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17th, August 2011 Film

Photos Of Brad Filming World War Z In Glasgow: The Americans Are Coming To Take Us Away

Brad Pitt was spotted filming World War Z near George Square, Glasgow. Before we spotted Mr Angelina Jolie, we spotted the US-style police car on the street.. More »

17th, August 2011 Celebrities 7

Gerard Depardieu Decides To Take A Wazz On A Flight, Which Is Understandable

Well, if you are called Gerard Depardieu, you'd flop your old chap out and take a long, drunken piss in the aisle of the plane. That's exactly what you'd do because that's precisely what has happened on an Air France flight... More »

17th, August 2011 TV & Radio 1

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster Tom Waits Mash Up

Isn't Cookie Monster Tom Wait's live-in-lover? More »

17th, August 2011 Photojournalism

In Photos: Pope Visits Spain - Retiro Turned Into Huge Confession Box Smack Down

The Pope knows all your secrets - even those of some of his priests... More »

17th, August 2011 Technology

Daily Mail Kills Off IstyOsty - Are There Other Ways To Read The Mail And Not Encourage It?

Goodbye IstyOsty, you were the site that enabled people to read the Daily Mail without having to actually read the Daily Mail... More »

17th, August 2011 Money

Don't Bother With University: Get A Job Instead

Don't go to University -n get a job instead. Yes, everyone says you've got to go to uni if you're going to get ahead. But this isn't actually true as a number of employers are now pointing out... More »

17th, August 2011 TV & Radio

Jedward Will Be In The Celebrity Big Brother House, Of Course

There is absolutely no surprise that John and Edward (or Jedward from now on because they really don't deserve to have separate names really, given that, together, they equate to less than your average human being) have been strongly linked to Five's Celebrity Big Brother 2011... More »

17th, August 2011 Money

Numbers Are Just So Important When You're Making A Point On Rough Sleepers

Numbers are so important - especially when people are blithely throwing them around to make some political point or other... More »

17th, August 2011 Sports 1

Samir Nasri Not Bitter To Leave Arsenal For More Money At Man City - Just Very, Very Happy

Are Arsenal still talking to their want away French star Samir Nasri? On Facebook, someone pretending to be Nasri says he's bitter... More »

17th, August 2011 Key Posts

Scare Stories: TV Gives You Cancer And Sore Necks Make You Go Blind

Scare Stories of the Day: It's health day Tuesday in the Daily Mail and that can only mean one thing - new ways to die... More »

17th, August 2011 Reviews 2

Little Red Riding Hoodie Caught Up In Salford Riot On Way To Visit Granny (Video)

She is on benefits, does not live with the boy's father and has 10 other children, the court heard. But the woman also suggested her son was not entirely at fault.. More »

17th, August 2011 Key Posts

Watching Tiger Woods Is Better Than Tiger Woods Sex: Photo Bomb Guy Gallery

You see, golf is exciting. It's better than talking about Tiger Woods having sex. Well, to him it is at least.. More »

17th, August 2011 Photojournalism

The Litter Riot

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17th, August 2011 Sports

Leeds United Fans Know That Sex With Ken Bates Is Like Beating Hull

"The rebuilding of Leeds United is a bit like sex..." More »

17th, August 2011 Politicians 2

Max Keiser Tells David Cameron To STFU On Russian TV

His views have made him a hit whenever he's appeared on BBC Radio 5 live... More »

17th, August 2011 Strange But True

Kiros Hadgu Passes Himself Through A Tennis Racket 4 Times In 47 Seconds (Video)

Granted, the strings of the racket have been removed - but, still, little steps to greatness, eh, readers... More »

17th, August 2011 TV & Radio

Alternative Olympic Sports: Dog Volleyball (Video)

If he can put the net up and drive the bus, the dog's in the team... More »

17th, August 2011 In Pictures

Long Hair - Women WIth Very, Very Long Hair

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17th, August 2011 Key Posts 8

Princess Diana And Dodi Fayed Were Engaged - Says German Journalist Who Never Reported It

Did you know that Princess Diana had a "SECRET ENGAGEMENT". No, not a meeting with a dress designer last week at her current abode on the fabled sixth floor of Harvey Nichols department story. This secret engagement was to Dodi Fayed... More »

17th, August 2011 Key Posts 40

Were Non-Rioting Jordan Blackshaw And Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan Jailed For Facebook Thought Crimes?

Are they lyrical terrorists, like the woman who wrote about killing kaffirs as she worked at WH Smiths?.. More »

17th, August 2011 Reviews 1

Lancashire Man Ian Redmond Killed By Shark In Seychelles

Redmond, 30, has been eaten by a shark on his Seychelles honeymoon. The Lancashire man was swimming off Anse Lazio on the island of Praslin, when he was "eaten"... More »

16th, August 2011 Sports

Andrea Mari Wins The 2011 Palio Race: Photos Of Reckless Joy

Andrea Mari and his horse Fedora Saura of the Giraffa (Giraffe) neighbourhood in Siena, are the winners of the Palio horse race around Siena's main square... More »

16th, August 2011 Technology 1

Why Was Facebook Murder Plot Victim Corey White Killed?

White, 22, has been shot dead in Philadelphia. His lover, 20-year-old London Eley, allegedly offered $1,000 on Facebook for someone to kill him. She advertised thus.. More »

16th, August 2011 Sports

Chelsea Fans Buy Prawn Sandwich - Don't Bring Own To Stamford Bridge

The club's nouveau fans - who spend non Six Nations rugby weekends sat in the stadium with their picnic hampers and chinos - are being offered official prawn sandwiches... More »

16th, August 2011 Madeleine McCann

Kate And Gerry McCann's Lawyer Sues Madeleine Foundation Secretary Tony Bennett

On 9 August 2011, Mr Edward Smethurst, the Co-ordinating Solicitor for Drs Gerald and Kate McCann, issued a libel summons against Madeleine Foundation Secretary Tony Bennett, a fact he found out on returning yesterday from a 10-day holiday... More »