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X Factor: Olly Murs Kisses Stacey Solomon And Lily Allen Throws Punch For Cheryl Cole
X FACTOR Watch: Olly Murs is dating Stacey Solomon while ogling Dannii Minogue’s bum, Cheryl Cole and Ashley’s nightmare and Lily Allen throws a punch for Cheryl Cole…
The X Factor round-up:
Daily Mirror (front page): “OLLY LOVES ME”
Olly Murs and Stacey Solomon are an item. So says the Mirror:
Their outrageous flirting has become the talk of the show – and everyone agrees they make a lovely couple. Especially after it was revealed that X Factor rivals Stacey Solomon, 19, and Olly Murs, 25, have just shared their first kiss.
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Posted: 14th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)
Katie Price Humilates Chelsea Handler’s Pathetic Show
KATIE Price has been shopping for Botox face in LA and appearing on the Chelsea Handler show. The Sun tunes in:
“Jord humiliated on US TV show”
Can Jordan be humiliated? In having Katie Price on her show, doesn’t Handler show how desperate she is to have people – anyone – to talk to? And if Katie Price is a crap guest – which she is – what does that say about Handler’s show and her ability to seduce top-notch talent to appear on it?
And in talking about it what does it make us?
Handler and Price deserve each other. You find your level. As Handler – a WASPish Joan Rivers impersonator – said:
“The worse the guests are, the more pathetic they are, the funnier the show is.”
She needs Jordan and her ilk more then they need her.
Highlights of low-key interview are:
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Posted: 13th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
Robbie Williams Sings With Take That, In Pictures
TO the BBC Children in Need Rocks concert, at the Royal Albert Hall with Take That back for good-ish with Robbie Williams. Also there was Cheryl Cole, the ubiquitous Lily Allen, Snow Patrol, Muse, Dizzee Rascal, Dame Shirley Bassey, Paul McCartney and, well, us…
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Posted: 13th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (3)
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2: Free Virtual Reality Goggles And Gun Offer
CALL of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the ultimate first-person shoot ‘em up. And now you live the dream.
Anorak has teamed up with our pals at the Ministry of Defence to offer the first 500 buyers of the game a free uniform, free sticky gun, melting boots – not one but two! – and a 3-month tour of duty in Kabul.
Says one player:
“When we landed they gave me these goggles that looked like something you use for swimming. But they made everything look so real. It was awesome.”
Says another:
“When I got shot it felt like I had really been shot. There were medics and everything. The birds in the hospital weren’t up to much and if I was picky I’d want them to have bigger tits.”
And while you play the real squaddies win:
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Posted: 13th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Technology | Comment
I’m A Celebrity Queen Katie Price Declares War On X Factor’s Jedward
IT was always going to take something special to knock the X Factor off the front pages and Katie Price going into the I’m A Celebrity Jungle is it. As the Star’s front-page headline vows:
“JORDAN: I’M GOING TO BE QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE.”
The X Factor has not disappeared completely from the reality TV news beat, and at the top of the page we learn:
“JEDWARD TO RULE WORLD.”
Where Anorak comes from this is fighting talk.
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Posted: 13th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here Sacks Katie Price
THE year is now divided into TV shows: And November means I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!, staring Katie Price in the sack and out of a bikini.
While the BBC’s care home-focused non-dancing dance show Strictly Come Dancing – does anyone allowed to operate the remote control watch it? – ITV follows the X Factor with another hit.
The show features the following celebrities, who would once have been called “personalities” and before that “VIPs”:
George Hamilton – Does the Hollywood legends know the sun cannot reach the jungle floor? Big risk that his tan might suffer. Expects a deep mahogany giving way to light maple as the show progresses.
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Posted: 12th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (14)
I’m A Celebrity’s Sam Fox’s Career In Pictures
SAMANTHA Fox is on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, and a million middle-aged men’s hearts flutter. Times have changed in the world of glamour modelling. Sam’s real charms are in a chest-off with Katie Price’s gargantuan, equal-opportunities Jordan’s. No longer do you have to be born blonde and busty to get on – now you can buy the look. That’s progress. These are the pictures:
Posted: 12th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
Nidal Malik Hasan’s Family In Ramallah Say Mass Murderer Is A Victim
MAJOR Nidal Malik Hasan is not a terrorist. As we have seen there are ten reasons why the man murdered 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas. And not once – not once – does our round-up suggest that he is a terrorist.
