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7th, May 2009 Celebrities

American Idol: Paula Abdul Presents Sci-Fi Night

When Britney Spears mimed her impression of a menstrual Max Wall on The X Factor, we thought it a performance that could not be topped... More »

7th, May 2009 Reviews

Vision Of Virgin Mary Saves Journalist

So who will save the press? Why, the Virgin Mary will. VM is a keen blogger, who has appeared to Jonathan Tilove in the form of a coffee stain... More »

7th, May 2009 Celebrities

Katie Holmes Is Kept In The Dark

Crusie's wife, the actress Katie Holmes, is to star in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, a thriller... More »

7th, May 2009 Celebrities 1

Mark Ronson Is Peta's Dumb Animal Of The Month

Here's Mark Ronson telling dog owners, "You wouldn't wear your dog, please don't wear any fur." More »

7th, May 2009 Key Posts 52

Pictures Of All The Madeleine McCann Suspects

McCann Watch: In which Anorak looks at the efits and suspects so far... More »

7th, May 2009 Sports

FAIL: female sports reporter takes one for the team

Good header… More »

7th, May 2009 Sports 1

Lily Allen slags off footballers' wives

Victoria Beckham and co. get both barrels from pop's biggest mouth… More »

7th, May 2009 Strange But True 3

Woman Finds GOD In DOG Salami

Nancy Simoes is frying salami. She notices that letters are forming in the three discs of meat, hoof and innards... More »

7th, May 2009 Key Posts 15

Madeleine McCann: The Story In Pictures

Madeleine McCann went missing and the single thread story began to be spun by a voracious media, taken up by mawkish commentatorts and MPs, enjoyed by armchair detectives and turned into a public spectacle, Anroak has folwoed the story of the girl who became the media's Our Maddie. We now bring you the Madeleine McCann story in pictures... More »

7th, May 2009 Sports

Chelsea unveil new shirt sponsor

Beaten Champions League team finds the perfect sponsor… More »

7th, May 2009 Celebrities 3

KFC: Oprah Winfrey Sparks Fried Chicken Riots

Winfrey took time out from poking people in the tear ducts to give out coupons for a free KFC lunch today... More »

7th, May 2009 Sports

Brazil Football: Corinthians Set Fire To Captain

In Brazil, Corinthians' title celebrations go wrong as the trophy catches fire, and so too the captain... More »

6th, May 2009 Celebrities

Natalie Portman Is Between Two Ferns: Video

NATALIE Portman Is Between Two Ferns, with Zach Galifianakis... More »

6th, May 2009 Celebrities 1

Sarah Jessica Parker Impregnates Kennel Maid

What reaction to the news that the surrogate carrying Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s twin girls works “in a kennel”... More »

6th, May 2009 Reviews 11

Atlanta Student Shoots Would-Be Mass Murderers And Rapists

To a college house party in Georgia, where two masked and armed men burst in through a patio door... More »

6th, May 2009 Strange But True 2

World's Most Bizarre Name: Shit Fun Chew

Shit Fun Chew is the co-author of Ornithine-urea cycle and urea synthesis in African lungfishesm, as produced by the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore... More »

6th, May 2009 Photojournalism 2

Gordon Brown Stars In Worst Photo Opportunity Ever

ON the day Gordon Brown and members delivers ID cards to the people of Manchester to help the rest of spot geniuine Man United fans from interlopers, we are met with this picture of Leader Number One... More »

6th, May 2009 Celebrities 1

Jennifer Aniston Adopts Nicholas John

Cruel to make National Enquirer readers wait an entire seven days for their next instalment of Jennifer Aniston’s life, but the wait is worth is it as it the magazine’s proud and delightful duty to announce that Ms Jennifer Aniston of the Jolie-Pitt Anistons is “A MOM AT LAST!” More »