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20th, December 2009 Celebrities 1

Celebrity Big Brother: Peter Andre Stars

News is that Peter Andre will “star” in Celebrity Big Brother. It will take £500,000 to have Peter Andre locked in a sealed unit in Elstree for a couple of months. More »

20th, December 2009 Celebrities 1

Revealed: Ingredients Of Sarah Jessica Parker's New Perfume

Sarah Jessica Parker’s new perfume smells of…BO... More »

19th, December 2009 Celebrities

When Katie Price Met Amanda Holden, Eyebrows Were Raised And Stayed Raised: In Pictures

"A few drinks later, we're having photos taken and Katie begins posing provocatively on the floor as if she's on a calendar shoot. Lily Allen looks..." More »

19th, December 2009 Reviews

Fighting Arsenal Remember How To Win The Premier League: In 36 Superb Pictures

Arsenal beat Hull 3-0 and all is right with the world of Arsene Wenger. Arsenal remembered how you win the Premier League... More »

19th, December 2009 Celebrities 5

UK Adopts Rage Against The Machine And Britain Exports Joe McElderry To Disney

X Factor winner Joe McElderry was meant to be the answer to the pub question: Who was the toothy singer who won the X Factor because no-one minded him too much? But things have changed... More »

19th, December 2009 Reviews

Now The Taliban Ban Tinsel In Nuneaton

In the Mail's PC gone mad rant, readers learn of a Midlands Taliban banning tinsel. In our midst, man mullahs are killing out Great British tinsel... More »

19th, December 2009 Sports 1

Fulham Rout Manchester United 3-0: In 31 Pictures

Fulham 3 – Manchester United 0: in pictures. Fulham fans enjoy your moment. There is only F in Fulham. And three goals in United’s net.... More »

19th, December 2009 Strange But True 1

Meet The Cow With Three Nostrils

THE celebrity calf in Urs Herrmann’s Cheiry farm Switzerland, has three nostrils. No names for the beast yet, but we suggest Kerry, Lindsay or Wino. If a celebrity could be... More »

19th, December 2009 The Consumer 3

For Sale: Cat Toy Made From Dead Cats

Pauline Burgess, aged 53, of Cotswold Road, Malvern, is “disgusted to discover that toy mice she bought for her pet cat were made of real cat hair.” More »

19th, December 2009 Celebrities 7

Murs Downloads Rage Against The Machine To Stop Joe McElderry

What news of X Factor runner-up Olly Murs? Last seen being deported to a silo in Belgium – the EU Celebrity mountain - in vacuum packed snow globe? More »

19th, December 2009 Strange But True

Jesus Christ Kills Father: Pictures

Christmas is all about controversy and fighting. This is the true nativity spirit. Get a load of Santa, lying dead in a California garden. He creeps into your bedroom at night, kids. He had it coming. More »

19th, December 2009 Sports 8

Gareth Thomas Can't Be Gay, He's Got Muscles And Is Good At Sports

The notion that masculinity and athletic prowess are somehow at odds with same-sex preference is quaint to say the least, but the old-school double standards rears its head... More »

19th, December 2009 Celebrities 10

Joe McElderry Attacks Rage Against The Machine, Literally

Joe McElderry of Simon Cowell’s X Factory Pop Machine takes on Rage Against The Machine for the fight to be this year’s novelty Christmas No.1. And the Sun leads with: “JOE RAGE” More »

19th, December 2009 Sports

Tiger Woods Accused Of 'Cheating' Again: Pictures

Accused of being a adulterer. Tiger Woods now appears as aman who can dish it but can't take it. Anorak's Man in LA has a question for you - it might not be that tricky to answer... More »

19th, December 2009 Reviews

Irony Downpour At Copenhangen Climate Summit: Obama Heads To Hawaii For Heat

Frozen -faced US politico Pelosi flies into Copenhagen - aka Hopenheagen. Barack Obama zooms out. Gordon Brown is trapped. And the heating world is covered in...snow: More »

18th, December 2009 In Pictures

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18th, December 2009 Reviews

Souvenir Hunters Steal Auschwitz “Arbeit Macht Frei” Sign To Bash Jews And Poles: Pictures

The infamous sign “Arbeit macht frei”, that mocking symbol over the gates to the Auschwitz death factory has been stolen. The Times speculates on who could have done it. More »

18th, December 2009 Celebrities 5

Lily Allen In Brixton Proves The RATM V Joe McElderry Fight Is Worthless

Lily Allen performs at Brixton Academy, London. For all the pressure to buy Joe McElderry or Rage Against The Machine and make one of them a novelty Christmas No.1... More »

18th, December 2009 Celebrities

Terry Wogan Leaves BBC Radio 2: Pictures

Farewell, Sir Terry Wogan. You leave BBC Radio 2 after your final breakfast show... More »

18th, December 2009 Strange But True

Shane Oldroyd Jailed For Stealing A Bus And Causing Mayhem: Video

Shane Oldroyd, 27, of Ossett, is not to be admired. Shane needed to get home. Shane had no money. Shane stole a single-decker Arriva bus from Wakefield bus station. More »

18th, December 2009 Strange But True

Richard Heene's Trivial Pursuit Piece Seen Over Moscow: Video

In the skies over Moscow, Richard Heene's Trivial Pursuit cheese is hovering. Local media says it's a space ship... More »

18th, December 2009 Reviews

In Pictures: Obama And Gore Hit Copenhagen, Coolness Descends

To Copenhagen, where the climate talks that gave us 15 days to save the world from global warming have worked. It’s freezing! More »

18th, December 2009 Sports

Former Spurs Player Kaboul Talks Of Dogs And Cows

So why did Younes Kaboul leave Spurs for Portsmouth and not to Sunderland? More »

18th, December 2009 Reviews

Ian Kay Wins Milkman Of The Year In Live BBC TV Awards Ceremony

IAN Kay from Kays Daries in Wigan is the Milkman of the Year. Ian will feature on a live BBC-filmed extravaganza tonight as... More »

18th, December 2009 Celebrities

X Factor Final: Joe McElderry Would Have Lost To Rage Against The Machine's Zack

Zack de la Rocha would have been bigger than Jedward... More »