Nancy Gibbs, in Time magazine – “The Fort Hood Killer: Terrified … or Terrorist?” – can stop trying to work it out.
We know Hasan is the victim because we are told he is:
A close relative spoke to Sky News in the West Bank town of Ramallah on condition of anonymity, afraid of reprisals against his family in America.
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Posted: 12th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (3)
The Sun Joins Gordon Brown In Disrespecting Jacqui Janes By Calling Her Jacqui Jones
GORDON Brown “outraged Jacqui Janes by mis-spelling her and her dead son’s names in a note of condolence”. The Sun cares enough to call her – are you ready? – Jacqui Jones. So says the Sun.
In it, heartbroken Jacqui – whose boy Jamie, 20, was killed by a bomb in Afghanistan – tells the Prime Minister: “Mr Brown, listen to me… I know every injury that my child sustained that day. I know that my son could have survived. But my son bled to death.”
Jacqui Janes picks up the phone to Gordon Brown. The Sun, which is no longer supporting Gordon Browns and Labour, coaks an ear:
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Posted: 11th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comment (1)
Sharon Osbourne NOT As Sexy As Susan Boyle: Official
SUSAN Boyle and Sharon Osboune in sex death match horror: THERE are debates that can rage for eons:
* Who is Posher, Victoria Beckham or Rebecca Loos?
* Is John Grimes a better singer than Edward Grimes?
* Is EastEnders more authentic than Coronation Street?
And to this list we add another question:
Is Susan Boyle sexier than Sharon Osbourne?
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Posted: 11th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts | Comments (5)
Madeleine McCann: Prudent Kate And Gerry McCann Still Have Two Kids Left
MADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann: In a piece entitled “Madeleine McCann’s Siblings, Sky News’ Colin Brazier delivers an article which blends fact with fiction to produce something opportunistic, hideous that should offer Kate And Gerry McCann no little comfort:
Just over two years ago the release of the film Gone Baby Gone was allegedly postponed because of parallels with the case of Madeleine McCann.
Not alleged. This is what we learnt from Affleck on October 12, 2007:
“Disney UK made the decision to postpone the movie but I absolutely support it and I’m pleased by what I think is erring on the side of good taste. There’s no rush. It’s obviously a sensitive time and if there are any similarities we can wait to distribute the movie in the UK. I was only vaguely aware of the Madeleine case because it wasn’t a big thing here in the United States. Maybe I’m out of it because I don’t read many newspapers, but I didn’t really know much about it until somebody said, ‘Hey, there may be some similarities’.”
Anyone traumatised by Afflecks’s performance in car accident movie Changing Lanes, who is a devout Christian and found Dogma offensive or who fears impending Armageddon can applaud Ben’s actions.
The Times told us:
However, in the wake of the Madeleine McCann case, this adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s 1998 novel was withdrawn from this year’s Times/bfi London Film Festival because of its sensitive subject matter, and may never be released in the UK”
The film was released. Child abuse was delivered as a form of entertainment. And Affleck told us:
Affleck: What has happened to Madeleine McCann is terrible and it was the right decision to wait until now before bringing out the film, as we didn’t want to upset the family.
Affleck: “I worked with the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children [which is involved in the search for Madeleine McCann] and I found out about the extent of child abuse internationally. It is horrifying.
Affleck: “Sometimes, abuse is as simple as leaving your kids in front of the TV all day and thinking that it is sufficient parenting.”
Back to Brazier and “Madeleine McCann’s siblings”:
It was felt the movie, which tells the fictional story of the abduction of a four-year-old girl, was too close to real life. Although written before Madeleine McCann’s abduction [sic], Gone Baby Gone contained some inadvertent but nonetheless [sic] extraordinarily coincidental material. The plot focuses on a 4-year-old played by an actress – actually called Madeleine – who shows an uncanny resemblance to the real Madeleine McCann. I watched the film six months ago and was quite staggered by how accidentally art had imitated life.
