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  • The Simpsons’ creators go renegade as now Homer and Marge are set to break-up

    The Simpsons’ creators go renegade as now Homer and Marge are set to break-up

    First we get the news Bart Simpson will be executed by maniac Sideshow Bob in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons – now it is revealed Homer has his eye turned. Together since the sitcom started in 1989, Homer and Marge Simpson are one of TV’s longest and most solid couples – but not for […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Kevin Pietersen battles Chris Gayle for title of ‘Biggest Hitter’ in cricket

    Video: Kevin Pietersen battles Chris Gayle for title of ‘Biggest Hitter’ in cricket

    For cricketers Kevin Pietersen and Chris Gayle, everything is a competition. The off-field friends couldn’t wait for the start of the Caribbean Premier League to take each other on, first choosing to put their big hitting to the test. The ‘Big Six Challenge’ sees the England outcast go toe-to-toe with the West Indies opener to see who […]

    11 years ago

  • Ravel Morrison reveals ambition to take West Ham into the Champions League…as manager

    Ravel Morrison reveals ambition to take West Ham into the Champions League…as manager

    The West Ham board must be frantically checking for a cancellation clause in Slaven Bilic’s contract after Ravel Morrison revealed his ambition to return to the club as manager. The wayward midfielder was released by the Hammers in February, and is set to be confirmed as a Lazio player in the near future. But it seems Morrison doesn’t […]

    11 years ago

  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic tells 16-year-old opponent: ‘Grow up’

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic tells 16-year-old opponent: ‘Grow up’

    After working his way through various forms of physical attacks on opponents, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has moved on to verbal chiding. The PSG striker, who in the past has been sanctioned for kicks, punches, stamps and headbutts, has changed tack especially for Real Madrid starlet Martin Odegaard after the pair met in Sweden’s draw with Norway. According […]

    11 years ago

  • Jurgen Klopp tempts Liverpool with world’s most obvious come-and-get-me plea

    Jurgen Klopp tempts Liverpool with world’s most obvious come-and-get-me plea

    Different managers have different styles. While some play hard-to-get in negotiations, others know that sometimes it doesn’t hurt to lay it on a bit thick. Jurgen Klopp has been linked with a few clubs since announcing that he would be leaving Borussia Dortmund, but one club seems top of his list. See if you can […]

    11 years ago

  • Photo: Stunning thunderstorm brings Bangkok to standstill

    Photo: Stunning thunderstorm brings Bangkok to standstill

    A photographer has captured the moment that a dazzling burst of lightning ripped through the Thai capital Bangkok. Johan Georget posted the picture, showing the electrical storm illuminating the night sky. A blaze of light can be seen flickering between skyscrapers to create a phenomenal image shared around the world. Traffic flowed, neons glowed. Suddenly, a […]

    11 years ago

  • 5-Word News: Clarkson, iPhone, Punk, Terminator, Hazard

    5-Word News: Clarkson, iPhone, Punk, Terminator, Hazard

    Clarkson Top Gear is set to make a brief return while Jeremy Clarkson will appear on the TFI Friday special… iPhone The release date for the new iPhone 7 has been leaked… Punk APR in the UK: Punk is officially dead as Sex Pistols get their own credit cards… Terminator James Cameron gives his seal of approval to […]

    11 years ago

  • Newspaper headline fail lands journalist in deep water…

    Newspaper headline fail lands journalist in deep water…

    What’s that word beginning with ‘A’ to describe someone who’s equally adept with both hands… A… A… Aaaa… Amphibious! It didn’t take long for Twitter to correct the East Oregonian’s embarrassing mistake in their report on ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte, which presumably left one sub-editor with a bright red face. Oops. Favorite headline of week. He […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: James Cameron gives his seal of approval to Terminator: Genisys

    Video: James Cameron gives his seal of approval to Terminator: Genisys

    James Cameron has told fans to look forward to the release of Terminator: Genisys, which he considers to be the ‘third film’ in the blockbuster franchise. Cameron, who first brought The Terminator to cinemas in 1984 and returned with Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991, has previously said that the first two movies “told the story” in […]

    11 years ago

  • Top Gear to make brief return while Clarkson will appear on TFI Friday special

    Top Gear to make brief return while Clarkson will appear on TFI Friday special

    Top Gear has been off the road since March following Jeremy Clarkson’s, erm, ‘disagreement’ with one of the show’s producers, but a brief return is on the way. BBC2 have announced that a one-off Top Gear special will soon be aired, featuring unseen filming from the most recent series. In a brief press release, the Beeb […]

    11 years ago

  • Marvel releases new Ant-Man teaser ahead of IMAX sneak peek

    Marvel releases new Ant-Man teaser ahead of IMAX sneak peek

    Everything’s smaller as far as Marvel superhero Ant-Man is concerned, and that includes the latest teaser for the upcoming movie. The summer blockbuster, starring Paul Rudd, is coming to IMAX with a six-minute sneak peek set to debut ahead of opening-night screenings of Jurassic World. However Marvel have already released a short 15-second teaser, which will […]

