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9th, March 2010 Reviews

Jack Straw's Local Council Suspends Six Staff Over 'Shocking Image Of A Naked Child': Pictures

It was reported on 25.02 that six council staff had been suspended for circulating an email with "a shocking image of a naked child", writes Bat E Bird in the Forums... More »

9th, March 2010 TV & Radio

YouTube Shuts Down For One Night

YOUTUBE has shut down for the night. We now hand over to Pages From Google. This is how it will be. This is how it used to be... More »

9th, March 2010 Sports

Police Excitement As David Beckham Arrives In Manchester: Pictures

David Beckham puts the beautiful into football. He’s in Manchester to see his old pals for a kick about... More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities

Harry Hill Sparks Fight At Tric Awards: In Pictures

The first three Tric winners were Val Doonican, Kenneth Horne and The Forsyte Saga. The most recent are Harry Hill, Terry Wogan andSir David Attenborough... More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities

Prince William's Wig Exposed: Photos

That marvellous picture of “the real Prince William” showed us that beneath his wig of parse straw-like hair was a mighty brunette’s main... More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities

Katie Price And Alex Reid's Las Vegas Minister For Marriage Has License Revoked: Pictures

Katie Price's marriage to Alex Reid is legal. Anorak has received word on Rev. Mose Henney from Wynn Casino, venue of classy weddings and all the rice you can eat... More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities

In Pictures: Susan Boyle Might Sue Lindsay Lohan Over Milkaholic Slur

Before pictures of Lindsay Lohan watching models in Paris walk up and down – because, like, everyone in Europe walks – news that the actress is suing E-Trade for, as she claims, modelling a “milkaholic” baby on her... More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities 3

The Oscars Red Carpet Highlights: Kathryn Bigelow Is No Katie Price

So, Mariah Carey, “I have to ask you, you’re looking fabulous tonight”. And other red carpet highlights... More »

9th, March 2010 Politicians

Boris Johnson's Rhythm Of London Busking Underground Show 2010

Boris looked the part as he shambled up in his anorak with the whiff of last night’s Balti about him... More »

9th, March 2010 Reviews 2

Scare Stories: Jon Venables Is Stressed And Clear Lucozade

Today's new ways to get sick and die...possibly... More »

9th, March 2010 Reviews

Founder Of Muslim TV Station Who Beheaded Wife Blames Islamophobia

"Attorneys for Muzzammil S. “Mo” Hassan Friday said the media and public have misconstrued Hassan’s actions in the beheading of his estranged wife, Aasiya Zubair Hassan." Really..? More »

9th, March 2010 Reviews 2

Scots With Red Hair Are Vampire Mutants, Says Science

Want to know why Scots have red hair? The Express can now reveal all. More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities 2

JLS Introduce The Top Ten Selling Celebrity Condoms

JLS are set to lend their names to range of condoms called Just Love Safe. But will they outsell John Terry's Captain's Armband'? More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities

Sons And Daughter Of The Famous: A Gallery

Who'd be the daughter or son of a famous name and not pursue a career in showbiz? More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities

Katie Price And Victoria Beckham 'Fight' As Peter Andre Plays: In Pictures

Katie Price and Victoria Beckham were both at Elton John’s football-themed Oscars do. And Peter Andre was with her again... More »

9th, March 2010 Key Posts 5

Brangelina Have 3 Months To Live, Says Doctor

BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie will split on June 15 2010. We know this because the National Enquirer breaks the legally-induced embargo on Bradgelina split stories and screams from its front page: “ANGIE AND BRAD – 3 MONTHS TO SAVE RELATIONSHIP!” More »

9th, March 2010 Celebrities 2

Oscars Snub Farrah Fawcett And Bea Arthur Because Death Is 'Not Comfortable'

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has responded to our complaint that Farrah Fawcett was unjustly left out of the In Memorium segment of the Academy Awards show, and their answer is "tough luck"... More »

9th, March 2010 Key Posts 12

Jon Venables Saved By The Nanny State

All along this Venables and Thompson sentence and subsequent protection has been an increasingly weird and disastrous catalogue of system failures... More »

9th, March 2010 Reviews 4

Amy Winehouse Offered Camden's Climate Change Coordinator Role

FANCY a job as a climate change coordinator for Malawi in Camden, London? That's where Amy Winehouse is moving to, and a new job could be the opportunity to reinvent herself. While you ponder that marvel, here's the job spec... More »

8th, March 2010 Celebrities

James Cameron Strangles Kathryn Bigelow: Best Oscars Picture

Now see the Best Picture of the Oscars - Kathryn Bigelow meets ex-husband James Cameron. You'll believe a woman can turn blue - in the face... More »

8th, March 2010 Reviews 1

Earth Hour 2010 In Electronic Pictures: South Africa Attacks Gaia

Earth Hour looms. The darkness encroaches. Blake were at a photocall to promote WWF's Earth Hour in Trafalgar Square, London. Blake is not an acronym nor Dyslexics for Darkness. Blake are a pop group... More »

8th, March 2010 Flashback 1

Andree Peel RIP: 'Agent Rose' Andree Virot Has Died

Andree Peele RIP. Andree Peele was the heroine of the French resistance who saved more than 100 lives.... More »

8th, March 2010 Celebrities

Katie Price And Victoria Beckham Go For The Golden Balls At Elton John's Oscars Do

Katie Price took her English rose to the Elton John post-Oscars party. Unlike some Our Katie didn’t also make it to the Vanity Fair do, a happening do utterly devoid of fun that it could pass for a Peter Andre concert. More »

8th, March 2010 Celebrities 6

Farrah Fawcett's Oscars Snub But Michael Jackson And Patrick Swayze Remembered

THE image of Patrick Swayze led off the tributes and Karl Malden seemed to generate the loudest applause, but Farrah Fawcett, was for some reason excluded from last night's Academy Awards "In Memorium" segment... More »

8th, March 2010 Reviews 1

Global Warming Gets A Guardian Prophet: No Cartoons, Please

Peter Preston is in The Guardian, being upset that not enough it being down to scare the natives on "climate change"... More »