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  • Ofcom receives weird Britain’s Got Talent complaint about Ant McPartlin

    Ofcom receives weird Britain’s Got Talent complaint about Ant McPartlin

    There was also a complaint about ‘sexually suggestive’ behaviour by a judge. It has emerged that Ofcom received a complaint about Ant McPartlin appearing on this weekend’s Britain’s Got Talent, despite him only featuring in footage recorded before his arrest and conviction for drink driving. It wasn’t the only complaint they recieved, according to The […]

    8 years ago

  • Father Ray Kelly’s secret past before Britain’s Got Talent has been revealed

    Father Ray Kelly’s secret past before Britain’s Got Talent has been revealed

    He probably wouldn’t have wanted viewers knowing about this. On Saturday Irish priest Father Ray Kelly took to the Britain’s Got Talent stage, in front of the judging panel, to sing R.E.M’s ‘Everybody Hurts’ – moving Simon Cowell to tears with his emotive performance. Appearing on the show, Ray told judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha […]

    8 years ago

  • Tom Hardy’s new ‘Venom’ trailer actually has Venom in it

    Tom Hardy’s new ‘Venom’ trailer actually has Venom in it

    It’s here. In a new trailer, first released at CinemaCon overnight, viewers finally get to see Tom Hardy playing Venom in the upcoming movie. The first teaser for the movie showed Eddie Brock before his transformation into the comic villain, however the latest trailer shows him as the anti-hero. The reporter’s transformation begins when he is […]

    8 years ago

  • Tesco spotted selling bottles of Jack Daniel’s for an absolute bargain price

    Tesco spotted selling bottles of Jack Daniel’s for an absolute bargain price

    This is so cheap. Shoppers at Tescos up and down the country are reporting a huge stock clearance deal on 50cl bottles of Jack Daniel’s – with bottles being sold off for just £8. Eight quid is over half of the price offered at some of the supermarket’s competitors. The deal was spotted on HotUKDeals, with the offer […]

    8 years ago

  • Fan favourite revealed as Pat Phelan’s next victim on Coronation Street

    Fan favourite revealed as Pat Phelan’s next victim on Coronation Street

    Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Looks like all the murdering on the cobbles isn’t ending any time soon, as it has emerged that one of Coronation Street’s most prominent characters will be the next victim of Corrie killer Pat Phelan. The Sun claims that Michelle Connor, played by former singer Kym Marsh, is set to become […]

    8 years ago

  • Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named PFA Player Of The Year 2018

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named PFA Player Of The Year 2018

    It’s fair to say he deserves it. Mo Salah has been named the 2018 PFA Player of the Year. Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne finished runner-up to Salah at the ceremony this evening. 🔴🔴🔴@LFC duo @JHenderson and @22mosalah have arrived #PFAAwards pic.twitter.com/Wjc1IcPNBy — Professional Footballers’ Association (@PFA) April 22, 2018 The player has scored 41 […]

    8 years ago

  • Game of Thrones is looking for northerners to star in the next season of the show

    Game of Thrones is looking for northerners to star in the next season of the show

    The casting call has also revealed some small spoilers. The producers of Game of Thrones are looking for a number of characters to join the show at the end of the year. According to fan site Watchers On The Wall, the show is looking for actors to play three northern characters A northern farmer is needed who […]

    8 years ago

  • Eminem celebrates 10 years free of drugs and alcohol

    Eminem celebrates 10 years free of drugs and alcohol

    A huge achievement for one of the GOAT. Eminem has celebrated a decade of sobriety on social media, overcoming an addiction to prescription pills Vicodin, Valium and Ambien. The 45-year-old rapper, who has sold 172,000,000 albums worldwide, showed off a chip he was given when he reached the milestone on social media. Adding the caption: “Celebrated […]

    8 years ago

  • Kanye West’s new Yeezys are getting ripped apart on social media for an obvious reason

    Kanye West’s new Yeezys are getting ripped apart on social media for an obvious reason

