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3rd, June 2011 TV & Radio

Ronan Parke BGT Fix: Unnamed Sources Go Head To Head As Old Media Takes On The Internet

Is Britain’s Got Talent a fix – a mere vehicle to make Poringland, Norfolk, lad Ronan Parke a star? The show says “no”. One anonymous blogger says “yes”... More »

3rd, June 2011 Reviews

Greens Shirts Create The Crime Of Ecocide

Among the ideas currently gaining currency is adding a crime of ecocide to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court... More »

2nd, June 2011 TV & Radio

Father Of The Years: Dodgers Fan Drops Daughter (Video)

At the LA Dodgers match, the dad lets got of this daughter - and he still drops the ball More »

2nd, June 2011 Technology

Jimmy Wales Is Ready To Ejaculate For Wikipedia (Photo)

Why screen grabs were invented... More »

2nd, June 2011 Reviews 1

Flying Chinese Man Emerges At Stonehenge

The London Chinese Acrobatics Company performed at Stonehenge. Or did they emerge though the portal..? More »

2nd, June 2011 Film

The Greatest Film Threats Of All Time: This Is Fantastic (Video)

Presenting the greatest film/movie threats of all time. This ia fantastic. It is also NSFW - so turn the volume up... More »

2nd, June 2011 Politicians 3

Geert Wilders Speech On Negative Freedom: Full Transcript Of Trial Address

"I am obliged to speak. For the Netherlands is under threat of Islam. As I have argued many times, Islam is chiefly an ideology. An ideology of hatred, of destruction, of conquest..." More »

2nd, June 2011 TV & Radio

The Grand Rapids Lip Dub Video Can Save America?

Can 5,000 people who look like extras from a David Lynch film rescue a "dying city" by mouthing the words to Don McLean's American Pie... More »

2nd, June 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Brought To You By The KFC Diabetic Pepsi Fail

Photos of The Day are brought to you by the massive Mega Jug Pepsi – for every one sold, KFC will donate $1.00 to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation... More »

2nd, June 2011 In Pictures

Gifs: Sporting Fails Full Of Pain

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2nd, June 2011 Reviews

Mormon Porn Statue Erected In Hyde Park Dispenses Water

But is it art..? More »

2nd, June 2011 Celebrities 5

Katie Price's Junior Lover Leandro Penna Looks Forward To Being Run Over By A Lorry

Katie then says Leandro has “impeccable manners” – “Like if we’re at dinner and someone is holding their knife and fork wrong [not to their throat?] he will tell them”... More »

2nd, June 2011 Key Posts 8

How Simon Cowell 'Fixed It' For Ronan Parke To Win Britain's Got Talent: He 'Signed' In 2009

A source claiming to be a Sony insider claims Parke has been groomed for stardom. He is, allegedly, not the simple talented lad off the street but a product of Simon Cowell's secret stage school... More »

2nd, June 2011 Music

Robbie Williams Empties His Nuts In Esquire: Take That Singer Breeds Semen Monkeys

Williams says that – yes! – he does inject himself with a sex hormone. And – yes! – he does do this twice week... More »

2nd, June 2011 TV & Radio

X Factor 2011: Gary Barlow Says 'Take That' To Dead Simon Cowell

SIMON Cowell is “DEAD”. Lest you doubt the veracity of that story, the Daily Star spells it out in big letters on its front page: “TELLY KING COWELL IS DEAD”... More »

2nd, June 2011 Strange But True 5

Florida Marijuana Police Arrest Woman For Sage

Police at the Broward County sheriff’s office, Florida, have arrested a woman named Robin Brown for possessing a stick of sage... More »

2nd, June 2011 Photojournalism

Is This The Worst Wake Up Call Of All Time?

Well, if you will insist on not having a door for them to kick in... More »

1st, June 2011 Film

I Was Harrison Ford's Stunt Double: Vic Armstong Writes

The next day we shot the fight around the plane. Harrison and Roach squared up to each other and Harrison threw a punch.... More »

1st, June 2011 Music

Rihanna Shoots A Rapist Dead

It isn't really surprising when a new pop-star comes along and starts talking about taboo things... More »

1st, June 2011 Celebrities

Kim Kardashian's Pregnancy Photos Make Watermelons Weep

Kim Kardashian is having a baby with a tall man called Kris Humphries.... More »

1st, June 2011 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Kate McCann's Book Still Number 1

Kate McCann's book on her missing daughter, is selling well... More »

1st, June 2011 Reviews

South Korean Soldiers Shoot Kim Jong-il: British Squaddies Target Cliff Richard Calendar

Now that South Korean soldiers are no longer shooting at photos of Mr Kim Jong-il, Mr Kim Il-sung and Master Kim Jong-un, what are they shooting at for practice... More »

1st, June 2011 Key Posts

The Great London Olympics Ticket Scam: State-Sanctioned Corporate Greed Wins

Did you end up bagging seats at the canoeing and the badminton? And not cheap seats, mind, but really expensive ones that make watching a Premier League football match look like excellent value for money? Did you get lots of tickets for the wrestling?... More »

1st, June 2011 Reviews 1

Kim Howells Is Shredded On Molly Parkin's Unlubricrated Dildo

Poor Kim Howells! Who is he? Oh yes, he's the former culture minister turned TV presenter. It fell to him to interview Molly Parkin for the Great Lives series show on the BBC... More »

1st, June 2011 Reviews

Police Murder Banksy: Photos Of A Riot In A Jam Jar

It either says something about protest only existing as spectacle, of that a glass jar makes a decent weapon... More »