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News: Matt Smith to be next Doctor

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:23 am

Matt Smith has been confirmed as David Tennant's successor in Doctor Who.

Aged 26, he will be the youngest ever actor to play the iconic role. His credits include political drama Party Animals and The Ruby In The Smoke, opposite former Who companion Billie Piper.

Of his casting, Smith said: "I'm flabbergasted. I haven't slept really! [Doctor Who] is an iconic part of our culture, and now I'm taking that on. It's nervewracking. Exciting. Exciting."

Smith will replace Tennant at the end of four Doctor Who specials, the last of which will air at the start of 2010. He will then go on to helm a full fifth series alongside a new companion, who is yet to be named.

Steven Moffat, who takes over from Russell T Davies as executive producer following the specials, said: "The Doctor is a very special part, and it takes a very special actor to play him. You need to be old and young at the same time, a boffin and an action hero, a cheeky schoolboy and the wise old man of the universe.

"As soon as Matt walked through the door, and blew us away with a bold and brand new take on the Time Lord, we knew we had our man.

"2010 is a long time away but rest assured the 11th Doctor is coming – and the universe has never been so safe."

Tennant announced his decision to quit the long-running series in October 2008, saying that he did not want to "outstay [his] welcome". By the end of his tenure, Tennant will have appeared in three full-length series and eight specials.

"David Tennant has made the role his own, brilliantly, with grace, talent and persistent dedication. I hope to learn from the standards set by him," added Smith.

"The challenge for me is to do justice to the show's illustrious past, my predecessors, and most importantly, to those who watch it. I really cannot wait."

Source: Digital Spy

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News: Charles still hopes for 'Red Dwarf' movie

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:43 pm

Charles still hopes for 'Red Dwarf' movie

Craig Charles has revealed that a Red Dwarf movie could still be a possibility if the upcoming special for the Dave channel is a success.

"It came really, really close," Charles told Digital Spy about the proposed big screen spinoff of the cult comedy, which was in development for many years.

"It's one of those things, though. It feels like another lifetime now."

However, the Coronation Street star suggested that the new Red Dwarf episode could revive the plans, saying: "Never say never - if this special goes well, you never know what could come of it."

Source: Digital Spy

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News: Happy New Year!

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:11 am

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News: Man arrested for kitchen dentistry

Posted: Roofus @ Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:27 am

PEEKSKILL, New York - A man has been accused of operating an illegal dentist's office in the kitchen of his suburban New York City home and giving patients wine from a jug to help them cope with the pain.

Police arrested Carlos Flores on Tuesday night after raiding his home in Peekskill, about 45 miles north of midtown Manhattan. They say they learned about the dental office when a man who went there for a toothache ended up hospitalized after Flores broke the tooth while trying to pull it out.

Police say Flores treated poor Hispanics. They say they seized a dentist's chair, drugs and bloodstained orthodontic equipment from his kitchen.

Flores has been charged with practicing dentistry without a license. He says he was a licensed orthodontist in his native Ecuador.

Source: MSNBC

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News: Happy Christmas

Posted: ian @ Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:14 pm

post presents you've given and received this year:
i gave:
slab of crown
glass jug blender with ice crusher blades
harris scarfe gift voucher
slab of carlton draught
ipod earplugs
futurama benders game
office space

i've recieved:
2 jack daniels shot glasses Cool

the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy the trilogy of four Smile

veal parmigiana with home made salad and hot chips Very Happy

zippo gift box Very Happy

50 pack of verbatim dvd-r's Very Happy

75 marlboro red smokes Very Happy

with more to come
edit/ recieved:
$50
little desk fan
lollys
beer
chocolate.

today, i'm hoping for some more money from nana, beer or smokes from cat, smokes from sarah. and beer from grant Cool

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News: Happy Festivus!

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:45 pm

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News: In Mexico, they call this "La ironía"

Posted: Roofus @ Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:03 pm

An American anti-kidnapping consultant was kidnapped in Mexico, according to the Houston-based security firm he works for.

Felix Batista was abducted outside a restaurant December 10 in Saltillo, the capital of Mexico's Coahuila state, the firm said.

The former U.S. military officer is a contract consultant for ASI Global LLC and was in Mexico "on personal business," ASI Global President Charlie LeBlanc told CNN.

He said the FBI is investigating the incident along with Mexican authorities.

Kidnappings and violence reached record levels in Mexico this year.

Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said this month that organized-crime killings soared to 5,376 in 2008, more than double the 2,477 deaths in Mexico in 2007.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon met over the summer with the country's 32 governors to unveil a plan to combat the nation's staggering rise in kidnappings.

The plan includes building special prisons for kidnappers, bolstering the justice system, cleaning up corrupt police forces and clamping down on kidnapping tools such as prepaid cell phones and money-laundering.

Source: CNN

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News: The Terminator Will be Back for a Fifth Film

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:38 pm

Halcyon Co. executives Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek are developing a fifth installment of the "Terminator" franchise with Terminator Salvation director McG, reports Variety.

The trade says the news came out of the Dubai International Film Festival. McG was in Dubai for the announcement.

No decision has been made as to where to film the next "Terminator," although the Middle East was mentioned as a locale.

Christian Bale has signed on in the role of John Connor for all three films in the newly planned trilogy. The next installment, after Terminator Salvation, is tentatively scheduled for a 2011 release.

Anderson and Kubicek had originally planned to wait until the release of Terminator Salvation next summer before deciding on whether to proceed with the next chapter, but the positive studio, fan and media reaction to footage from the current film has encouraged them to move forward ahead of schedule.

"We feel the time is now to start shaping the next part of this," Kubicek said.

Source: ComingSoon

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News: Galactica' prequel gets green light

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:19 pm

A prequel to Battlestar Galactica has been given the green light by the Sci Fi Channel.

Caprica, which is set half a century before the channel's signature series, will be produced by Battlestar's Ronald D. Moore and David Eick.

According to Variety, the programme will star Eric Stoltz, Paula Malcomson, Esai Morales and Polly Walker.

Sci Fi Channel president Dave Howe said: "We want people to come to this who have never heard of Battlestar Galactica.

"I think, because [Galactica's] backdrop was space and spaceships, there was a barrier to entry for some viewers. Caprica has none of that.

"It's an intense family drama set on an Earthlike planet in the near future, speaking to a lot of the ethical dilemmas that we as a human race are going to have to face very shortly."

Production is scheduled to begin next year, with the series expected to air early in 2010.

Source: Digital Spy

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News: Inflatable boobs lost at sea

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:38 am

More than 130,000 inflatable breasts have been lost at sea en route to Australia.

Men's magazine Ralph was planning to include the boobs as a free gift with its January issue.

The cargo is worth about $200,000, which is another blow for publisher ACP's parent company PBL, which is already in $4.3 billion of debt.

A spokeswoman for Ralph said the container left docks in Beijing two weeks ago but turned up empty in Sydney this week.

The magazine has put out an alert to shipping authorities to see if they have the container, but if they don't turn up in the next 48 hours it will be too late for the next issue, she said.

Ralph editor Santi Pintado urged anyone who has any information to contact the magazine.

"Unless Somali pirates have stolen them its difficult to explain where they are," Pintado told AAP.

"If anyone finds any washed up on a beach, please let us know."

Source: Yahoo!7

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News: New Buffy the Vampire Slayer Movie?

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:54 pm

When Twilight was feeling its rise to popularity there were two comparisons that were thrown about. The literary popularity in young readers like Harry Potter fans, and the criticism that the romance was ripped from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

And now Hollywood is rumoured to be alive with the buzz that Joss Whedon, creator of the aforementioned Buffy the Vampire Slayer is eyeing the success of Twilight with anxious hands gripping a feature film script he had prepared for the continuation of the show.

Moviehole Reports:

The monster success of girly vampire pic Twilight at the US Box office last weekend could kick open the door for a big-screen return of Joss Whedon’s much-loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Rumours are circulating in Hollywood that Whedon has a feature-film script based on his hit TV series ready to roll as soon as a studio is prepared to commit.

I could see this as prime picking for a return of the delectable Sarah Michelle Gellar and her Scooby Gang to return to the big screen. I have no doubt that Joss has a multitude of ideas stashed away for the Buffyverse in that treasure trove of a mind of his.

Maybe if Buffy gets a movie treatment in this high time of teen vampire romance, other spinoff possibilities could return to television as well. Faith the rebel slayer was rumoured to be getting her own show back in the day and even Spike was considered, but the one spinoff show I was looking more forward to seeing was Ripper. The story of Giles, the last remaining Watcher gathering and reforming what is left of the council (destroyed in the closing end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV). Anthony Stewart Head is currently staring as King Pendragon in the BBC’s Merlin.