    It’s pretty hard to deny the resemblance. Kanye’s back on Twitter and, as per usual, his content is #Thread after #Thread of the kinds of thoughts you have before you fall asleep, but forget to ever write down. https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/988055697983066112 https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/987417308124475392 https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/987411453131943936 https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/987399001929539584 Yesterday, however, he took a break from /r/im14andthisisdeep musings to drop a ‘rough draft’ […]

    8 years ago

  • An Ant McPartlin scene had to be cut from Britain’s Got Talent last night

    An Ant McPartlin scene had to be cut from Britain’s Got Talent last night

    He would have been seen driving around Richmond Park. A scene in last night’s Britain’s Got Talent was not shown following Ant McPartlin’s conviction for drink driving. Producers reportedly chopped footage of the Geordie presenter driving a Union Jack covered Jaguar in the light of his pleading guilty to the offence. The clip of him driving Declan […]

    8 years ago

  • The weather could mean drivers are at risk of a £2,500 fine this weekend

    The weather could mean drivers are at risk of a £2,500 fine this weekend

    Most of the time drivers don’t think about this before it’s too late. I probably don’t need to tell you that we’re in the midst of the Dia de Fuego today. But if you can’t get out for a few jars this evening, don’t worry, because while today might be the ‘Day of Fire’, the hot […]

    8 years ago

  • Channel 4’s disturbing new show True Horror has warning issued for viewers

    Channel 4’s disturbing new show True Horror has warning issued for viewers

    It’s ‘the most terrifying show on TV’. Choo, choo, guys, the Thursday night-in hype train just pulled into the station and, you better believe, it’s got Channel 4’s new show True Horror on board. The first episode airs tonight and will follow different people who have had encounters with ghosts. The show is so frightening that […]

    8 years ago

  • GoFundMe for Elon Musk started after people see where he sleeps

    GoFundMe for Elon Musk started after people see where he sleeps

    The aim is to ‘buy Elon Musk a couch’. A GoFundMe page has been set up for Tesla billionaire Elon Musk after a TV show revealed where he sleeps. During a recent interview with CBS This Morning, Musk said that he sometimes sleeps at the Tesla factory in California on a couch. In response, Calafornian Ben […]

    8 years ago

  • Baba Vanga’s World War Three prediction about Russia is freaky as hell

    Baba Vanga’s World War Three prediction about Russia is freaky as hell

    “Everything will melt away like ice yet the glory of Vladimir, the glory of Russia, are the only things that will remain.” The psychic who famously ‘foresaw’ a number of major events of the 20th and early 21st century made a chilling prediction about World War Three prior to her death. Despite having died in […]

    8 years ago

  • EastEnders fans think they know who Phil Mitchell’s mystery caller is

    EastEnders fans think they know who Phil Mitchell’s mystery caller is

    They also think a character is about to be murdered. So, Vincent Hubbard had a bit of a shocker last night, didn’t he? Phil caught him meeting up with copper DI Franklin – which as you’re probably aware isn’t good news for him at all. Oh no. Oh no. Oh, definitely not. Then Walford baddest, baldest character […]

    8 years ago

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 ‘won’t have traditional single-player campaign’

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 ‘won’t have traditional single-player campaign’

    It would be the first in the series. It is being reported that the next incarnation of Call of Duty will not have a traditional single-player campaign, instead focusing on online play and the popular Zombies mode. A source with knowledge of the project told gaming site Polygon that with a 12 October release date penciled […]

    8 years ago

  • Viagra just went on sale at Asda, Morrisons, Superdrug and Tesco

    Viagra just went on sale at Asda, Morrisons, Superdrug and Tesco

    It’s now available over the counter without a prescription. As of today, you will be able to purchase viagra at retailers across the UK – including Asda, Morrisons, Superdrug, Tesco and Boots. The pills will cost £19.99 for four and it is hoped the move will end the pill’s sale on the black market. To […]

    8 years ago

  • Coronation Street blunder sparks supernatural character conspiracy theory

    Coronation Street blunder sparks supernatural character conspiracy theory

    “You cannot change your nature more than I can change the weather and you shouldn’t have to try.” Wowza, it sure has been a wild ride on Coronation Street recently, hasn’t it? What with that Pat Phelan fella hanging about, some parts of the show have felt more like an episode of Dexter than they have the […]

