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25th, February 2012 Reviews 4

Man throws woman on Tube track at Leicester Square - video

Who is the man filmed throwing a 23-year-old woman onto the Tube tracks at Leicester Square Station on September 16, 2011? More »

25th, February 2012 Celebrities 6

Katie Price: Home video porn queen Vs Sun on Sunday family values opinionist?

The hiring of Katie Price (aka Jordan) as a Sun columnist for its new Sunday edition is a brilliant coup... More »

25th, February 2012 Film

Oscars 2012: 84th Academy Awards - British nominees reception (photos)

Victoria Beckham and the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, were there. Which of them is the bigger actor, only you can decide... More »

25th, February 2012 TV & Radio

Japanese infomercial of the day

You want one, don't you... More »

25th, February 2012 In Pictures

Adele - the changing face of a star in photos

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25th, February 2012 Flashback 1

Vintage sexist advert of the day - The Hoover Christmas

Vintage sexist advert of the day - The Hoover that keeps on giving... More »

25th, February 2012 Politicians 1

Fairey story: Obama's HOPE artist faces prison

Shepard Fairey was once one of the world's most famous artists. His Barack Obama "HOPE" poster was all over the world. Now he faces prison... More »

25th, February 2012 Strange But True

Kent headmaster kidnapped at gunpoint - schoolchildren don't shoot

A class for nine and ten year olds was interrupted by Mr Close driving an Audi into the school car park. He screeched to a halt.... More »

25th, February 2012 Strange But True

Ice sculpture thieves see evidence melt in police storeroom

To Salem, Massachusetts, where.Psychologist William B. Hare, 47, and Rajendra Srivastava are charged with stealing the head of an ice sculpture... More »

24th, February 2012 Key Posts

Terrible album covers - Vinyl horrors

More worst album covers ever... More epics here. More »

24th, February 2012 Reviews 1

Legalise marijuana and help people like Xeni Jardin

Legalise it. Cannabis can help people. Give people the choice. Who's body is it?.. More »

24th, February 2012 TV & Radio

A video of a dog playing pool

Dogs playing pool... More »

24th, February 2012 Reviews

British Gorilla’s birth broadcast live over internet - photos

A new baby has been born to dad Damisi and Asili, the 21 year old female Western Lowland Gorilla, at Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey.... More »

24th, February 2012 Strange But True

Katie Price is not a pre-op transsexual from Lincolnshire, says judge

Kerry Marshall, formerly Tyler Meadows, used details stolen from Katie Price to withdraw money from the former glamour model's bank account. .. More »

24th, February 2012 Sports

It's not too late to send the Olympics to Paris is it? The four ceremony rip-off

hat's £2.75 from every income tax payer in the country. For Jive Bunny Mastermix Party which near none of the people paying for it can go to... More »

24th, February 2012 Reviews

Marie Colvin, Nicholas Davies, Gareth Montgomery-Johnson and the journalism of attachment

Press TV's Nicholas Davies, a reporter, and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, a cameraman, have been kidnapped / seized / arrested by the Misrata Brigade in Misrat. Both men are British. Why they were arrested... More »

24th, February 2012 The Consumer

If male superhero costumes were designed like female superhero Costumes - pictures

My main goals were: 1) Make it so the first thing you think of when you look at them is sex, whether you want to or not. 2) make it so that any male human who looks at this feels really uncomfortable. 3).... More »

24th, February 2012 Celebrities 7

Chris Brown slurs Christal Spann before stealing her phone?

Yessir, according to reports, Brown has gone mental at a lady called Christal Spann. Apparently, the singer stole Spann’s phone outside a nightclub in Miami... More »

24th, February 2012 Key Posts

Is it a bag of crisps? Is it a nightclub performer? No, it's a Swedish princess Estelle

Sweden's newborn future monarch has been given a name: Estelle. But it has been lampooned by some Swedes who don't think it's a worthy moniker for an heir to the throne... More »

24th, February 2012 Reviews

Vindictive Occupy Wall Street protestor gets sleeping policeman in trouble

Wall Street occupier Martin Bisi tweeted a photos of NYPD copper asleep on a train. On @MartinBisi, Bisi describes himself as a "post-rock performer/recordist". ... More »

24th, February 2012 The Consumer 1

Urban Outfitters says Irish are nation of drunks and emasculates St Patrick

To mark Saint Patrick’s Day Urban Outfitters is flogging a baseball cap on which is written “Irish Yoga – Downward Facing Upchuck”.... More »

24th, February 2012 Celebrities 1

Victoria Beckham looks miserable holding Eva Longoria's breasts

Today's Miserable Vicky challenge... More »

24th, February 2012 Celebrities

It's a steal: Whitney Houston's stuff up for sale

Houston's coffin had barely touched the ground when celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien announced that her belongings would be sold off to the highest bidders... More »

24th, February 2012 The Consumer 1

Barney Rosset was a champion of free speech (and dirty books)

He defied censors in the 1960s by publishing D. H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and Henry Miller’s “Tropic of Cancer," ultimately winning legal victories... More »

24th, February 2012 Madeleine McCann 3

Madeleine McCann spotted in Alhaurin el Grande - get the gypsy

"She had mousy blonde hair in scruffy plaits, very fair skin and looked about seven or eight, which is how old she would have been now"... More »