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11th, May 2012 Key Posts 1

If ‘tan mum’ wants a burnt-to-the-crisp complexion, that's her choice

With her burnt-to-a-crisp complexion, New Jersey’s ‘tanorexic’ mum Patricia Krentcil looks like a poster girl for anti-tanning campaigns... More »

11th, May 2012 Celebrities

Chenille Steele pays tribute to Simon Cowell

Chenille Steel returns to pay tribute to Simon Cowell. She's moved on from footballers. This is NSFW... More »

11th, May 2012 Key Posts

George Galloway presents the Enfield Poltergeist

Galloway canvases a long overlooked demographic... More »

11th, May 2012 Strange But True

Sweden records biggest ever seizure of cowboy hats

“This is our largest seizure of cowboy hats,”said Morten Nystuen of the Kongsvinger customs in Sweden... More »

11th, May 2012 Reviews

Man ran down sister after her cat urinated on his computer

When Sydney resident Hannah Richardson's cat urinated on her 20-year-old brother Oliver's computer, he grabbed the cat and tossed it into his car... More »

11th, May 2012 Sports

3000 brave England fans head to near-certain death in Ukraine

So. Why are just 3,000 England fans heading to Ukraine to watch England play in the Euro 2012 football tournament?.. More »

10th, May 2012 Royal Family 10

Caption this - Prince Charles reads the BBC weather

"Mine" More »

10th, May 2012 Film

Sacha Baron Cohen's Dictator shoots Al Fayed in the face - photos

To the premier of The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen's new flick based on the life and daydream of the late Colonel Gaddafi. For reasons that need little explaining, Baron Cohen shared the red carpet with Mohamed Al-Fayed.. More »

10th, May 2012 Film

Dark Shadow Premier in photos - Carry On Trio order the usual

The London Premier of Dark Shadows saw Johnny Depp, Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter rocks up to Empire Leicester Square, London. The trio are the closest thing Hollywood has to a Carry On crew... More »

10th, May 2012 Sports

The tabloids hate Roy Hodgson - Volume 2: Brian Woolnough's scouting mission

They really do hate Hodgson.... More »

10th, May 2012 Celebrities

Britney Spears gets $15m X Factor deal, but she still isn't allowed a cash card

Cowell loves 'em mental. Look at the women he's surrounded himself with. Paula 'mental' Abdul. Cheryl 'toilet attendant' Cole. Nicole 'the only woman who could possibly find Lewis Hamilton even vaguely sexual' Scherzinger... More »

10th, May 2012 Reviews 2

The free mass Circumcision festival in Indonesia highlights a problem

In Indonesia a free mass circumcision sponsored by state-owned gas company PGN in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, has made us wince. It's performed in accordance with Muslim law... More »

10th, May 2012 Money

If Facebook's worth $96 billion then Apple's worth $2.7 trillion

The big thing in the tech investing markets at the moment is the long awaited Facebook IPO... More »

10th, May 2012 Celebrities 3

Courtney Love's debut gallery how - photos

Love, deceased Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain's erstwhile love interest, has created a portfolio of art for her debut gallery show... More »

10th, May 2012 In Pictures

Tom Gable is Laura Jane Grace - photos

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10th, May 2012 Celebrities 4

Against Me! singer to change gender even though America can't handle the idea of gay marriage

Against Me! singer, Tom Gabel, announces that after years of living with gender dysphoria for years, he is to become she and start living life as Laura Jane Grace. More »

10th, May 2012 Key Posts

Lana Del Rey sings in Lindsay Lohan's mouth - gifs

When Lizzy Grant failed to make it pop, her managers, stylists and money men recreated her as internet sensation Lana Del Rey... More »

10th, May 2012 Reviews

10 reasons to ban gay marriage

1. Being gay is not natural... More »

10th, May 2012 Flashback

World War 2 in colour - The Russian experience

May 9 is a big deal in the former Soviet Union where over 26 million men women and children died in the horror - 8.5 million were soldiers.... More »

10th, May 2012 Reviews

How many paedophile rapists are on the loose in Lancashire?

The Rochdale rapists who targeted underage girls are in prison. But how many more remain at large? The tabloids play a guessing game... More »

10th, May 2012 Madeleine McCann

Madeline McCann: Karsten Mayer is the Media's victim of the moment

One day all the men and women linked in print to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will form a therapy group... More »

10th, May 2012 In Pictures

Anja Rubik - the photos of her leg

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10th, May 2012 Reviews

Aberdeen woman gives up alcohol for an entire month - local news story of the day

The Aberdeen Evening Express has big news.... More »

10th, May 2012 Gifs

Gif of the Day - the tower dive into an Olympic pool

Suspend belief.... More »

10th, May 2012 Strange But True

Keith Manual arrested for robbing Dallas police station with an imaginary gun

Manuel approached the desk and told the officer on duty that he was carrying a gun under a white towel spread over his hands... More »