Even if you've never embarrassed yourself by unknowingly spreading an urban legend as fact to friends and family or, say, retweeting a fake quote by Martin Luther King, Jr after Osama bin Laden's death, you've at least been on the receiving end of…
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--We know publishing and book marketing follow a formula that involves mashing up previously successful books. We know self-help involves bullet points, and that Ladies Love Makeovers. We know paranormal and memoir (novel/memoir even!) remain…
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--Here's Uma Thurman's new ginger ale commercial — airing in France, because celebrities don't sully themselves with this stuff on our side of the pond — in which she talks dirty to a fake news reporter and gets away with it by replacing the word "sex"…
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--Three UK universities in top 10, but Harvard tops new league of medicine courses
Cambridge comes second and Oxford fourth in a new global ranking of medicine courses, in which universities in Asia and Australia also perform well.
Harvard tops the…
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--• 'He must have learnt all these cheating tricks at Barcelona'
• 'Mascherano wasn't like this at Liverpool' says Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo delivered the most withering put-down as the Barcelona-Real Madrid feud resumed on a stormy night at the Camp…
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--Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 1
Pedro 54 Marcelo 64
Barcelona won 3-1 on aggregate
The last instalment of a four-match, 18-day scorpion dance that became nastier by the hour was a proper contest in which Real Madrid recovered their attacking urges but…
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--If you're not careful you can find yourself jostling against a bunch of unreadable hands
Last week, I wrote about how No Limit Holdem would be affected by the removal of betting rounds at various stages of the game. (It might be worth looking that…
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--The Champions League has posed few problems for Manchester United this season despite doubts about the evolution Sir Alex Ferguson's team
The Champions League is the prize that clubs crave most of all, yet for Manchester United the tournament comes…
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--Today's nonsense has a bit of competition
The Sun's got the big exclusive on Osama bin Laden today – not only was he an enemy of freedom, democracy and razors, he also tried to stifle grassroots football in Pakistan. "Children would kick balls over…
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--• Abidal had surgery on a liver tumour in March
• 'I can sense the people love me: I love them too'
Eric Abidal, who had surgery on a liver tumour in March, is hoping to be back to full fitness for Barcelona's Champions League final at the end of…
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--Online rental and streaming saw the DVD market plunge by 20% in the first quarter of this year
It's been a huge source of Hollywood profit but the silvery, lucrative DVD could be consigned to the pages of a history book if plunging US sales continue…
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--Latest Ended: FC Barcelona v Real Madrid 1-1 Goals:54' Pedro, 64' Marcelo
