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  • JOE’s 5-Word News: Snoop, Rat, Parking, Kray, Bottle

    JOE’s 5-Word News: Snoop, Rat, Parking, Kray, Bottle

    Snoop Snoop Dogg is indecisive when it comes to his football club allegiances Rat Margot Robbie bore the brunt of Jared Leto’s method acting with an unwelcome gift Parking A man in Brazil got a shock after parking in a disabled space Kray Tom Hardy looks in fine form in the extended trailer for Kray […]

    11 years ago

  • Snoop Dogg extends fickle football fandom with Galatasaray shirt

    Snoop Dogg extends fickle football fandom with Galatasaray shirt

    Rapper Snoop Dogg is well known for his love of European football shirts, and he has added another to his collection after posting a photo of himself in the colours of Turkish champions Galatasaray. Perhaps the Istanbul club are keen to replace Didier Drogba with their own Snoop Drogg, after missing their former striker’s goals last […]

    11 years ago

  • Gamer pays for Fallout 4 with bottle caps

    Gamer pays for Fallout 4 with bottle caps

    If you’re desperate to pre-order a new video game but you’ve spent all your money on beer and soft drinks, there could be a solution. The post-apocalyptic Fallout series, for those who are unaware, uses bottle caps as currency. So when a fan of the franchise wanted to pre-order its fourth installment, he sent more […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: See a lot more of Tom Hardy in extended trailer for Kray twins film

    Video: See a lot more of Tom Hardy in extended trailer for Kray twins film

    By now you probably know that Tom Hardy is preparing to get Kray-Kray as both halves of the infamous crime duo. New film Legend, in which Hardy plays brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray, looks like being one of the most stylish releases of 2015. The initial teaser trailer was impressive enough, but now you can […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Man gets creative reminder after parking in a disabled spot

    Video: Man gets creative reminder after parking in a disabled spot

    A man in Brazil got his comeuppance after parking in a disabled spot, with passers-by going to great lengths to remind him of his actions. When the offender returned to his vehicle, it was enveloped in post-it notes, arranged so as to turn the car into a giant blue-and-white disabled sign. We imagine he’ll think […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE Agony Uncle Matt Berry answers your dilemmas…

    JOE Agony Uncle Matt Berry answers your dilemmas…

    This week, our Agony Uncle Matt Berry offers sound advice on Glastonbury, dating and what to do if you’re an insomniac… If you have a problem for Matt, you know what to do – email hello@JOE.co.uk. Dear Uncle Matt, Last night I was playing guitar and singing in a pub, and a man had a […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE’s Quotes of the Week – June 25, 2015

    JOE’s Quotes of the Week – June 25, 2015

    Opinions are like *rseholes – you don’t mind your own but everyone else’s stink. Here we’ve collated the best truthbombs of the last seven days… “I think the clubs need to reduce ticket prices and find different ways of encouraging people to come to games.” – Gary Lineker, speaking exclusively to JOE.co.uk on fair pricing for supporters. “I think […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: A 14-year-old Lionel Messi playing for Barcelona is wonderful

    Video: A 14-year-old Lionel Messi playing for Barcelona is wonderful

    Lionel Messi turns 28 today, and Barcelona have just released this previously unseen footage of him playing for their junior side. As you can probably imagine, the Argentina star, currently representing his country at the Copa America, was better back then than any of us are now. The defence-splitting throughballs are there, of course, as […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE’s 5-word news: Firmino, Gmail, UFC, Spiderman, TFI

    JOE’s 5-word news: Firmino, Gmail, UFC, Spiderman, TFI

    Firmino Liverpool have announced the signing of 23-year-old Brazilian Roberto Firmino… Gmail Gmail are set to introduce an option for all users to undo an email within 30 seconds of it being sent… UFC Dana White has moved to calm UFC fans after reports that Jose Aldo’s fight with Conor McGregor at UFC 189 was in […]

    11 years ago

  • Stan Lee: “I have no problem creating new, homosexual superheroes”

    Stan Lee: “I have no problem creating new, homosexual superheroes”

    Stan Lee thinks the world “has a place for gay superheroes”. The Marvel Comics mastermind has revealed he isn’t bothered by the sexuality or race of a superhero, but doesn’t think it should be changed once the character has been established. Speaking specifically about Spider-Man, the 92-year-old said: “I wouldn’t mind, if Peter Parker had […]

    11 years ago

  • The new Spiderman has been revealed – and he’s impossibly young looking

    The new Spiderman has been revealed – and he’s impossibly young looking

    Goodbye Andrew Garfield… It’s official, the next Spiderman has been revealed and it is to be Tom Holland, a youthful 19-year old, known for starring in The Impossible. Holland is the third person to don the spandex suit for the mammoth role in the past nine years with the film set to be released in […]

