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13th, February 2012 Reviews 2

Hundreds dead in Sun newspaper horror story - Trevor Kavanagh reports

Is Whitney Houston the Sun's woman of the year? With 11 Sun journalists under arrest, the singer dies and gives the paper its first nine pages of news. Who needs journalists when you can press f9 on the keyboard and hear such news as... More »

13th, February 2012 Celebrities

Buy Alexandra Burke's elephant or else a charity loses a celebrity

Is Alexander Burke, the X Factor winner, a work of parody? In a piece entitled "Being in the Public Eye Allows Me to Make a Difference", Burke tells Huffington Post readers... More »

13th, February 2012 Music 1

Adele wins six at The Grammys - photos

The BAFTAS and Grammys were on the same night. Anorak was double-booked, so we did as most of you did and watched the showbiz AGMS at home on the telly... More »

13th, February 2012 Strange But True 6

Half-human half-sheep creature born in Nigeria - photo

To Sokoto city, Nigeria, where a sheep havs given birth to a half-human monster... More »

13th, February 2012 Celebrities

Tabloid detectives reveal what killed Whitney Houston

What killed Whitney Houston? Well, to save you the bother of wondering any longer, the tabloids are reporting in tandem... More »

12th, February 2012 Celebrities 3

Whitney Houston and Danny Gans - Tony Bennett's legal drugs call is bunkum

We do not know what killed Whitney Houston. The talk is of Mossad, drugs, downing and murder. Aside from the plaudits and tweet tributes, Tony Bennett wants Houston's death to be the last of its kind... More »

12th, February 2012 Film 1

Winners and photos - Bafta Film Awards 2012

It was cold on the red carpet. The women wore off-the-shoulder gowns and big grins - acting talent commanding teeth not to chatter and skin not to prick and blister against the flashing bulbs.... More »

12th, February 2012 In Pictures

In Photos - the BAFTA Film Awards 2012 Red Carpet

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12th, February 2012 Key Posts 4

Fenway's New York Times and New England Sports Network say Liverpool and Suarez beat Manchester United

Scatch eveything! Luis Suarex was the winner - the true winner. Well, so says Fenway Sports Group .. More »

12th, February 2012 Music 5

In photos - Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala: Diana Ross's hair sees off Kardashian breasts

Whitney Houston is dead. And the Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala goes on.... More »

12th, February 2012 Royal Family 1

Queen to fire lazerbeam down The Mall

As the Diamond Jubilee concert comes to a close Her Majesty the Queen will dig deep into her dignity and fire a lazerbeam down The Mall.... More »

12th, February 2012 Sports 4

Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez: All the views on two unlikable spoilt brats

Liverpool's individual Luis Suarez refuses to shake the hand of Manchester United's Patrice Evra. The media delights. All the views... More »

12th, February 2012 Reviews 1

Terror police stop animal rights protester filming a pet store

More signs of power gone mad now as we look at Ali Firth, 49, who was filming a protest outside outside Bramley pet supermarket Dogs 4 Us.... More »

12th, February 2012 Reviews 1

Man guilty of threatening to kill foetus

MacKay, 36, from Stirling, Scotland, has been convicted of threatening an unborn foetus... More »

12th, February 2012 Technology 2

Man adds Wood burning stove to his Volvo

Volvo owner Pascal Prokop has built a wood-burning stove in his car.... More »

12th, February 2012 Gifs

Fail Gifs - the Falkland Islands are safe

Gifs of the week are Fail Gifs of the week - brought to by a reason why the Argentines will never take the Falkland Islands... More »

12th, February 2012 Reviews 10

Whitney Houston was murdered by Mossad? The ghouls come out

The internet allows every half-baked theory to be aired in public. We've taken a look at the most fanciful... More »

12th, February 2012 In Pictures

Whitney Houston - a life in photos

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12th, February 2012 In Pictures

Whitney Houston has died - last photos

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12th, February 2012 Celebrities 16

What really killed Whitney Houston (photos)

Houston is dead. The singer was just 48. Why? How? Where? The news media knows...maybe... More »

11th, February 2012 Film

Behind the scenes at the 64th Baftas - photos

The 64th Bafta awards will feature such starry stars as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Gary Oldman and Michael Fassbender. Penelope Cruz. They will tread the red carpet outside Covent's Garden's Royal Opera House... More »

11th, February 2012 Reviews 3

11 Sun journalists arrested: selfless investigation into prison system progressing well

Five more Sun journalist have been arrested as part of Scotland Yard’s Operation Elveden, the investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police officers and public officials... More »

11th, February 2012 The Consumer 5

Erotic sausages and other St Valentine's Day PR

"Everyone knows that Butchers make the best lovers, so we have harnessed our meat-mojo to create a sausage that will aid the common man in the affairs of the heart, a juicy six inch bringer of joy..." More »

11th, February 2012 Sports

After Suarez and Evra get ugly Thierry Henry makes Arsenal beautiful - Sunderland photos

Sunderland 1 - Arsenal 2 - and Thierry Henry scores the winner…again... More »

11th, February 2012 Reviews

"Bündchen-bashing": America's newest sport

Now, the most famous of Victoria's Secret Angels is facing a media offense and it seems "Bündchen-bashing" has become America's newest sport.... More »