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8th, March 2010 Strange But True 1

Woman Grows Unicorn Horn: Pictures

Zhang Duifang is 101 years old. She lives in Lushan Country, Henan Province of China. She has a tumour on her forehead. More »

8th, March 2010 Strange But True 3

International Women's Day Presents The World's Wost Logos

International Women’s Day presents the worst logos of all time. Relax, men. You won’t feel a thing. Time to sock it to the men - and other women... More »

8th, March 2010 Sports 1

Wales Rugby Legend JPR Williams Admits To Sucking Three Coppers

JPR Williams, ex Wales and British Lions full back, has admitted to sucking three coppers in an attempt to... More »

8th, March 2010 Reviews

Lancashire's Last Glacier Is Dying: The Clitheroe Prophesy

Global warming is shrinking the “Clitheroe glacier”. No polar bears have died so far, but some have been spotted heading for Germany, land of castrated polies. More »

8th, March 2010 In Pictures

Oscars: Elton's John's Footy Do

8th, March 2010 Celebrities 2

Christina Hendricks Presents The Elton John Oscars Football Party In Pictures

Oscars in pictures: At the Elton John AIDS Foundation dinner at the Pacific Design Center, you could watch the Oscars on the telly. And you could meet Christina Hendrick More »

8th, March 2010 Madeleine McCann 10

Madeleine McCann: The BBC Uses Our Maddie And Kate McCann To Sell Mother's Day Show

Madeleine McCann – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann - The media's Our Maddie is a BBC Radio 2 Press Release and Kate McCann is a celebrity Roman Catholic... More »

8th, March 2010 Celebrities 9

Oscars In Pictures: Ex-Wives Club President Kathryn Bigalow Presents The Vanity Fair Party

To the Vanity Fair Oscar Viewing Party 2010, at the Sunset Tower, Los Angeles, with Hilary Swank’s peek-a-boo-gown, Sandra Bullock’s naked man, ex-wife club lifetime President Kathryn Bigelow... More »

8th, March 2010 Reviews 4

Jon Venables: The Rapist, The Porn And The Parents

Jon Venables: Anorak’s at-a-glance round up of new of James Bulger’s killer Jon Venables, with a rapist, child porn and a fight... More »

8th, March 2010 Celebrities

Sandra Bullock And Hurt Locker Stick Avatar Where The Sun Shines: Oscars Pictures

The Oscars came too late for Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper, which tells its readers that Avatar is in the running for a “host of awards”. Yep, and this is the film backed by Murdoch’s studios. Said The Sun: “SCI-FI SPECTACULAR LANDS 9 OSCAR NOMINATIONS”... Pictures... More »

8th, March 2010 In Pictures

Oscars - Sandra Bullock's 82nd

8th, March 2010 Celebrities 1

Oscars In Pictures: Sandra Bullock And The Hurt Locker Present The Oscar Winners And Losers

THE OSCARS In Pictures: The red carpet is the thread of dreams and dread. In they come. And out they will go. The winners. And all the losers. And hundreds of people who you'll never hear of who make the few into stars. And when the stars shine, the real stars put on sunglasses and step indoors.... More »

7th, March 2010 Celebrities 6

Tom Cruise In Motorcycle Crash: Pictures And Scientology Special

THE website HollywoodLife is reporting that Tom Cruise had to be taken to Cedars Sinai Hospital today after being involved in a motorcycle accident in a nearby neighborhood, writes Anorak's Man in LA.... More »

7th, March 2010 Strange But True 3

Swiss Ban Suicide Clinics For Pets

Around 70% of Swiss broke up the apres-skiing, institutionalised racism and bansturbation by voting against plans for state-funded lawyers to represent animals in court. The More »

7th, March 2010 Politicians

Geert Wilders On The BBC: Video And Pictures

f you want to make a book popular, then ban it. Maybe. Gerry Adam's voice was once banned on the BBC. Did the ban make it grow louder? Geert wants to stop immigration from Mulsim countries. Geert-cha! More »

7th, March 2010 Key Posts 24

Madeleine McCann Is An Election Issue As The Home Office Wades In

MADELEINE McCann – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann - Our Maddie is an election issue, the McCanns appeal for calm, the Portuguese police get blamed, and Maria Alice dos Santos Silveira, Jorge Vitorino Cabral Martins And Yvone Albino remain "suspects".... More »

7th, March 2010 Reviews

Alice In Wonderland Makes Late Running for Best Film Oscar

Ten films are up for the Best Film at the Oscar - now it's 11 as film critic reveals all... More »

7th, March 2010 Celebrities 2

Oscars In Pictures: Salmon Crackers, Dragons And Anti-Gay Hosts

It's the Oscars, also known as the 82nd Academy Awards. Anorak’s Man in LA has been nibbling on Oscar salmon crackers – little wafers of toast cut to look like Oscar soldiers and smeared in salmon. If you like man in your fish, this is good news. We've more... More »