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14th, March 2010 Celebrities

Glee Cast Do The William S Paley Show: In Pictures

Actors Cory Monteith and Mark Salling and Co-creator/Executive Producer Ryan Murphy and Jayma Mays were there to sign autographs for the fans... More »

14th, March 2010 Reviews

Ed Miliband Opens Climate Change And Glee Club As Nursery Adverts Banned

“Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub — a necessary course of action due to flash flooding caused by climate change.” And other hits... More »

14th, March 2010 Celebrities

Corey Haim's Death My Legal Means And Echoes Of Jackson, Gans And Murphy

What links the deaths of Corey Haim, Danny Gans, Brittany Murphy and Michael Jackson? More »

14th, March 2010 Madeleine McCann 8

Madeleine McCann: Emotional Exhibit Kate McCann's Prayers For Mother's Day

It's Mothers’ Day, a mawkish time of year made no less so by the news that “Kate McCann prays for the people who took her daughter Madeleine”... More »

14th, March 2010 Key Posts

Jon Venables' Sex, Porn, Hadley Freeman, Playstation And Maltesers

"Venables, 27, who spends his time on a PlayStation and munching up to 10 bags of Maltesers a day, told officers: 'One hair on my head gets hurt and you're in the s***'"... More »

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Ashley Cole Goes German As Cheryl Cole Gives Him The Boot

Cheryl Cole has told Ashley Cole to “GET OUT”. Cheryl has asked for privacy in the matter of her impending divorce from England’s World cup hero (surely disgusting love rat? – ed)... More »

14th, March 2010 Key Posts 1

James Bulger: Jon Venables Escapes, Child Porn And Hating Maggie Atkinson

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13th, March 2010 Celebrities

Mark Owen Does Women And Rehab: In Pictures

MARK Owen, the Take That signer with the drinks issues and ten notches on his magic stick is in rehab. Owen has been confronting his inner demons in the Sun, and asking for privacy on Twitter... More »

13th, March 2010 Celebrities

Corey Haim's Iatrogenic Death: Danny Gans, Michael Jackson And Photos

Corey Haim’s death is being linked to an illegal prescription drugs ring. Michael Jackson and Danny Gans succumbed to iatrogenic deaths. Did Corey Haim go suffer the same fate? More »

13th, March 2010 Reviews 1

Anna Arrowsmith Holds Porn Film Casting Call At LibDem Spring Conference: Pictures

LibDem candidate for Gravesham, Kent, Anna Arrowsmith, aka porn director Anna Span, was spotted attending the party’s spring casting call at the ICC, Birmingham. The award-winning female porn director was there to cast her knowing eye over the mob. More »

13th, March 2010 Celebrities

Leona Lewis Buffs Up Matt Goss's Live Show: In Pictures

It's been sometime since Bros gave full throat to the big question of the 1980s: When Will I Be Famous? Now Matt Goss is back... More »

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Madeleine McCann: The Fun Run And A Missing Manic Street Preacher In Pictures

MADELEINE McCann – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann - KATE and Gerry McCann are now bona fide celebrities... More »

13th, March 2010 Strange But True

Stage Psychic Show Cancelled Due To Unforeseen Circumstances

SAD news that the stage version of TV's Most Haunted, the TV psychic show, scheduled to play at Plymouth’s Pavilion Theatre this May 22, has been cancelled... More »

13th, March 2010 Celebrities

Jade Goody's Mother's Day: Freddie's Amazing Shoelaces And Jackiey's Grave Watch

Jackiey writes an opens letter to Jade, who in heaven is reading The Sun. Jackiey is, as ever, posed by her daughter’s grave, lest we forget Jade is actually deceased and not part of an elaborate ruse to make the tabloids like her... More »

13th, March 2010 Key Posts 2

Jon Venables: Vomiting Satan, Evil, Nurture And An 'Unpleasant' Thing

James Bulger: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at the case of one of James Bulger’s killers Jon Venables in the news. Venables has been in the news ever since the Government issued a press release that he had been arrested and put back in jail. More »

13th, March 2010 Celebrities 1

Josh Dubovie Sings For The UK's Estate Agents At Eurovsion: In Pictures And Video

Josh Dubovie will sign this year’s British entry in the song for Europe. The 19-year-old from Basildon won BBC1's 'Eurovision: Your Country Needs You', warbling the Mike Stock and Pete Waterman penned song - oh, the irony - 'That Sounds Good To Me' before a panel of judges. More »

13th, March 2010 Celebrities 1

'Unpatriotic' Cheryl Cole Back With Heroic Ashley: Pictures

Ashley Cole And Cheryl Cole Divorce: Ashley jets back to Surrey, patriotic men line up for a revenge shag and Vicki Gough, Sonia Wild, Brooke Healy and Alexandra Taylor - but not Cheryl Cole - are considered for OBEs. More »

13th, March 2010 Reviews 3

Jon Venables And The Cooper's Hill Cheese Race Create A Daily Mail Wet Nightmare

Cheese gives you nightmares, like, er, Jon Venables (Really, you need to read this til the end.). The Mail seized upon the story that the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Race has been axed. More »

13th, March 2010 National Enquirer 2

Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner Dates George Clooney's Mother

Ever since actor Jeremy Renner got kudos – and an Oscar nomination – for his performance in The Hurt Locker, the sex detectives have been all over the poor guy... More »

12th, March 2010 Reviews 1

UN Says Man-Made Global Warming Indisputable - Now Let's Check The Facts

The UN will check the system to ensure that the "indisputable" narrative on man-made global warming is not undone by people finding out that the science is shoddy. More »

12th, March 2010 Reviews 8

Devil In Vatican After Tour Of Pope's German Retreat With H

Earlier we heard that Satan is in the Vatican. Well, it turns out that the old Devil’s been in Germany too, helping choir boys hit the high notes for Jesus.... More »

12th, March 2010 Strange But True

In Pictures: Kingdom's Thames Tunnel Opens And Then Closes For Good

The Thames Tunnel, the brainchild of engineering geniuses Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was open to the public for the just two days first time in 145 years today... More »

12th, March 2010 Celebrities

In Pictures: Jennifer Ansiton 'Insulted' By Gerard Butler 'Trimmed Bush' Rumours

Jennifer Aniston and her The Bounty co-star Gerard Butler are at it on the red carpet and the tabloids go wild... More »

12th, March 2010 Key Posts

Jon Venables Is An Election Pawn: Labour Fears As Tories Turn Screws

The article picks up on what was seen as the first major weakness here in the UK. Jack Straw’s fumbling of the judicial ball right at the start. It was a knock-on the tabloid pack took advantage of and tore into... More »

12th, March 2010 Celebrities

In Pictures: Frank Lampard Inspires Christine Bleakley To 'Jetski' Across Channel For Sports Relief

BBC TeeVee’s Christine Bleakley has waterskied from Britain to France. She went 22 miles across The English Channel in one hour 40 minutes. She fell 8 times. Frank Lampard was brilliant throughout... More »