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11th, December 2011 Sports

How To Sell London Olympics Tickets: Slap The World Celebrity Before Each Event

Anyone with tickets for one of less showy events need do only one thing to elevate the viewing experience: add the world celebrity to the event... More »

11th, December 2011 Celebrities

Kerry Katona Sees Her Stalker In The Mirror

Yes, according to Dean Kerry is being stalked by an American crazy woman who called up Max Clifford recently to say she'd just been watching Kerry touching her naughty bits and getting naked in her bedroom More »

11th, December 2011 Flashback

Vintage Produce Of The Day: Cure All Radium (Butter, Baths And Drinking Water)

The Revigator will irradiate your drinking water so getting you sued to the taste for when the nuclear WAR comes As the saying goes: Your Health Is Your Wealth". Thousands of people can't be wrong!... More »

11th, December 2011 Celebrities

Daily Mail Introduces David Beckham's New Son - Who's The Mum?

Anorak understands better than most that typoos happen, but might this be an error by the Daily Mail news delivery service, which in the thrust to scream FIRST produces two versions for every story..? More »

11th, December 2011 Royal Family

Oh Just Look At That Kate Middleton 'In Crisis'

Being a humble fool that rarely looks up from his desk (dining room table) I have to marvel at the work of Lucy Vine over there at Look magazine. This girl sits on the hardest working pair of bum cheeks in all of Fleet Street... More »

11th, December 2011 Strange But True 2

Knightsbridge Dog Owner Hired Cab To Pick Up Labrador From Madrid

Who is the Knightsbridge pet owner who hired cabbie John Jupp to pick up her labrador from Madrid?.. More »

11th, December 2011 Key Posts

Police Bottom Pincher Admits Assault: But Police Rapists And Sex Criminals Are More Likely To Escape

Bradley Richards has admitted to the charge of common assault for pinching the bottom of a female police community support officer (PCSO) on Merseyside... More »

10th, December 2011 The Consumer 1

Can Irish Butter Smugglers Reach Norway In Time?

Butter is now selling on Norway’s top auction website, with a 250-gram piece starting at around $13, roughly four times its normal price... More »

10th, December 2011 Politicians

Rick Perry Is A Parody: The Big Sausage Video

Rick Perry is a brilliant satire on American politics... More »

10th, December 2011 Politicians

Putin Lets Anti-Government Moscow Protest Go Ahead: He'll Crush Them Later

In Moscow, thousands massed to demand the end of Vladimir Putin's rule. They protested against vote rigging and corruption. Putin's United Party lost a lot of seats in the recent elections, but it retains a majority... More »

10th, December 2011 Politicians

The Unfair Presidential Pardon System Only Looks After The President's Friends

Why do a higher percentage of white criminals get a Presidential parson than black ones? A ProPublica report says a white villain is four times more likely than black one get a pardon from the Chief... More »

10th, December 2011 Reviews

Alexander Hart Earns World's First Conviction For Planking

Planking has earned 19-year-old Alexander Hart, of Mantiowoc, Wisconsin a criminal record for disorderly conduct... More »

10th, December 2011 Key Posts

Louis Walsh Had No Idea He Was Going Bald Until Simon Cowell Told Him

It's the morning of the X Factor live final and the Daily Mirror begins the expected news of hype and hoopla. Yes - Louis Walsh has had a hair transplant.... More »

10th, December 2011 Reviews

Alfie The Cockapoo Is Happiest Dog In Britain

The happiest dog in Britain is... Alfie, a nine-month-old Cockapoo... More »

10th, December 2011 TV & Radio

Greggs The Bakers In Row Over Blatant Product Placement On TV News

Greggs the master bakers in row over product placement in news report: More »

10th, December 2011 In Pictures

Dogs - Photos Of The Happiest Pets In The World

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9th, December 2011 Politicians

Where's the Treaty David Cameron Refused To Sign?

What treaty? More »

9th, December 2011 Key Posts 2

Gravesend Baby Rape: Who Told The Tabloids The Child Had Been Sexually Assaulted, Allegedly?

Still no more news on the Gravesend baby hospitalised with severe injuries. The tabloids used the word "rape". Tens of people took part in a vigil in the street - an outpouring of orchestrated grief in the grim post Diana ritual of mourn porn... More »

9th, December 2011 Photojournalism

10 Retro Images Of The Day: Marilyn Monroe's Jesus Jeans

Why does everything back then look so much more simple..? More »

9th, December 2011 Celebrities

Hulk Hogan Files Defamation Suit Against Ex-Wife, Which Is Nice

Divorce and break-ups are always tricky things. Splitting up the CD collection. Trying to not punch each other on the nose. The whole trying to have a conversation with someone while crying so badly that you produce snot-bubbles big enough to be a frog's throat... More »

9th, December 2011 Celebrities

Tweet Beat: 'Please Pass On' Kelly Hoppen's Aids Day

Tweet Of The Week: Kelly Hoppen's Tweet for World Aids' Day.... More »

9th, December 2011 Film

Porn Job 'Terrifies' Amanda Seyfried: The Linda Lovelace Crymax

When Lindsay Lohan got the chop from the Linda Lovelace biopic for being a big, tragic mess, everyone wondered who would take her gig... More »

9th, December 2011 Celebrities

Kerry Katona: Do You Pronounce Mysterious New Lover Steve Alce As Steve Alcy?

Katona, face of own-brand ketchups, wants to talk about her new lover. His name? Why, it's Steve Alce... More »

9th, December 2011 In Pictures

Massive Insects

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9th, December 2011 Reviews

Gay Penguins Marry And Adopt In China: Gay Panda Bear Refuses To Breed In Edinburgh

Gay penguins have adopted. Doubtless inspired by Roy and Silo and their children’s book, And Tango Makes Three, and Toronto Zoo's Buddy and Pedro, China’s introduces Adam and Steve... More »