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Rafa Benitez And Liverpool FC Present Strictly Come Dancing

RAFA Benitez and Liverpool football club present Strictly Come Dancing – Anorak’s look at manager’s moving in the Premier League, with Sam Aladyce (Blackburn Ballroomers), Harry Redknapp (Tottenham Hotsteps), Carlo Ancelotti (Chelse Cha-Chas) and Phil Brown (Hull Hoofers)…

Posted: 4th, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Sports | Comment


Vanessa George: All The News And Opinions

fat-paedoALL the news on Vanessa George, the nursery paedophile who along with Angela Allen, and Colin Blanchard distributed and made indecent pictures of children.

News of The World: In “Our Mum The Monster”, the News of The World introduces Vanessa George’s family.

Andrew George is pictured with daughters Grace and Pearl. Says Andrew:

“I call her monster now. And the kids don’t want anything to do with her.”

Now I see her as cold, calculating scum – and I don’t want her to ever see our kids again.”

Although she can see them – in the tabloids.

A typical day:

“She was brilliant with kids. She got that nursery place through Ofsted reports. She was even doing work courses on how to spot child sex abuse earlier this year…

“I remember her watching news programmes, and if a paedophile came on screen she would stand up and shout ‘f****ing b*****d, cut his f*****ing balls off’.

Over-compensating.

“I call her the monster now. She’s evil. Pure evil. And the kids don’t want anything to do with her.”

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Posted: 4th, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)


Madeleine McCann: Eddie The Dog, Haut de la Garenne And A Coconut

eddie1MADDYWATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann – with Eddie the death dog, Haut de la Garenne and scent of a coconut.

REMEMBER Eddie The Morbid, the sniffer dog who found the scent of death in the McCanns holiday apartment in Praia da Luz?

Scent of death was a phrases first introduced to reasders in September 2007, when the Daily Star reported:

“TOY HOLDS CLUE. British sniffer dogs found the scent of death on Madeleine’s favourite soft toy Cuddlecat, it was revealed.”

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Posted: 4th, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (5)


Nursery Peadophile Vanessa George: Husband Andrew George Tells All

7876179PAEDOPHILE nursery worker Vanessa George’s husband Andrew George, 41, tells the News of The World that his wife is “cold, calculating scum”.

Andrew George is talking to the paper.

Why do we need to hear from him? Well, we need to know more, at least the tabloids think we do.

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Posted: 3rd, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (2)


Manchester United Only Need 94 Minutes Against Sunderland, In Pictures

pa-7886001IT only took 94 minutes for Manchester United to take something from their game against Sunderland at Old Trafford. Against Man City they needed 98.

Ferdinand scored the equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw in the 94th minute of the game.

That’s Sunderland’s Anton Ferdinand, younger brother to United captain Rio Ferdinand.

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Posted: 3rd, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Sports | Comments (2)


Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Play Mary And Joseph With Iraqi Refugees, In Pictures

US actor Brad Pitt and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie are pictured playing with Iraqi refugees children in Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, – first one to score wins the spare ticket back to Shangrila.

It’s the virtues of conspicuous caring. Look at Angelina in her white robes. Look at Brad with his hands on his hips ready to do the do. Look at his beard. He cares. She cares. They care.

He’s the carpenter of New Orleans. She’s the angelic other being looking to give birth immaculately. Look at the UN uniting the world.

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Posted: 3rd, October 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment


Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Is A Self-Hating Jew

jewish-ahmadinejadNO sooner does Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard says that Muslims need to develop a sense of humour and an appreciation of satire than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad let’s it be known that he’s Jewish.

Westergaard – he of those Prophet cartoons – says Muslims are not “free of being mocked or being offended.”

Jews, on the other hand, love being mocked and offended, and giving offence – just so long as it’s funny.

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Posted: 3rd, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Politicians | Comment (1)


Katie Price And Alex Reid Caught Doing It 50 Times A Day

7857102NEWS of Katie Price is that cage fighter Alex Reid is “AT IT 50 TIMES A DAY”.