    8 years ago

  • Channel 4 to bring back classic reality show after seven years

    Channel 4 to bring back classic reality show after seven years

    It’s a blast from the past. By the looks of it, the success of Love Island is having an effect on the rest of the reality TV market, as it’s being reported that classic noughties show Shipwrecked could be getting brought back to our screens. Despite being cancelled in 2012, the show – which originally ran as […]

    8 years ago

  • Ant McPartlin sentenced after pleading guilty to drink driving

    Ant McPartlin sentenced after pleading guilty to drink driving

    He pleaded guilty in court. Ant McPartlin has been fined £86,000 and handed a 20-month road ban after pleading guilty to drink driving in court. The TV presenter appeared before the Wimbledon Magistrates Court today and pleaded guilty to driving while he was over the legal alcohol limit. The fine works out at 4.5 days […]

    8 years ago

  • Ant McPartlin’s Premier League footballer’s weekly wage revealed in court

    Ant McPartlin’s Premier League footballer’s weekly wage revealed in court

    He earns a huge annual income. Ant McPartlin’s wage was revealed as he faced charges of drink driving in court today. He responded ‘guilty’ to a single charge of driving while over the limit. Ahead of sentencing, his wage was revealed in court to be £130,000 per week – to put that into context, Liverpool’s star […]

    8 years ago

  • Ant McPartlin pleads guilty to drink driving

    Ant McPartlin pleads guilty to drink driving

    He appeared in Wimbledon Magistrates Court. Ant McPartlin has pleaded guilty to drink driving after appearing in court today. In a statement, read by his lawyer, he apologised for his actions and said he was “ashamed and mortified” by what he had done. He responded ‘guilty’ to a single charge of driving while over the limit. […]

    8 years ago

  • Kray Twins’ former hitman speaks out on Hither Green burglary

    Kray Twins’ former hitman speaks out on Hither Green burglary

    He’s of a similar age himself. The Kray twins’ former hitman has waded into the debate about pensioner Richard Osborn-Brooks, who stabbed and killed an intruder in his home earlier this month. The now 86-year-old Freddie Foreman has been retired from crime for over three decades after being imprisoned in 1990 for 10 years for taking part […]

    8 years ago

  • Boris Johnson warns UK to prepare for ‘Russian retaliation’ following Syria strike

    Boris Johnson warns UK to prepare for ‘Russian retaliation’ following Syria strike

    It comes after British forces joined the US and France in air strikes in Syria. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said the UK must take “every possible precaution” to protect itself from Russian retaliation in the aftermath of coalition air strikes in Syria. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, he claimed that Moscow had a history of launching […]

    8 years ago

  • ‘Man who escaped Alcatraz’ writes letter to FBI after 50 years of freedom

    ‘Man who escaped Alcatraz’ writes letter to FBI after 50 years of freedom

    It had previously been believed that nobody successfully escaped the remote prison. FBI agents reopened an investigation into three prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz after receiving a letter claiming to have been penned by one of the men. It was in that 1962 that John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris attempted to escape The […]

    8 years ago

  • Britain’s Got Talent viewers worried by Ant’s behaviour on last night’s show

    Britain’s Got Talent viewers worried by Ant’s behaviour on last night’s show

    Fans were quick to point out a few things they found concerning. Britain’s Got Talent returned to our screens last night, with the show’s standout act being Marc Spelmann, a magician from north London. The show was the first time Ant and his co-presenter Dec have been seen on screen together since McPartlin’s arrest for drink […]

    8 years ago

  • Furious fan backlash over Britain’s Got Talent ‘editing’ of Ant McPartlin

    Furious fan backlash over Britain’s Got Talent ‘editing’ of Ant McPartlin

    Did you notice this? Fans of Britain’s Got Talent were left fuming last night – claiming that scenes featuring Ant McPartlin were cut from the show. Although he is currently in rehab, the show’s audition stage was filmed prior to his arrest for drink driving last month. However, despite the Ant and Dec being reunited […]