David Boreanaz is enjoying great success on Bones (also a favourite of mine) but I am sure he too could leave some room for a feature film to return as Angel.

Joss has a cult following, which I am a member of so I am tainted in my opinion. But it might be high time for him to reign the TV waves again. Joss once swore to never do TV, but mid-season he has Dollhouse premiering with former Buffy Alum Eliza Dushku (which is getting mixed reviews and speculation on the Whedon TV Cancellation curse) and his outstanding success online with Doctor Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog are keeping him just shy of the spotlight.

But the rabid Whedonites have let him down in the past with Firefly. But while the market is hot for angsty vampire love, and Hollywood itching to make a movie out of every popular but ened TV show (Friends, Sex and the City, Arrested Development) we just might find all the planets are aligned for our best chance at seeing it happen.

Source: Movieblog

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News: 'Boob job' pirate jailed

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:31 pm

Pirate who funded £10,000 for girlfriend's breast enlargement and own weight-loss op finally jailed

A game pirate who funded $10,000 for his wife's breast enlargement and his own weight-loss op has been handed a three-year jail sentence following investigation by West Midlands Police and ELSPA.

Dudley-based Raymond Adams, who's said to have "lived in luxury" by selling illegally copied games and DVDs, spent thousands of pounds from his game-copying deeds on weight-loss surgery for himself and breast enlargement for his 33 year-old girlfriend.

What's more, the silly bugger bragged about losing his belly, which the ELSPA press release bravely refers to as his "greedy bulk", as well as his wife's new baps in The Sun. To be fair, he has lost a lot of weight there.

Unfortunately the Old Bill weren't so impressed by Adam's girl's jubblies, and brought his illegal activities to a painful halt when they discovered his fake game stall, called 'Midland Console Modifications', at Wolverhampton racecourse.

On November 21 at Wolverhampton Crown Court Adams was jailed for three years, and his busty girlfriend handed a 12-month sentence, suspended for 18 months.

The two admitted charges relating to the illegal copying and Adams pleaded guilty to 44 counts related to offences under the Trade Marks Acts 1994. The Dudley pirate is reckoned to have made over £180,000 from his counterfeit operation that cost the games, film and music industry an estimated £1million.

Hilariously, Adams was kept on remand until sentencing "at his own request", to prevent him from going out and making further breaches of the Trade Mark Act.

"This is one of the most unusual cases ELSPA has ever been involved with," said ELSPA boss Michael Rawlinson. "The sheer persistence of Adams... selling illegally copied video games, film and music is staggering. So was Adams' own insistence that he be remanded to prevent further illegal activities!"

Source: CVG

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News: Student Arrested For 'Passing Gas'

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:41 pm

Student Arrested For 'Passing Gas'

Teen Charged With Disruption Of School

STUART, Fla. -- A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities say he was "passing gas" and turned off his classmates' computers.

According to a report released Friday by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, the 13-year-old boy "continually disrupted his classroom environment" by intentionally breaking wind. He then shut off some computers other students were using.

The Spectrum Junior-Senior High School was arrested Nov. 4.

A school resource officer placed the boy under arrest after he confessed about his behavior, according to the report. He was charged with disruption of school function and released to his mother.

Source: Local6

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News: Scientists discover long-lost Furby-look-alike

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:55 pm

Scientists have found a wide-eyed primate -- a clawed fur ball that fits snugly in one hand -- in the first live sighting in more than 80 years of a creature that some thought was extinct.

Over a two-month period, scientists working in Lore Lindu National Park on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi caught and released three pygmy tarsiers. They bear a striking resemblance to the Furby, an electronic toy that spoke its own fantasy language and dominated children's wish lists in the late 1990s.

They caught two males and one female, said Sharon Gursky-Doyen, a Texas A&M University anthropology professor who led the expedition. The group spotted a fourth -- high in the tree canopy -- but were unable to catch it.

The species had not been observed alive in more than eight decades, since they were collected for a museum in 1921. Many scientists had believed them to be extinct until eight years ago, when two scientists trapping rats in Sulawesi accidentally trapped and killed one.

"I needed to go myself ... to confirm in my own mind," whether they were there, Gursky-Doyen told CNN on Wednesday, after recently returning from Indonesia.

And, on the second night of trapping in August on moss-covered, chilly Mt. Rore Katimbo, her group caught the first small nocturnal creature in a mist net.

"It was truly amazing," she said. "My whole body was shaking ... I couldn't conceive that we had actually caught one."