    11 years ago

  • FIFA film makes £400 in opening weekend: Here’s what that could buy you

    FIFA film makes £400 in opening weekend: Here’s what that could buy you

    We’re no experts on film financing, but less than £400 on an opening weekend seems low. That’s the total which United Passions, the movie about (and heavily financed by) FIFA made in its opening weekend in American cinemas. Not £400m. Not £400,000. Four hundred pounds (or £395.98 if we’re being precise). And that was despite Tim […]

    11 years ago

  • He had one job! Internet-famous dinosaur supervisor returns for Jurassic World

    He had one job! Internet-famous dinosaur supervisor returns for Jurassic World

    After the backlash that followed his involvement in Jurassic Park, we can expect Phil Tippett to be more vigilant this time around. The ‘dinosaur supervisor’, who unwittingly became an internet meme after the 1993 film, has returned to the crew for sequel Jurassic World. https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob/status/376791846296776705 In an interview with Wired UK, director Colin Trevorrow said […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: True Detective has two incredible new trailers

    Video: True Detective has two incredible new trailers

    Less than two weeks to wait. Isn’t it awesome that just as Game of Thrones ends for another year, True Detective returns to fill the void with its much anticipated second season? Much like the earlier trailers for Nic Pizzolatto’s crime drama, there are few spoilers but Colin Farrell takes centre stage. The big reveal […]

    11 years ago

  • Bart Simpson to be executed by nemesis Sideshow Bob

    Bart Simpson to be executed by nemesis Sideshow Bob

    After 25 years of dicing with death, Bart Simpson will be killed off by Sideshow Bob. Our favourite cartoon schoolboy will fall victim to a fiendish plan by his arch rival, played by actor Kelsey Grammer, in an upcoming episode due to air in the autumn. The reason for finally ending Bart’s life is because the show’s […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Skateboarders film X Games course in awesome GoPro footage

    Video: Skateboarders film X Games course in awesome GoPro footage

    It’s like something straight out of a video game… Skateboarders Leticia Bufoni and Curren Caples got down to Austin a little early ahead of this year’s X Games, and decided to have some fun. Using GoPro cameras, the pair gave a first-person tour of this year’s skateboard street course, and it makes for a great spectacle. […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Jake Gyllenhaal has seriously beefed up for boxing movie Southpaw

    Video: Jake Gyllenhaal has seriously beefed up for boxing movie Southpaw

    If you’re a fan of Jake Gyllenhaal and gritty fight movies then Southpaw is sure to be right up your alley. Southpaw is the story of Billy “The Great” Hope, Junior Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World. When tragedy strikes and he loses it all, Billy enters the battle of his life as he struggles […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Aguero scores hat-trick as Argentina look ominous in Copa America warm-up

    Video: Aguero scores hat-trick as Argentina look ominous in Copa America warm-up

    They might have been without Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez, but that didn’t matter for a rampant Argentina side in their latest Copa America warm-up game. Sergio Aguero scored a composed hat-trick for the pre-tournament favourites, while Manchester United’s Angel Di Maria scored the other two in a 5-0 demolition of Bolivia. With Tevez and […]

    11 years ago

  • Irish student spoofs his way into Champions League final

    Irish student spoofs his way into Champions League final

    Our hats are off to Anraoi Rooney, who managed to blag his way into last night’s Champions League final in Berlin. Rooney, a student from Dublin, went interrailing four weeks ago and decided to stop off in Berlin for the biggest night in European football. He uses the medium of Snapchat to show how he bypassed […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE’s 5-Word News: Champions, Shawshank, Ukulele, Spielberg, Toronto

    JOE’s 5-Word News: Champions, Shawshank, Ukulele, Spielberg, Toronto

    Champions Barcelona lifted the Champions League trophy after a close-fought 2-1 win over Juventus Shawshank Two American inmates escaped from a maximum security prison with a Shawshank Redemption-style plot Ukulele Inspired by Mad Max: Fury Road, one man created an improvised flamethrower ukulele Spielberg Get a first look at the iconic director’s spy film Bridge of Spies, starring […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Former Juventus playmaker stuns MLS with wonder-strike

    Video: Former Juventus playmaker stuns MLS with wonder-strike

    As Juventus were running Barcelona close in the Champions League final, one of their former players was pulling the strings for his new club in some style. Sebastian Giovinco played more than 100 games for the Bianconeri before leaving in January for MLS side Toronto FC, and he has already won over the fans in […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Mad Max fan makes flamethrower ukulele

    Video: Mad Max fan makes flamethrower ukulele

    If, like us, you were blown away by the flamethrower guitar scene in Mad Max: Fury Road, this could be for you. As awesome as creating your own flamethrower guitar might seem, it also strikes us as being really difficult. What’s not so tricky is making a flamethrower ukulele. That’s right, a ukulele. One man […]

