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  • This 90s Disney supercut will have you crying into your Lion King duvet

    This 90s Disney supercut will have you crying into your Lion King duvet

    I’m not crying – there’s…there’s something in my eye. One of the most prominent memories of our childhood involved sitting down on a Saturday morning in pyjamas that were too short for us and watching whatever Disney movie was on the box that day. We have every movie on VCR from Aladdin to Hercules to Tarzan… when we […]

    11 years ago

  • Man taunts bull with flaming horns and gets exactly what he deserves (Video)

    Man taunts bull with flaming horns and gets exactly what he deserves (Video)

    Bull rules 101 – do not throw sand at a bull… This footage, reportedly shot in Spain, shows a man facing off with a bull in an arena, and if that situation wasn’t already dangerous enough, some cruel people decided to set fire to the bull’s horns. At first the bull doesn’t know what to […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE Agony Uncle Matt Berry answers your problems…

    JOE Agony Uncle Matt Berry answers your problems…

    JOE Agony Uncle Matt Berry delivers more solid advice this week, including: “Age is immaterial, talent is everything”, “Gather your rollers tight and tell her” and “At least she gives a s**t”. If you have an issue you’d like Matt to help with – email hello@JOE.co.uk. Dear Uncle Matt, My girlfriend has started doing this […]

    11 years ago

  • New Barcelona signing refuses to sign Messi shirt (Video)

    New Barcelona signing refuses to sign Messi shirt (Video)

    Barcelona player Arda Turan reacted strangely when asked to sign a club shirt for a fan, but he may have had his reasons. The kit in question bore the name and number of the former Atletico man’s new team-mate Lionel Messi, a fact that brought out a strange reaction. Arda might have previously said that […]

    11 years ago

  • American journalist needs help identifying Steven Gerrard (video)

    American journalist needs help identifying Steven Gerrard (video)

    Steven Gerrard may be a new arrival in MLS but the former Liverpool captain isn’t exactly what you’d call an unknown quantity. Gerrard’s face has been plastered on billboards throughout LA and we’re fairly certain his arrival was discussed at length in the American media…which makes this glaring admission by a local journalist all the more […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Goosebumps trailer is as funny as it is creepy

    Video: Goosebumps trailer is as funny as it is creepy

    Great news for anyone who grew up in the UK in the 1990s, as the Goosebumps books are being turned into a film. The first full-length trailer for the comedy horror is out, and offers a great trip down memory lane for fans of the series of books. Jack Black stars as a fictional version […]

    11 years ago

  • Harry Potter star trades ice cream van for ‘redhead’ Ferrari

    Harry Potter star trades ice cream van for ‘redhead’ Ferrari

    Everyone has their reasons for buying a Ferrari, but ginger pride is rarely one of them. Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint traded his ice cream van (more on that later) for a Ferrari Testarossa, purely because the name translates to ‘redhead’ in Italian. The strawberry blond Grint parted with £200,000 for the car, which he […]

    11 years ago

  • Crowdfunders raise £45,000 to improve drinking games

    Crowdfunders raise £45,000 to improve drinking games

    The days of ending house parties with beer-soaked floors could be over, thanks to an invention by a group of American pals. Game after game of beer pong left Chase Treibt and his friends sick of sticky carpets and drinks that tasted of dirt, so they devised their own solution. They have raised more than $70,000 (£45,000) […]

    11 years ago

  • The way you charge your iPhone may be about to change forever

    The way you charge your iPhone may be about to change forever

    Sick of losing your iPhone charger? Annoyed at the wire wearing away? Good news could be on its way. A newly published patent offers some insight into Apple’s plans to completely remove all charging ports from their phones. How do you charge your handset then? Welcome to the world of wireless… Apple’s plans include charging iPhones via a chip […]

    11 years ago

  • Take off your festival wristband if you don’t want to get boils…

    Take off your festival wristband if you don’t want to get boils…

    We all know someone who refuses to take off their festival wristband. Some think it’s a ‘cool’ thing to do, but there’s now a scientific reason to tell your mate to wise up and cut loose the grubby thread. Apparently they cause boils. That’s right, boils. A microbiologist at the University of Surrey, Dr Alison Cottell, recently tested two wristbands […]