The second trapping didn't come until three weeks later, but that first sighting "kept us going," Gursky-Doyen said, amid the cold, drenched conditions.

The pygmy tarsier, or Tarsius pumilus, weighs about 50 grams (1.7 ounces), and has dense fur, large, protruding eyes. In addition to seeming as a living, breathing version of the Furby, it also appears as though it ought to have had appeared in the 1984 movie "Gremlins."

Unlike other primates, the pygmy tarsier -- endemic to a specific area of Indonesia -- has claws instead of nails on its fingers. It is half as big as the Philippines tarsier, which has similar features.

For their part, the pygmy tarsiers may have been more frightened than elated at being discovered.

"I was bit once, but I take responsibility for that," Gursky-Doyen said, explaining that the animal nipped her as she was trying to attach a radio collar -- to track its movement -- to its neck. The task isn't an easy one, she said, because the animal can swivel its head around 180 degrees.

Despite another person helping to hold the animal still, he turned and bit her, she said. They have "pointy, triangular teeth," she said. It was "very painful."

But for the most part, they appeared very "passive," she said. Other tarsier species give alarm calls, but these didn't, at least nothing that a human could hear, she said.

Gursky-Doyen said she would like her graduate student, Nanda Grow, also on the expedition, to return to the field site for her dissertation, to learn more about the number of animals and how altitude and other variables affect them.

"I do believe that the density of these animals is very low," she said, noting that many villages are located within Lore Lindu National Park. "That threatens them," she said.

Source: CNN

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News: Josh Schwartz to Write X-Men: First Class

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:30 pm

20th Century Fox has hired "Gossip Girl" creator Josh Schwartz to write X-Men: First Class. He'd also been offered a chance to direct the film, but declined.

Schwartz, the creator and executive producer of The CW's hit as well as Fox's "The O.C." and NBC's "Chuck," is expected to inject a next-gen sensibility into the superhero series.

The studio has been leaning toward using the younger characters introduced in the previous films in future installments --teenagers with powers taught at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.

Resulting film would likely draw from elements of the Marvel Comic of the same name, launched in 2006, and enlist such characters as Iceman, Rogue, Angel, Colossus, Jubilee and Shadowcat, who have appeared prominently or made cameos in prior pics.

Lauren Shuler Donner, who produced all three "X-Men" pics, as well as next summer's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is producing "First Class" alongside Mr. & Mrs. Smith scribe Simon Kinberg.

Source: ComingSoon

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News: Marc Forster Initiates "World War Z"

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:20 pm

Marc Forster is moving from action spy territory to an apocalypse of the undead.

The "Quantum of Solace" director is set to helm "World War Z", the film adaptation of Max Brooks's best-selling and politically charged novel about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies reports Variety.

The book is a collection of first person accounts of various survivors from around the globe a decade after a zombie pandemic first emerged from the Three Gorges Dam area in China in the 2010s and proceeded to decimate the globe.

The accounts involve not just some diverse stories of battles for survival, but the religious, geo-political, and environmental implications that came with the plague.

"Changeling" scribe and "Babylon 5" creator J. Michael Straczynski is writing the screenplay, and Brad Pitt's Plan B is producing.

Source: Dark Horizons

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News: Wife Killed By Dead Husband

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:56 pm

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Police say a woman has died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident hurled her husband's coffin against the back of her neck.

Police said 67-year-old Marciana Silva Barcelos was in the front passenger seat of the hearse when the accident occurred Monday in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Barcelos died instantly.

Source: MSNBC

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News: Sarah Palin offered $2 million to appear in porn film

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:23 pm

Sarah Palin offered $2 million to appear in porn film

Husband Todd offered $100,000 and a snowmobile if he'll co-star, says

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has received her first job offer since failing in her bid to become vice-president of the United States, and it comes with a large cash offer. Florida-based porn director Cezar Capone has offered to pay Palin $2 million to appear in an adult film production.

Capone, who calls himself "the king of all MILF films," promises in an open letter on his website that the film would be distributed internationally, shot in high definition, and feature a "beautiful mother recognized by all of America ... as the most desirable woman over 40."

To prove he's serious about the offer, Capone says he's prepared to hold the money in escrow immediately.

To sweeten the deal, Palin's husband Todd has been offered a co-starring role in the production, for which Capone would be "prepared to kick in an extra $100,000," and a new Arctic Cat snowmobile.

Palin hasn't publicly responded to the offer, which was sent to her administration office in Juneau, Alaska on Nov. 6.

