\n\r\n23. About 200 people turned up to a 5K run with me in Sydney.\r\n24. I&amp;apos;m obsessed with Drake.\r\n25. If I had the time, I would study to be a personal trainer!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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