Bantagonism

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* Radio X-rated Comedy
* More mundane celebrity tips
* Charts: Sigala is no 1
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>> Waity Katie <<
Controlled explosions

Katie Price has been hinting
that she's got some explosive
revelations in her new
autobiography, but yesterday
the publishers said it was
delayed by a year. Perhaps
they ran into legal issues.
If so, could any of these
wild old rumours be the cause?

* She once secretly dated
a then-single Gary Lineker?

* That there's an online tech
company boasting how their
software helped get the
votes to win CBB?

* How she charged up to
Christine Bleakley to
claim she'd once given
Frank Lampard a blowjob?

Or maybe these are just that:
rumours. Whatever she ends
up writing, we're sure she'll
put her hart and soul into it.


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One for our American readers - just
making sure you know that the word
trump in UK means a fart. e.g. a
trump, to trump, Donald Trumps...
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>> Sludge match <<
More media mudslinging

We haven't had a meaty media
fight since that whole merry
phone-hacking fiasco erupted.
And seeing as the police are
being upsettingly slow to put
Piers Morgan in prison (if
only for being a colossal
prick) the landscape was
looking rather barren.

That's all about to change
though, because two of the
internet's most prominent
swampmonsters are looking
to do battle in the courts.
Yes, the Daily Mail is suing
Gawker. For defamation.

But there's a little more
to this case than first
meets the eye. We read the
full deposition, and we
have some thoughts...

Read more:
http://bit.ly/1QqzqJb


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It's not just Clarkson looking for
TV producers down under. Hollyoaks
is now advertising in Australia
for script editors and producers.
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>> Big Questions <<
Who's asking what this week?

Cameramen working with which
much-loved TV presenter have
been told to be careful when
recording if he ever starts
up on the topic of China?
He's been known to say some
massively racially insensitive
things - as he can't forgive
the Chinese for eating dogs.


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>> Radio XXX <<
The perils of live Comedy

In an interview Chris Moyles
gave to the Sun this week,
Moyles talked about how he
was still annoyed that Radio
1 controller, Ben Cooper, had
sacked him before he had the
chance to resign live on air
- the way he'd always hoped
he'd go.

That wasn't such a worry for
Cooper though. He knew Moyles
would never quit on air – nor
would he misbehave too badly
on his final day. What Cooper
did worry about, however, was
Comedy Dave. Specifically that
Dave might try to settle one
final score with Moyles on
his last show – and claim
live on air that Moyles had
slept with his ex-wife.

He didn't, but perhaps
unsurprisingly, Comedy Dave
is one of the few people who
won't be rejoining the team on
Chris Moyles' new Radio X show.


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Alistair Stewart spotted in Grays
Inn Rd buying a sandwich and crisps
calling all the staff 'darling' and
saying goodbye with a 'ciao ciao!'
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>> Bantagonism <<
Dave: not so funny now

Great Britain's bantermeisters
sure are a prickly bunch. Not
only does Johnny Vaughan hate
being interviewed by women,
it seems that David Walliams
doesn't always care for the
company of kids.

When he was doing the promo
rounds for one of his kids'
books, one publication sent
along an eight year old to
interview Walliams - thinking
it might make a nice angle.

The child's first question
was, "Where do you get your
inspiration from?"

To which Walliams answered:
"That's a stupid question.
I don't have to answer this."

He then spent the rest of the
interview complaining about
how awful the question had
been, before cutting it short.


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Clay Aiken's favourite barbecue pit,
Durham's Backyard, has been named
best barbecue in North Carolina.
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>> Sky blue thinking <<
The unstoppable sex machine

Football fans will no doubt
be enjoying the very public
embarrassment of Alexander
Carter-Silk, the lawyer who
sent *that* inappropriate
LinkedIn message.

Carter-Silk has been providing
legal representation for the
hedge fund Sisu – the owners
of Coventry City.

Sisu are currently embroiled
in a long-running dispute with
Coventry Council over the
city's Ricoh Arena ground, in
which they have been castigated
by a high-court judge for
"mismanagement". Fans had
been forced to decamp to
Northampton to watch their
team and see the club teeter
close to closure, so watching
Sisu's brief have to squirm
must be a little satisfying.

