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28th, June 2014 manchester united

Manchester United Balls: Player Send Out Epic Pop-Out Old Trafford Wedding Invites

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28th, June 2014 In Pictures 1

Bannockburn 2014 Photos: Reliving The Bloody Battle For Scotland's Independence

Bannockburn 2014 Photos: Reliving The Bloody Battle For Scotland's Independence... More »

28th, June 2014 Music

Glastonbury Pain: Help Us Find The Sorrowful Man In These Photos

Who is is? And why is he so sad..? More »

28th, June 2014 Celebrities

Adrian… er, Adrian Chiles…uh…gives…. er, gives… uh… pause for… uh…thought

Listen to Radio 4’s ‘Today’ or ‘PM’ flagship current affairs programmes and you will hear the mellifluous Scottish tones of two presenters in an increasingly intensive competition to break the world record for dead air by the simple expedient of… pausing… between… almost every… other… word... More »

28th, June 2014 Celebrities

Barry Humphries Bans Lazy Comedians From Using The F-Word

Try harder... More »

28th, June 2014 manchester united

Manchester United Balls: Luke Shaw Loses £6m And Plays For His Old School

The richest teen in football... More »

28th, June 2014 Celebrities

Sky Ferreira Defends 'Uncle' Terry Richardson

She said that she's worked with Richardson since she was 17 and never felt "forced or manipulated into anything"... More »

27th, June 2014 In Pictures

Glastonbury 2014: Great Photos Of People In The Rain And Mud Featuring The World's Most Regretful Man

Scroll down for some great photos of people in the rain and the mud. Some enjoy it - most of them are under 10. The man at the end is less chuffed. He is the world's msot regretful man... More »

27th, June 2014 Flashback 1

Guilty Pleasures: 5 Musicians Of The 70s You’re Supposed To Hate (But Secretly Love)

Everyone remembers that scene in Tommy Boy where Farley and Spade declare their distaste for The Carpenters. After all, The Carpenters are “lame”. Only the biggest loser would actually like The Carpenters. Fast forward a bit, and they’re singing their little hearts out to “Superstar”.... More »

27th, June 2014 Celebrities

Phil Collins Donates his Alamo Collection to Texas

He said: "Some people would buy Ferraris, some people would buy houses, I bought old bits of metal and old bits of paper. It's at my home, in my basement in Switzerland. I look at it every day, but no one else was enjoying it." Collins' love grew from being a kid watching Fess Parker play Davy Crockett in the '55 Disney show 'Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'.... More »

27th, June 2014 Arsenal

Transfer Balls: Mario Balotelli Plays Joins Manchester United's Hernandez In Newlook Arsenal Front 5

TRANSFER Balls: A round-up of Mario Balotelli news in the scoop-to-deadline mainstream media... More »

27th, June 2014 Celebrities

Mug Shot: Bill Gates Arrested For Driving Without A License, 1977

So. Why was Bill nicked? More »

27th, June 2014 Key Posts 1

Mic Wright's Remotely Furious: The Weird World of Meet the Mormons

WATCHING Meet The Mormons (Channel 4) felt like taking part in a bizarre game of Where’s Wally? as the camera caught glimpses of the Church PR people lurking just out of shot... More »

27th, June 2014 Key Posts

Killer Nazi Child-Eating Rats Take Over Britain: The tale Of The Daily Star's Toothy Shockers

RATS! Everywhere you look...rats! More »

27th, June 2014 The Consumer

For Sale: Bid For This Signed Photos Of Jesus

ON August 17, you can bid for an “autographed” portrait of Jesus. It's signed “With love, J”... More »

27th, June 2014 Celebrities 1

12 Vintage TV Publicity Photos That Must Be Seen

FROM the Sonny & Cher show, here’s mom and Chastity (now Chaz) before the female-to-male gender transition. Is it wrong that I still find Cher sexy in a Tweety Bird outfit? Don’t answer that. But do enjoy a handful of great publicity photographs from the 1960s - 1980s. Some are odd, some awesome – all are interesting... More »

26th, June 2014 Sports

World Cup Balls: Paul Merson Forgets England 1984 And Thinks Mexico And Brazil Are Rubbish

WORLD Cup Balls presents the wit of Paul Merson - billed in the Daily Star as "Our top columnist",. He "shoots from the lip"... More »

26th, June 2014 Flashback 2

The 5 Greatest Episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 - 1981)

AS impossible as it is for me to believe, Glen Larson’s version of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 – 1981) turns thirty-five years old this year... More »

26th, June 2014 Liverpool

Luis Suarez 'Don't Bite Me': Tom Rosenthal's Songs For Football's Biggest Entertainer

A psychoanalysts dream you gotta lie down, tell them what it means... More »

26th, June 2014 Sports

Face Of The Day: Luis Suarez And The Making Of A Global Signature Move

FACE of the day: When Luis Suarez appeared to bite an Italian, his signature move went global... More »

26th, June 2014 manchester united

Transfer Balls: Manchester United Buy Ander Herrera For Less Than They Bought Him For Last Year

Spanish Balls... More »

26th, June 2014 Fashion 1

Drive the Chicks Wild! Vintage Menswear Adverts

THE obvious way to sell men’s clothing is to proclaim that the garments will somehow turn the average guy into an irresistible Studasaurous. From the late Sixties to early Eighties, when Baby Boomers were in their sexual prime, this marketing tactic went into hyperdrive. Boomers were ready to mate, and menswear adverts proclaimed that their apparel was the gateway to sweet, sweet lovemaking. Here are a few examples... More »

26th, June 2014 Flashback

Epic Intros: Then Came Bronson (1969)

Keep working on that.... More »

26th, June 2014 Liverpool

Liverpool Balls: Reds Erase Luis Suarez From Club Website

SO. How did Lvierpool FC report on the Luis Suarez biting incident at the 2014 World Cup?... More »

26th, June 2014 Strange But True

Illionois Journalism School Misspelled Own Name On Diplomas

Regret the error... More »