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6th, November 2009 Celebrities

Beyonce's Suspenders And West Ham Presents The MTV Europe Music Awards, In Pictures

The MTV Europe Music Awards, features Beyonce in suspenders, Katy Perry in West Ham knickers and X Factor winner Leona Lewis wearing light. More »

6th, November 2009 Strange But True 3

New Mexico's Elizabeth Lambert Tries Out For Leeds United

Football breaks out at US woman's football match... More »

6th, November 2009 Strange But True 3

Surrey Artist Poos And Wipes Arse On Bible

He is at a party. He is drunk. It is Halloween. So he poos on the seat of a car and wipes himself clean on a handy Bible. Then it got worse... More »

6th, November 2009 Sports 1

Wayne Rooney's Tattoo For Kai

Good times for those of you took the best on the 2-1 shot: Wayne Rooney would get a tattoo of young Kai Rooney on his neck. More »

6th, November 2009 Celebrities

X Factor's John & Edward Grimes' Novelty Record Top Ten

YESTERDAY, Anorak began its campaign to have the X Factor twosome John & Edward Grimes, aka Jedward, record a novelty record and, with luck and a following wind, take it to No.1 in time for Christmas. To give them a clue as to the levels expected to them, we deliver the Top Ten Novelty Records Of All Time... More »

6th, November 2009 Reviews 2

Hasan Nidal Triggers A War On Islam

Is Nidal Hasan a jihadi or a nutter, or both? The press is uncertain, each writer going with their own prejudices. Sky News says as a psychiatrist Nidal would have heard lots of harrowing stories from returning soldiers and may have been sent mad. He's the victim?... More »

6th, November 2009 Sports

The Sir Bobby Robson Commemorative Medal Dot Com

On Saturday the medal will be rebranded as the FunWithCheese.co.uk coin; Sunday the BonnieLassieLapDanceClub.com and then the MallOfTheEmirates.tv coin, in accordance with Newcastle FC policy.... More »

5th, November 2009 Strange But True

Man Forgets To Wind Down Car Window Before Drive-By Shooting

It is alleged that Andrew J. Burwitz, 20, of Appleton, Wis., did fail to wind down his car window before attempting a drive-by shooting at the home of his ex-girlfriend's family. More »

5th, November 2009 Reviews 4

Hurrah For The Blackshirts: Daily Mail Bemoans British Kids' Ignorance Of War

A survey says that one in six between the ages of nine and 15 believe Auschwitz was a Second World War theme park and one in 20 say the Holocaust was a celebration at the end of the war. They are only partly right. More »

5th, November 2009 Key Posts 17

Fort Hood Shootings Latest News: US Soldier Nidal Hasan Shoots 13 Dead

NEWS JUST BROKE OVER BUT THUS FAR NO ONE IS SAYING ANYTHING EXCEPT LARGE NUMBERS SHOT AND MANY KILLED AT FT. HOOD MILITARY BASE IN TEXAS. PENTAGON EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. More »

5th, November 2009 Politicians

Sarah Palin's White House Victory Speech, In Full

“And I said to my husband Todd that it’s not a step down when he’s no longer Alaska’s 'First Dude’. He will now be the first guy ever to become the 'Second Dude’.... More »

5th, November 2009 Celebrities

Barbara Windsor Leaves EastEnders: A Career In Pictures

Windsor is leaving EastEnders, the show that needed her more then she needed it. Babs is a true talent, who proves that there is no shortcut to being a star.... More »

5th, November 2009 Celebrities 3

Shaddap You Face: John & Edward Fight To Bring Back The Novelty Christmas Song

Jedward walks, Max Clifford stalks, Pete Warterman puts on rose-tinted specs for Pop Idol, Cheryl Cole's teeth are wanted, Dannii Minogue is a sight screen and Anorak's campaign to bring back the novelty record... More »

5th, November 2009 Reviews 13

Flexetarians Are Meat-Eating Vegetarians

I am a baconsarniarian. I prefer to eat bacon sarnies. If there are no bacon sarnies available I will eat other meats and occasionally, some vegetables. Purely for health reasons of course... More »

5th, November 2009 Strange But True

Missing Shannon Turns Up Fives Days Later Beneath Baby Sitter's Bed

In Florida, 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick has been missing for five days. She turns up under baby sitter Susan Elizabeth Baker’s bed... More »

5th, November 2009 Key Posts 7

True Blood Porn, Oral Sex And Vampire Orgies, In Pictures

The Mail's Olivia Lichtenstein's vital guide to knowing when True Blood vampire porn is on, what time it is on so as best to, er, miss it... More »

5th, November 2009 Celebrities 4

Susan Boyle Watch: Sharon Osbourne Knows A Hairy Arsehole When She Sees One

Pixie-voiced Sharon Osbourne, mother to singing button mushroom Kelly Osbourne and spoilt brat Jack Osbourne, wife to vibrating popstar Ozzy, is on the radio talking about Susan Boyle... More »

5th, November 2009 Reviews

Shannon Matthews Returns As Aunt Is Jailed

No sooner has Our Maddie risen to prominence once more than Shannon Matthews is sought and found. Amanda Hyett is at Leeds Crown Court. More »

5th, November 2009 Reviews 3

British Law Elevates Climate Change Belief To Same Status As Relgion

Goreans can delight that their green beliefs are now an official religion, in the eyes of the law. One day on from the climate change spiritualist knocking at the door, global warming belief is granted the status of a religion... More »

5th, November 2009 Celebrities 1

Peter Andre And Katie Price: Harvey's Swine Flu, A Gay Secret And Back Together

Katie Price & Peter Andre Watch:Peter's "gay secret", Harvey's celebrity swine flu, Yate awaits, Peter and Katie back together and Peter's sex life... More »

5th, November 2009 Politicians

The Westminster Village Lobby Hacks Are The Idiots Idiots

The point about political correspondents from national newspapers is that they are part of the bubble inhabited by politicians. They have no more idea what is going on in the real world than do the politicians they serve... More »

5th, November 2009 Celebrities 1

Carrie Prejean Sex Tape: Get The Picture

Prejean, the sacked Miss California who dared to agree with Barack Obama on gay rights, and was duly threatened with violence by celebrity blogger gone native Perez Hilton, has followed her mucky pictures – shocker: model wears underwear in pictures! - with a sex tape... More »

5th, November 2009 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: Found In 160 Countries

Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann: A successful campaign. More »

4th, November 2009 Celebrities

X Factor: Joe McElderry Breaks Rib And Stacey Solomon Engaged To Olly Murs

X Factor No News Round-up: Stacey Solomon not Amy Winehouse, Joe McElderry's rib not broken, Sting's no X Factor and the Sex Pistols would not win... More »

4th, November 2009 Strange But True 4

Ringo Starr Appears In A Water Drop, Jesus Unimpressed

Researchers at Duke University, North Carolina, have spotted Ringo Starr’s face into water droplets hitting a leaf.. More »