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Rocky Horrors

FORGET getting your two front teeth for Christmas. What you need is a new face. The Mail invites its readers to take a long hard look at Lulu, the Sixties … (read more)

Posted: 7th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Aniston Goes On

JENNIFER Aniston smiles out at the world from the front page of the Express. Will you be her friend? You see, the actress is "FRIENDLESS". Harsh, perhaps, but the Express … (read more)

Posted: 7th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Faces Of Polonium-21

ALEXANDER Litvinenko is still unwell. Looking at the photograph of the former Russian KGB operative on the Sun’s front page, we see no obvious signs of improvement. Of course, Litvinenko … (read more)

Posted: 6th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Snapped Up

Welsh stars snapped up
A portrait of singer, TV presenter and professional Welsh girl Charlotte Church fetched £800 at a charity auction. That’s a decent enough price. But she wasn’t … (read more)

Posted: 6th, December 2006 | In: Royal Family | Comment


Jordan’s Big Secret

"IT’S no secret that Katie and Peter Andre have been trying for a baby for some time," writes OK!. And not trying to adopt one like other celebrities, but actually … (read more)

Posted: 6th, December 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


Heather Mills Snaps

HEATHER Mills is off. And she’s causing a stink. The Mirror looks on as the woman embroiled in a well-publicised divorce from Paul McCartney arrives at Gatwick Airport. It is … (read more)

Posted: 6th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


The School Run

EXCLUSIVITY comes at a price. And for just a few pounds mothers on the school run can stand out from the pack by taking their child to school in a … (read more)

Posted: 6th, December 2006 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


On Message

FOR those of us who view Her Majesty the Queen as a static figure, appearing in profile on stamps and coins, the chance to see her full face and actually … (read more)

Posted: 6th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Clooney’s Pig Out

GEORGE Clooney is in mourning? No, he has not lost his looks. Pray god that never happens. Hollywood’s finest has lost his pig. And not just any pig but Max, … (read more)

Posted: 5th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


The Royal Courtney

Courtney Love and Prince Andrew are on the sofa 
“THE Duke of York is blissfully ignorant that his affair will outrage the Queen.” So said a senior courtier in 2002 when … (read more)

Posted: 5th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Doherty’s Latest Comeback

PETE DOHERTY: Live! It’s another day in the life of the hardest working man in pop. No sooner has the hammer fallen and the judgements pronounced on one of Doherty’s … (read more)

Posted: 5th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


First Things Last

“BA passengers share first class cabin with a corpse.” The Mail’s headline is as stark as it is shocking. And reading on we learn what “horrified” passengers aboard a British … (read more)

Posted: 5th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Klass Is The Tops

“CAN you tell fake from real?” That question to you, Sun readers studying the form of Myleene Klass. For a second opinion, Sun readers can see Myleene two different bikinis, … (read more)

Posted: 5th, December 2006 | In: TV & Radio | Comment (1)


Beckham – The Gay Sweeper

IS England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff the new David Beckham? The Mail lines up the former captain of the England football team alongside Flintoff. It notes the shared penchant for … (read more)

Posted: 4th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Stars & Gripes

GWYNETH Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actress, has something she’d like to share with us. “The British are much more intelligent and civilised than the Americans,” says Paltrow. She is too, too … (read more)

Posted: 4th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Kate Moss Fur-ore

“BRITNEY Spears, Victoria Beckham and Kate Moss all looking pretty shaggy in fur costs,” says the Sun, “but two are faking it.” Looking at the paper’s pictures of the three, … (read more)

Posted: 4th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Viennese Whirl

LIFE’s vicissitudes are never more to the fore than on Strictly Come Dancing, right now just about the biggest pro-celebrity dancing show on the magic box. And where TV leads, … (read more)

Posted: 4th, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Red Alert

IT’S been a while since Geri Halliwell delivered “baby Bluebell” to an appreciative world. And what looked like bad timing back then – the birth of Geri’s first child coincided … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, December 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment


The Big C(hristmas)

EVERY day of every week the Mail thinks up imaginative ways to remind you that life is cruel and you are going to experience pain and die. And if it … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Careless Dogging Costs Lives

EVER wonder what’s going through the mind of the copper standing outside No.10 Downing Street? Until now we’d laboured under the belief that the doorman’s mind was in a Zen-like … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, December 2006 | In: Broadsheets | Comment


America’s Two For One Special

IT is cheaper than it has been since 1981 to invest in the United States. Islamic imperialists should note that rather than invade the Great Satan, the time is ripe … (read more)

Posted: 1st, December 2006 | In: Uncategorized | Comment


Warden Off Evil

A STORY to warm the cockles and bring a smile of rare joy to one and all. “YESSSS!” says the Mirror, expertly tapping into the zeitgeist. “Traffic warden gives ticket … (read more)

Posted: 1st, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Radiation Nation

Russian radiation lights up London
THE good news is that the radiation found onboard three British Airways jets means frequent flyers no longer need an overhead light to read by. They … (read more)

Posted: 1st, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Deal Me Out

Noel Edmond’s small deal 
“DATE..OR NO DATE?” asks the Mirror’s front page. But it is not the Mirror doing the asking. It is Noel Edmonds, or “naughty Noel”, as the Mirror … (read more)

Posted: 1st, December 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment


Britney’s 55

PERHAPS Heather Mills can hook up with Kevin Federline, the most reviled women in Britain with the self-styled America’s Most Hated? But before that happy day, must come the respective … (read more)

Posted: 30th, November 2006 | In: Tabloids | Comment