No, he’s not at “it” – signing autographs as ‘Best Wishes Dean Gaffney’. No. Alex is at the big “it”. You know – it:

“Begging her to wed him that is.”

That’s right’s – twice an hour and on the dot of noon and midnight Alex Reid imbed his knee in a man’s armpit and asks Jordan to marry him.

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Posted: 3rd, October 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)


Bill Clinton’s Top Ten David Letterman Jokes

bill-clinton-lettermanDAVID Letterman sticks his tongue through his teeth and fesses up to shagging members of his staff. It’s an all-too- predictable story of a powerful man shtupping younger women keen to impress the boss and get ahead (fnar).

A story of enemies, the law and tapes. You may have heard the story before in the case of Bill Clinton.

Bill loved the ladies, and Dave loved that Bill provided him with easy material for his funnies. Like Bill, Dave has nicknames for women working under him (hit that snare drum). You can read them here. Here’s Dave:

“Today, Monica Lewinsky is 28,” he joked in 2001. “It seemed like just yesterday she was crawling around on the floor in the Oval Office.”

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Posted: 3rd, October 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)


David Letterman, Lame Jokes And Madeleine McCann

joe_halderman_622584aMADDIE WATCH – Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCannthe one about the disabled prostitute, David Letterman and Robert Halderman

The Times: “Letterman extortion suspect is ‘true crime’ news producer”

David Letterman has been the alleged victim of an alleged extortion plot.

The man accused of trying to blackmail the talk show host David Letterman was named today as an Emmy award-winning TV news producer who specialises in investigating “true crime” mysteries.

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Posted: 3rd, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann | Comment


Amazing Lost Pictures Of The Attack On Pearl Harbor

A READER writes of pictures of Pearl Harbor found on an old Brownie Camera:

Isn’t it amazing how a film could last so long in a camera without disintegrating? Fantastic photos taken 68 years ago. Some of you will have to go to a museum to see what a Brownie camera looked like? Here is a simple picture of what we are talking about. . .

See them all

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Posted: 2nd, October 2009 | In: Flashback, Key Posts | Comments (4)


Michael Jackson’s Tattooed Hair Pictures

jackson-hairMICHAEL Jackson Watch: Anorak’s look at Jacko in the news – Jackson’s tattooed hair, tattoed lips, Joe Jackson barred from Oktoberfest and Jermaine Jackson watches his brother dance…

Jackson was well before he died – well, not immediately before he died, when he was unwell.  But some time before he died he was well.

I Told You I Was Ill

Michael Jackson Autopsy Shows Singer Was ‘Fairly Healthy‘ When He Died – Entertainment Wise

The singer’s arms were covered with puncture marks and his face and were neck scarred, but a coroner’s report confirms that he was in ‘fine health‘ before his sudden death – The Guardian

Report: Jacko In ‘Good Health‘ Before Overdose- Sky

MICHAEL JACKSON – MICHAEL JACKSON WAS HEALTHY BEFORE DEATH – Contact Music

While we await a fifth opinion, want to see Michael Jackson’s “bizarre tattoos”?

Michael Jackson’s arms were covered with puncture marks, his face and neck were scarred by plastic surgery and he had a bald spot covered by a tattoo, as well as tattooed eyebrows and lips, an autopsy into his death has revealed – Telegraph

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Posted: 2nd, October 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (4)


Vanessa George: The Full Story In Pictures

ALL eyes on Vanessa George, the nursery paedophile who along with Angela Allen, and Colin Blanchard has admitted to distributing and making indecent pictures of children. The Sun delivers the news in tautological pros. But this story tells itself, no embellishments needed.

The Front-Page Headlines:

“We all just want to skin her and roast her in salt – Parents sickened by nursery abuse gang” – Metro

“Evil paedophiles who prayed on nursery children” – Daily Express

“Facebook fiends – they abused kids and competed with each other to take the sickest possible photos, swapping them on the net. Yesterday all three met for the first time…in the dock” – Daily Mirror

“Agony for hundreds of families at abuse nursery – woman at centre of Facebook paedophile ring refuses to name her victims” – Daily Mail

The “big bubbly” nursery worker at centre of child sex ring – The Times

“Cruel snub by nursey sex beats” – Daily Star

Getting To Know The Guilty:

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Posted: 2nd, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (4)


Katie Price And Peter Andre Write Christmas Books

7783202KATIE Price and Peter Andre are planning to set the record straight about their divorce by each writing a book.

