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24th, May 2010 Reviews 1

Naphyrone Is New Meow Meow, Say Kidz

Now the Sun says the drugs market has been “flooded with potentially lethal replacements - all of them LEGAL”. First up: naphyrone... More »

24th, May 2010 Strange But True

In Pictures: World Custard Pie Throwing Championships

The winners are High Pressure Cleaning team who saw off Team Coxheath in the final. In yer face, Australia! More »

24th, May 2010 TV & Radio

Happy Birthday Mukhtar, The Danish Bus Driver: Flash Mob Surpise

On May 5th it was Mukhtar birthday. He's a bus-driver in Copenhagen.... More »

24th, May 2010 Celebrities 1

Sleazy Ronan Keating, Francine Cornell And Jan Moir's Strange Column

Ronan Keating is linked to the blonde Francine Cornell and the web erupts in angry reaction to Jan Moir’s non column in the Daily Mail... More »

24th, May 2010 Reviews

Dad Shot On Family Fun Day In Hackney Park: Hit Two Win A Soft Toy

Family fun days are fun for all the family, as this Telegraph headline shows... More »

24th, May 2010 Celebrities

RIP Simon Monjack: The Brittany Murphy Foundation Loses Another

RIP Simon Monjack, widow to Brittany Murphy. The Los Angeles police department says the death is unexplained. The media will not agree... More »

24th, May 2010 Celebrities 2

Celebrities Then And Now: A Gallery Of Changing Faces

In this gallery Anorak looks at what happened to teenage stars, sex symbols and celebrities who allowed age to catch up with them... More »

24th, May 2010 Reviews

Project Prevention Offer Eugenics On The Cheap

Deborah Wilson claims she was offered £200 to be sterilised. As she exited Glasgow’s Possilpark Health Centre with her nine-year-old son... More »

24th, May 2010 Celebrities 13

Sarah Ferguson Pimps Prince Andrew: The Cash For Equestrians Scandal In Pictures And Video

Sarah Ferguson pimps Prince Andrew in a tabloid sting, and we wonder if a meeting costs £500,000 how much a vial of his blood or a tube of semen goes for? More »

23rd, May 2010 Music

In Pictures: Rihanna Plays Radio 1 Big Weekend

Rihanna played the Radio 1 Big Weekend in Bangor, Wales... More »

23rd, May 2010 Sports 13

Deft Bull Pierces Matador Julio Aparicio's Face: Video

Julio Aparicio is wearing a bull as novelty piercing at Madrid’s Las Ventas bullring... More »

23rd, May 2010 TV & Radio 1

Britain's Got Talent Full Report: Corey-Sean Is The Ladyboy Gaga

The pick of the poppets... More »

23rd, May 2010 Reviews 2

Jeremy Irons Opens Al Gore's Ark Overflow

Good news is that Al Gore can call upon actor, skier, castle owner and star of electronic arts Jeremy Irons to help out... More »

23rd, May 2010 Music

Radio 1 Big Weekend In Pictures: The Race To Be the UK's Lady Gaga

Day 2 of the Radio 1 Big Weekend, at Vaynol Estate in Bangor, and with Sue Pollard pre-booked, it’s left to Marina Diamandis, of Marina and the Diamonds... More »

23rd, May 2010 Celebrities

Sarah Ferguson: Life, Times And Fashion Crimes In Pictures

We’ve put together a gallery of Fergie’s life and times – the wedding, the divorce, the children, the skiing and the celebrity. Always the celebrity… More »

23rd, May 2010 Celebrities 7

Sarah Ferguson 'Pimps' Out Prince Andrew: Blue Blood On The Drip

Fergie says: “I can open any door you want.” Anorak would pay her half a million to open the door on the international space station... More »

23rd, May 2010 Reviews

Al Gore Reminds University Of Tennessee Graduates That They Will Soon Die

Al Gore is delivering the most depressing graduation speech in the history of mankind - this a history about to end in a fiery sea of ice and storms and Gaia rage. More »

23rd, May 2010 Strange But True 2

Husband Who Used Polish Woman As A Horse For 15 Years Arrested

Irena Buzniak has working for her husband and his family as a human carthorse. In Limanowa, Poland, Irena has for 15 years been pulling a cart... More »

23rd, May 2010 TV & Radio

Virgin Mary Beheaded In Church: Video

Into the church she comes, held high on a plinth. The nuns look on.... More »

23rd, May 2010 Celebrities 4

Ronan Keating And Francine Cornell: Pictures And Love And On Your Knees

All the news and views on Ronan Keating, the lovely Yvonne and Francine Cornell, dancer for hire... More »

23rd, May 2010 Key Posts

In Pictures: Justin Bieber's Groupie Face Tops Cheryl Cole

This is the face the fans see when Bieber interviews for groupies... More »

22nd, May 2010 Sports 31

In Pictures: David Beckham In Afghanistan

Is this a glimpse at the post-football future for Becks - a mascot for lost causes...? More »

22nd, May 2010 Sports

For Sale: Sir Geoff Hurst's World Cup Winning Short With Added Breasts

Geoff Hurst's 1966 World Cup Final football shirt is on sale at Harrod's for 2,350,000. It's up for the cups... More »

22nd, May 2010 Key Posts

In Pictures: Cheryl Cole Works The Bangor Stage At Radio 1 Big Weekend

Cole is on the Main Stage at the Radio 1 Big Weekend. She’s fight-fight-fighting for the love. Ashley Cole – whom she has fought with, and some would say lost – is in South Africa... More »

22nd, May 2010 Music 2

Jared Leto's Day Trip To Bangor: Radio 1 Road Show Pictures

Jared Leto of 30 Seconds To Mars is 38. He may be the right age to wear a raincoat in front of teenage girls. Jared Leto is Benjamin Button. More »