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16th, May 2012 Film

Cannes 2012: Day 1 photos - Bill Murray works the lens in Moonrise Kingdom

Bill Murray and Bruce Willis stole the show effortlessly as director and writer Wes Anderson (he co-wrote it with Roman Coppola)and co-star Edward Norton worked the cameras for Moonrise Kingdom.. More »

16th, May 2012 Money

The Queen's Speech In Austere pictures

AUSTERITY! Austerity! Austerity! The Queen's well-spoken plans for the country, as outlined in her Queen's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, we're all about austerity... More »

16th, May 2012 Flashback 2

The story of Prince Charles' comedy - from The Goons to nowhere

Prince Charles has declared modern comedy to be witless, smutty and cruel. He appeared bewildered by the banter of national treasure Peter Kay when they met at a charity concert. He is a man out of time... More »

16th, May 2012 Fashion

Amy Childs brings back the 1970s hairy mons with her Vajazzle glitter - photos

Childs, wipe-clean star of The Only Way is Essex (fact: Amy is coated in the same stuff they use to make classroom white boards) is promoting her Hair Vajazzles... More »

16th, May 2012 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: The kidnappers dismantled the door - really?

Hands up who knows for certain exactly what happened to Madeleine McCann. There! The one with his hand up. Get him! Ooops! Sorry, Jerry Lawton, the Daily Star's man on the Our Maddie beat... More »

16th, May 2012 Celebrities

Uh-oh! More developments with John Travolta and the reverse massagers!

Massage is always a word that has raised the eyebrows of the eternally mucky minded, but since John Travolta got accused of all-manner of stuff, the world has been introduced to the notion of a 'reverse massage', which sounds filthy... More »

16th, May 2012 Film

In photos - Men In Black 3D with Will Smith on hurdles

This is the life, eh, stood in an expensive hotel looking at actors, like Barry Sonnenfeld, Alice Eve, Will Smith, Emma Thompson and Josh Brolin, mugging it up for the cameras... More »

16th, May 2012 Royal Family

In photos - The Queen's trip to Burnley

It's all part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, during which the Queen will wear lots of diamonds. Hurrah!... More »

16th, May 2012 The Consumer

Manchester police seek duo selling Apples as potatoes

PSSSST! Wanna buy a potato? No. What about a laptop? Ok. Done. One man in Manchester was... More »

16th, May 2012 Sports

Jimmy Greaves plays the England Euro 2012 team anthem

The England Squad for the Euro 2012 championships have been announced. Sadly, no Joey Barton... More »

16th, May 2012 Money

Can you pay your bill with pennies?

You cannot pay your bills with pennies. Well, actually you can, but you can't insist on doing so. The original story in the Mail... More »

16th, May 2012 Reviews 1

How police works: Ian Blair's advertorial in the Times

How police works, with Lord Ian Blair, billed at the foot of his column in the Times as "a former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, 2005-08, a crossbench peer and chairman of BlueLight Global Solutions"... More »

16th, May 2012 Reviews 12

Kyron Horman - When police fall apart

"No wonder they haven't found Kyron in all most two years..." More »

16th, May 2012 Photojournalism 1

Photos of the day - back boobs for Chelsea fans

Photos of the day are presented by: back boobs; a happy dog; the most over-qualified man on Earth; when Stallone met Ali; internet man is busy; Chelsea fans should enjoy this; the Glasgow munchy box; Zimbabwe bills; and... More »

16th, May 2012 Politicians

When Beckham's LA Galaxy met Barack Obama few dared move - video

When David Beckham, Robbie Keane and the rest of the LA Galaxy Football team met Barack Obama, the mood was breezy... More »

16th, May 2012 Reviews

Melbourne builders destroy two Banksy artworks

To Prahran, Australia, where workemen have stuck pipe through one of Banksy's artworks... More »

16th, May 2012 Technology

The yellow Lamborghini Gallardo sandwich - video

So. You got a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo and set off for a drive in Chicago... More »

16th, May 2012 In Pictures 1

All of Stan Lee's appearances on film - photos

Lee, former president and chairman of Marvel Comics, creator of such comic book heroes as Spider-Man, the Hulk and the X-Men, appears in the films of the books. If you blink you might have missed him... More »

16th, May 2012 TV & Radio 4

TV Review: Sex Lies And Rinsing Guys, Channel 4

Manipulation for gain is not a modern invention. Snake Oil vendors flogged bottles of nothing to people with bold claims and got the fresh hell out of town before anyone could hand them their sorry arses... More »

16th, May 2012 Gifs

Gifs of the day - dancing boy's casual violence

The best gifs of the day... More »

16th, May 2012 Film

Tom Wilson's Back To The Future business cards explain it all

Tom Wilson. Who he? Film buffs will know that Tom Wilson played Biff in the Back To The Future trilogy. His business cards are legend. On them is an explanation of The Back to The Future plot... More »

16th, May 2012 TV & Radio

Impaled deer rescue caught on video - 'No. The back legs, dummy'

Here's a video of a deer caught on a fence being rescued... More »

16th, May 2012 Reviews 2

Rebekah Brooks: The Sun remembers that prejudicial reporting hurts lives (Murat, Jefferies and Shoesmith might laugh)

SO. How does the Sun (prop. Rupert Murdoch; former ed. Rebekah. Brooks; current ed. Dominic Mohan - hired by former New International Chief Exec. Brooks and Murdoch) report on the news that Rebekah Brooks has been charged with three counts of perverting the course of justice..? More »

15th, May 2012 Politicians

Samantha Cameron's tattoo - photo

You'll know when tattoos have jumped the shark when Samantha Cameron sports one on her foot... More »

15th, May 2012 Reviews

Inside South Korea's Little Buddha Camp - photos

Hye is one of the nine children who entered the temple to experience a monks' life for three weeks, called Little Buddha Camp... More »