Katie and Peter will vie to be the nation’s sweetheart, a title which Anorak believes is currently held by Danielle Lloyd.

When Katie Twittered “I am keeping a dignified silence“, we were crestfallen. But we have been patient and now at last after a deafening silence Katie will summon her ghost writer and tell instruct him: “Whryt.”

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Posted: 1st, October 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (2)


The Fourth Plinth Nudes: In Pictures

naked2TO date, Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth has featured 11 nude models. See all the plinthers here.

The stiff upper lip has been replaced by the stiff upper nip – the lower lip is quivering for Our Princess of Hearts…

The Nudes Of London

Posted: 1st, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment


La Toya Jackson Says Beatles Fans Murdered Michael Jackson

7541189MICHAEL Jackson Watch: Today we hear from Paris Jackson about the man many believe to have been her dad. And we hear from Officer La Toya Jackson who says deep Jacko feared being murdered for his Beatles catalogue…

Daily Mirror: “Paris Jackson on her dad Jacko’s death.”

Paris Jackson blames gig chiefs for dad Michael’s death

Pictured alongside Officer Michael Jackson and The Woman In Black that is Janet Jackson, Paris with eyes turned skywards tells us:

Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris believes gig bosses worked her father into an early grave. Paris, 11, has told her aunt La Toya that her dad buckled under the strain of preparing for his huge 50-show This Is It tour.

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Posted: 1st, October 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comments (7)


Media Plays Tabloid Bingo In The Sumatran Earthquake

front-pages1AN earthquake hits western Indonesia, near Sumatra. Much destruction. The next day a second tremor hits the region. Many dead. How many? Well, big natural disasters are stories told in numbers of dead.

No report is equipped without the fact that a tsunami generated by a magnitude-9.1 earthquake off northern Sumatra in December 2004 left about 220,000 people dead.

Let’s see these jnew numbers. Eyes down for Tabloid Bingo:

200

“Two powerful earthquakes struck Sumatra, Indonesia, leaving at least 200 dead. Less than a day earlier, a quake in the South Pacific spawned a tsunami that has claimed more than 120 lives.”LA Times:

Not bad, but the LA Times’ figures also include the number of dead in American Samoa, which was hit by a tsunami when another earthquake, unconnected by anything but time to the Sumatran disaster (it struck one day earlier). Can these figures be topped?

119

The confirmed death toll on the Samoan islands last night stood at 119 but that is expected to rise dramatically in the next few days.Mirror

Maybe. But the big numbers are in Indonesia, and it is to there that the media looks.

400

Indonesia quake toll soars past 400CNN

200 / 464

At least 200 people are thought to have died in the regional capital Padang – the area worst hit by the first quake – with thousands still trapped under collapsed buildings.

The death toll in yesterday’s quake rose to more than 200 people, Priyadi Kardono, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, said by phone in Jakarta. The agency said it couldn’t confirm a report by Agence France-Presse that 464 people were killed.Bloomberg

500

Sumatra quake death toll nears 500SBS

1000

Geologists worried that the Indonesian city of Padang, where Wednesday’s quake left upwards of 1,000 people feared dead, was vulnerable to more quakes and tsunamis however. Times

More than 1000

Sky News: South of the area hit by an earlier tremor which left more than 1,000 feared people dead. – Sky

1000s

Thousands feared dead after Sumatra quakeRadio Australia

130,000

Padang lies on the same fault line as Indonesia’s Aceh province, which was devastated in the 2004 tsunami with 130,000 dead. Telegraph

Steady on, Daily Telegraph’s Aislinn Laing and Alastair Jamieson, let’s not get over excited.

How does the media make sense of a disaster? It doesn’t. It plays Tabloid Bingo and goes for the numbers.

