Mimoco is helping characters to its line of USB drives this summer.

Available now are My Melody®, Chococat® and TuxedoSam™ as s available in August is TuxedoSam, the bow-tie wearing penguin who is fluent in both Penguinese and English.

My Melody, TuxedoSam and Chococat are the first wave of Mimoco’s new SANRIO anniversary characters and are available now at www.mimoco.com, www.sanrio.com, and fine retailers worldwide.

Three additional SANRIO characters - Hangyodon™, Badtz-Maru® and Hello Kitty Classic - are also available.

The new SANRIO -themed content like wallpapers, screensavers ...

In honor of Hello Kitty's 35th birthday, Lady Gaga posed on Bravo's "Double Exposure" wearing a dress made of the stuffed kittens.

During the photo shoot, famed photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani butted heads, and even the pop star was annoyed by all the cat fighting.

Hello Kitty was introduced in 1975 in Japanese pop culture. The trademark became an international phenomenon, grossing more than $1 billion annually. Products include dolls, coin purses, clothing, and school supplies.

Singer Katy Perry was forced to leave Wednesday night's Brit Awards early after vomiting backstage. The star collected her prize for Best International Female Solo Artist, which was handed to her by music legend Lionel Richie.

And Perry explained her illness to the audience: "I'm so sick right now, but they said I should show up because something special might happen. Thank you to everyone at my record label. (I proved) I work pretty hard because I want to die right now."

But the 24-year-old vomited as soon as she came off-stage and had to bow out of the event early.

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Katy Perry wore two more sexy outfits that showed off her legs in the last 24 hours. The first was a 'Hello Kitty' themed pink and black latex & leather outfit and the second was a seemingly "Naughty Nurse" inspired costume complete with white blazer, fishnet stockings, high heels and plenty of cleavage.

Do you think Katy looked hot or not? Which outfit is better? Leave a comment below!

Katy Perry wearing a 'Hello Kitty' outfit at the Brit Awards on Feb. 18:

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SANRIO, Inc. is thrilled to announce the release of Hello World, the first-ever Hello Kitty album available on Lakeshore Records. The album will offer 11 tracks of original pop tunes, performed by a number of up & coming young artists. The result is an upbeat and perky compilation that reflects the life-embracing mood of the Hello Kitty brand.

The album launches October 7th exclusively at Walmart and the first single "Come On, Come On," with early airplay reported from Radio Disney, will be available on iTunes starting September 30th. The online community is already abuzz over the albu...