    8 years ago

  • Premier League makes decision on whether VAR will be used next season

    Premier League makes decision on whether VAR will be used next season

    Not everyone will agree with this. Premier League clubs have voted against using a video assistant referee (VAR) system next season. However, it has been agreed that advanced testing on the technology will continue until at least the end of 2018-19. A statement read: “Premier League clubs have today agreed to continue advanced testing of […]

    8 years ago

  • Coronation Street character to ‘suffer heart attack’ and fight for their life

    Coronation Street character to ‘suffer heart attack’ and fight for their life

    Could it be curtains for him? A Corrie character is about to prove that it’s not just Pat Phelan that Weatherfield residents have to watch out if they want to avoid a brush with the reaper. It’s reported that the show’s writers have lined up a medical emergency for a main character, who will suffer […]

    8 years ago

  • Liverpool fans are saying the same thing after drawing Roma in Champions League

    Liverpool fans are saying the same thing after drawing Roma in Champions League

    It’s exactly what they wanted and they’re all saying the same thing. The Champions League draw is in and we know that Liverpool will take on Roma in the next round of the competition. BREAKING: @LFC to play @ASRomaEN in Champions League semi-final with first leg at Anfield. #SSN — Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) April […]

    8 years ago

  • Michael C Hall confirms he’s open to Dexter reboot

    Michael C Hall confirms he’s open to Dexter reboot

    This is incredible news for fans of the TV show. It’s been over five years since Dexter ended but fans of the show are still in mourning. For anybody who never saw it, the Showtime series focused on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter analyst by trade but a serial killer by night. The eighth and […]

    8 years ago

  • The absolutely bizarre ‘floss’ dance is taking over the internet

    The absolutely bizarre ‘floss’ dance is taking over the internet

    Celebrities have been posting videos of themselves doing it on Instagram. Hey, remember that YouTube video that used to be one of the most watched on YouTube? You know the one, it had a guy dressed in an orange t-shirt, who looked the spitting image of Barry from EastEnders, dancing his way from the 1950s […]

    8 years ago

  • Tom Hardy has shaved his head bald and looks like an angry Harry Hill

    Tom Hardy has shaved his head bald and looks like an angry Harry Hill

    He’s also posted pictures in costume as violent gangster Al Capone and it’s pretty creepy. Earlier this year it was announced that Tom Hardy would be playing Al Capone in Fonzo, a new film focused on the final years of the Chicago mobster’s life. The Dunkirk and Warrior actor is now filming the role, with his makeup […]

    8 years ago

  • Emotional Ant McPartlin bursts into tears during first Britain’s Got Talent episode

    Emotional Ant McPartlin bursts into tears during first Britain’s Got Talent episode

    He can’t hold back his emotions. A lot has happened to Ant McPartlin since the Britain’s Got Talent auditions that were filmed earlier this year. The Geordie presenter is currently in rehab, after being arrested for drink driving last month, with ITV confirming Dec will host the live shows without his long-term co-presenter “while Ant steps down from […]

    8 years ago

  • Conversation overhead on public transport goes viral for important reason

    Conversation overhead on public transport goes viral for important reason

    “Katie, if you don’t mind, I’m going to go into my head for a bit.” I don’t know about you, but if someone tells me to shut up, my instinctive response is – to put it lightly – fairly negative. It just comes across pretty rude, doesn’t it? However, an overheard a conversation has shown […]

    8 years ago

  • BBC Breakfast presenter accidentally falls into swimming pool live on TV

    BBC Breakfast presenter accidentally falls into swimming pool live on TV

    He was mid-interview when he slipped. There’s definitely something about the BBC – a broadcasting service revered across the world – that makes any on-air mess ups more hilarious than they would have been on a rival channel. It’s hard to imagine the children who burst into a news correspondent’s room during a news broadcast, […]