Capone has previously released such films as Agent Filthy 0069, High Definition and Sophia Revealed, none of which featured any senior members of the U.S. Republican Party.

Hustler Magazine recently released a spoof Palin porn video titled Nailin' Paylin, which was referenced in a now-infamous YouTube prank call made by Montreal shock jocks the Masked Avengers in the final days of the U.S. election campaign.

Source: Canada.com

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News: Palin 'didn't know Africa was a continent'

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:09 pm

After two months sharpening her conservative rhetoric on the U.S. presidential campaign trail, Gov. Sarah Palin returned to Alaska a star in the Republican party, but weakened at home where people had known her as more centrist.

Aides within the Republican camp have been revealing gaps in Sarah Palin's knowledge, according to reports.

Palin is said to have been puzzled about Africa and did not realise it was a continent not a country.

She is also thought to believe South Africa was a region of that 'country'.

It seems the blame game has started amongst the losing Republican Party as it reflects on losing the election to Barack Obama.

Palin has been called an "ill-informed diva" and has also been accused of being disobedient to the wishes of the campaign because she was used to working on her own.

It is the latest drama surrounding Palin, who came under fire for spending up big on her clothes throughout the campaign.

Aides reportedly revealed Palin was a shopaholic and splashed out thousands of dollars on clothes for her entire family.

One of her daughters was seen carrying a Louis Vuitton bag.

Since becoming the Republican Party's nomination for vice-president, Palin has been scrutinised.

It was revealed in a casual conversation with a teacher that Palin believed dinosaurs (widely accepted to have become extinct about 65 million years ago) had co-existed with men on an earth created 6000 years ago.

In some popular strains of Christianity, it is believed the earth is 6000-10,000 years old, a view opposed by the evolutionists who age it about 4.5 billion years old.

Despite hiccups during the campaign, Palin is considered a strong contender for the party nomination in 2012.

Source: Yahoo!7

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News: Cops find crack pipe in woman's crack

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:20 pm

Police who arrested a woman for stealing money from a car found a glass crack pipe hidden between her buttocks.

Cops made the surprise discovery during a routine search on Evelyn Russo while she was being booked for taking $2 in change.

Russo, 38, of Palm City, Florida, had denied having any drugs or drug paraphernalia on her.

She was charged with auto burglary and introducing contraband into a detention facility. Russo was being held on $5,000 bail on Wednesday.

Source: Metro

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News: Burglar Arrested For Attempting Orgy With Mannequins

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:58 pm

Department store staff were left shocked after discovering a burglar tucked up in bed with some of their plastic female dummies.
Staff who opened the store in the morning found Metin Erzurum wrapped up in a window display bed with three mannequins.

The 37-year-old kinky burglar is being charged with burglary and criminal damage after admitting he attempted an orgy with the dummies.

But this isn't the first time a thief has decided to get up close and personal with plastic models while robbing a store.

One German thief donned female clothing in a department store and stood in the window display to avoid being spotted and captured by police.

Unfortunately, a passer-by spotted the unshaven, life-like mannequin and reported him.

Source: OK!

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News: Jeremy Clarkson: "truck drivers murder prostitutes"

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:17 pm

Clarkson's joke that truck drivers 'murder prostitutes' plunges BBC into fresh controversy

The BBC has been plunged into fresh controversy after Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson made jokes linking truck drivers with the murders of prostitutes.

Almost 200 viewers complained about the presenter's quip, featured in Sunday's episode of the BBC motoring show.

Behind the wheel of an HGV, Clarkson said: 'It really is a hard job and I'm not just saying that to gain favour with truck drivers. That's a lot of effort in a day.'

'You've got to change gear, change gear, change gear, check mirror... murder a prostitute. Change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day.'

His comments were an apparent reference to the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who was a lorry driver, and Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright, a former trucker and forklift truck driver, who murdered five prostitutes in Ipswich in 2006.

But the pre-recorded remarks infuriated truck drivers.

Roger King, of the Road Haulage Association, wrote to the BBC: 'Whilst this could be interpreted as being 'humorous', it certainly is not seen that way by over half a million lorry drivers.

'At a time when the BBC has come in for much criticism over the Brand/Ross debacle, I would have thought more attention would be made to ensure that high-paid TV presenters did not gratuitously insult other members of the working population.'
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Prank phonecalls made by BBC stars Russell Brand, left, and Jonathan Ross, right, attracted 30,000 complaints from the British public

The BBC said most viewers knew Clarkson was being satirical.