You mean to say that stories can be based on real life events, and fears? Brazier then introduces readers to more works of fiction:
Child abduction has been dealt with by artists before. In his 1987 novel The Child In Time, Ian McEwan writes about the disappearance of a three year old. The scene where the father loses sight of his daughter in a supermarket, while momentarily distracted, never to see her again, is brilliantly wrought.
How does it end, Colin?
Both stories have different endings. In the film the child is found alive and well. In the book the child is never found and the mystery is never solved. But the book does offer one answer.
And in Maddie’s story? What happens?
Mercifully, such abductions are as rare now as they were fifty years ago (it’s only our paranoia which has increased). But the phenomenon of couples destroyed by the loss of an only-child may be on the rise.
Anyone following his argument. Child abduction in books is rare. But many one-child couples break up. Are these parents in the real world or in books? Is there a difference? Is it all just a form of entertainment?
Think of some recent high-profile cases.
Thinking:
Tragic parents like Neil and Kazumi Puttick. In June, they leapt to their deaths from Beachy Head, clutching the body of their five-year-old son Sam. He had died of meningitis the week before and his parents were crippled with grief. Or parents like 40-year-old Joanna Coombs. Last year, her body was found on the same tracks where her daughter – and only child – had died two months before.
These are real parents whose tragedies are placed in the context of works of fiction. And what do they have to do with Madeleine McCann or her siblings, the twin or which there are, er, two?
It stands to reason that when parents put all their eggs in one all-too-fragile basket, the loss of that child may prove insupportable. Previous generations understood that a larger family provided a shield against the loss of a singleton. In the words of Churchill’s famous, if callous, dictum: “One for mother, one for father, one for increase and one for accidents“.
Anyone else feeling sick? Lucky the McCanns had a couple of children left over, then. Good news. How prudent of them to bring three children into the world. It might well be what has kept them going, and alive. You want more from Brazier? Here goes:
When tragedy strikes a multi-child family, parents are more likely to carry on for those who remain, no matter how grief-stricken they are.
How much more likely? More likely than the McCanns or less likely than the cast of Schindler’s List?
Some social scientists already fret about how the rise of the only child is changing society. One talks about the ‘Saving Private Ryan’ effect. The fictional Private Ryan was the only one of four brothers to survive the battle for Normandy in 1944. Would a modern parent be so sanguine about an only-child fighting for his or her country?
Answers in the form of a work of fiction.
That’s a choice few will have to make. But many will make much more quotidian decisions about danger. It is one reason why so many modern children are not permitted to take risks of almost any description.
Fact and fiction. Can you spot the difference?
Posted: 11th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comments (7)
Michael Jackson’s Five Questions For Derek Acorah, Video
FOR those of you who missed Derek Acorah’s live séance with Michael Jackson, here it is. Jackson has a message from beyond. What is his message? His message is that David Gest’s head is on fire? That June Sarpong now has all the credibility of Simon Cowell looking for singing talent? No. Not this time. Michael wants us to know that he’s not the only one whose looking for a new outlet on the telly:
Here are the Top Five celebrities Derek Acorah should connect with next:
Saddam Hussein – Is Barbara Windsor right to duck out of EastEnders now, or should she wait until Sam is married?
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Posted: 10th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (6)
After Chicago Oprah’s Aha Moment Comes Too Late For Alan Partridge
FIRST Chicago now this: Oprah Winfrey might not have won her case against Mutual of Omaha for using what she said was her phrase “aha moment”, used to signify “flashes of understanding“. Alan Partidge is listening.
That’s right, Alan – if you’re rich and have lawyers you can trademark a language. Every time your words are used you need to be credited, or better paid. Trademark your names, kids, and then ask teacher to cough up as she says it aloud at the morning register. Go for long names and charge by the letter.
The only danger is that if someone famous says your name on the telly first, they own it. You will either have to speak to their lawyers or get a new name. Think on.
Our Man in LA rounds up:
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Posted: 10th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)
Katie Price And Sex Talk Peter Andre Check Into The Mayfair Hotel
KATIE Price and Peter Andre: Jordan and Peter Andre spend the night together. And Pete talks of sex.
This is front-page news in the Daily Star:
“JORDAN SPENDS NIGHT WITH PETER.”
