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25th, January 2010 The Consumer

Walter van Bierendonck Fasion's Half-Baked Paris Fashion Show: Pictures

Wasn't the Walter van Bierendonck Autumn/Winter 2010/11 collection show presented during the Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, on January 22, 2010 a wonderful thing? More »

25th, January 2010 Strange But True 1

Jennfier Aniston And Brad Pitt Swan Off

At a Gloucestershire wildfowl sanctuary, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are small fry. Two swans – Bewick swans Sarindi Pitt and Saruni Aniston– are divorcing. More »

25th, January 2010 Reviews 3

Haiti: Charlie Simpson Beats Simon Cowell And The Telethon

How Charlie Simpson shows us that giving does not start with a call from your agent... More »

25th, January 2010 Reviews

Tories Lobbied By Eco-Bullies: A Letter From Clark County

Global warming is big news. It's getting smaller, what with the glaciers not melting all that fast. But cliamte change, as it as rebrnaded, is huge. James Delingpole spots how the Conservatives are being "bullied" by eco-drones. More »

25th, January 2010 In Pictures

Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt - A Romance

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25th, January 2010 Celebrities 2

Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Break-Up Pictures

BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie are not splitting. The Jolie-Pitt child army will not be put out to tender. Jennifer Aniston can stop smiling and writing in ecstasy on covers of the News of The World... More »

25th, January 2010 Celebrities

Got To Dance Semi-Final Pictures

Got To Dance, is Sky One’s C-grade answer to So You Think You Can Dance, which is the BBC’s attempt to broadcast something dancy between Strictly Come Dancing weekenders (they shoot pro-celeb dancers, don’t they?)... More »

25th, January 2010 Celebrities

Farrah Fawcett: Ryan O'Neal, Craig Nevius And Charlie's Angels Fight In Ugly Court Case

Farrah Fawcett has died. but ther story fdoes end there.Craig Nevius filed suit against Ryan O'Neal, his business manager Richard B. Francis and Alana Stewart for "snatching control of the cancer documentary that was turned into a maudlin NBC special." More »

25th, January 2010 Reviews

Glaciergate: The Resignation Of Rajendra Pachauri BBC Bias

GLACIERGATE, the latest climate change story the BBC isn't talking about (see how the CRU story was sat on), is pretty bad news for Rajendra Pachauri, frequent flying chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Richard North brings us the latest.... More »

24th, January 2010 Technology

How To Get A Date Online: A Picture Guide

Want to pull online? This study of profile photo correlated pulling to the photo you sumbit of your ideal self. Be warned: More »

24th, January 2010 Madeleine McCann 26

Madeleine McCann: 1000 Days Of Nothing But Looking

On Wednesday January 27 2010, Madeleine McCann will have been missing for 1,000 days – unless she is found before that... More »

24th, January 2010 Celebrities

So You Think You Can Dance: JLS And Sex In Pictures

SYTYCD sounds like a Polish experiment in Nazi eugenics. The contestants are all bubbly and fixed with smiles that suggest they’ve drowned in lime jelly... More »

24th, January 2010 The Consumer

The John Galliano Princess Bride Fashion Show Paris: In Pictures

Galliano came Inigo Montoya from the Princess Bride. The models did a modern twist on whipped hair, so popular in the late 1970s. Lady GaGa made copious notes... More »

24th, January 2010 The Consumer 1

The Live Beetle Jewels Of Texas: Border Police Stop Showy Insects From Entering US

This is the jewel-encrusted beetle worn by a woman travelling from Mexico to the US. Stopped at Brownsville, Texas, she declared the live insect decorated with blue and gold... More »

24th, January 2010 TV & Radio 1

The Gentlemen's Br-Ass Band Buttock Symphony: A Keep-Fit Video

Hey, fatso. Yeah, you. This is the Gentlemen's Symphony Brass keep-fit programme. And it's on video. More »

24th, January 2010 Key Posts 3

Edlington Devil Boys: Meeting The Mum For Sex And Drugs

The Edlington “Devil Boys” are making front-page news in the Mail. Names have been kept hidden from the great unwashed to protect the victims and the guilty – although how long before the web gets hold of them? More »

24th, January 2010 In Pictures

Edlington Devil Boys

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24th, January 2010 In Pictures

Screen Actors Guild Awards - 16th

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24th, January 2010 Celebrities 2

Penelope Cruz Does Ten From Nine At The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award: In Photos

With Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard to the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. No rain. Christina Hendrick's portico was not required. More »

24th, January 2010 Celebrities 4

Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Marriage Is 'Over': Fact

The big news is that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie “have seen DIVORCE lawyers and signed a £205 million split deal”. As the NoTW says on its front page: "PITTS ALL OVER."... More »

24th, January 2010 Key Posts 8

Tiger Woods' British 'Lover' Emma Rotherham: In Pictures

Tiger Woods’s “secret British lover” is Emma Rotherham. The story you won't read of drugs, sex and more sex and more sex... More »

23rd, January 2010 Technology

Naked Body Scanners Miss Bomb Parts, Spot Bottle Opener: Video

Those airport full-body scanners are great. In this demo, German TV discovers that the scanners can detect pretty much everything - knife, mobile phone, child - except... More »

23rd, January 2010 The Consumer

Kanye West Gets Sholder Pad Teeth At Karl Lagerfeld's Dior Show: Pictures

West and his claymation accessory went to see the Dior Men's Autumn/Winter 2010/2011 collection. They met Karl Lagerfeld, who showed us his lap-cat teeth.... More »

23rd, January 2010 Reviews

The Mass Anti-Police State Photo Gathering Trafalgar Square: In Photos

Following a series of high profile detentions by police, under section 44 of the terrorism act, photographers felt it was time for a mass turnout of professionals and amateurs to defend their rights and stop the abuse of the terror laws.... More »

23rd, January 2010 Celebrities

In Photos: Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief

More Haiti news. While the UK gets together another vehicle for Simon Cowell – oh, c’mon – America acts... More »