The bad taste joke is sure to attract criticism for the BBC for allowing yet another pre-recorded programme to be broadcast containing offensive remarks.

Clarkson's outburst follows the storm over the BBC's decision to air an obscene phone call by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on Radio 2.

Truckers' groups and charities demanded an apology and said the BBC's decision to broadcast the comments 'beggared belief'.

The United Road Transport Union said they had been inundated with complaints from its 17,000 truck driver members.

Clarkson's comments are thought to refer to serial killers Steven Wright, left, and Peter Sutcliffe, right, who both used to drive trucks

Spokesman James Bower said: 'We received dozens of phone calls from many members to say how disgusted they were about the comments.

'We would absolutely condemn what he said about murdering prostitutes. It beggars belief that those words can be broadcast on TV. The BBC is an institution that is paid for by the licence fee and they should not be allowing this kind of sick joke.'

A spokeswoman from English Collective of Prostitutes said: 'This is a truly heartless comment. In the wake of the murders of five young women in Ipswich and the killing of over 60 prostitute women in the last 10 years, how did this remark, making light of the murder of prostitute women, come to be broadcast?

'Mr Clarkson should apologise immediately to prostitute women and our families especially those of us bereaved by murder.'

The controversial remarks were broadcast before the 9pm watershed during the first episode of the news series of Top Gear - aired on BBC 2 on Sunday evening.

But the BBC claimed that the controversial TV personality had not meant to cause offence and was using humour to 'comically exaggerate' an urban myth about lorry drivers.

A spokeswoman for the BBC said that within hours of the show being aired the corporation had received 188 complaints.

She added: 'The vast majority of Top Gear viewers have clear expectations of Jeremy Clarkson's long-established and frequently provocative on-screen persona.

'This particular reference was used to comically exaggerate and make ridiculous an unfair urban myth about the world of lorry driving, and was not intended to cause offence.'

Clarkson's 'joke' comes at a disastrous time for the BBC as the 'Sachsgate' affair is beginning to die down.

In a stinging letter to BBC chief executive Mark Thompson, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) called for him to take action over the 'gratuitous insult'.

Richard McCann's mother, Wilma, was Sutcliffe's first victim when she was murdered by the Yorkshire Ripper in 1975, when he was just five year old.

Last night a friend of his said: 'It's a very cheap joke, which really says more about Jeremy Clarkson that anyone else.

'He has moved on in life but he has always worked to help others who lost loved ones at Sutcliffe's hands. This is very upsetting for all of them.'

Groups representing truck drivers branded the TV host as 'disgusting' and called for the BBC to take action against him.

A spokesman for the RHA added: 'It's absolutely outrageous, especially as it comes after a week when you have not been able to pick up a newspaper without seeing stories about Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand because of inappr...

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News: Personally, I'd have moved out, but you know...

Posted: Roofus @ Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:59 am

The landlord of a Kalihi building that collapsed on Sunday claimed the homeless who live there caused the building to crumble.

KITV spoke with co-owner Daniel Cunningham and asked him about accusations of him conducting medical experiments on the residents.

The Gulick Avenue apartment home in Kalihi that collapsed Sunday is now cordoned off.

Cunningham said he was going to take the illegal scaffolding down.

"I unfortunately did not get it down before someone did that to me," Cunningham said.

Cunningham claimed the residents caused it to fall. However, one tenant said he saw Cunningham on the roof of the makeshift structure before the collapse.

The story has gotten even stranger. Some tenants claimed they were getting injections because they feared eviction. Richard Sumiye said he went blind after Cunningham injected a solution around his eyes with a needle.

Cunningham, who lost his chiropractor's license and wears socks on his hands, said he is helping extend lives with stem cell therapy.

"It sounds like you don't want to answer my question about what treatment you are giving to these people," KITV reporter Mahealani Richardson told Cunningham.

"I don't think it's intelligent for me to do that because it's a bad law," he said.

He said that aliens created the law.

"I think you work for them. The media works for them and they own the money and they are eating people down below," Cunningham said.

The landlord said he is trying to help the homeless and that he will clean up the mess.

Source: MSNBC

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News: Vicar hospitalized with potato up his bum

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:08 am

Vicar hospitalized with potato up his bum

A vicar claims a potato got stuck up his bottom after he fell on to the vegetable while hanging curtains in the nude.

The clergyman, in his 50s, told medical staff at Sheffield's Northern General Hospital that the accident was definitely not due to a sex game.

