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Atherton Off The Mark

‘EVERYONE in Hello! seems to have a new baby – with the exception of Cherie Blair, whose miscarriage is unaccountably given two pages of coverage in the current issue – … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Hoffman In Chair Scare Shocker

‘POOR old Dustin Hoffman. As if his unscheduled appearance as a pundit on Big Brother wasn’t bad enough, he seems to be surrounded by misfortune. The stuff of Dustin’s nightmaresFirst … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Running Scared

‘BRITNEY is on the brink, according to this week’s big National Enquirer feature story. The booze and the heartache are all played out in minute detail, but the most shocking … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

The Sum Of All Fears

”’YIKES!” shrieks the Enquirer. ”Stars’ bizarre phobias turn Hollywood into Hollyweird.” And in the spirit of sympathy and compassion for which it is justly renowned, the magazine proceeds to list … (read more)

Posted: 15th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Waking The Dead

‘PARENTS are forever complaining that teenagers play their music loud enough to wake the dead, but for one family, at least, it’s worked in their favour. ”Got anyting by The … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment

A Toast To The King

‘NOTHING could bring Elvis back from the dead, especially as he’s actually alive and well and working in a KFC outlet in Norwich. But, in the lead up to the … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment

Young Man

‘WILL Young may be big, but he’ll never be as big as Elvis – not unless he has McDonald’s set up a restaurant in his living room. But still, the … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment

Ant Rap

‘HUMMING can be really annoying, can’t it? So annoying, in fact, that in today’s Times guide to office life, it is listed twice in a section on things from which … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment

Duty Free In France

‘YESTERDAY we told of Tony Blair’s smart-but-casual photo-call with the French prime minister. The event took place at a chateau belonging to one of the Blairios’ friends, for Tony likes … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment

Kat Creamed

‘DOCTOR Truman must be suffering from severe sleep deprivation caused by Zoe’s disappearance as next week he sleeps with her mother, Kat, ”by mistake”. Regular viewers will of course recall … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment

See Hugh And Cry

‘MOST of us only see the countryside as we drive down the motorway from one urban sprawl to the next (note: it’s the space just beyond the grass verge). But … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Home Entertainment

”’I WAS fiddling with the video recorder and just pressed the wrong button,” says Stéphane, one of the alleged victims in a curious case that is currently before the French … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment

Rob Roy

‘THE Press should thank Roy Keane. They should get together and write an open letter to the Manchester United captain and thank him for creating news where there was none. … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Back pages | Comment

Sofa So Good

‘IT comes to something when the biggest storyline in a soap is based around a large, inanimate object that everyone hates. No, Bet Gilroy’s not back, it’s Karen’s sofa. It’s … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Tarted Up

‘THE only good thing about Kate Lawler being in the Big Brother house was that she couldn’t talk to OK! magazine. But now the ”blonde, beautiful, confident, funny” Kate is … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Named And Shamed

‘IN another hymn to blondeness, OK! also interviews Kerry Katona this week. It wasn’t so long ago that Kerry was telling the magazine’s readers all about the heartbreak she suffered … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

The Golden RULERs

‘OK! itself has come up with a clever nickname for ”the most desirable men on the planet”. ”They’re roguish, unattached, loaded, eligible romeos – or ‘R.U.L.E.Rs” and they are ”the … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Going The Gay Way

‘BRITNEY Spears might have an image so clean that it squeaks, but this week the Enquirer smears that image with whipped cream and encourages it to jelly-wrestle with one of … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Pretty Nasty Woman

‘IF Julia Roberts had such warm feelings for her new husband’s ex-wife as Britney has for Jenna, Danny Moder would probably think he was the luckiest man on earth. But, … (read more)

Posted: 14th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Wedding Belles

‘THANKS to its one-child policy, females in China are in short supply. Which could explain a spate of grave robberies in Shaanxi province. The Straits Times reports that a Chinese … (read more)

Posted: 12th, August 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment

Named And Shamed

‘IN another hymn to blondeness, OK! also interviews Kerry Katona this week. It wasn’t so long ago that Kerry was telling the magazine’s readers all about the heartbreak she suffered … (read more)

Posted: 12th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

Crocodile Tears

‘THERE is a horrible air of inevitability about the hunt for missing ten-year-olds, Holly Evans and Jessica Chapman. As every hour passes, the chances of their being found alive diminish … (read more)

Posted: 9th, August 2002 | In: Tabloids | Comment

Pretty Nasty Woman

‘IF Julia Roberts had such warm feelings for her new husband’s ex-wife as Britney has for Jenna, Danny Moder would probably think he was the luckiest man on earth. ”Watch … (read more)

Posted: 8th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

One Door Closes, Another Opens

‘YOU know the situation – you’ve just opened the door to a shop or a restaurant and you see a pretty woman coming the other way. What do you do? … (read more)

Posted: 7th, August 2002 | In: Broadsheets | Comment

Spending A Penny

‘THE show may be finished, but the tills are just starting to ring for the Big Brother housemates. This week’s OK! cover star is moaning model Alex Sibley. They thought … (read more)

Posted: 6th, August 2002 | In: Reviews | Comment

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