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13th, February 2014 Celebrities

Zimmerman And DMX To Fight: Race Wars For Profit

Now, quite why a man who is only known for murdering someone is considered a celebrity is another matter, but here we are. Celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman has told CNN that George Zimmerman will fight DMX in his forthcoming match... More »

13th, February 2014 Celebrities 1

Because They All Look The Same: London Paper Mistakes Dwight Henry For Chiwetel Ejiofor

IN this episode of 'They all look alike regardless of facial features, height, age, skin tones, hair voices and bodies' the Lambeth Weekender salutes Forest Gate's Chiwetel Ejiofor for his work on the film 12 Years A Slave... More »

13th, February 2014 The Consumer

The Diamond And Platinum Star Trek Ring Exists

STUCK for that meaningful bit of dazzler for your significant other? One Etsy seller solve the puzzler with this Star Trek ring... More »

13th, February 2014 Music

Radiohead Release Mildly Diverting Music App, Probably Dubbed 'Revolutionary'

RADIOHEAD, sulkiest of the sulky, a band so pious that they've had their blood replaced with sour grape juice, have released a new thing. They've not bothered with vinyl or CD or even a download which pretends to be free. No, they've worked with studio Universal Everything to create a ‘living, breathing, growing touchscreen environment’... More »

13th, February 2014 The Consumer

Bad Ads: Triscuit Crackers 'Put Sweet Potato In The Last Place You'd Expect'

Once you get over the shock, get over to the cracker aisle" - where our team of proctologists are waiting... More »

13th, February 2014 Reviews

Do You Know The Greenwich Duck Killers?

"Hello there. Just to let you know we've killed two more ducks tonight, and if you put up any more notices we're going to kill some more...." More »

13th, February 2014 Strange But True

Devon Woman Who Hated His Fiancee Cancelled Brother's Wedding

TO Plymouth, Devon, where Ann Duffy, of Plymouth, is in the dock. The court hears that Duffy cancelled her brother' wedding because she did not like his choice of wife... More »

13th, February 2014 Flashback

19 Classic Photos I Found From February 1970

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13th, February 2014 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: 13th February 2014

THE Anorak's pictures of the day brings you the best photographs from the UK and the rest of the world... More »

13th, February 2014 Books

Read a Highly Distressing Coloring Book from 1953

THE point of this colouring book was to teach the youngsters of 1953 good safety lessons via the alphabet. From a perspective of 60 years later, some of these lessons seem, well, I think "distressing" is the best word I can come up with. See for yourself... More »

12th, February 2014 Reviews 1

Daily Mail Epic Typo: British Suicide Bomber 'Blew Himself' In Syria

If only... More »

12th, February 2014 Film 3

When You Wish Upon A Star: Exploring the Spirituality of Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

THE second-highest grossing film of 1977 (right behind George Lucas’s Star Wars) was Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of The Third Kind, a science fiction film concerning mankind’s first official contact with alien life-forms... More »

12th, February 2014 Celebrities

Who Wants To Hear The Worst Song Of 2014? You Do, Miley Cyrus

Cyrus has become a punchline, it's true. However, the former Disney employee is slowly growing into a woman and making some clunky mistakes along the way, as well as some roaring successes... More »

12th, February 2014 Flashback

17 Classic Photos I Found From December 1980

WE’VE trawled the archives to bring you these great photos of faces and places from December 1980. All captions are from the AP or Press Association, and the original words form the date of publication. What a year that was for misery.. More »

12th, February 2014 TV & Radio

Mic Wright's Remotely Furious: Funny Girls, Silly Girls, Insulting Girls With Lena Dunham

I'M not quite hate watching Girls yet but I’m on the cusp. The trouble is, for all the great lines and characters I really like despite their broken biscuit misfit personalities (or perhaps because of them), Lena Dunham has this habit of casually insulting her audience... More »

12th, February 2014 Flashback

On This Day In Photos: John Lennon Sings Instant Karma! With A Sanitary Towel On Top Of The Pops

Recorded at London's Abbey Road studios on Jan 27th 1970, Lennon - now with the Plastic Ono Band - turned the song around fast: "I wrote it for breakfast, recorded it for lunch, and we're putting it out for dinner... I knew I had a hit record.. More »

12th, February 2014 The Consumer

Meanwhile...At The Pot Noodle Museum, Japan

JAPAN'S Pot Noodle Museum is an entertaining place. The Yokohama testament to instant noodles in a pot offers visitors the chance to try out 12 toppings and various flavours on offer. There are seasonal treats, such as the St Valentine's Day noodlerama, featuring "heart-shaped chicken ramen"... More »

12th, February 2014 Strange But True 5

Jersey Tourists Ride Double Decker Bus To Peek Into Woman's Garden

SHARON Lovett, of St Brelade, Jersey, says ever since the double-decker buses were introduced in 2010, people on the top deck have been peeing over her garden wall to see her relaxing in the her swimming pool. She say the problem began when double decker buses were introduced in 2010... More »

11th, February 2014 Arsenal

Arsenal Balls: Robbie Savage Tips Gunners To Finish 1st, Second And Fifth

ROBBIE Savage Watch: in this week's opinion to deadline, Savage tells his Daily Mirror readers about Arsenal... More »

11th, February 2014 Celebrities

Natalie Wood's Beef Stroganoff

"WHEN I entertain formally, it's a place-card affair," said Natalie Wood in 1966... More »

11th, February 2014 Flashback

38 Classic Photos I Found From 1926

WE’VE trawled the archives to bring you these great photos of faces and places from 1926. All captions are from the AP or Press Association, and the original words form the date of publication. What a year that was... More »

11th, February 2014 Reviews

Pussy Riot Disown Former Members (Jealous That They Didn't Look Hard In Prison, Probably)

Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova were criticised in an open letter, with the Pussy Riot members discussing the pair's departure to focus on prison reform and human rights abuse, after the duo started the non-governmental human rights group Zona Prava (Justice Zone)... More »

11th, February 2014 Celebrities 1

Samuel L Jackson Takes Down Host While We Get All The Non-Whites Confused

"I BELIEVE that tape is going to have a life of it's own" And so spake KTLA reporter, Sam Rubin, after dropping a bollock so large in his new job, that everyone's toes curled so hard, that the entire universe now has clubbed feet... More »

11th, February 2014 Celebrities

How Mary Quant's Mini-Skirt Made London 'Atwinkle With Thighs' And Swing

Quant would later write: “Maybe Courreges did do mini-skirts first, but if he did, no one wore them”... More »

11th, February 2014 Key Posts

Checking The Mail: Jan Moir's Dating Advice

I’D take dating advice from the reanimated corpse of Lucretia Borgia before I turned to Jan Moir for lessons in love. Still, it doesn’t stop Dacre’s most delightful attack dog from offering unwanted advice to the great and not-so-good. This week’s instalment is Ms Moir pontificating about the alleged peccadilloes of Wendi Deng who apparently went ding dong for Tony Blair’s…legs... More »