He had to undergo surgery to extract the spud from his backside, according to The Sun.

A&E nurse Trudi Watson told the paper: "He explained to me, quite sincerely, he had been hanging curtains naked in he kitchen when he fell backwards on to the kitchen table and on to a potato.

"But it's not for me to question his story."

She went on to reveal other objects removed from people's derriére, including a cucumber, a Russian doll and a carnation.

Source: Metro

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News: Tennant calls time on Dr Who

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:32 pm

Doctor Who star David Tennant has announced he is quitting the hit science-fiction series.

Tennant, who has played the 10th incarnation of the Time Lord since 2005, says he will leave the role after completing production on the four special episodes to be screened in the UK in 2009.

"When Doctor Who returns in 2010 it won't be with me," he told the National Television Awards.

"The 2009 shows will be my last playing the Doctor.

"I love this part and I love this show so much, and if I don't take a deep breath and move on now I never will and you will be wheeling me out of the Tardis in my bath chair."

There has been no word as to who will replace Tennant.

Source: Yahoo!7

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News: US says it disrupted plot to kill Barack Obama

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:14 am

US says it disrupted plot to kill Barack Obama

US authorities have arrested two white supremacists for threatening to kill Democrat Barack Obama as part of a ``killing spree'' of African-Americans, court records released today showed.

The men, Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman 18, have been charged with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer, and threatening a candidate for president.

They were arrested last Wednesday in Tennessee, the documents from the Memphis court showed.

The men discussed a ``killing spree to include targeting a predominantly African-American school ... they further stated that their final act of violence would be to attempt to kill/assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama'', Brian Weaks, an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told the court.

Federal agents said the skinheads did not identify the school by name.

Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of ATF's Nashville field office, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.

``They said that...they would attempt to kill Senator Obama,'' Cavanaugh said. ``They didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying.''

An Obama spokeswoman travelling with the senator in Pennsylvania had no immediate comment.

Cowart and Schlesselman are being held in custody. Agents seized a rifle, a sawed-off shotgun and three pistols from the men when they were arrested.

Authorities alleged the two men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal more.

Lawyer Joe Byrd, who has been hired to represent Cowart, did not immediately return a call seeking comment today.

The investigation is continuing, and more charges are possible, Cavanaugh said.

The court records say Cowart and Schlesselman also bought nylon rope and ski masks to use in a robbery or home invasion to fund their spree, during which they allegedly planned to go from state to state and kill people.

For the Obama plot, the legal documents show, Cowart and Schlesselman ``planned to drive their vehicle as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows.''

``Both individuals stated they would dress in all white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt,'' the court complaint states.

``Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt.''

Cavanaugh said there is no evidence - so far - that others were willing to assist Cowart and Schlesselman with the plot.

He said authorities took the threats very seriously.

``They seemed determined to do it,'' Cavanaugh said. ``Even if they were just to try it, it would be a trail of tears around the South.''

Cowart, from Bells, Tennessee, and Schlesselman, from Arkansas, met via the Internet a month ago and have ``very strong beliefs and views regarding 'white power' and 'skinhead' views,'' Weaks said in his statement to the court.

``Schlesselman stated that they planned to drive their vehicles as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows,'' Weaks said.

``Both individuals stated they would dress in all white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt. Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt.''

Obama, who has made history by becoming the first black presidential nominee of a major political party, is already under secret service protection having received it much earlier in the campaign than any other candidate.

In late August, the alarm was also raised when it was revealed three men were arrested with a weapons cache in Denver, Colorado where the party convention was being held. US attorneys later said there had been no credible threat against Obama.

Source: The Age

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News: Dawkins' atheist ad campaign hits fundraising target

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:55 pm

All aboard the 'there's probably no God' bus

An atheist bid to counter religious advertising, backed by the evolutionary theorist and anti-religion firebrand Richard Dawkins, has hit its £11,000 fundraising target.

The money will pay for the UK's first "atheist bus campaign", which see will the slogan "THERE'S PROBABLY NO GOD. NOW STOP WORRYING AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE" carried by London buses.

The idea was proposed by the writer Adriane Sherine in June. She charged that Bible quote advertising running at the time might frighten vulnerable people into believing.

The fundraising campaign, organised by the British Humanist Association, was aiming to raise £5,500 from small public donations via the website Justgiving.com. Dawkins pledged to match that figure and at time of writing the total stands at £11,342.