    11 years ago

  • American inmates launch Shawshank-style prison break

    American inmates launch Shawshank-style prison break

    Two convicted murderers became the first men to ever escape from a 150-year-old maximum security prison, thanks to a Shawshank Redemption-style escape. Richard Matt and David Sweat made their way out of the Clinton Correctional Facility, in New York State, by drilling a hole through a wall and navigating their way through the building’s sewer tunnels. A […]

    11 years ago

  • Vine: Ed Miliband gets sweary support on daytime TV

    Vine: Ed Miliband gets sweary support on daytime TV

    This is a little harder-hitting than some of the Milifandom stuff that did the rounds before the election… BBC lunchtime show The Daily Politics welcomed the creator of the ‘Cool Ed Miliband’ phenomenon, and it’s safe to say things got emotional. Speaking about the former Labour leader’s integrity, the guest insisted that Miliband is “too […]

    11 years ago

  • Kate Moss kicked Andrew Marr out of his chair

    Kate Moss kicked Andrew Marr out of his chair

    Andrew Marr has spent years grilling politicians and making heads of states squirm in their seat – but it was Kate Moss who booted him out of his. The broadcaster has revealed the supermodel demanded he move from his seat sitting outside a cafe and even “slightly pushed” him. Marr, 55, told The Evening Standard: […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Casts of Aladdin and The Lion King begin impromptu airport sing-off

    Video: Casts of Aladdin and The Lion King begin impromptu airport sing-off

    This is probably the best thing we’ve seen in an airport since that famous Nike advert with the Brazilian football team. Flights out of New York’s LaGuardia airport were delayed, leaving not one but two casts of Broadway musicals stranded at the terminal. What are the chances? Obviously there was only one possible outcome – a sing-off […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: This man playing an imaginary saxophone deserves your attention

    Video: This man playing an imaginary saxophone deserves your attention

    Next up, Baker Street From Careless Whisper to My Lovely Horse, the saxophone is almost scientifically proven to make any song 37% better. We do dig a good sax solo here at JOE.co.uk, which is why our attention was drawn to this man from Liverpool who has perfected playing the catchy theme tune to The Pink […]

    11 years ago

  • Politician proposes language tax to save Danish’s bacon

    Politician proposes language tax to save Danish’s bacon

    A politician in Denmark has proposed a novel way to protect the country’s native tongue…by taxing the use of foreign words in adverts. Alex Ahrendtsen of the right-wing Danish People’s Party, which holds four seats in the European Parliament, is concerned by the use of English in particular. More than 80% of Danes are thought to speak […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Swansea take release of new kit a tad too seriously

    Video: Swansea take release of new kit a tad too seriously

    Nope this isn’t the latest film from Christopher Nolan, it’s the simple unveiling of a football kit. Swansea pulled out all the stops for the release of their new home strip which, in all honesty, isn’t that different from their last one. The major difference in the kit for the 2015/16 season is that it […]

    11 years ago

  • South African footballer tells fans to stop calling him Beyonce

    South African footballer tells fans to stop calling him Beyonce

    An unusual nickname has left one South African footballer ‘looking so crazy right now’… Reneilwe Letsholonyane, who ironically plays for another musically named club in the Kaizer Chiefs, is known as ‘Beyonce’ by his team’s supporters.. The midfielder, who played for his country at the 2010 World Cup, is unaware of the origins of the nickname but said […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE’s 5-Word News: X-Files, Flowers, Everest, Hellboy, Bobsled

    JOE’s 5-Word News: X-Files, Flowers, Everest, Hellboy, Bobsled

    X-Files Community star Joel McHale is the latest addition to the cast for the upcoming X-Files series… Flowers Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat had promised his wife he’d retire, but his decision to stay on has seen fans club together to give Mrs A a bouquet as a ‘thank you’ gift… Everest The trailer for the star-studded thriller is cause […]

    11 years ago

  • Furious 7 supremo James Wan will direct Aquaman

    Furious 7 supremo James Wan will direct Aquaman

    Superhero film Aquaman will be coming to our screens under the helm of Furious 7 maker James Wan.  Warner Bros. has announced the 38-year-old (below) is onboard to direct the upcoming film in the DC Comics cinematic universe, starring Jason Momoa as the king of Atlantis. Man-mountain Momoa, who also starred as Khal Drogo in […]

    11 years ago

  • Snoop Dogg believes Caitlyn Jenner is a ‘science project’

    Snoop Dogg believes Caitlyn Jenner is a ‘science project’

    Snoop Dogg isn’t happy about the worldwide attention Caitlyn Jenner is getting when there is other “real news” to report. The rapper grumbled about the former Olympian – who was known as Bruce Jenner before her transition – insisting the endeavours of other people, such as his friend Akon and his charity work is more […]

    11 years ago