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28th, July 2009 Celebrities 4

The Susan Boyle Statue

Boyle Watch: July through to August are the Dog Days for British media. When a child goes missing, the excitement is palpable... More »

28th, July 2009 Celebrities

Michael Jackson Died Three Times And Jennifer Aniston Is Pregnant

This Week In The National Enquirer: Michael Jackson died three times, Jennifer Aniston is pregnant, Britney Spears kidnap fears and Jessica Simpson deflates... More »

28th, July 2009 Celebrities

Katie Price Fancies Rose West And Julia Roberts

The tabloids continue to jump all over Katie Price, aka Jordan, like a toddler trapped on a trampoline with a fat kid it just can’t get off. More »

28th, July 2009 Sports

Jermain Defoe Arrested By Celebrity Police Force

The Mirror calls them “bungling cops”. But Anorak readers will recognise them for what they are: the Celebrity Police Force. Their mission is to be photographed with as many famous people as possible. Today, the CPF meets Jermain Defoe... More »

28th, July 2009 Celebrities

Free Ticket To Michael Jackson 51st Birthday Show Las Vegas

Introducing the official poster and package deal to the official first paid event - Steve Freiss's Las Vegas show - that exploits (surely "pays tribute to"? -ed) the death of Jackson. More »

27th, July 2009 Celebrities

Octomum's Kids Get $250 A Day Each For Reality TV Show

Octomum Clown Car Vagina is making money. And TMZ is doing the maths - badly. Anorak's Man in The Circus Tent looks on... More »

27th, July 2009 Reviews 1

Mumbai Tourist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab Is Gunman, Terrorist And Jew

Mohammed do we call Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, aka Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, aka Ajmal Amir Kasav, is a terorist who played a role in the Mumbai attacks... More »

27th, July 2009 Strange But True 2

Firefighter Shoots Man For Riding Bike On Busy Road

Diez, an Asheville, North Carolina firefighter, was so concerned that a cyclist was riding along a bust road with his child that he shot him... More »

27th, July 2009 Sports 1

Olympic Athletes Win Worst TV Advert Ever

With the London 2012 Olympics in the news, TV watchers can once more see the Ultralase advert featuring Olympians Jonathan Edwards and Steve Redgrave... More »

27th, July 2009 Key Posts 2

Missing Child Rhys Moorhead News Watch

Rhys Moorehead is missing: Anorak's at -a-glance look at the news coverage. More »

27th, July 2009 Reviews 1

Rhys Moorhead Is Missing

Police are "increasingly concerned" about the five-year-old boy who was last seen playing in his grandparents' garden in Celandine Close, Marton, Middlesbrough this morning... More »

27th, July 2009 Strange But True 1

Wisconsin Road Sign Spells Every Name Wrong

The sign to Business Highway 51, aka Buisness 51, in Rothschild (Rothschield) and Schofield (Schofeild), Wisconsin, spells the word “exit” correctly. More »

27th, July 2009 Celebrities 5

Farrah Fawcett Leaves Nothing Of Her '$50million' Estate To Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal might have had good reason to attempt to marry Farrah Fawcett on her deathbed: he was not mentioned in Farrah's will... More »

27th, July 2009 Celebrities 3

Madonna And Jesus Touch Earth In Spain

Madonna, boyfriend Jesus Luz and friends are seen arriving at Zaragoza, Spain. Having given up on being as big as God, Madonna is now dating his son... More »

27th, July 2009 Politicians

BBC Rejects Bias In Mandelson Global Warming Pledge

Biased BBC? Nothing of it... More »

27th, July 2009 Celebrities 4

The Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait In Dots

Michael Jackson Tribute Watch: you’ve had your vibrating thrills, spread the butter and now you can take part in The Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait – because every dot is a person… More »

27th, July 2009 Fashion 1

The Condom Fashion Show

Can condoms make good fashion? Or is a condom solely to be worn as a hat? More »

27th, July 2009 Reviews 3

The Last Zebra In Gaza Is A Donkey

The last zebra in Gaza’s Yet Marah Zoo is a donkey with painted black and white stripes... More »

27th, July 2009 Reviews 1

The Save The World Awards In Pictures And Jacksons

For the first Save The World Awards, we journey by plane, foot and piggyback to the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant in Lower Austria, a place built but never used. More »

27th, July 2009 Celebrities

Michael Jackson's Buried With Eco-Friendly Lyrics

Michael Jackson on Lupus & MJ, Jackson's ghost talks to Amy Winehouse, Omer Bhatti and his "eco-friendly lyrics"... More »

27th, July 2009 Celebrities

Blake Fielder Civil Saw Amy Winehouse 'Die', In Pictures

Blake Fiedler-Civil tells Sun readers “AMY 'DIED' IN MY ARMS” and joins his name to a the list of Great British literary drug addicts, we hear from that other man in Winehouse’s life, her dad Mitch... More »

27th, July 2009 Sports

Paul Gascoigne's England Beat Germany In Geordie World Cup

To St James' Park, where Paul Gascoigne’s England has defeated Germany 3-2... More »

26th, July 2009 Celebrities

Candy Spelling Writes Tori Spelling Into Her Paris Hilton Sitcom

Candy Spelling is writing another chapter in her own sitcom. She has form... More »

26th, July 2009 Reviews 2

Nettle Warrior Relives Battle Of The Somme

RIP Harry Patch. For you trench warfare was trench warfare. For the Nettle Warrior last fighter competition the Battle of the Somme is an obstacle course near Wolverhampton... More »

25th, July 2009 Celebrities 7

Michael Jackson Buried In Rock Hall Of Fame

Jackson Tribute Watch: Jackson’s hair is to be turned into diamonds... More »