    11 years ago

  • The average time we spend on Facebook every day has been revealed

    The average time we spend on Facebook every day has been revealed

    Facebook users around the world spend on average around 20 minutes a day on the social networking site, according to research commissioned by investment bank Needham. Citing data from digital analysis company ComScore, Needham analysts reckon that Facebook’s 1.44 billion-plus users spend just over 20 minutes a day checking their news feeds, trawling through photos, creeping on […]

    11 years ago

  • Torino coach confirms Man United deal for Matteo Darmian

    Torino coach confirms Man United deal for Matteo Darmian

    It looks like Manchester United have got their man after Torino coach Giampiero Ventura revealed a deal has been agreed for Italy right-back Matteo Darmian. Speaking to Sky Italia, Ventura said: “It’s true, Darmian will play in the Champions League with Manchester United. “Matteo deserves a top team and always dreamed of playing in the Champions League […]

    11 years ago

  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice plot detail revealed…

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice plot detail revealed…

    The initial trailer set the mood for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but very little has been revealed in terms of the plot…until now. It’s been reported that the film will pick up from the events of the 2013 blockbuster Man of Steel as Batman seeks vengeance for Superman’s overzealous methods. You might remember that […]

    11 years ago

  • Watch Amy Winehouse recording her classic song Back To Black (Video)

    Watch Amy Winehouse recording her classic song Back To Black (Video)

    Unseen footage of Amy Winehouse recording her most famous song Back To Black has been released from the chronicle about her life. Filmmaker Asif Kapadia, the Bafta-winning director of brilliant documentary Senna, has received criticism from the late singer’s family over some of the content of Amy. But the biopic is proving to be a […]

    11 years ago

  • Iain Duncan Smith brings out a football celebration during the Budget (Vine)

    Iain Duncan Smith brings out a football celebration during the Budget (Vine)

    Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith is known to be a big football fan, and he brought out his well-honed terrace celebrations during the Budget announcement. Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions can be seen punching the air and shouting “f**king get in” following George Osborne’s reference to the new national living […]

    11 years ago

  • Damien Duff to give wages to charity after joining Shamrock Rovers

    Damien Duff to give wages to charity after joining Shamrock Rovers

    It’s not often that you see grand gestures like this in football. Damien Duff has proved he’s a good egg by pledging to donate his wages to charity. Duff is set to sign for Irish side Shamrock Rovers, with the club and sponsors planning to contribute around €1,000 a week to a charity at the 36-year-old’s request. https://twitter.com/jonathanmcgarth/status/618746348679118848 The former […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Johnny Depp visited a children’s hospital in full Jack Sparrow mode

    Video: Johnny Depp visited a children’s hospital in full Jack Sparrow mode

    Pirates of the Caribbean actor Johnny Depp took time off from shooting his latest film in Australia to visit sick children in hospital. Depp is currently shooting the latest movie in the swashbuckling pirate franchise, this one’s called Dead Men Tell No Tales (yes, there’s another one of them coming out). Kitted out as the eccentric Jack Sparrow, he spent […]

    11 years ago

  • Star Wars fans get an extra treat with new spin-off about Han Solo

    Star Wars fans get an extra treat with new spin-off about Han Solo

    If Star Wars fans didn’t have enough to look forward to already, there’s a new film in the works all about Han Solo. The directing duo behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, have joined forces with Lucasfilm to tell the back story of our favourite space warrior. They said: […]

    11 years ago

  • Noel Gallagher loved (the first half hour) of Kanye West’s Glastonbury set

    Noel Gallagher loved (the first half hour) of Kanye West’s Glastonbury set

    Who’d have thought it but Noel Gallagher loved Kanye West’s Glastonbury performance – well, for a bit… The High Flying Birds frontman thought the rapper’s set was as “as good as it gets” – but like us, he then zoned out. West performed solo, under a sea of white lights before ending his set in […]