Lest you think there is no romance, the Star says it is a “hotel ‘date’”. Those inverted commas suggest that the Star is trying to have it every way, seducing readers with talk of a Katie and Peter’s coming together and then coaching the small print in quotes.
LOVE-split couple Kate Price and Peter Andre booked into the same hotel yesterday, we can reveal.
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Posted: 10th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)
Virginia Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki Hails The ‘Hero’ Nidal Hasan’s Lap-Dances For Allah
IMAM Anwar Al-Awlaki says “Nidal Hassan is a hero”. Not that we know whay he murdered 13 people. Still, here’s an expert – and before we get to him, know this:
Hasan, who was born in Virginia and whose parents emigrated from Palestine, attended a Falls Church, Va., mosque when Awlaki was an imam there, the Associated Press reported.
Here’s Anwar Al-Awlaki, using the murder of 13 people and Nidal Hasan to support his vested interest:
He is a man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people. This is a contradiction that many Muslims brush aside and just pretend that it doesn’t exist. Any decent Muslim cannot live, understanding properly his duties towards his Creator and his fellow Muslims, and yet serve as a US soldier. The US is leading the war against terrorism which in reality is a war against Islam. Its army is directly invading two Muslim countries and indirectly occupying the rest through its stooges.
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Posted: 9th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (41)
X Factor Watch: Cowell Wins, Lucie Jones Is A Stepford Singer And Jedward Kill
X FACTOR Watch: Your daily at-a-glance look at The X Factor in the news: Front pages, hating Simon Cowell, Irish patriotism saves Jedward and Lucie Jones goes down…
The front pages:
The Sun (front page): “BACK FROM THE JED”
“Storm as twins survive sing-off”
Daily Star (front page): “The X Factor for Lucie”
Daily Mail (front page): “Where’s your wedding ring Cheryl”
Daily Mirror (front page) Lucie lose”
Daily Express (front page): X Factor shock as Jedward twins stay in”
Metro: “Party’s over for Lucie”
Simon Cowell: The Teenage Terror
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Posted: 9th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (3)
X Factor: Jedward, John & Edward, Are Voted Out, But Then
X FACTOR: Jedward are out. John & Edward Grimes are gone. They are voted off. They are toast. Surely. Only…
The two in the sing off are Lucie Jones, representing Wales, and John & Edward Grimes, representing a small factory in suburban Nanjing, China.
Can Jedward survive? No. They can’t. They return to Mr Clon. E’s Jelly Mould & Couplings factory to be realigned and turned into something that can hang from your car’s rear view mirror.
Lucie sings on… But nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Simon Cowell saves them by undoing all his guff about it being a singing show and how crap Jedward are by keeping them in.
He has no idea how the public voted. Yeah really. And the Pope has no ideas he has a balcony. It’s all teary and huggy and hideous at Simon Cowell’s pop factory.
He chews them up and he spits them out. The Jedward look-alike gallery now follows:
Posted: 8th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (19)
David Haye Beats Nikolai Valuev In Pictures Designed To Make The Russian Look Even Larger
ANORAK presents – in glorious high resolution pictures – images designed to make England’s David Haye look even smaller as he defeats Russia’s Nikolai Valuev, made to look even bigger, during the WBA World Heavyweight title fight at the Nuremberg Arena, Germany.
Haye wins on points. Photographers win on angles:
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Posted: 8th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Sports | Comments (2)
The Ten Craziest Reasons Why Nidal Malik Hasan Did It
TEN Reasons Why Nidal Hassan did It. As he saluted anyone in sight with two loaded handguns, Major Nidal Malik Hasan yelled “Allah Wakbar!” – God is great!” He then opened fire and murdered 13 people. Major Nidal Malik Hasan is now in a coma.
Want to know whay he did it? Here are the Top Ten Craziest Reasons:
The Typical American Fame-Hungry Gun Nutter
For a few hours late on Thursday, it seemed this would follow the usual sad script of shooting tragedies in America. The “monster” assailant would turn the weapon on himself or be instantly gunned down by others.
Only he didn’t. He kept shooting until he was shot.
