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Ukrainian Chupacabras

Ukrainian Chupacabras

The legendary chupacabras, or goat sucker is traditionally considered to be a Latin American cryptid which occasionally travels as far north as the southern states of America, but recent reports claim the creature is also native to the Ukraine. The goat sucker earned it’s name because it is believed to be the mysterious creature which [...]

Denise Van Outen sets jelly eating record

Television presenter Denise Van Outen has made a bid for the Guinness Book of World Records by eating a record breaking portion of jelly. As part of last night’s The FIve O’Clock Show on Channel 4 Denise and co-presenter Melanie Sykes both made world record attempts during the live broadcast. Denise, well known for her [...]

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Geordie dwarf in trouble again

Dwarf burglar and hard drinker Lee Kildare from Tyneside was in court again this week, this time for threatening the police and carrying an offensive weapon. 3ft 11in Kildare was arrested after police were called to Chalfont Road, Walker, Newcastle, on 5th June following reports of a man seen brandishing a baseball bat. When officers [...]

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Todd Ray, the proprietor of the famous Venice Beach Freakshow in California has become the proud owner of an extremely rare specimen, a live two-headed albino hognose snake. Lenny and Squiggy went on display this weekend, they’re still only nine months old and after a shaky start the pair are now feeding well and Ray [...]

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Tarantula found in Lancashire garden

A woman in Bolton, Lancashire got a fright this week when she discovered a 10cm wide Chilean rose tarantula crawling through her back garden. 20-year-old Lisa Broad from the Oldhams Estate in Bolton suffered her worst nightmare when she spotted the hairy arachnid creeping about. “I was putting out the rubbish and saw it standing [...]

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Alice Eve will play Emma Frost in X-Men First Class

Alice Eve, who has just been cast alongside David Tennant in his new romantic comedy The Decoy Bride will be playing Emma Frost in the forthcoming X-Men prequel. The 28-year-old British actress came to the attention of American audiences earlier this year playing a blonde hottie in She’s Out of My League. Eve is reported [...]

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Takeru Kobayashi is out of the Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest

A shock announcement has just been made by the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE), hot dog chomping legend and third best competitive eater in the world Takeru Kobayashi has dropped out of Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. IFOCE Executive Director George Shea has confirmed today that Kobayashi will not [...]

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David Tennant is making a romantic comedy

Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is shooting a romantic comedy alongside fellow Scot and Trainspotting actress Kelly MacDonald. The Decoy Bride also stars Sex and the City 2 actress Alice Eve and Ugly Betty queen Michael Urie. Tennant will play a British writer who is engaged to a famous Hollywood actress (Eve), the pair [...]

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Smallville villain to star in US Being Human

News broke today that Sam Witwer who played Davis Bloome/Doomsday in Smallville has landed the role of the vampire in Syfy’s American version of Being Human. Witwer’s character is named Aidan, and will be the American version of the vampire Mitchell, coincidentally played by Aidan Turner here in Blighty. Michael Ausiello got the scoop earlier [...]

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Rock star, screenwriter and novelist Nick Cave has been speaking this weekend at the Dundee Literary Festival about his forthcoming television series. Cave is working with film director John Hillcoat to bring his latest novel, The Death of Bunny Munro to the small screen. Cave hopes that Channel 4 will pick up the project and [...]

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