Read more:
http://bit.ly/1Q3klg7


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A puffin weighs about the same
as a can of Coke.
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>> Commoner salt <<
More celebrity tips

LC writes:
"I was in Edinburgh in 2012 for
the festival and me and my mates
were in a chipper. As I like a
lot of vinegar, I asked if I
could put the seasonings on
myself. The bored attendant
duly obliged and I put the salt
on, followed by the vinegar.
Someone behind me said to me
'You ought to put the vinegar
on first and then the salt.
That way the salt won't all
run off the chips.'

"In fairness, he was right.
Thank you Ricky Gervais for
changing my life."


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RIP Lord Montagu. His mundane-but-
useful domestic tip: the secret,
when making scrambled eggs, is
to add a splash of boiling water.
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>> Jennerating content <<
Keeping up with Kris

Kris Jenner really is one of
the greatest celebrity managers
of all time. Not only does she
control the family's image on
TV but - thanks to a deal with
MailOnline last year – they've
ensured a steady stream of
positivity where you might
otherwise have expected to
see the family slagged off.

And she hasn't stopped there.
Kris is said to be behind a
whole new circle of well-funded
US celeb sites which largely
focus on the comings and goings
of the Jenner-Kardashian clan.

The niftiest part is that they
can publish whatever stories
they like – including some wild
rumours they know that their
sister-publications can (and
will) immediately debunk –
all the while knowing that
other media sites will pick
the stories up and send them
round the world.


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65% of the world's population uses
Colgate toothpaste.
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>> Photo fit <<
What the papers say

Every day, the BBC updates its
Papers Review blog – a page which
includes a picture of the front
page of each of the UK's major
national newspapers.

But someone ought to be a bit
more careful where they source
these pictures from. The images
are accurate, but the filenames
can sometimes be a little...
well, let's say injudicious.

This week saw these filenames
appear. See if you can guess
which is which:

...thescumfrontpage050915(1).jpg
...torygraf.jpg
...heil.jpg
...getsworse.jpg
...durt.jpg
...moron.jpg
...stahhhhh.jpg


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40% of UK-based web users are using
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many as in the USA.
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>> On heat <<
Yes, Sasha's back!

It feels like it gets earlier
every year, but the official
start of Eurovision season
is when Moldova's maddest and
most determined pop star, Sasha
Bognibov, unleashes his entry
for the Moldovan national heat.

And he's just dropped it.

Sasha has previously written
such catchy hit songs as "I
Love The Girls Of 13 Years
Old", "Do You Like My Sexy
Lips?", "My Lesbian Girl"
and "Fuck Me Once".

This year? The disappointingly
discreet "Alone".

Listen:
http://bit.ly/1KGcOpm


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>> Hmmms <<
Brits, logos, sexy bags

Abz's Brit award is on eBay;
currently going for a cool
million:
http://ebay.eu/1Mc36LE

Looped videos from
20 years ago:
http://www.play20back.com/

Straw dinosaurs
attack Japan:
http://bit.ly/1JW9pzn

Why you hate the new
Google logo:
http://nyr.kr/1UHJIVS

The sexy new Asian craze?
Wearing carrier bags:
http://bit.ly/1OdskIY

RIP the most unfortunately
named man in history, YMCA
leader and motivational
speaker... Ray Pugh:
http://dmreg.co/1UC7xUn

30 days on Soylent:
http://bit.ly/1LXQTat

Tumbleweed across
Apple Connect?
http://bit.ly/1ixFpRa


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Thanks to: SS, monstris, SK
B, SG, PD, CMH, LEW, Z, RT

Thanks to Misterman for correcting
our story about Ronan's new wife
Storm. She didn't change her name
from Sharon. It was Sharyn.

And thanks to petsco, MP and BJ
for pointing out that Tim Laurence
retired as a Vice Admiral (Navy)
and not as a Major (Army)
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Old Jokes' Home:
A blind man has been arrested for
having sex with his guide dog.

He claims it led him on.

Still Bored?
Grace Jones' memoirs (title: I'll
Never Write My Memoirs) is out
this month. Extract here:
http://bit.ly/1i0uuPB

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