    11 years ago

  • Game of Thrones withdrawal: TV shows coming soon to ease the pain – Part One

    Game of Thrones withdrawal: TV shows coming soon to ease the pain – Part One

    Every year at the end of May, UK TV channels head to Los Angeles to check out all the forthcoming US series as they hope to snap up the next Lost or Game of Thrones. The Hollywood studios roll out the red carpet for this beauty parade process, which includes more than 50 big-budget drama and shiny sitcom pilots […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: New Rudimental track featuring Will Heard and Anne-Marie

    Video: New Rudimental track featuring Will Heard and Anne-Marie

    Rudimental have unveiled a new song Rumour Mill from their latest album We The Generation, and they’re on fine form with this new house-influenced track. The four-piece – who headline the Other Stage at Glastonbury – have chosen to stay out of the video, giving their two new vocalists Anne-Marie and Will Heard the limelight instead. Anne-Marie […]

    11 years ago

  • Chris Evans announces new series of TFI Friday

    Chris Evans announces new series of TFI Friday

    Thank f*ck it’s back… TFI Friday’s one-off special earned rave reviews (barring a overly long Lewis Hamilton segment) and Chris Evans recently suggested that the future of the show was in Channel 4’s hands. Well, they’ve obliged him with a new run. Evans has announced that an eight-episode series has been commissioned to go out before Christmas. TFi […]

    11 years ago

  • New computer programme “teaches itself” to play video games from scratch

    New computer programme “teaches itself” to play video games from scratch

    For years we’ve worried about artificial intelligence rising up and taking over the world, but what if it just wants to play Mario Kart for hours on end? YouTube user SethBling has created a programme known as MarI/O, which teaches itself to play video games from a position of complete lack of knowledge. It has […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE’s 5-word news: Diddy, Post, Glastonbury, Cat, Storm

    JOE’s 5-word news: Diddy, Post, Glastonbury, Cat, Storm

    Diddy P Diddy was arrested after a fight with his son’s American football coach at UCLA. Post Real Salt Lake midfielder Lake Mulholland came off second best in a collision with a goalpost. Glastonbury Check out JOE’s list of who to see at Glastonbury Cat A cat surprised its owners by stowing away on the […]

    11 years ago

  • P Diddy arrested for fight with his son’s UCLA football coach

    P Diddy arrested for fight with his son’s UCLA football coach

    P Diddy has been arrested for allegedly threatening an American football coach with a kettlebell. The 45-year-old music mogul, who is now on bail, is said to have become embroiled in an altercation with strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi at UCLA’s training complex, allegedly swinging at him with a weight after criticising his 21-year-old […]

    11 years ago

  • Breaking Bad star takes to the catwalk in Milan

    Breaking Bad star takes to the catwalk in Milan

    He is best known for his part in Breaking Bad, but RJ Mitte has gone from model son to plain old model. Mitte, who played breakfast-loving Walt Jr in the hit television show, took part in Vivienne Westwood’s show during Milan fashion week. .@followVivienne #VivienneWestwood #milanfashionweek #mfw #shows #menswear thank u 4 having me! pic.twitter.com/r1OTnXW4Ir — RJ Mitte (@RjMitte) June […]

    11 years ago

  • MLS player sticks his head in harm’s way and pays the price

    MLS player sticks his head in harm’s way and pays the price

    Round of applause for Luke Mulholland. The Real Salt Lake midfielder fell victim to a heinous attack by the goalpost when attempting to head the ball off the goalline during his team’s MLS game against Sporting Kansas City. At least the woodwork also kept the ball out as the Englishman was sprawled on the turf, and Real went […]

    11 years ago

  • Mysterious ‘Stonehenge of fridges’ appears in Kent

    Mysterious ‘Stonehenge of fridges’ appears in Kent

    Stonehenge is a popular destination for the Summer Solstice, but a pair of pranksters in Kent decided to create their own version closer to home. An uncanny (if much brighter) replica emerged in a car park in Maidstone, made up of about 30 fridge, with many residents having no idea where it came from. Often in […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE’s 5-Word News: Putt, Trainspotting, Crash, Mario, Rodriguez

    JOE’s 5-Word News: Putt, Trainspotting, Crash, Mario, Rodriguez

    Putt Rory McIlroy sank an unbelievable 72-footer at the US Open Trainspotting Ewan McGregor is open to filming a sequel to the 1996 cult classic Crash Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso collided dramatically on the opening lap of Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix Mario A Norwegian man has finally completed a huge Super Mario rug, […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen involved in dramatic crash at Austrian GP

