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Terry Wogan’s Double Eurovision

YOU join us as the results for the right to represent Britain in the Eurovision song contest are being announced by Terry Wogan.

It is surely every musician’s greatest honour to … (read more)

Posted: 19th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (2)

Andrew Flintoff – From ShipFaced to Shamefaced

FROM “SHIP FACED” to shamefaced, England cricketer Andrew Flintoff tells of “MY HURT”.

“FLINTOFF: MY SHAME,” says the headline. “I’M PAYING PRICE FOR HIGH JINKS.”

Not that high, though – this is … (read more)

Posted: 19th, March 2007 | In: Back pages | Comments (4)

GM Livers, NHS sick, junk food, DVT, killer magpies and more…

EVERY day of every week the Mail thinks up imaginative ways to remind you that life is cruel and you are going to experience pain and die. And if it … (read more)

Posted: 18th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment (1)

Caption Competition – Angelina Jolie

ANGELINA Jolie did not adopt Old Mr Anorak.

Having disguised himself as Ho Chi Minh, all OMD needed to do was catch Jolie’s eye.

But it was not be. And instead of … (read more)

Posted: 18th, March 2007 | In: Caption Competition | Comments (33)

Freddie Flintoff’s Package Tour Cruise – Cricket World Cup

CRICKET’S World Cup is underway in the Caribbean and fans have been following the sunny and palm tree-shaded action.

For those of you without Sky TV, the illusion of looking at … (read more)

Posted: 18th, March 2007 | In: Back pages | Comment

American Idol’s Sanjaya Dials The Apprentice’s Surya

SURYA Yamanchili, in his final hours as the most-recently fired Apprentice candidate, is the latest to weigh in on the worldwide debate over our report on suspicions that Sanjaya Malakar’s … (read more)

Posted: 18th, March 2007 | In: TV & Radio | Comments (6)

George Bush’s Plants

Quote: “The vast majority of U.S. Attorneys, 80-85 percent, I would guess, are doing a great job, are loyal Bushies, etc.” Kyle Sampson, former counsel to the U.S. Attorney General, … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment

Tony Blair Comic Relief

TONY Blair does Comic Relief.

Tony Blair, the man who has so much says in how your money is spent, how taxes are raised, how Olympics, schools and benefits are funded, does Comic … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comments (2)

Politics Blog

IN The Telegraph arty types and luvvies bemoan to diversion of lottery money to the sporty types. Also, it’s the benefits system that destroys family life (including the remarkable claim … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment

Red Nose Appeal

IT is Comic Relief day today. Whoopee indeed.

Actually, it is whoopee this year for there’s a book out in support of it.

Shaggy Blog Stories.

Cobbled together Tightly edited over the past … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2007 | In: Money | Comment

You Say You Pay

AS the regulators and broadcasters grapple with the TV phoneline scandal, Anorak once again reminds viewers of daytime telly – the institutionalised, the bedridden, the journalists – what they are … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (3)

BBC In TV Phoneline Jam Bust

“CBEEBIES cheat,” announces the Mirror.

The BBC’s children’s channel is accused of pre-recording a ‘live’ TV show. As the paper reports, junior Saturday morning TV watchers were invited to dial a … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment (1)

Lohan Denies ‘Bull***’ TMZ

THE website TMZ is running a story this afternoon, claiming “that Lindsay Lohan was so deeply concerned that her felon father (recently released from prison) would crash a party she … (read more)

Posted: 17th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment

Chop Idol – American Idol’s Simon Cowell Misses Antonella Barba

ANTONELLA Barba had a lucky escape from American Idol.

Simon Cowell has been in conversation with Anderson Cooper, CNN’s newsman in a suit and tidy hair.

Cooper wants to know if Cowell’s … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (2)

Off Message – Justin Timberlake On Britney Spears

BRITNEY SPEARS is in rehab and Justin Timberlake has delivered a touching message.

The Enquirer looks on as a woman approaches Timberlake, who is leaving his agent’s offices.

Woman: Why won’t you help … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (9)

Is Barack Obama Or Chris Rock Mentally Negligible?

AMERICAN comic Chris Rock enters the debate on black/white/Irish etc. Barack Obama for President.

Inan interview with Life Magazine, Rock says:

LIFE: In the first movie you directed, Head of State, you … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comments (5)

Donald Trump’s Inner Rosie O’Donnell

DONALD Trump, he of the tidal wave hair-do, has been talking of late.

And 14 wonders if Donald Trump is suffering from depression?

According to his own Trumpian logic, the American tycoon … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Money | Comments (4)

Politics Blog

THE Prime Minister, a Scot, his successor also a Scot sitting for a Scottish constituency, says in The Telegraph that we would all lose from Scottish independence. Two is an … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment (1)

Better Than Fox News – The Simpsons

Is the TV news biased? Is The Simpsons a reality TV show? Let’ take a look… … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment

Arrest The Gollywogs

TWO black males are acting suspiciously. One is 6ft tall.

Seen hanging around In Touch, a shop in the centre of Writhington, Lancashire, the call has gone out.

Boots on cobbles. Knocks … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (2)

When With Roman – Mrs Abramovich Sits Pretty

OLGA Abramovich is in the bedsit she once shared with her ex-husband roman Abramovich.

The Sun has jetted out to Moscow to speak with Olga, the woman who knew billionaire roman … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment (1)

The Ignorance Of Youth – Coleen Mcloughlin’s Wedding

COLEEN McLoughlin is too busy to marry her footballer.

When pressed on the issue of her marriage to Wayne Rooney, Wagtastic McLoughlin tells the Star: “I haven’t got time yet.”

But she … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Back pages | Comment

Beatle Nut – Heather Mills Goes On About Paul McCartney

WE are not yet divorced from Heather Mills. But there are sings Heather Mills is divorced from reality.

“DAY SHE LOST THE PLOT,” says the Mirror’s front page. “Lady Macca rants … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (5)

David Gest Catches Malandra

IS I’m A Celebrity star David Gest, the former Mr Liza Minnelli, the man whose hair UNESCO has designated a scene of special scientific interest, with a new woman?

The Sun … (read more)

Posted: 16th, March 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (3)

India Makes Sanjaya American Idol, Antonella Barba Nowhere

AMERICAN Idol’s Sanjaya Malakar is going further than Antonella Barba.

ARE outsourced tech support workers in India using their speed-dialing phone resources and technical expertise to keep a Sanjaya Malakar on … (read more)

Posted: 15th, March 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (41)

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