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8th, August 2011 Film

Marilyn Monroe Film Opens In New York, Reminding Us All That She Was Pretty Fit

My Week With Marilyn tells the tale of a brief encounter between Monroe and a set assistant while she was filming The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier.... More »

8th, August 2011 Key Posts 2

Riot Police Promise To Spend More Time on Twitter

Police Officers promised to spend more time on Twitter trying to predict where violence would break out after copycat riots sprang up all over London... More »

8th, August 2011 Strange But True

Hampshire Pub Lets Drinkers Help Themselves To Booze And Crisps

Eat your hearts out Tottenham looters - locals to The Perseverance pub in North Street, Havant, Hampshire, have ben helping themselves to drink and crisps... More »

8th, August 2011 TV & Radio

Grandma Calls the Internet Police (Video)

Give Michael his account back - he needs to pick up his meds... More »

8th, August 2011 Reviews

Tottenham Riots: Daily Mail Says Immolating Twitter Worshippers Fuelled Violence

The Daily Mail's caption writers are having a great time with the Tottenham riot triggered by the police's (unlawful?) killing of Mark Duggan... More »

8th, August 2011 Film

RAED Is A Movie Star: Still Flowin' - The Film Sensation Of The Year

RAED is not only Anorak's favouite rapper - representing the future of hip-hip (must see) - he is also a film star... More »

7th, August 2011 Key Posts 1

Tottenham Riot: Twitter Readers Fear Daily Mail Fanned Violence (Photos)

Daily Mail says that the rioting that followed Mark Duggan's death in Tottenham (a man it calls a "gangster") was sparked by Twitter... More »

7th, August 2011 Reviews 43

Mark Duggan Death And Tottenham Riot: Bullet Lodged In Police Radio Was Police Issue?

Did the police shoot at themselves when Mark Duggan was killed..? More »

7th, August 2011 Reviews 1

Shrien Dewani: Rani Kansagra, The German Master And Xolile Mngeni's Tumour

Kansagra is the former lover to Shrien Dewani, the British man accused of having his new wife Anni Dewani killed on their honeymoon to South Africa. She's been talking to the police... More »

7th, August 2011 Strange But True

Barnsley Drunk Driver Blames Colour Blind Horse For Racing Red Light

To Barnsley Magistrates Court, where local caravaner John Mulvenna says his horse and trap shot a red light because the Fred (the horse) is colour blind. Mr Mulvenna told officers he was "merry" but not drunk... More »

7th, August 2011 Celebrities 3

Shane Warne Turns Into A Walking Waxwork To Secure Carbon Tax Rebate

Dare he return to Australia in the full grip of summer? More »

7th, August 2011 Sports

Manchester City V Manchester United: Photos Of The FA Community Shield Premier League Marketing Smack Down

United and Manchester City played in the FA Community Shield smack down - a game broadcast about the world for the club's respective owners in the UAE and the USA... More »

7th, August 2011 Sports

Football Dive Of The Year: Ajax Wipe Floor With FC Twente's Captain Peter Wisgerhof

Football Dive of The Year features FC Twente's captain Peter Wisgerhof being sent tumbling by an invisible dog that has run onto the pitch... More »

7th, August 2011 Celebrities 4

The Daily Mirror's Weird Hatchet Job On BBC Radio DJ Steve Wright

Did you read about "the bizarre world of Steve Wright" in the Mirror? Ryan Parry's shocking expose on showbiz life is front-page news... More »

7th, August 2011 Key Posts 1

Mark Duggan's Tottenham Riot: Photos Of Anti-Police Mayhem

Duggan was shot dead by the police in Tottenham, North London. Why? We do not know? ... More »

7th, August 2011 Strange But True

Virgin Mary Spotted In Dried Mango: Photo And Video

While snacking on a bag of dried mango, a god-fearing Arizona teenager found the Virgin Mary - literally... More »

7th, August 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: Presented By Slutty Hand Sanitizer And Defecation Tea

Photos of The Day are presented by Defecation Tea, Slutty hand sanitizer, the Queen checking her men in the old fashioned way, a kid with a hammer and learning how to protect yourself from the teacher... More »

7th, August 2011 Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann: 200 'Maddies' Abducted Every Year - Says Daily Star

As for the Star's story: "MORE than four Brit kids are snatched by strangers every week, a shock Daily Star Sunday investigation can reveal"... More »

6th, August 2011 Reviews 6

Tottenham Demands Police Justice For Mark Duggan's Death: Photos Of A Riot

Two police patrol cars have been attacked by members of a community where father-of-four Mark Duggan, 29, was shot dead by police... More »

6th, August 2011 Reviews

Tim Flannery: If Norwegians Don't Kill Him The Rising Waters Will

Tim Flannery lives on the lower Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney. And that is surprising because he has displayed no suicidal tendencies and once told us that buying near water is a bad investment... More »

6th, August 2011 TV & Radio

Bald Man Grows Massive Head And Face Of Hair (Video)

MEN really do look better without hair.... More »

6th, August 2011 Reviews

Local News Story Of The Day: Bradford Stinks - But Why?

"A mystery surrounds the source of a bad smell which hit Bradford city centre yesterday morning. Workers began to turn up their noses at the rotten odour around 10am as the weather began to hot up..." More »

6th, August 2011 Music

The Big Chill 2011: In Photos (Fans, Bands And AMy Winehouse Tributes)

Who wasn't there?... More »

6th, August 2011 Strange But True

Gloucestershire Horse Has Biggest Moustache In The World

And the horse with the biggest moustache is….ALFIE!... More »

6th, August 2011 Strange But True 2

Magical Cloud Lands On United Arab Emirates: Video Of Wonder

An incredible magick cloud has been captured on camera over the sands of the United Arab Emirates... More »