If any papers does get a rein on its enthusiasm it is the Mirror which leads with “SWEPT AWAY – Brit tot dead as he’s dragged off beach in tsunami terror.”

One child dies. And that’s about as much grief as anyone can take in…

Posted: 1st, October 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment (1)


All The Opinions On Roman Polanski’s Rape

cartoonROMAN Polanski is in the dock. How does he plead. His supporters shout: “The Pianist”. His enemies shout “Rapist”. But is 30 years in France enough punishment? Let’s see:

The Big News

The French government has dropped its public support for Roman Polanski, saying the 76-year-old director “is neither above nor beneath the law” – BBC

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Posted: 30th, September 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment


Stephen Fry Watches Man Get Shagged By A Rare Parrot, Video

TOP Twitter fan Stepehn Fry is on a BBC wildlife show Last Chance To See, and while whispering in the manner of Voice of God David Attenborough, he sees a BBC crew member being shagged by a rare parrot.

The future of the kakapo, for it is it, is assured as a novelty sex act. Next week, stick insects…

Spotter: Bat E Bird

Posted: 30th, September 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (7)


The Wisconsin Tourist Federation Introduces The World’s Worst Corporate Logos

THE Wisconsin Tourism Federation (WTF) will now be known as the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin (TFW).

No longer will people hear that Wisconsin has a tourism body called WTF. Now news that Wisconsin is open to tourists will be met with the exclaim TFoW, or Why?

The new log is showcased her – and Anorak looks at other unfortunate corporate logos

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Posted: 30th, September 2009 | In: Key Posts, Money | Comment


How The Media Made A Scare Story From Natalie Morton’s Cancer Jab Death

morton2NATALIE Morton died soon after being injected with the anti cervical cancer jab and the papers went bonkers, making a link between the jab and the death of a 14-year-old girl.

One day one and:

Preliminary results of a post mortem examination on the Coventry schoolgirl showed there was no causal link between her death and the vaccine

Dr Caron Grainger, joint director of public health for NHS Coventry and Coventry City Council said: ‘The preliminary post mortem results have revealed a rare serious underlying medical condition which was likely to have caused death.

‘We are awaiting further test results which will take some time. However indications are that it was most unlikely that the HPV vaccination was the cause of death.’

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Posted: 30th, September 2009 | In: Key Posts | Comments (2)


The Real Reason Peter Andre And Katie Price Split

pa-7857559IN “LOVESICK JORDAN’S SHRINE TO PETE”, the Daily Star says:

OBSESSED Kate Price has created a bizarre love shrine to ex-husband Peter Andre in their former marital home. The tormented glamour girl has surrounded herself with dozens of images and statues of Pete – even in her bedroom.

Haven’t we all? Asda is selling the Peter Andre Kit & Canoodle, a fluffy orange-hued night light that says “Shucks” when you look at it and blushes a deep, reassuring tangerine.

The source goes on:

And Kate, 31, has ignored new lover Alex Reid’s desperate calls to remove them. “Alex is not happy about it all – what man would like the ex staring at them in bed?’ It’s pretty weird but she tells him that the kids still need to see their dad’s face around the house.”

She could always buy a few copies of OK! and replace Princess Timiminiiii’s comics with Now magazine, in which Pete writes a column?

The news comes as it was revealed Kate has been bombarding Peter with pleas for a reunion.

Does anyone else imagine that when the divorce story has petered out, and Pete has petered out to fame’s bargain bucket and Katie realises she’s dating a Dean Gaffney look-alike, Peter and Katie will reunite?

But she has calmed cagefighter Alex, 34, by framing a huge photo of his bloody and battered face after his fight last week. The picture, engraved with the word “Champ”, has been given pride of place in the lounge.

There, that should cheer up the kidzz. The source goes on:

“It’s a bit weird. She says she hates Peter, but there are photos everywhere. She has kept a select few up and the clock they had made with their faces on is still hanging above the door in the kitchen. She has these busts of their faces and their names engraved on them hanging around the house and also has a photo next to the bed.”

Katie has a bust of her face? The woman is obsessed with breasts.

