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5th, February 2014 Celebrities

Cee Lo Green: Don't Leave Him With Your Girlfriend

REMEMBER Cee Lo Green? All happy and smiley and the voice of songs like Crazy and F- You? Well, Green it seems, is a bit of pest around the ladies and has again been called to deny that he's up to no good with them... More »

5th, February 2014 Reviews 1

Baby Giraffe Could Have Fallen Into Bexley Sinkhole

THANKS to the Bexley News Shopper's Khaleda Rahman we have a new unit of measurement; baby giraffes... More »

5th, February 2014 Sports

How Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Outsmarted The Sun's Manchester City Fans

WHEN Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 at the Etihad, they were deserved winners. City's 100% home record was gone. And a few experts in the media realised that football at the top level is often about tactics... More »

5th, February 2014 Film 3

12 Stupendous Movie Tagline Fails

THEY had one job. Just write a single sentence about a movie. It’s not quantum physics. After millions of dollars spent and many months of filming and editing, it comes down to the humble tagline writer to simply scrawl a few words together... More »

5th, February 2014 Film 1

Three Hats For Lisa: Swinging London And Sid James Gives The Greatest Musical Performance In Cinema History

IS this the greatest musical performance in cinema history? Joe Brown, Sid James, Una Stubbs and Dave Nelson hit the big screen in colour with the 1964 release of Three Hats For Lisa... More »

4th, February 2014 Fashion

Swansea Woman Shatters World Cardigan Wearing Record

She beats the previous record... More »

4th, February 2014 Politicians 1

UKip's Five-Point Plan To Identify Muslims And Chris de Burgh Fans

GERARD Batten, a Ukip who sits on UKip's London board, wants all Muslims to sign a "charter of Muslim understanding". Batten created the charter in 2006, and now thinks it ripe and ready for signing... More »

4th, February 2014 Reviews

Brendan O'Connor Scores The First Interview With Pussy Riot 'Girls' And Then Makes A Complete Hash Of It

AFTER the furore caused by their incarceration, Pussy Riot are free to travel and to talk. Irish talkshow host Brendan O’Connor has the scoop. To him the first interview with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina... More »

4th, February 2014 Celebrities 1

Inside Woody Allen: When The Comic Was A Syndicated Cartoon

BETWEEN 1976 and 1984, Woody Allen was the 2D star of Stuart Hample's comic strip Inside Woody Allen.... More »

4th, February 2014 Flashback

One Hit Wonders: When Ryan Paris Lived La Dolce Vita In A Giant Red Shoe

WHATEVER happened to... Ryan Paris, the singer born Fabio Roscioli who gave full throat to the 1983 smash hit single, Dolce Vita?... More »

4th, February 2014 In Pictures

The Carnival of Vevcani In 40 Hellish Photos

HE carnival procession through the southwestern Macedonia's village of Vevcani is always held on St. Basil'’s day, marking the beginning of the New Year by the Julian calendar.... More »

4th, February 2014 Reviews

Sienfeld Reunion To Happen 'Very Soon' And Confuse Everyone Again

THE one thing that unifies pretty much everyone of a certain age is a healthy curiosity of Sienfeld. If you watched it when it was new, at the time, it was incredibly confusing. No-one really knew what was going on, what it was about or why it was there. But we loved it all the same... More »

4th, February 2014 Sports

No Fishing In The Toilet: Chart Reveals Toilet Rules At Sochi Winter Olympics

HAVING seen the double dunnies at the Sochi Olympics, Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant shares this chart of "Sochi rules in the bathrooms"... More »

4th, February 2014 Reviews 1

Meet Yilmaz, The Dutch Soldier Fighting Jihad In Syria

After eight months, during which they talked every day. Yilmaz felt comfortable enough to be interviewed. But Kaboly wasn't comfortable enough to head to Syria. The interview was conducted by an intermediary. The exchange is predictably soft. But Yilmaz gets to tell his story... More »

4th, February 2014 Flashback

Flashback To1957: The McCormick Skiffle Group Freak Out

The McCormick Skiffle Group were, from left to right, Billy McCormick, Frank Healy, Wesley McCausland, Edward McSherry, and James McCartney.... More »

4th, February 2014 Reviews

Daily Mail Wants More Readers To Use Tablets And Get Cancer

TODAY the Daily Mail wants your children to get more out of you tablet computer... More »

4th, February 2014 Flashback 2

Sex Sells Tobacco: 10 “Smoking Hot” Vintage Adverts

Indeed, we could talk all day about the dubious practice of selling carcinogens, but let’s focus on the one tactic that tobacco peddlers have relied on most. Here are ten fantastically sexy and sexist vintage ads for your viewing pleasure... More »

4th, February 2014 Technology

Irish Dad's Priceless Reaction To His Son Pretending To Fail A Driving Test (Video)

“Do you think we’re getting these €85 that f**kin’ handy…” More »

3rd, February 2014 Reviews

Juxtaposition of The Day: Lloyds Bank Floats On South West England's Flood Pain

Bankers are rotters... More »

3rd, February 2014 Celebrities

Paul McCartney's 1960 Letter To Audition A Drummer For The Beatles Trip To Hamburg

Dear Sir... More »

3rd, February 2014 Film 2

"They're Dead. They're All Messed Up" - How George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Recreates the Unrest of 1968

THE AMC original TV series Mad Men (2007 - ) set its latest season against a disquieting historical backdrop: the turbulent events of the year 1968. Specifically, Matthew Weiner’s award-winning period drama book-ended the season with allusions to two classic genre films from that year: Franklin Schaffner’s Planet of the Apes and Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby. Both are excellent selections that showcase, respectively, global and spiritual apocalypse. Yet there is another film -- one released on October 1st, 1968 -- that also represents perfectly the turmoil of America during that season: George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.... More »

3rd, February 2014 Strange But True

A Sinkhole Swallowing Your Car In High Wycombe Is Another Thing To Worry About

In addition to vandals, fire and theft, the British car driver must now worry about sink holes. Are you insured? Is it an act of God, or the actions of moles? ... More »

3rd, February 2014 Celebrities

Dave Lee Travis Trial: The Chuckle Brothers Arrive In Court Beaming

Sense the mood, lads.... More »

3rd, February 2014 Flashback

Top 10 Joe Meek Records On The Anniversary Of His Death

TODAY marks the anniversary of Joe Meek's death. The first British independent record label, genius producer and thorough crackpot departed this Earth on 3rd February after committing suicide after murdering his landlady at his home studio on Holloway Road... More »

3rd, February 2014 Strange But True

Man Attempts Coitus With Shop Mannequin: Jordan Washing Hair

IS Nothing safe - issue 439c: a thief has been caught attempting coitus with a shop mannequin at a retail park in Brazil... More »