    8 years ago

  • Ant and Dec snubbed by Britain’s Got Talent in build-up to first show

    Ant and Dec snubbed by Britain’s Got Talent in build-up to first show

    Where have the hosts gone? Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Stephen Mulhern have all been featured in new promotional material for Britain’s Got Talent. The show’s host, however, are MIA. The images show the programme’s judges posing in the grand hallway of the London Palladium. Check them out here: Neither of […]

    8 years ago

  • Queen leaves David Attenborough in stitches with Donald Trump joke

    Queen leaves David Attenborough in stitches with Donald Trump joke

    The 90-year-olds were filming a documentary together when she burst out with this one. Last week it was announced that David Attenborough and the Queen will come together for a one-off ITV documentary entitled The Queen’s Green Planet. The film will be centered around a discussion of the subject, in the picturesque gardens of Buckingham […]

    8 years ago

  • Angry locals tear down tribute to burglar killed by pensioner last week

    Angry locals tear down tribute to burglar killed by pensioner last week

    “Richard is the real victim here.” Residents in Hither Green, south east London have torn down tributes to a burglar stabbed by a pensioner in his home last week. Henry Vincent, 37, received a fatal stab wound during the break-in of 78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks’ home on Wednesday. Following the incident a number of flowers were laid outside […]

    8 years ago

  • Police release mugshot of accomplice to burglar stabbed by pensioner

    Police release mugshot of accomplice to burglar stabbed by pensioner

    He’s a hunted man and police want his image to be passed on to help track him down. The police have released an image of the alleged accomplice who broke into a home with the burglar who was stabbed to death by a pensioner last week. It is believed that Billy Jeeves, 28, was with Henry […]

    8 years ago

  • Behind the scenes footage of Ant McPartlin on Britain’s Got Talent just got leaked

    Behind the scenes footage of Ant McPartlin on Britain’s Got Talent just got leaked

    So it looks like he will be appearing after all… Behind the scenes footage of Ant McPartlin has been released by Britain’s Got Talent producers ahead of his return to the show this weekend. Despite being in rehab it is believed the 42-year-old will be seen on screen next week, as the show’s auditions were filmed […]

    8 years ago

  • Worzel Gummidge is returning to TV with a Hollywood actor playing the role

    Worzel Gummidge is returning to TV with a Hollywood actor playing the role

    BBC are rebooting the kids TV show. It looks like Mackenzie Crook will be coming back to British TV to play a rebooted version of kid’s TV favourite Worzel Gummidge. The 46-year old will take on the role – first played by Jon Pertwee – almost four decades after it was canceled. The show was […]

    8 years ago

  • Sid from Skins has ditched the beanie and is looking very hipster nowadays

    Sid from Skins has ditched the beanie and is looking very hipster nowadays

    He’s had a career change, but anyone who’s seen the show won’t be surprised by his new job. For people of a certain age, Skins was a blueprint of the life you wanted to live as a teenager. The episodes are available to watch on Netflix and although you might think the show would be quite […]

    8 years ago

  • Prince Harry is worth a staggering amount of money

    Prince Harry is worth a staggering amount of money

    He will wed Meghan Markle next month. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will have their big day on 19 May and although for many the day will be a cause for celebration, there is always a naysayer or two ahead of this kind of event. With the ceremony just around the corner, thousands of people […]

    8 years ago

  • Police charge sheet shows extent of Ant McPartlin’s drinking before arrest

    Police charge sheet shows extent of Ant McPartlin’s drinking before arrest

    He could face up to six months in prison. Police documents have revealed exactly how much alcohol TV presenter Ant McPartlin had consumed before being arrested for drink driving last month. Ant was involved in a collision with two other cars while driving his Mini, one of which was carrying a four-year-old girl. The incident happened […]

    8 years ago

  • Jack Ma was happier earning $12-a-month than sitting on a huge fortune

    Jack Ma was happier earning $12-a-month than sitting on a huge fortune

    He’s one of China’s richest man. Although he’s one of the richest men in the world, apparently the old adage that money can’t buy you happiness rings true for Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of the company Alibaba. Following his graduation in 1988, he worked as an English teacher at a local university in […]

    8 years ago