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28th, January 2010 TV & Radio

The Stevie Wonder Cat Will Now Sing For You: Video

Stevie Wonder is cat. Really. He is. In this video Stevie sings For Once In My Life, for your pleasures... More »

28th, January 2010 Celebrities 1

Pete Doherty, Robin Whitehead And Kate Moss's Collection: Pictures

The sorry tale of Pete Doherty and the heiress- Kate Moss has the pictures... More »

28th, January 2010 Key Posts 8

The Death Of Susan Boyle Gives SuBo A YouTube Sequel

Susan Boyle Watch: Anorak’s at-a-glance look at Susan Boyle in the news:Laydeeees and gentlemen, presenting the Death of Susan Boyle, featuing Elaine Paige, John Lennon and an intruder... More »

28th, January 2010 Celebrities

InStyle’s The Best of British Talent Party: Pictures

Spotting Konnie Huq, Jamie Campbell Bower, Tamara Ecclestone, Immodesty Blaize, Henry Conway, Jonathan Ross and wife Jane Goldman, Rosamund Pike, Kimberley Wyatt, Rachel Stevens and The Saturdays, the most desperate pop act not working to Simon Cowell... More »

28th, January 2010 Reviews

Celebrity Big Brother: A Story Of Naked Romps, Sex Pics And A Fix

A potted history of Big Brother sensation- as told by the Daily Star... More »

28th, January 2010 Reviews 2

Afghanis Rush To Join Taliban To Claim Money In Restart Scheme

The War on the Taliban will be won on the Field of Bribes. The Independent leads with the headline: "The new Afghan plan: buy off Taliban." Right now hundreds and thousands of Afghanis are contemplating joining the Taliban to qualify for the restart scheme More »

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Madeleine McCann: The Fundraiser In Pictures

Kate McCann and Gerry McCann said they were "trying to move forward" as they hosted a £150-a-head fundraising dinner to mark 1000 days since their daughter went missing... More »

28th, January 2010 Celebrities

Mum Wins Justin Bieber Tickets With Tramp Stamp Tattoo: Video

What would you do to meet Justin Bieber? Threaten to kill everyone? Hang about his school with pockets full of sweets and an Andrex puppy litter on your lap? Or get a tramp stamp... More »

27th, January 2010 Reviews 2

Global Warming: Prince Charles And David Cameron Are Featherweights Blowing With The Wind

Prince Charles has been to the CRU at East Anglia University. The truth is that Charles may be the most qualified expert there. James Delingpole expels heat as Charles says... More »

27th, January 2010 Celebrities

The LAFTA Awards: No Jerry Sadowitz Required

ONE face not seen at the LAFTAS Awards 2010 was Jerry Sadowitz’s. All the usual suspects were there at the Cuckoo Club in London... More »

27th, January 2010 Sports

Manchester City Summon Oasis, Man United Evoke Morrissey: Pictures

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini geed up his team for the match against Manchester United by evoking the words of Liam and Noel Gallagher... More »

27th, January 2010 Celebrities

Susan Boyle: The Intruder Story In Pictures

The scene: La Boyle returns to her home in Blackburn, West Lothian. She opens the door. A man is there. A source tells us... More »

27th, January 2010 Celebrities

Pete Doherty Takes 13 Wraps Of Heroin To Court: Pictures

Pete Doherty continues his Court Room tour at Gloucester Magistrates Court. Anorak spotted him stood outside the entrance having a cigarette... More »

27th, January 2010 Flashback

ABBA: A Career In Pictures

THE ABBA Exhibition is open at Earl’s Court, London. And memories are stirred. ABBA avoided becoming a novelty act by allowing other acts to be them... More »

27th, January 2010 Reviews

Lady GaGa Implicated In Death Of Manchester Schoolgirl

To prove that no story, however tragic, cannot be made better with the addition of a celebrity name, the Daily Mail brings us the Lady GaGa killing. Or as the paper puts it, tastefully... More »

27th, January 2010 Celebrities

Katia Ivanova And Lady Sov Go Lapdancing: Pictures

Celebrity Big Brother housemates at large... More »

27th, January 2010 Reviews

When Cartoon Porn Becomes A Thought Crime: Man Guilty The Simpsons Sex Crime

Cartoon Porn and Thought Crime Update: Kurt James Milner, of Ipswich, Australia, is on the sex-offenders’ register having admitted in Ipswich District Court to downloading graphic cartoon porn images featuring child characters from The Simpsons and The Powerpuff Girls TV shows... More »

27th, January 2010 Celebrities

Haiti Presents The Cherly Cole Show: Brits And Tears

HAITI: News is that Cheryl Cole was “close to tears” as she sang for the tens of thousands killed by in earthquake. Now for the Brits... More »

27th, January 2010 Strange But True 6

In Pictures: The Viking Jarl Squad Do The Up Helly Aa

To the Up Helly Aa with the replica Viking Warriors of The Jarl Squad. In Lerwick, on the Shetland Isles, they remember their Viking roots... More »

27th, January 2010 Celebrities 2

ABBA World Exhibition Opened By Big Bother, X Factor, Ice Dancers And Other Reality TV Stars: Pictures

Who more fitting to look at the 25 rooms of ABBA gear the foursome can’t fit in their lofts than starry Stephen Baldwin, Heather Mills Boy George, Dionne Bromfield, Lucie Jones, Donal MacIntyre, Brian Friedman and Sisqo. More »

27th, January 2010 Strange But True 1

Man Blows Up Wife With Explosives In Domestic Row

In Thailand, a row between a man, Phen Buntham, and his wife, Saijai Buntham, ended when the man, a quarry worker, detonated a batch C-4 plastic explosive. More »

27th, January 2010 In Pictures

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27th, January 2010 Madeleine McCann 6

Madeleine McCann: 1000 Days Of A 'Fierce Blonde Flame'

It’s been 1000 days since Madeleine McCann went missing and became the media’s Our Maddie, the benchmark for missing children. In that time we have learnt…NOTHING. But here's a poem... More »

27th, January 2010 Reviews 1

Global Warming: 'The Fantasy Shadow Game Of Carbon Control'

More honesty needed on climate change, says John Beddington, the UK Government's chief scientific adviser – as reported by The Times. You want honest? Here's honesty... More »

26th, January 2010 Reviews

Esther Bejarano Does Holocaust Hip-Hop: Video

Esther Bejarano played in the Auschwitz women's orchestra. She recorded a hip-hop album with Cologne-based rappers from Microphone Mafia. Holocaust hip-hop. More »