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19th, April 2009 Celebrities 14

Britain's Got Talent's Shaheen Jafargholi Beats Susan Boyle

"It doesn’t happen to me very often but I do the goosebump test. I got it with Paul Potts, I got it with George Sampson and I got it with you"... More »

19th, April 2009 Celebrities 2

Susan Boyle's Puppy Love For Donny Osmond And Auditions For Emmerdale

Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle owes her dazzling voice to a teenage obsession with Donny Osmond, her brother reveals today… More »

18th, April 2009 Politicians 2

Labour General Secretary Denies Involvement In Red Rag Smear Site

"ED BALLS, the schools secretary, used Damian McBride, the disgraced spin doctor, to smear ministerial rivals and advance his own ambitions, a Downing Street whistleblower has claimed" More »

18th, April 2009 Celebrities

Susan Boyle Video On CBS

Boyle is on CBS news, in the USA of A... More »

18th, April 2009 Money

Financial Markets Rally On The Susan Boyle Factor

What do equity rallies have in common with the whizzing around in cyberspace of the latest Youtube sensation — a clip of Britain’s Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle wowing... More »

18th, April 2009 Celebrities

Jay Leno Poses For Susan Boyle Album

But if you can't get Boyle, the next bes thign is to be Boyle, as Jay Leno did on his show... More »

18th, April 2009 Strange But True 1

Woman Shot Through Head Makes Police Tea

Tammy Sexton was shot in the head. She survived. And when the police arrived she made herself tea and offered the cops something to drink... More »

18th, April 2009 Reviews

Pornographic BBC TV News Presenter

"He was wearing a two tone top with dark coloured loose fitting trousers"... More »

18th, April 2009 Madeleine McCann 6

Oprah Winfrey Wears Madeleine McCann T-Shirt

Two years on from the disappearance of the three-year-old girl from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal, it has become her parents' mantra... More »

18th, April 2009 Politicians

Obama Declares War On Air

The US Environmental Protection Agency has shifted course and deemed carbon dioxide a health risk... More »

18th, April 2009 Celebrities 16

Susan Boyle Watch: Susie Simple Stalked By Demi Moore And Meets Oprah Winfrey

Susan Boyle Watch: Anorak's looks at Britain's Got Talent agonist Susan Boyle in the news... More »

18th, April 2009 Celebrities 1

Susan Boyle Sings On Larry King: Video

"If you don't win Frank Sinatra would have to have been reincarnated again" - Larry King on Susan Boyle More »

17th, April 2009 Celebrities

Oprah Winfrey Twitters Keith Chegwin

Twitter is the future of newspaper industry. Before we get to Oprah Winfrey failing to Twitter Keith Chegwin, here's the plan... More »

17th, April 2009 Reviews

Watership Down Rabbits Sentenced To Death, Wombles Readied

Mike Batt, composer of The Wombles theme tune and the music for Water Ship Down – a tale of everyday rabbit folk – has hired a marksman to kill rabbits on his Surrey estate... More »

17th, April 2009 Celebrities 2

Susan Boyle Records Cry Me A River: Video

Before her outing on Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle (real name: Armani Dolce) sang Cry Me A River in 1999... More »

17th, April 2009 Key Posts 10

G20 Suspected Manslaughter: Ian Tomlinson Died From Internal Bleeding

Tomlinson did no die from a heart attack at the G20 protest. Ian Tomlinson, who was seen being beaten up by police, died from internal bleeding... More »

17th, April 2009 Celebrities 1

Ashton Kutcher Kills Twitter

In today's look at how the media works, Anorak spots CNN leading with "BREAKING NEWS" on the story that CNN is writing about Hollywood pro-celebrity Ashton Kutcher. More »

17th, April 2009 Celebrities

Zac Efron Offers Fans Million Dollar Prize

“If somebody can find my photo that shows me wearing false eyelashes. I will give them a f****** million dollars...” More »

17th, April 2009 Sports 2

Liverpool goalkeeper laughs during Hillsborough memorial

Whaddya know? Some professional footballers are insensitive idiots… More »

17th, April 2009 Reviews 34

Susan Boyle And A Female Hairiness Health Warning

In addition to PCOS [Polycystic ovary syndrome], rarer causes of excessive hairiness include certain tumours and thyroid dysfunction... More »

17th, April 2009 Strange But True

The London Bar That Sprays Drinkers With A Mist Of Alcohol

Punters are literally enveloped in a mist of alcohol are warned to breathe responsibly... More »

17th, April 2009 Politicians

Win A Date With Bill Clinton At American Idol Finale

For a small fee you can help Hillary Clinton pay her bills and win a date with her's and anyone's Bill Clinton... More »

17th, April 2009 Celebrities 2

Jade Goody And The Twiglet Weed In Tweed

“Jack’s new nickname is The Twiglet, or Twiglet Tweed. A lot of the inmates train in case the worst happens and..." More »

17th, April 2009 Sports 1

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham heckled by Liverpool fans at Hillsborough tribute

All Liverpool fans want justice for the 96 fans who died in the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989… More »

17th, April 2009 Politicians

Greens: Budget Flying Is Committing Murder

When asked if flying to Spain was as bad as knifing a person in the street, Ms Lucas said: "Yes - because they are dying from climate change"... More »