    11 years ago

  • Cristiano Ronaldo takes weird ad campaigns to the next level (Video)

    Cristiano Ronaldo takes weird ad campaigns to the next level (Video)

    Nothing should surprise us about Cristiano Ronaldo any more, but somehow he finds new ways to leave us scratching our heads. Fresh from finding a woman’s phone in Las Vegas and taking her out to dinner, the Real Madrid star has embarked on his latest and weirdest product endorsement. The ad is for Japanese fitness […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Canadian man flies over Calgary using more than 100 helium balloons

    Video: Canadian man flies over Calgary using more than 100 helium balloons

    We’ve all jumped off a low wall holding a couple of balloons over our head as kids but this Canadian man took it to a whole new level when he did a real life imitation of Up. The contraption was created by a Calgary idiot man named Daniel Boria who strapped 110 helium balloons to a lawn […]

    11 years ago

  • Celtic linked with season-long loan for Martin Odegaard…

    Celtic linked with season-long loan for Martin Odegaard…

    Celtic may have pulled off a piece of extraordinary transfer business as reports link them to a season-long loan for Real Madrid wonderkid Martin Odegaard. Italian media outlet Tutto Mercato claim the Norwegian youngster will be reunited with Hoops boss Ronny Deila, who handed the 16-year-old his debut at Stromsgodset. If speculation is true, then Celtic have beaten a […]

    11 years ago

  • This a cappella version of the Pokemon theme is weirdly brilliant (Video)

    This a cappella version of the Pokemon theme is weirdly brilliant (Video)

    There’s no beating a great a cappella effort, and this take on the Pokemon theme is up there with the very best. Coming close on the heels of recent takes on the Jurassic Park theme and Michael Jackson’s entire career, YouTuber Average Jonas has put together a project that would make Pikachu proud. Jonas, who has […]

    11 years ago

  • Superhero bouncy castles go missing in West Midlands

    Superhero bouncy castles go missing in West Midlands

    Police in Warwickshire are dealing with a very niche crime spree, following the alleged theft of two superhero-themed bouncy castles. A giant inflatable Spider-Man has been taken from the Coventry area, just weeks after one with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle design went missing. Warwickshire Bouncy Castles, who rented them out for children’s parties, have […]

    11 years ago

  • Floyd Mayweather stripped of the belt he won by beating Manny Pacquiao

    Floyd Mayweather stripped of the belt he won by beating Manny Pacquiao

    After all that, Floyd Mayweather might have got nothing from the ‘Fight of the Century’… except hundreds of millions of dollars. Mayweather claimed the WBO Welterweight Championship title when he defeated Manny Pacquiao in the most hyped fight in modern boxing history. However, the man known as ‘Money’ found himself in a spot of bother […]

    11 years ago

  • Manchester United hero Gary Neville is trolling Wayne Rooney on Twitter

    Manchester United hero Gary Neville is trolling Wayne Rooney on Twitter

    Manchester United have returned to training ahead of the new season hoping to build on last year’s fourth-place finish. After Radamel Falcao’s less than stellar time at Old Trafford and Robin Van Persie’s dip in goalscoring form, Manchester United fans will be hoping that Memphis Depay hits the ground running. The former PSV striker will be […]

    11 years ago

  • Australian fugitive uses Facebook to ask police for new mugshot

    Australian fugitive uses Facebook to ask police for new mugshot

    An Australian man on the run after skipping bail has made contact with his home state’s police force – to ask them for a better mugshot on their ‘wanted’ posters. Daniel Damon, 25, is wanted in relation to unspecified ‘traffic and drug matters’ Following the publication of the police warrant on Facebook, he took to […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Two adrenaline junkies BASE jumping off Barcelona hotel is as crazy as it sounds

    Video: Two adrenaline junkies BASE jumping off Barcelona hotel is as crazy as it sounds

    Our friends at Epic TV are on a roll. They have jumped off the world’s highest climbing wall, pulled off a real-life Bond stunt in the Alps, and now they’ve decided to leap off a hotel in downtown Barcelona. We find even the stairs to JOE Towers can be an arduous task sometimes, especially when we haven’t had our morning […]