1) Compassion Fatigue
Dr. Robin Kerner, an attending psychologist who specializes in disaster anxiety at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, said it’s not uncommon for individuals who work with traumatized patients to suffer the effects of “compassion fatigue.”
“This guy was counseling people coming back from war and there is something called secondary traumatization, where the therapist gets traumatized from hearing all the terrible things that have happened to the people they counsel.”
2) He Had Been Beheaded
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Posted: 8th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (9)
X Factor Live Blog: Olly Murs Marries And Danyl Johnson Does Prince Over
IT’S Movie Week. Or as Dermot O’Leary shouts it: “IT’S…MOVIE WEEK.” O’Leary looks like someone warming up for the actual presenter. He’s all contrived shouting and big pauses.
First up is Stacey Solomon singing Son Of a Preacher Man.
Cheryl says: “It’s greeet ta see yous lookin’ soooo sesssy ‘nd yung. Ai thawght thaht waz yours moust con-fee-dint perfaw-mince.”
Simon Cowell has tken to leaning well back in the chair. Does it make him look taller? Discuss.
Olly Murs – “the incredible” Olly Murs – the man with the name like a contagion is up. He’s singing Twist & Shout. And he’s… pretty good. He’s like both of Jedward in a sober suit. When Olly gets married, he’ll sing that song. Like that. He might sing it at other people’s weddings as well. Price on application.
Lloyd Daniels now. Lloyd Danielzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Stand By Me. Simon is talkign through it. Llloyd is still singing. He might still be singing. It’s like being stuck in a lift with an amnesiac yodeller. Sta-a-a-a-and By me-e-e-e. Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand. Byme.
Dannii says Daniel is “nice”. He is damned.
Jamie Archer – Not Unchaiii-ned Mel-odeeee. Who is Mel Ody? And why is he chained up? Jamie does not explain. Cryyyyyy-in’ Over You.
He’s the best yet. Still, his hair and face don’t match. On a brighter note, he’s worth loads…
Lucie Jones is showing us “exactly” who she is. She’s Lucie Jones. Or as Dermot would put it: “She’s… LUCIE JONES!” It’s pop. It sounds like the music played over the closing credits of a film, or the boring bit in the middle when you really, really need the toilet. Go to the toilet. It’s forgettable.
Danyl Johnson is doing Prince. He’s had his hair cut. He looks like he’s not doing an impression of Prince. Cheryl Cole likes his “demean-er”. She doesn’t like cockiness. Which is why she’s still married to Ashley Cole.
Jedward – Ghostbusters. The most overrated underrated act. Peter Andre appears to make Jedward look talented. Horrific. Jedward are hanging from a rearview mirror. There is every trick used to distract you from Jedward. What’s in the backpacks? LSD? Gunk? Simon Cowell”s next tan?
Louis Walsh says they’ve cured the recession. You know, like Susan Boyle did.
Joe – Dull.
Posted: 7th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (7)
Katie Price’s Burning Sensation X Factor Presents The Week In Pictures
WHAT a week that was, folks. We saw Gary Glitter’s Halloween costume, a man was beaten to death on the telly for our entertainment, The Cheeky Girls encouraged thoughts of them mating with X Factor’s Jedward and creating a new breed of horror, Madonna sanitized Africa, police arrested West Ham, Stephen Fry fans pretending to be actors, had a strop on Twitter, X Factor agonist Danyl Johnson was beaten by Hitler, giving us another reason to hate Danyl with a Y, Marlon King was branded a typical footballer, you got to cover your cat’s anus with a glitter ball, Muslims laughed at Muslims, Ollie Murs reminded us of them, Iggy Pop, Muhammad reminded us of corduroy bodysuits, starred in a film as John Travolta, we blamed the Muslims for Madeleine McCann, Al Gore became a God, Daily Mail readers came out in favour of Sharia LawNazis and , we learnt that a virus can wear bovver boots, was burnt as a bitch, Katie PriceSusan Boyle was our transsexual Jesus, Lindsay Lohan died, almost, Ringo Starr became something funny in the water, we saw the Carrie Prejean sex tape, Katie and Peter got back together, we enjoyed blood porn, Sharon Osbourne presented her hairy arsehole, Jedward reviewed their novelty record collection, Elizabeth LambertBeyonce made us watch women’s football- and it was good, showed us her knickers and Nidal Malik Hasan became a victim as he murdered 13 people.
