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18th, November 2011 TV & Radio

X Factor: Frankie Cocozza's Four Lines Of Cocaine Pleases His Enablers

This is Frankie, the teenager who rose to prominence when he dropped his trousers and showed us the tattooed names of women he'd shagged. Given a part on the show, non-singing Frankie was tracked by an ITV camera crew when he went out to get twatted... More »

18th, November 2011 Sports

Go Now, Doughty: Daily Mail And Sepp Blatter In Race Row

"GO NOW BLATTER," screams the Daily Mail's back-page headline. Blatter dismissed racism as a problem on the football field, arguing that any such incident should be settled with a handshake at the end of the game"... More »

18th, November 2011 Celebrities

Tori Spelling's Boobies Get Leaked Online By Accident! Photos

Remember Tori Spelling from Beverley Hills 90201 (the original series)? She was the blonde airhead one who we weren't supposed to like. Well, the apple didn't stray too far from the tree because Tori is the airhead daughter of the very famous American TV producer, Aaron Spelling. More »

18th, November 2011 Sports

Fire Plus Skateboarders Equals Mocking Laughter: Video Fun

How much fun are skaters? They're loads of fun!... More »

18th, November 2011 Key Posts 4

How the New Europe Really Works: Germany Calling The Shots

This is just a lovely little story telling us all how the New Europe, the much improved and extra special wonderful Europe, really works... More »

18th, November 2011 Key Posts 8

Spot The Cat: Can You Find The Feline?

Spot the Cat is Anorak's new fun family game in which YOU are invited to find the cat in these scenes... More »

18th, November 2011 Reviews

Occupy Wall Street Is Overrun With Big Media's Preening Narcissists

"Only when you get there do you realise the extent to which the Occupy movement is the creation of the mainstream media. The park is tiny..." More »

18th, November 2011 Celebrities

Chantelle Houghton Launches New Moon Glo Tanning Creams

Celebrity Quote of the week was supplied by Paris Hilton impersonator Chantelle Houghton , the newly pregnant lover to Katie Price's estranged husband Alex Reid (try to keep up)... More »

18th, November 2011 Strange But True

Girl Weeps Stones: Blind Barbie Looks On Blankly

When Kura Nitya, seven, cries, stones come out of her left eye. Nitya, of Cherlaboothkur in Karimnagar, produces between 12 to 25 stones a day. Sadly, they are not precious sones, rather worthless ones... More »

18th, November 2011 Celebrities

Chantelle Houghton Is Pregnant By Alex Reid - But Does She Know How?

To prove it Chantelle holds up a pregnancy test kit, allowing OK! readers to see that it has turned bright orange, indicating that either she has mated with an Oompah Loompah or else estranged Mr Katie Price Alex Reid is the daddy... More »

18th, November 2011 Strange But True

Chandra Wisnu Is The Bubble Man: Can He Save His Children?

Wisnu, 57, is known, affectionally, as "The Bubble Man". The father of three rarely leaves his home in Indonesia. If he does he wear s a disguise - three jackets, a balaclava and sunglasses... More »

18th, November 2011 TV & Radio 1

Puppy Rescue On Arizona Freeway After Car Crash (Video)

A puppy is loose on the freeway in Phoenix, AZ. Its owner, a young child, has been in a car accident. Police are giving chase... More »

18th, November 2011 Key Posts 2

John Terry Race Row: Daily Mirror Prejudices Investigation Against Chelsea Captain

The investigation into the Chelsea captain's language towards QPR's Anton Ferdinand has not been concluded. It would be unwise to prejudice the case - unless you're the Daily Mirror and decide to lead with... More »

18th, November 2011 In Pictures

Extreme Bodies: A Gallery Of Weird Humanity

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17th, November 2011 Celebrities

Bieber Paternity Case Takes A Kicking With Incriminating Text Messages: Mariah Yeater Meets John

There's a whole host of reports floating around about the paternity case involving Justin Bieber and Mariah Yeater, some of which say that everything's been dropped while others note that DNA tests are still go... More »

17th, November 2011 Celebrities

@Mrs Kutcher: Demi Moore Stars In First Twitter Divorce

Moore announces her divorce from under-talented actor Ashton Kutcher... More »

17th, November 2011 The Consumer

'Stolen' Denbighshire Vase Sells For £228,000 At Auction: But Who Owns It And Gets The Money?

Andrea Calland sold an "ugly" old vase at auction for £228,000. The object d'art with a reserve of £500 is a Chinese antique. Happy days. But things have gone badly for Miss Callan... More »

17th, November 2011 Reviews 3

Who Is Rebekah Brook's Surrogate Mother? The Ginger Ninja Is 'Pregnant'

We told you back in July she's be with child in 2012. And we were right... More »

17th, November 2011 Flashback

On This Day In Photos: The Luxor Massacre

On This Day In Photos: November 17, 1997: Egyptian Islamists murder 62 people at Luxor - 58 of them tourists, including six Britons (three members of one family: five -year-old Shaunnah Turner, her mother Karina Turner and Karina's mother Joan Turner).... More »

17th, November 2011 Key Posts

This Pre-Occupation With Playing The Victims Of Wall Street Is Just Pathetic

Today marks the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. With the Zuccotti Park encampment in lower Manhattan cleared and hundreds being arrested in demonstrations in the financial district, it appears protesters have adopted an unflattering victim mentality... More »

17th, November 2011 Reviews

News In Photos: November 17 2011

Snap shots of the news... More »

17th, November 2011 Sports

Peter Roebuck Suicide: Itai Gondo, A Sissy And Burying The Man

"'I was so shocked I couldn't fight him off and it makes me feel like a sissy and a pushover. This man took advantage of me,'' Mr Gando told Mike Behr. ''He preyed on the fact that I was reaching out to him and trusted him and he did this to me.''... More »

17th, November 2011 Money

Yes, It's Getting Worse! How The National Debt Works To Make France Go Bust In 10 Years

It's nothing at all to do with speculators, derivatives, CDS, greedy bankers or anything like that at all. It's just straight old arithmetic... More »

17th, November 2011 Celebrities

Gervais' 'Holocaust Or Pedophile Material' For Golden Globes

Remarkably and, perhaps wisely, Ricky Gervais has been asked to host the Golden Globes again. Let's be honest, no-one ever remembers a Golden Globes ever, apart from Gervais risky stand, so you'd have to say it was something of a success, right?... More »

17th, November 2011 Sports

Sun Piles Pressure On Manchester United's Phil Jones: The Legend

Can the tabloids turn up the pressure on Manchester United's defensive tyro Phil Jones? Yes. More »