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1st, October 2011 Celebrities

Phone-Hacked Jade Goody Was A Tax Dodger But The Sun Can Save Her Children

The Sun declares: "JADE'S CASH WIPED OUT BY £1.8M DEBTS" - Tax and bills swallow up sons' inheritance. Maybe - just maybe - it can be proved that Jade's phone was hacked by the Sun's former sister paper the News of The World and tragic Jade's children can get a huge payout?... More »

30th, September 2011 TV & Radio

The Talking Amy Winehouse Cat: NoNoNoNo

This cat can talk. And no means no... More »

30th, September 2011 Books

Jonathan King's Autobiography 65 My Life So Far Defies Censorship

I am delighted to see that Jonathan King's autobiography 65 My Life So Far hit No1 on the Amazon Kindle pop culture chart. This is amazing given the near-universal attempt to edit our tastes by our nation's media by ignoring the intriguing tome... More »

30th, September 2011 Strange But True

That Stupid Whale Tries To Make Friends With An Engine

Ever since that episode of The Simpsons aired, where dolphins started walking around and killing everyone, humans have had a very real fear of our sea-dwelling chums rising up and handing our arses to us in a lobster pot... More »

30th, September 2011 Money

Why Hippy Communes Die Out: The Unequal Societies Just Kill Them Off

The basic problem is that equal societies, being equal, are reasonably happy. So they never go and do anything. Unequal societies have lots of pissed off people who then bugger off elsewhere... More »

30th, September 2011 Reviews 2

Amanda Knox Will Flee To The US And Make The Black Man Pay: News Round Up

norak's at-a-glance look at the Meredith Kercher murder in the news... More »

30th, September 2011 Celebrities

Tamara Ecclestone's Anti-Socialite Life Of Baths

“I hate being called a socialite. .. I don’t think it’s an apt description… I’m very sensitive and I take everything very personally. Proving people wrong is very tiring…" More »

30th, September 2011 Technology 1

Typewriter Turns Your Words Into Cocktails: Video

Indulge yourself in this device that converts words into cocktails... More »

30th, September 2011 Celebrities 4

Cliff Richard Speaks For The Young Ones About His Golden Alcoves

Cliff: "…it seems flashy to keep [my awards and gold disc] on show. I’ve just moved them out of the downstairs toilet into alcoves on the way to the swimming pool"... More »

30th, September 2011 Celebrities

Courtney Love To Write Not-Mental-In-Any-Way Autobiography

She may have a face like Janice from Dr Teeth's band (provided it'd been lamped by a bag of spanners), but that hasn't stopped Courtney Love from draping herself over various pieces of furniture and accidentally tweeting naked pictures of herself for all to see... More »

30th, September 2011 Reviews 1

Associated Press Mocks Gays In US Military

The Associated Press headline sent out over the newswires informs readers: "Appeals court tosses gays in military lawsuit"... More »

30th, September 2011 Reviews

Anwar al-Awlaki Is Dead: We're Winning The War On Terror

“The terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed along with some of his companions,” the Yemeni defence ministry said in a statement sent by text message to journalists. The death was later confirmed by senior US officials... More »

30th, September 2011 Sports 3

Sun's Steve Howard Overlooks Paul Scholes' Refusal To Play For Manchester United To Slam Tevez And Man City

"Even Tevez, epitome of the dangerous power afforded the modern-day footballer, was wise enough to realise Ferguson's untouchable position at the club meant there would only be one winner. The difference between United and City is in the way they are perceived by the men who play for them..." More »

30th, September 2011 Key Posts

Photos Of The Day: The Horseman Fails To Pull

Fails and more horrors with Robin Mahfood More »

30th, September 2011 Celebrities

Sly Stone Is Living In A Van: With A Dead Baboon And A Dog Called Gun

Is Sly Stone, of Sly And The Family Stone, homeless and living in a van? Well, yes. But it's not what you think... More »

30th, September 2011 Key Posts 5

Manchester United David De Gea 'Steals' Doughnut: Ignores Prawn Sandwiches

Manchester United player David De Gea has been "CAUGHT NICKING £1.19 TESCO DOUGHNUT"... More »

30th, September 2011 Flashback 3

On This Day In Photos: James Dean Died

On This Day In Photos: September 30, 1955 - James Dean killed in a car crash. His death secured a legacy and marketable imortality... More »

30th, September 2011 Reviews

Peter Oborne Forgets Sir James Goldsmith And William's Hague's Desire To Be In Europe

Oborne now lauds the Tory politicians who spoke against the euro – mentioning Hague on this programme – omitting to say that this man was the progenitor of "in Europe but not ruled by Europe". None of these Tories opposed the EU from principle, and even the Great Bill Cash sought "reform" rather than abolition... More »

30th, September 2011 Strange But True

Tattooed Mug Shot Of The Day: Albert Tejeda Is No Master Of Disguise

Mug Shot of The Day features the face of Arizona's 31-year-old Albert Tejeda.... More »

29th, September 2011 Celebrities

Demi Moore Can See Though You

Are Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher splitting Twitter accounts? Did he really squire another woman? We don't know. All we know is that rather than ignoring the story and laughing it off, the couple are grandstanding their elite sense of self... More »

29th, September 2011 TV & Radio

The Humane Society's WTF Video Of The Day

Juanita Crawl is good with the kidzzzzzzzz.... More »

29th, September 2011 The Consumer

Storm Trooper Fashion At Paris Fashion Week: Photos

On day all the cool kids will be wearing this... More »

29th, September 2011 Music

RIP Sylvia Robinson Mother Of Hip-Hop: The Sugar Hill Gang Tribute

In 1979, All Platinum, the pre-Sugar Hill label she founded with husband Joe, was in serious financial trouble when, according to the New York Times, a lightbulb lit up over her head the night she went to a party in Harlem and heard people rapping... More »

29th, September 2011 Strange But True

Vauxhall Frontera Fails In Second Bid To Reach Snowdon Summit

There's a Vauxhall Frontera close to the summit of Mount Snowdon. It's parked near the summit visitors centre... More »

29th, September 2011 Sports

The Annual Bramble Mid-Solent Cricket Match In Photos

This year old salt Sir Robin Knox-Johnson joined members from the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble, Hampshire and the Island Sailing Club in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, for the annual cricket match on the Bramble Bank in the middle of the Solent... More »