Posted: 7th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment
X Factor: Bon Jovi Sign Jamie Archer, Alexandra Burke Urinates And Jedward Fix
IT’S Saturday and that means it’s X Factor Day in the tabloids. Well, it’s always X Factor Day in the tabloids but today they get to spice our quotidian offerings with the thought that it might be the last time we see John And Edward Grimes perform like fame’s singing testicles wired up to the car battery.
That news:
Sun (front page): “It’s the X Factor Bust Up”
It’s “JAMIE AGGRO”
Jamie is “Livid On A Prayer”
X FACTOR star Jamie Archer is threatening to QUIT after his relationship with mentor Simon Cowell hit a new low. The singer, who calls himself Jamie Afro, fears he is being stitched up by judges on the ITV talent show. It comes after he was BANNED from going on tour with rockers Bon Jovi – whose hits include Living On A Prayer.
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Posted: 7th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
Beyonce’s Suspenders And West Ham Presents The MTV Europe Music Awards, In Pictures
THE MTV Europe Music Awards, features Beyonce in suspenders, Katy Perry in West Ham knickers and X Factor winner Leona Lewis wearing light.
With no Kanye West to enliven the AGM with a bit of popstar brattishness, it was down to the ladies to show off their primary sexual characteristics, to music: The pictures – and do see them all:
Posted: 6th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
X Factor’s John & Edward Grimes’ Novelty Record Top Ten
YESTERDAY, Anorak began its campaign to have the X Factor twosome John & Edward Grimes, aka Jedward, record a novelty record and, with luck and a following wind, take it to No.1 in time for Christmas.
To give them a clue as to the levels expected to them, we deliver the Top Ten Novelty Records Of All Time.
Can John & Edward Grimes join this elite band of cheap and chirpy talents? Join hands in a Millennium Prayer that they do:
10. On Top of Spaghetti, Tom Glazer & the Do Re Mi Children’s Choir.
Tapping into rich vein of laughing at foreingers. As performed on Noel Edmond’s Swap Shop – more from him later:
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Posted: 6th, November 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment
Fort Hood Shootings Latest News: US Soldier Nidal Hasan Shoots 13 Dead
IN the Soldier Readiness Centre Fort Hood, Texas, 13 are shot dead and 31 are wounded. Nidal Hasan is captured. The news:
At least eight people have been shot in an Orlando, Florida, high-rise office building, CNN affiliates report.
As Chelsy say: “Here we go, now we will be getting a rash of shootings”
Woman saves: Kim Munley, a civilian police officer, is the woman who brought Hasan down by shooting him four times before he could murder more.
Woman killed: Chicago – FOX Chicago News has learned that a 21-year-old pregnant woman from the Northwest Side of Chicago was killed in the Fort Hood shooting spree Thursday.
Francheska Velez, a 2006 graduate of Kelvyn Park, recently had returned from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Reader Cheryl writes: The military/government over here never stops with its deceiving and coverups. Six and a half hours they let the press and hence the public believe the shooter was dead! You two know how reporters would think and react when deliberately led to believe and write wrong information and made look the fools six and a half hours later. Guess the Government and military officials needed those 6 1/2 hours to get their stories straight about what was known or not known about the Major! Now the CNN news is talking about the Major was on the ‘radar’ to be watched over the last months for some blogs or other stuff he had written about suicide bombing, his intense dislike for the Iraqi War, he wasn’t going over, etc, etc. etc. CNN with Larry King and Anderson Cooper are far from happy being deceived.
Tim Blair: The evasiveness of media in the immediate wake of the Fort Hood murders is astonishing. The ABC’s Lisa Millar opened her midday report claiming to have “learned quite a lot about the gunman”, then revealed very little of it – apart from that Malik Nadal Hasan had “attracted a lot of harassment because of his last name” and “family background”. This came about, Millar reported, despite Hasan being born and raised in the US. Not mentioned in eight minutes of coverage: Hasan’s faith, which in a case like this is surely of interest.
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Posted: 5th, November 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (17)
