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25th, October 2009 Celebrities 7

X Factor: Danyl Johnson Helps Stacey Solomon Connect With Her Tears

More X Factor news as The People spots “'Vile'” Danyl Johnson who “has rival weeping”... More »

25th, October 2009 Politicians 9

Nick Griffin On Question Time: Germans Declare War On British Fascists And BNP Jokes

Nick Griffin BNP Watch: With Her Majesty The Queen, war with Germany, former KKK leader David Duke calls Griffin a 'liar', mother-in-law calls him a racist and the X Factor... More »

25th, October 2009 Celebrities 1

X Factor Finalists John & Edward Scare Sick Children For Charity

Time for an X Factor Tribute to Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, and latterly the King of Prop(ofol). Want to guess what the tribute is for..? More »

25th, October 2009 In Pictures

Patrick Swayze In Pictures

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24th, October 2009 Reviews 2

The Young Roman Polanski And The Rape Of History

What's more interesting is the Times website editors' apparent decision to lesson the blow to Polanski and his high-profile Hollywood supporters by using a photo of the criminal apparently taken when he was in his baby-faced early twenties, before he let his hair grow out int he style of the day-- a stylistic move the took at least a decade before he, at age 43, admittedly preyed upon a 13-year-old child... More »

24th, October 2009 Reviews 7

Seeking Refunds From James Ray At Better Business Bureau

Long before the fatal sweat lodge tragedy in Sedona, Arizona, people were complaining about James Arthur Ray’s business practices... More »

24th, October 2009 Celebrities 2

Mark Croft Tows Kerry Katona Into A Pub For £50 A Time

How much shopping can you do in Iceland for £50? That question to you, Kerry Katona, as the NoTW reports... More »

24th, October 2009 Sports 1

In Pictures: Chelsea 5 - Blackburn Rovers 0, Premier League

Another trip to London for League of Gentlemen extra Sam Alladyce and his Blackburn Rovers and another sound tonking, this time at the hands of Chelsea. Anorak has the best pictures from the match, which all you Chelsea Mowermen can pick your way through... More »

24th, October 2009 Celebrities 2

Katie Price's Alex Reid In Thai Ladyboy Tongue Twister

She’s called Kay Kae. And it’s ‘A OK Kay Kae’ from Alex Reid who “kissed and cuddled Kay Kae and made 15-mile trips to see her during three months teaching at a martial arts centre on the holiday isle of Phuket”... More »

24th, October 2009 Sports

Jenson Button Introduces The Door Stretcher And The Austrian Mulleteer

In our sports round-up we introduce the door strecher, manager Dragan Stojkovic's goal from the half-way line, golfing for idiots, what gymnastics is a contact sport and mulleteer Toni Polster... More »

24th, October 2009 Key Posts 3

Emmy Winning Richard Heene, Mayumi Heene And The Heenettes In Halloween Horror

Having met Richard Heene and Loft Boy Falcon Heene, we now get to meet Mayumi Heene, who has confessed that the Balloon Boy story was a hoax. More »

24th, October 2009 Reviews 10

Nowhere Island Brings-Tows The Artic To Britain

To raise awareness over climate change, Mr Hartley will be taking rocks from an island in the Svalbard archipelago north of Norway by barge to Weymouth for the Olympic sailing in 2012. You need to read this... More »

24th, October 2009 TV & Radio 1

Always Blow On The Pie: The Best Police Video Ever

Officer: 3 o’clock in the morning… you’re buying a pie from the BP station, what must you always do? Come on. I'm waiting... More »

24th, October 2009 Reviews 3

Scare Story Video: The Swine Flu Cheerleader Who Can Only Walk Backwards

Desree Jennings is a woman “convinced that a flu shot given to her has lead to a rare disorder which means she can only walk backwards”. More »

24th, October 2009 Key Posts 3

BNP Nick Griffin’s Question Time: Christmas Cancelled, Winston Churchill Tweets And White Trash

Just when you thought you’d heard the last of twitchy BNP leader Nick Griffin, up pop the media to tell you that you should be thinking about him... More »

24th, October 2009 Celebrities 1

Save Perez: Perez Hilton Is Scientology's 'Latest Victim'

Celebrity blogger gone native Perez Hilton (and family) is introducing his readers to the wonders of Scientology... More »

24th, October 2009 Strange But True 1

Pastor Marc Invites You A Halloween Bible Burning At The Amazing Grace Baptist Church

Halloween. They don't just dress up scary - those cray-zee American talk scary too. On the website of Pastor Marc, you are invited to book burning... More »

24th, October 2009 Reviews 9

James Ray's Mulholland Sweat Mansion

For his $4 million, Ray got a 7,200 square foot mansion in a gated community on the famed Mulholland Highway, the perfect place to sequester one’s self and relax after a five-day “Spiritual Warrior” retreat that brought in a half million dollars... More »

23rd, October 2009 Politicians

Barack Obama Blesses Fox News And Turns 50

As Barack Obama seeks to block Fox News, and fails, Anorak is minded of this comment by the great sage on political matters, the shouty singer Lulu: More »

23rd, October 2009 Reviews

Rupert Murdoch Beats Barack Obama And Waitrose: Video

When Obama tries to fix the news, Rupert Murdoch's empire just beats him down... More »

23rd, October 2009 Reviews

Susan Boyle's Celtic Miserables Introduce The Week In Pictures

The week in pictures, introduced by Susan Boyle and Celtic FC... More »

23rd, October 2009 Key Posts

Anorak Wraps Up The Week When Lindsay Lohan Died And Nick Griffin Forgot His Lines

That was the week when: Lindsay Lohan died, Nick Griffin twitched, Cheryl Cole had the Y Factor, India's call centre workers exploded, Stephen Gately died - again; Madeleine McCann became a mascot - but not a Halloween outfit - and James Arthur Ray didn't break sweat... More »

23rd, October 2009 Key Posts

Cassette Boy Does Nick Griffin, The Most Powerful Muslim Woman in Britain

"I am against black people kissing in public," says Nick Griffin.... More »

23rd, October 2009 Key Posts

The BBC Anti-Nick Griffin BNP Protest In Pictures: Hello Mum

It's not just the fascists who are sure of themselves, who are sure they are right. You want to test if you are right, really right, and they are really wrong, really wrong? Then debate it.... More »

23rd, October 2009 Politicians 6

Hugs And Shakes Before Nick Griffin's Question Time Wobble

The media has not said enough about Nick Griffin, and we continue our round-up of all the views and news on the BBC telly Question Time show with this delightful insight from black female culture vulture Bonnie Greer, she of the BBC’s speed dial nodding head service... More »