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Rick Wakeman played on David Bowie’s Life on Mars. On January 10 2015, Wakeman played a piano version on BBC Radio 2. It’s lovely. Truly. Wakeman has since recorded a new version of the song … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities, Music, TV & Radio | Comment

Rita Ora’s naked breasts are too racy for the tabloids

Rita Ora has posed topless. The X Factor judge and pop star has posed pretty much naked for French magazine Lui. You can see the photos here. But you cannot see … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities, NSFW, Tabloids | Comment

Baltimore bigwigs want huge statue of Divine and her dog poo dinner

The junction of Read and Tyson Streets, Baltimore, was the setting for a seminal movie moment. It’s where Babs Johnson (Divine), star of John Waters’ Pink Flamingos, cemented a hard-fought reputation as the Filthiest Person Alive … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities | Comment

The Gashlycrumb Tinies, by Edward Gorey in a Gif

Spoter: Flashbak … (read more)

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Posted: 30th, January 2016 | In: Gifs | Comment

Topless Rita Ora helps the Sun move Page 3 to page 7

To date, 245,334 people have supported the Petition to “drop the bare boobs from the Sun newspaper”. It demands:
No More Page 3.

George Alagiah doesn’t say, ‘And now let’s look at Courtney, 21, … (read more)

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Posted: 29th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment

Peter Serafinowicz turns Donald Trump into a Cockney geyser

Donald Trump becomes a laughable comedy gangster when his words are dubbed by Peter Serafinowicz. It’s hilarious.

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Posted: 29th, January 2016 | In: Politicians | Comment

Manchester United: Van Gaal quit talk won’t quit

Is Manchester Untied manager Louis Van Gaal a quitter? Is he going to quit Old Trafford? Is he… Well, you get the idea. The Press are obsessed with the idea … (read more)

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Posted: 29th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Role Model Watch: Tyson Fury will not have his tongue cut out and eaten by dogs

Role Model Watch: a look at strangers billed as role models by the media and elite.

The Guardian reports that boxer Tyson Fury has “escaped punishment” and been reminded of his “heavy responsibilities”. … (read more)

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Posted: 28th, January 2016 | In: Reviews, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Chelsea target Pato finds London in Brazil

The Metro’s Jamie Sanderson spots Chelsea target Alexandre Pato on a tweet. The free paper contrives to make a story from it. Readers are told:
Alexandre Pato pictured in London ahead of Chelsea … (read more)

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Posted: 27th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Misleading headline of the day: Man City’s Bruyne at war with Arsenal’s Ozil

Misleading headline of the day is in The Sun, which brings news of Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Arsenal star Mesut Ozil. The headline thunders:
Kevin De Bruyne desperate to … (read more)

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Posted: 27th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, Sports | Comment

Susanne Hinte: 10 years prison, £33m and a ‘dodgy’ Scratchcard

“Lotto rotters” who claim to have won the National Lottery’s £33m jackpot can be jailed for 10 years , says the Daily Star. So far, over 400 people say they hold the winning … (read more)

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Posted: 27th, January 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Liverpool lose and Stoke remain ‘in the mix’ for League Cup final, say papers

Last night Liverpool FC reached the League Cup final after a penalty shoot-out with Stoke. Let’s see which newspapers went to print before the match finished.

Stoke are in the mix. … (read more)

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Posted: 27th, January 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | Comment

Liverpool beats Stoke to reach League Cup final

Liverpool have beaten Stoke city to reach the League Cup final. The papers will go mad for Jurgen Klopp.

But Liverpool fans spared a thought for young Liverpool fan Owen McVeigh, an 11 … (read more)

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Posted: 26th, January 2016 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment

The Chickening: a remix of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force

The Chickening is a new take on Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force.

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Posted: 26th, January 2016 | In: Film | Comment

Abe Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016)

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Posted: 26th, January 2016 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Jessica Valenti says something really dumb about shopping

Jessica Valenti is writing about gender unfairness in the Guardian. The headline to her story: “Women are overpriced.” Ha!
A report this month on products in the UK found something very similar: when it … (read more)

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Posted: 26th, January 2016 | In: Broadsheets, Reviews | Comment

Bernie Sanders is now an ice cream flavour

What does a 74-year-old politician taste of? Given the usual sexual kinks of the great and learned, we’d say hot wax, orange rind and dry-cleaning. But Ben Cohen (co-founder and half … (read more)

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Posted: 26th, January 2016 | In: Politicians, The Consumer | Comment