The organisers say the aim of the advertising campaign will be to "brighten people's days on the way to work, help raise awareness of atheism in the UK, and hopefully encourage more people to come out as atheists. We can also counter the religious adverts which are currently running on London buses, and help people think for themselves."

Publicity for the controversial Christianity primer The Alpha Course is currently running on the side of buses in the capital. The atheists' rearguard action is scheduled to begin in January.

Source: The Register

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News: South Park's Spielberg Parody Sparks Controversy

Posted: Hawq @ Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:39 am

An episode of controversial cartoon series South Park has sparked outrage after depicting Hollywood director Steven Spielberg in a rape scene with Harrison Ford.

The show made its season 12 debut on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur on Thursday.

In the opening episode, entitled The China Probrem, the show's characters have flashbacks of Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford getting raped by Jewish director Spielberg and his fellow filmmaker George Lucas.

Anti-Defamation League spokesperson Myrna Shinbaum tells the New York Daily News, "South Park has been offensive and has had very anti-Jewish pieces in the past. We understand that the show is trying to satirise, but it may get lost on those who are haters."

According to reports, bosses at Paramount Pictures have scheduled a meeting with executives at its parent company, which produces the Comedy Central series.

Comedy Central's Senior Vice President Steve Albani says, "We don't comment episode by episode on South Park or whether they cross the line, but South Park has a history, and people know what they are getting into when they watch it."

Paramount have declined to comment on the episode.
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News: Teens become mobile billboards at Sydney beach

Posted: Dr. Zoidberg @ Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:02 pm

IT'S the sunbathing stunt that's leaving an impression on young girls' backs - and on child protection authorities, who say the youngsters are "asking for trouble".

Last week, bikini-clad girls aged just 14 and 15 were photographed lying on Manly Beach with their mobile phone numbers printed on their backs in blue zinc cream.

The group, who had travelled from western Sydney for the day, said they wanted to meet boys and were hoping the unorthodox strategy would encourage them to make contact.

A 15-year-old, identified only as Samantha, told The Manly Daily that she was happy to attract attention - despite not having any intention of following up on it.

"We come for both the beach and the boys, but I'm taken, so it's all good," she said.

"I got a message and it said, 'Your friends are hot' - but what about me?"

Her 15-year-old friend Lizzy admitted the stunt had already netted at least one unwanted advance: "An old guy tried to talk to me. He was trying to take pictures of us," she said.

Those comments alarmed child protection experts yesterday, who cautioned other teens against following the girls' lead.

The scenes, which were seen at Cronulla last week, had dangerous implications for teens, according to Girlforce author Nikki Goldstein.

"We'd never advise girls to broadcast their phone number on the internet or anywhere that could make them a target," she said.

"They're in their bikinis, showing off their bodies, objectifying themselves in a way that is, to my mind, a bit trashy. Really what they're saying is 'Dial me up for sex' . . . when they're actually below the age of consent."

Source: The Daily Telegraph

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News: The Great Bukkake Heist

Posted: Roofus @ Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:46 pm

VAN NUYS, Calif. — A bukkake shoot where the participants were to be paid in cash was reportedly robbed by an armed man Wednesday night. The production was at Van Nuys Studios in Van Nuys, Calif.

"We usually pay the first 50 guys in cash," director Jim Powers told XBIZ. "So there's $3,750 in individual envelopes of $75. We had everybody on the set, watching the girl, posing for the box cover, when all of a sudden Johnny [production manager Johnny Thrust] comes in, saying, 'I've been robbed.'

"Apparently a man came in there, pulled the gun. Johnny thought he was kidding, but the guy put the gun in his face and said 'Give me the money. In the drawer. Now.' He knew exactly where it was."

Powers thinks one of the bukkake participants was involved in the robbery.

"It was an inside job, because he came at the perfect time," Powers said. "One of the guys in the bukkake was texting him, saying 'OK, come now.' It wasn't some guy off the street ripping the place off. It was well-planned. They knew exactly when everybody was in the studio.

"It was one of the bukkake guys that was involved. Not the one who did the robbery, he got one of his criminal friends to do it."

The bukkake went off as planned, and the participants will get paid by the production company later.

The suspect was described by Thrust as a light skinned male in his late twenties, mixed race, with short brown hair and a mustache, approximately six feet tall, wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers satin jacket over a bulletproof vest.

Powers is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect. Information can be emailed to Powers at jp@mrfilth.com.

Source: XBiz

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