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Tobey Maguire Lands Hobbit Role

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Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire is reported to be the new Bilbo Baggins. The Sun has reported today that Maguire has been in talks with producer Peter Jackson and director Guillermo del Toro and he has been offered the part of the starring role in the new Hobbit movie. 34 year old Maguire last week quit [...]

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Burns Victim Seeks Face Transplant

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Burns Victim Seeks Face Transplant

24 year old Dallas Wiens is considered lucky to be alive, in November 2008 Wiens’ head was severely burned and all the flesh from the crown of his head to the tip of his chin was seared off. Weins had been working at a church in Forth Worth, Texas. He was outside the church using [...]

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The World’s Oldest Dog Has Died

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The World’s Oldest Dog Has Died

Otto, the World’s Oldest Dog has died aged 20 years old. That’s 140 in dog years. Otto, a dachshund cross terrier was officially recognised as the World’s Oldest Dog by Guinness World of Records in October last year. Sadly on Thursday Otto was put to sleep by a vet after a large tumour was discovered [...]

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World’s Shortest Man Meets The World’s Tallest Man

He Pingping, the World’s Shortest Man met up yesterday with Sultan Kosen, the World’s Tallest Man. The two freaks both attended a Guinness World of Records event held in Istanbul. Kosen, who is native to Turkey was named as the World’s Tallest Man back in September last year. The Turkish giant measures up to a [...]

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Fresh Sighting Of The Beast of Cannock Chase

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Fresh Sighting Of The Beast of Cannock Chase

Jane McNally has reported spotting a large canine creature on the hills of Cannock Chase. Miss McNally was out walking on the Chase this week with her partner and their dog when they spotted what they believe was a wolf stalking the area. “I was walking with my partner and his dog,” Jane told the [...]

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True Blood Season Two UK Premiere Date

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The second season of Southern Gothic vampire TV show True Blood is set to premiere in the UK on FX in February. The highly anticipated return for the smash hit series will be on Friday 26th February on satellite television. Channel 4 will no doubt pick up the series for terrestrial television later in the [...]

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Chupacabras Blamed For Chicken Massacre

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Chupacabras Blamed For Chicken Massacre

Two chicken farmers in Texas are pointing the finger squarely at the legendary ‘goat sucker’ after discovering piles of chickens drained of their blood. Cesar Garcia and his brother in law Juan Miranda both found piles of dead chickens this weekend, the dead birds had twin puncture marks on their bodies and were completely drained [...]

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Leverage Comes To The UK

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Leverage Comes To The UK

Leverage, the hit US TV show which airs on cable channel TNT in the States has been picked up by British satellite channel Bravo and will begin broadcasting season one this month. The show is pretty much an American remake of the British TV show Hustle which starred Robert Vaughn as a con artist leading [...]

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Sheep Gives Birth To Lamb With The Face Of A Person

A Turkish vet has been giving details of how a sheep gave birth to a dead lamb with a human face. Veterinarian Erhan Elibol had to perform a Cesarean section on the sheep to remove the lamb and says he was horrified to see the human features on the animals face. “I’ve seen mutations with [...]

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Naked rambler may spend the rest of his life in prison

Stephen Gough, AKA the Naked Rambler has been told that he may spend the rest of his life behind bars unless he agrees to put some clothes on. 50 year old Gough, who claims to be an ex-Royal Marine, has been a longtime activist for the right to roam the country naked. In 2003 he [...]

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