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News From Around The Ist-A-Verse

We’re guessing most of you are hungover from St. Patrick’s Day. We are too. But still, we’re going to muddle on through our green haze and give you (drum roll please…) this Week In -ists. We start with SFist which broke the -ist record for …

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From Shagged to Shaggy

Billie Piper is all set to slip into Belle de Jour’s gusset! Here’s the scoop direct from the diary of a London call girl: Finally – it’s official – Billie’s on board, and you can expect to see Belle the series on ITV2 this autumn. …

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Daylight Robbery

Tessa ‘Watch me keep a straight face’ Jowell finally gave in and announced that yes, the 2012 Olympics will cost in excess of £9 billion. Thats a lot of zeros. Can’t we just buy everyone a copy of Escape to Victory instead? Everyone’s a winner …

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The French have stolen our Wizards!

So if you had to choose between licking the backside of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley or Hermione Granger which would it be? Let’s have a poll: We’ve been looking for an excuse to try that out. This is all about your favourite French stamp of …

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The Blue Peter Scam

Being huge fans of David Mamet’s House of Games and other great con stories (have you seen Eddie Izzard in The Riches yet? Great stuff) we’ve been following the Blue Peter grift very carefully. It’s a classic con that we think scam artists the world …

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Walk on the Left

Lots of crucial attention to detail in Wellington Grey‘s Walk on the Left. Like the way in the above image, motorists are confronted with a fatal accident, a burning bus and a pregnant woman being hurled from the back of an ambulance, but remain angry …

Photo of the Day

Arrgghhh she’s got two heads! disconcerting to say the least… great snap by mondoagogo.

Extra, Extra

The Met aren’t happy at having to guess Critical Mass routes. Our Ken vs the mayor of New York? You’ll have to get them in the same room first. Diana’s fountain has turned from shallow but pretty to zombie coloured brown and green. More flights …

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To Serve Man

Seb Coe has announced the first official sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics – a race of monochrome aliens known only as the Kanamits: “Since first discovering that the Kanamits had landed on Earth and promised to be nothing but helpful to the cause of …

Lily in Simlish

Like The Sims? Like Lily Allen? Here you go then… Read exactly what that was all about here.