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18th, September 2009 Celebrities

Jay Z Plays The Camden Roundhouse, Pictures

Also there was Ian Brown, the former lead singer of the Stone Roses who these days look like what you’d imagine his mum to look like when sucking a lemon sherbet. He’s got a new album out... More »

18th, September 2009 Celebrities

Amy Winehouse Sinks Her Teeth Into 'Justin Timberlake', Pictures

Amy is pictured with Tyler James. Who he? Why, in 2002, The Face magazine was billing Tyler as “the British answer to Justin Timberlake”. He turns out to be the British answer to the question uttered by showbiz reporters this morning: “Who the **** is that with Wino?” More »

18th, September 2009 Technology 1

Wind Up Earth Angel Vibrator Enlivens Bored Al Goreans

Great news for masturbating Al Goreans is that a new hand-cranked vibrator that makers say could save the planet and bring stimulus to Third World places, like sub-Saharan Africa and Detroit... More »

18th, September 2009 Strange But True 1

A Chicken Walks Into A KFC Every Day For A Year

And what’s the chicken called? Heather Mills? No. Feather Mills? Ho-ho. No. Feather Quills? No. Enough already. More »

18th, September 2009 Reviews 5

Barbie Schoolboy Turns Into A Girl Over Summer Holidays

THE tabloids brings news of the 12-year-old boy who changed sex during the summer holidays. Beats riding a pony and getting your ears pieced, kids. The Sun has more... More »

18th, September 2009 Key Posts 3

Susan Boyle Fakes It And Robbie Williams Fears

Susan Boyle's a TV fake on America’s Got Talent, Elaine Paige recalls, The Beatles are the Four Susan Boyles and Robbie Williams foresees a nervous breakdown... More »

18th, September 2009 Celebrities 8

Katie Price's Alleged Rapist Speaks Out

Katie Price says she was raped by a “very famous” celebrity and the clues to the rapist’s identity come thicker and faster than Jack Tweed on his way to jail... More »

18th, September 2009 Celebrities 8

The Kanye West Meme Gallery (Updated)

Kanye West is now the subject of an internet game, a meme. You have to take the phrase "I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish but [insert name] had one of the best [insert object] of all time…" and apply the words to a new tableau. More »

18th, September 2009 Celebrities 1

Jessica Simpson Appeals For Her Lost Baby On Oprah Winfrey

Any more of this and Jessica Simpson will be quoting Kate McCann and demanding an appearance on Oprah Winfrey, where she will dab at her eyes with one of her new range of tissues before timeline images produced by an out-of-work former FBI photoshop expert... More »

17th, September 2009 Key Posts 8

Loch Ness Gollum Monster Washes Up In Panama: Pictures

Huge mysterious hairless creature washes up dead on Panama shore... More »

17th, September 2009 Money

Brixton Launches Its Own Currency

Brixton in South London has brought out its own local currency to stimulate trade in local shops... More »

17th, September 2009 Celebrities 1

Z Cars And Italian Job Writer Troy Kennedy Martin RIP

Troy Kennedy Martin, notable for penning Z-Cars and The Italian Job. Dead from cancer at 77... More »

17th, September 2009 Reviews 4

Private Kevin Elliott's Funeral Dress

His best friend dressed in a bright green dress and pink leg warmers to honour an agreement that the two of them had made should one of them die... More »

17th, September 2009 Strange But True 2

China Athlete Speared By Javelin, Pictures

Liao, laydees and germs is a human kebab. The London Olympics has much to prove if Chain is to beaten in terms of raw athletic showmanship... More »

17th, September 2009 Celebrities 9

Queen Mother Swore At Jimmy Carter And Fancied Princess Diana

Reading on we learn that a new biography of the Queen Mum has been penned and it includes in its 1,096 pages, shocks aplenty... More »

17th, September 2009 Celebrities

Paparazzi Shots With Zinedine Zidane

Continuing our occasional look at questionable paparazzi pictures of famous people relaxing... More »

17th, September 2009 Celebrities 8

Susan Boyle's Pre-Recorded Song For America's Got Talent Final

Susan Boyle sings for America's Got Talent - doesn't win again... More »

17th, September 2009 Reviews 2

Patients Choose Doctor, One In Ten Doctors Left With No Patients

Happy days for stalkers and all of you who’d quite like to meet House, the doctor who for many years appeared as ‘Hugh Laurie’ in popular TV shows. More »

17th, September 2009 Celebrities 13

All The Clues To Help Identify Katie Price's Rapist

Another day and with it another clue in tracking down Katie Price’s celebrity rapist. Rape victims of ordinary non-celebrity sex attackers need not be bitter... More »

16th, September 2009 Strange But True 9

Woman Divorces Husband For Using Cooking Pots To Poo In

Oluwakemi Ogundele tells the Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband, Oluwafemi will not would not stop defecating in the family’s cooking pots... More »

16th, September 2009 Hello!

Jennifer Aniston Compares Herself To Bambi

“But now that I’m that bit older, my fears have dropped away and I fell I have all this freedom to explore the world - like Bambi going out to explore the forest.” More »

16th, September 2009 Hello!

Elisabetta Briatore Show Us Around Flavio's Home

Inside the Briatore’s home we realise that Flavio, never seen with a beard, has created a place where a man can shave wherever he sees fit... More »

16th, September 2009 Hello! 1

Freddie Windsor And Sophie Winkleman's Special Hello!

How do you promote Lord Freddie Windsor’s marriage to Sophie Winkleman if the happy couple have declined to sell the rights to their do to Hello! magazine? More »

16th, September 2009 Reviews 1

Michael Moore Tanks On Leno

How do you ensure your ratings drop by 42% on your second prime time show? Here's how... More »

16th, September 2009 Strange But True 1

Man Loses Son Buying Drugs

Dino Vincente is looking for his car. Dino’s car features four wheels, seats and a six-year-old boy... More »