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14th, April 2011 Film

Hayden Panettiere Chillingly Tells Everyone About Her Dad Making Her Scream As A Child

Scream star decides to come clean about how she got so good at screaming in the first place - her father used to make her shriek, repeatedly, when she was small... More »

14th, April 2011 Key Posts 2

The Royal Wedding Is For Conformist Idiots: So Says The Liberal Elite

What it is to be superior to the dolts who buy plates and mugs (how apt). They have no idea that the plate is just a bit of china with a photo stuck on it. Good that the liberal intelligentsia can point out their flaws and call them idiots... More »

14th, April 2011 Music 1

Blue Invent Turd Pop With Inevitable Eurovision Failure!

Blue are impressively awful. They make music for people who clearly don't own a rudimentary ear or functioning brain cell. And making up the numbers in the band are Lee 'Doesn't Care About The Victims... More »

14th, April 2011 Reviews

Diane Wilson's Jet Set Code Pink Shrimp Takes On BP

To the BP Annual General Meeting, where shrimp farmer and serial protestor Diane Wilson from Texas has daubed herself with oil to make a point that oil is bad... More »

14th, April 2011 Reviews

Mother Nature Gets Equal Rights Enshrined In UN Law: Worms Rejoice

To Bolivia, where Gaia, aka Mother Earth, has the same rights under law as humans. In Bolivia, the insects, trees and all living things enjoy equal rights... More »

14th, April 2011 Technology 3

Spotify Puts The Squeeze On Its Free Users

The best music service on the web starts putting the screws on its freebie users More »

14th, April 2011 Reviews

Minted Hugh Grant And Jemima Khan Rescue The New Statesman

Hugh Grant - yes, the man who is the current incarnation of British movie upper class cock-c**ter - has saved the New Statesman... More »

14th, April 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day - Kim Jong-Il's Tongue Of Love

Mr Kim's tongue scraper will have the girls running... More »

14th, April 2011 Key Posts

In Which The Dog Fails To Hump: Video

In this video, the dog will fail to hump. It is all in the preparation: More »

14th, April 2011 Reviews

Anti-War Dolphins Want You Off Their Land

“They’re making their statement, I’ve got nothing to do with it now. I’ve let them go to do what they want to do. This is their turf and this is their land...” More »

14th, April 2011 Key Posts 1

Photos Of Life In Afghanistan: The Soldiers' Lot

Away from the fighting, what is a soldier’s lot like day in and day out? In these photos, you will get an idea... More »

14th, April 2011 TV & Radio 3

Britain's Got Talent: Everyone Declared 'The New Susan Boyle'

Britain's Got Talent is back on the nation's screens. And that means it's time to talk a bout the "news Susan Boyle". Anorak has compiled a list of new Susan Boyles in the news... More »

13th, April 2011 Film

William And Kate: The Film Trailer

It was a time of near-os... More »

13th, April 2011 Celebrities

Katie Price Pulls Out Of London Marathon, Saving Us From Seeing Her Hideously Sweating Everywhere

Katie Price - or Jordan if you're from the '90s - has decided to do us all a massive favour by pulling out of this year's London Marathon, saving us all from the awful image of her distorted face and voluminous... More »

13th, April 2011 Music

Israeli Prime Minister Hates Justin Bieber Or Something

Justin Bieber has slowly been revealing himself as a little superbrat. An impressive feat seeing as he's only a matter of minutes old, still dripping in amniotic juices and placental gunk... More »

13th, April 2011 Reviews 1

Dalai Lama Tours Ireland: Photos Of China's Kindly Public Enemy No. 1

The Dalai Lama – No.2 to Nelson Mandela on the list of people celebrities like to meet - has been at the Citywest Hotel Dublin... More »

13th, April 2011 Strange But True 1

Hampshire Police Call For Ban On Sales Of Red Bull And Lucozade

The council of Whitchurch, Hampshire, kindly requests that energy drinks are not served to children under 16 after duck on a Fridays... More »

13th, April 2011 Strange But True 6

Cake-Munching Undertakers Leave Corpse In A Supermarket Teacup Storm

In search of outrage, we hear of the three undertakers who “left a corpse in a coffin in supermarket car park – while they went in the cafe for a cup of tea...” More »

13th, April 2011 TV & Radio 2

Brookside Actor Brian Reade Charged With Murder: Barry Grant Missing

Whatever happened to Brookside likely lad Brian Regan. He played Terry Sullivan, a chracter implicated in the murder of Sue Harper..? More »

13th, April 2011 In Pictures

Banana Art

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13th, April 2011 Politicians 1

Libya's Rebels Are A New Model Army: Photos Of A Fashionable War

Add these images to Gaddafi's dressing up box and the impression is that Libya is a hotbed of fashion, a land blessed with a rare satorial elegance... More »

13th, April 2011 Key Posts 1

Kate Middleton: Princess Diana's Ring Haunted By Bulemia

IN "WIDTH THS RING”, the Sun brings front-page news that Kate Middleton is now so thin her engagement ring has been reduced in size to fit her finger. Only, it hasn't... More »

12th, April 2011 Reviews

The Only Way Is Essex: 'Survivors Unclouded By Conscience'

Best British TV show right now is The Only Way Is Essex on chav channel ITV2... More »

12th, April 2011 Celebrities 1

If The Gay Ricky Gervais Had Aids: A Joe Mott Daily Star Joke

Do all thin men look gay to Joe Mott..? More »

12th, April 2011 Reviews 1

Manchester United Bury Rich Man's Plaything Chelsea In Champions League

When Fernando Torres finally scores for Chelsea it will either be a goal of outstanding brilliance or a messy one. What it will almost definitely not be is an important goal... More »