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Chav Scum – And Other Big Brother News

PADDY. Proddy. Big ears. Noddy.

Name calling can be so childish. So who better than children to teach the Sun’s readers a few names?

“AS SHILPA WINS BIG BROTHER, 11 KIDS ASK…What … (read more)

Posted: 30th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (2)


Shilpa Curries Favour

“SHILPA.”

So famous is the Celebrity Big Brother winner that she now operates under one name. This is a privilege afforded to only the few, and we think of Jade (Goody), … (read more)

Posted: 30th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Charles & Camilla Light Up The Room

NEVER mind the hair and the teeth – get a load of the necklace.

As the Mail’s front page reports, this cluster of rocks and paste is worth a million dollars. … (read more)

Posted: 30th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Mummy Knows

WAYS to embarrass your children are many.

But there is always something new for mum and dad to try, always a new dance, a new look, a new opinion.

And Anorak spares … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Moob Over Darlin’

GOOD news for adolescent boys and seedy men.

In this age of equality and equal opportunity, it could be you featured on the paper’s much hymned Page 3.

No, you will not … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Shhh! It’s Shilpa Shetty

SHHHH!

Hear that? That’s the sound of millions and more Britishers trying to pronounce the name Shilpa Shetty, the Big Brother Bollywood babe.

And it is important that you try to say … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment (1)


Horror Stories

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 can’t … (read more)

Posted: 29th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


HOW BRITISH ARE YOU?

“HOW BRITISH ARE YOU?”

Take the Telegraph’s quiz. “TEST YOURSELF,” offers the paper’s front-page teaser.

So you do.

Question: “There has never been a revolution in Britain because: a) We couldn’t be bothered; … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Less Than Zero

MODERN nursery rhymes: Jake Sprat would eat only fat; his sister Armani would only eat on the third Tuesday of the month.

More news on food as the Mail looks to … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


One Night In Paris II: Let’s Make A Weekend Of It

“PARIS: The sequel.”

So begins the Sun, which goes on to say: “NEW SEX VIDEO OF HEIRESS HITS WEBSITE.”

Sticky fingered adolescents and journalists who may otherwise be scouring the Internet for … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Jolie, Pitt & Aniston EXPLODE!

ANGELINA Jolie explodes in OK!. And now Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt are having an “EXPLOSIVE SECRET MEETING” in the Enquirer.

Forget the War in Terror, the real danger is that … (read more)

Posted: 26th, January 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


The Big Brother Rest Home

BIG Brother: 09011 32 3311.

It’s the number the Mirror wants it readers to call to vote Jo out of the Big Brother house.

But why bother? Why not just leave Jo … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Quiz? Ego!

“HIYA! Thanks for calling. What do you think’s the answer. Remember the question: “Name ten things you find in a schoolboy’s satchel.”

Caller: “Is it a drawing of Peter Pan having … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment (1)


Big Boned Brother

THE Beckhams are in the Sun.

In itself, this is no big news. In time to come, when David is married to a pig inseminator and Posh has been rendered down … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Beckhams Wax Lyrical

THE Beckhams are in the Sun.

In itself, this is no big news. In time to come, when David is married to a pig inseminator and Posh has been rendered down … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Timing Is Everything

QUOTE: “Hi, I’m Art Buchwald and I just died!” Humorist Art Buchwald, who just died.

Figure of Speech: kairos (KIE-ros), rhetorical mastery of the occasion. From the Greek, meaning “occasion.”

Kairos, the … (read more)

Posted: 25th, January 2007 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Brits & Oscars

HELEN Mirren. Judi Dench. Kate Winslet.

Which of these three will bring home an Oscar, the epitome of acting excellence, the award that as much guarantees box office success as rewards … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Ganging Up On Music

THEY are watching. They are listening.

Caroline Bishop is in the bath. The 39-year-old mother of two is giving full throat to a medley of hits. Gary Glitter hits.

And this will … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


The Smell Of Victory

SMELL that, America?

Forget waking up and smelling the coffee and so much frying fat, meat and petrol, this is the smell of victory. British victory.

The British are coming. And it … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Keep Britain Tidy

PSST! Anyone want a dolphin?

If you go down to Branscombe beach, Devon, you may just arrive in time to get your hands on one.

The Mirror has a picture of the … (read more)

Posted: 24th, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Big Brother Is Shipwrecked

“THE NEW JADE.”

That Jade Goody is contrite is beyond doubt. No-one likes to be exposed as a pig-thick bully on national telly. But this new Jade is not the old … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Jay Walking

TACKLE the cancer of crime at its source, before it can fester. Prevention not cure. That’s the way.

And so we study of the case of the “HOODLUM”. For reasons that … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment (1)


Loony For George Clooney

“IS the world ready for another Clinton in the White House?”

The Express asks the questions. And it presses on: “Unlike her husband, Hillary’s only lust is for power. But Bill’s … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Lucky Heather

HEATHER Mills McCartney has won. Or lost.

Heather can put on her leg, which she wields about our hearts and minds like a prosthetic claymore. The War of Mills v McCartney … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Model Children

“GUESS whose little girl’s on the catwalk?”

That question to you, dear Mail readers.

Given the truth that Keith Richards’ daughter is now working as a model, and so too are the … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, January 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comment