As Dwight Yorke, former Katie Price squeezer, writes in his book of the Andre-Price home:

“They’d turned it into a shrine to their own vanity. How many pictures of yourselves is it possible to put up on the walls?”

Might his be why the couple split – a lack of wall space? We had thought they ran out of sexual positions.

To China, with posters…

Posted: 30th, September 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment (1)


Woody Allen Comes Out In Support Of Roman Polanski, Jeremy Kyle Waits

soon-woodyWOODY Allen has signed a petition calling for Roman Polanski’s release from Switzerland.

Top US directors Woody Allen, David Lynch and Martin Scorsese have signed a petition protesting the detention of Roman Polanski in Switzerland, a French film industry association, SACD, said.

In 1997, Allen married Soon-Yi Previn. Korean-born Soon-Yi was adopted at age eight by Mia Farrow and Andre Previn. A couple of years later, Woody and Mia began a relationship that lasted more than a decade. Then Farrow found naked pictures of 21-year-old Previn in Allen’s apartment in 1991.

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Posted: 29th, September 2009 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment


Goat-Kid Monster Born In Maboleni Zimbabwe

goat-manA MONSTER has been born in Zimbabwe. No, not Mugabe – a real monster that’s part goat, part man, so they say.

Goat-Kid was born in Maboleni. Goat-Kid has a living pink head and the face of a disfigured baby, one that they say looked like a goat. Got-Kid had a tail, kinked legs and a shoulders like a small child’s.

So the locals burnt it.

Local Governor Jason Machaya kicks over the embers:

“A grown man was responsible for this.”

A vet suggests hydrocephalus, aka water on the brain.

But it’s a monster. It has to be. Or viral marketing for a new Britney Spears sex tape.

Posted: 29th, September 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment (1)


Natalie Morton, Cervical Cancer And A Scare Story

mortonSCARE Story: A 14-year-old girl in Coventry, one Natalie Morton, has died shortly after being given the cervical cancer vaccine at school.

Time to panic! And a time for a rare moment of understatement. On the school’s website, a message from the headmistress:

Immunisation tests were carried out today in the school to all girls eligible to receive the HPV1 vaccine. During the session an unfortunate incident occurred and one of the girls suffered a rare, but extreme reaction to the vaccine. A number of other girls also reported being unwell and some were sent home.

And then the headlines in which the jab and the death are linked by fact:

Metro: “Cervical jab fear as girl, 14, dies”

The death has raised questions about the safety of the vaccine, the secrecy surrounding clinical trials and why Britain has chosen a different type to most other countries.

Daily Telegraph: “Tributes to 14-year-old schoolgirl who died after being given cervical cancer jab”

“Charmaine Dunn-Myria, 15, who was in the same year as Natalie, said: “There was panic around the school when we found out what happened. Girls were in tears in the corridors and everyone was in shock. I had my jab today as well and I was really worried about it and that something was going to happen to me. They never told us that there was any danger in these jabs. I didn’t know you could get sick or die from them.”

Well, nothing has been proven. And the Telegraph seeks to dampen fears by telling readers:

But since April last year the MHRA has received more than 2,000 reports of suspected reactions to the vaccine, including 409 related to anaphylactic shock, which can be rapidly fatal.

Channel 4: “Cervical cancer jab fears after girl dies”

“No link can be made between the death and the vaccine until all the facts are known and a post-mortem takes place.

Sky:

“NHS Coventry said although no link had been made between the death and the vaccination, it had quarantined the batch used at the school as a “precautionary measure”.

Daily Mirror: “14-year-old girl dies after cervical cancer jab”

GIRL, 14, DIES IN CANCER JAB SCARE

Scare? Or scare story?

About 1.4million vaccine doses have been given since last September. The jab guards against the human papilloma virus, a sexually transmitted infection that causes 70 per cent of cervical cancers. Health officials last night stressed that there was not yet any evidence the jab was responsible for Natalie’s death.

A girl has died, and that is tragic. And her name is being used to spread the fear, today’s media scare story.

Posted: 29th, September 2009 | In: Key Posts | Comments (10)