    11 years ago

  • Tennis star hugs ballboy during Wimbledon struggles

    Tennis star hugs ballboy during Wimbledon struggles

    Perhaps Nick Kyrgios was watching Lionel Messi after the Copa America final. After getting frustrated during his Wimbledon last-16 match against Richard Gasquet, the Australian tennis sensation turned to a ballboy for some moral support. 20-year-old Kyrgios responded to having his serve broken by his French opponent by giving the bemused youngster a hug. That’s one way to […]

    11 years ago

  • Can animals accurately predict earthquakes?

    Can animals accurately predict earthquakes?

    Authorities in one Chinese city are turning to a variety of animals in an attempt to forecast earthquake risks. Zoo employees in the city of Nanjing are monitoring the behaviour of pigs, chickens and other animals in an effort to predict natural disasters ahead of time, as the animals are thought to be able to sense […]

    11 years ago

  • US women clinch world cup victory with halfway line screamer (Vine)

    US women clinch world cup victory with halfway line screamer (Vine)

    The United States were out for revenge on Japan in the Women’s World Cup final, and they got it in some style. After losing to the same opponents in the last final four years ago, the US raced into a 4-0 lead inside 20 minutes. But it was the manner of one of the goals […]

    11 years ago

  • Rory McIlroy’s British Open defence in doubt thanks to a kickabout

    Rory McIlroy’s British Open defence in doubt thanks to a kickabout

    We’re no doctors, but we’d be fairly sure that a ruptured ankle ligament would make playing in a major golf tournament almost impossible. Sure, Tiger Woods played the 2008 US Open with a broken leg, but this injury to Rory McIlroy looks pretty serious just two weeks away from the British Open. The reigning Open champion […]

    11 years ago

  • Fenerbahce fans greet Nani signing with a special Turkish welcome

    Fenerbahce fans greet Nani signing with a special Turkish welcome

    We really hope Nani lives up to the hype for these Fenerbahce fans. If not, they are going to be seriously disappointed they put on such a warm welcome for him. The winger has left Manchester United to try his luck in the always entertaining Turkish league. Nani isn’t a guy who strikes us as someone who lives […]

    11 years ago

  • Steven Gerrard becomes instant LA Galaxy hero before he even kicks a ball

    Steven Gerrard becomes instant LA Galaxy hero before he even kicks a ball

    Steven Gerrard’s PR team earned their crust this week. The Liverpool legend was unveiled to the LA Galaxy supporters at half-time of their 4-0 annihilation of Toronto FC at the weekend. A dapper Gerrard gave a rousing speech to the crowd at the interval that went down extremely well with the home support. However, he […]

    11 years ago

  • Ball-boy comforts Messi after Copa America defeat (Vine)

    Ball-boy comforts Messi after Copa America defeat (Vine)

    After losing two international finals in two years, Lionel Messi could be forgiven for needing an arm round the shoulder. The Barcelona player was the only Argentinian to score in their penalty shoot-out defeat to Chile, so it was good to see that at least one person on the other side of the international divide […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Argentinian footballer scores stunning 40-yard chip

    Video: Argentinian footballer scores stunning 40-yard chip

    This may be the only 40 yard chip you’ll see today, but it’s a good one. Rosario’s Jonas Aguirre somehow managed to score an incredible long-distance effort against River Plate in the Argentinian top-flight. The midfielder broke free with the ball on the nearside, with River’s defenders and goalkeepers scrambling back into position. Rather than […]

    11 years ago

  • Hot dog eating champion loses title after gut-busting effort

    Hot dog eating champion loses title after gut-busting effort

    When it comes to competitive eating, Joey Chestnut has long been the name on everybody’s lips. However the reigning hot dog eating champion fell short in his quest for a ninth successive victory after rival Matt Stonie ended Chestnut’s period of dominance in New York by eating a remarkable 62 hot dogs in just 10 […]

    11 years ago