    Video: Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen involved in dramatic crash at Austrian GP

    There was a bit of a scary moment at the Austrian GP on Sunday. Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso were involved in an alarming crash at the beginning of the race. The former Ferrari teammates collided during the opening lap with such force that Alonso’s McLaren ended up on top on top of Raikkonen’s car as […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Rory McIlroy’s 72-foot putt was a US Open highlight

    Video: Rory McIlroy’s 72-foot putt was a US Open highlight

    He’s back. As if he ever went away. Rory McIlroy had to make do with ninth place in the US Open but his powering final round of -4 was a little warning shot to the rest of his competitors that form is temporary. And, in his case, class is outrageous. The Northern Ireland native went […]

    11 years ago

  • Trailer: Benicio Del Toro is quietly sinister in Sicario

    Trailer: Benicio Del Toro is quietly sinister in Sicario

    Benicio Del Toro rarely has trouble pulling out an eye-catching performance, and he looks to be on top form in Sicario. The trailer for the thriller, which also stars Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin, suggests we are in for a wonderfully tense spectacle when it hits cinemas in September. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, best known […]

    11 years ago

  • Norwegian man unveils Super Mario rug after 6 years’ work

    Norwegian man unveils Super Mario rug after 6 years’ work

    We used to worry that video games took up a lot of our time, until we heard about 31-year-old Norwegian Kjetil Nordin. The Nintendo fan, who now lives in Denmark, spent more than six years recreating a Super Mario screenshot in rug form. To put things in perspective, Nordin was in his mid-20s when he started […]

    11 years ago

  • Happy birthday Chris Pratt: The Jurassic World star’s finest moments on screen

    Happy birthday Chris Pratt: The Jurassic World star’s finest moments on screen

    It’s been one hell of a year for Chris Pratt, who celebrates his 36th birthday as the star of one of the world’s highest-grossing films of all time. The star of Jurassic World is one of the most popular actors around, both on and off screen. Whether he’s preemptively apologising for theoretical f**k-ups or absolutely […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Skydiver solves Rubik’s Cube on way down to earth

    Video: Skydiver solves Rubik’s Cube on way down to earth

    We struggle to solve a Rubik’s Cube in 40 minutes, let alone 40 seconds, and that’s without any added distractions. So it’s safe to say we were amazed when skydiver Guillermo Conde achieved just that, while falling to earth from a plane. The Spaniard knew he had to work quickly, as the challenge required him to […]

    11 years ago

  • University brings in ‘texting lanes’ in student buildings

    University brings in ‘texting lanes’ in student buildings

    Students fed up with being held up behind slow-walkers glued to their phones will be pleased, if a little bemused, by the actions of one university. Utah Valley University, in the United States, has introduced separate lanes on staircases in one student building – one lane for walking, a second for running and the third […]

    11 years ago

  • George Clooney’s tequila advert announces that summer has arrived

    George Clooney’s tequila advert announces that summer has arrived

    As festival season kicks off all over the UK, George Clooney has offered up a slice of summery goodness with the new advert for his tequila brand Casamigos. The drink, which is Spanish for ‘house of friends’, was launched by the actor in partnership with businessman Rande Gerber. This summer’s ad, called ‘House of Friends […]

    11 years ago

  • Award-winning baker to open world’s first Cornish pasty drive-through

    Award-winning baker to open world’s first Cornish pasty drive-through

    Many of us have gone to our local drive-through restaurant to pick up a burger and chips or some fried chicken, but something has been missing. We’ve started to wonder if people have been eavesdropping on our conversations here at JOE towers, as the mythical drive-through Cornish pasty outlet we’ve been talking about for weeks […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Man United youngster scores stunner for Brazil Under-20s

    Video: Man United youngster scores stunner for Brazil Under-20s

    Manchester United fans will be grateful that the club signed winger Andreas Pereira to a new contract after he fired home a stunner for Brazil’s Under-20 side. The 19-year-old made his Premier League debut last season, and this solo effort against Serbia comes just weeks after he agreed a new three-year deal with Louis van […]

    11 years ago

  • Jake Gyllenhaal’s Arnold Schwarzenegger impression is better than Arnie himself

    Jake Gyllenhaal’s Arnold Schwarzenegger impression is better than Arnie himself

    Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal broke from the norm when presented with a chance to perform an Arnold Schwarzenegger impression in front of the man himself. The star of boxing film Southpaw joined Arnie on the sofa on a star-studded Graham Norton show, and all the guests had a go at emulating the terminator star. Most of […]

    11 years ago

  • JOE Agony Uncle Matt Berry answers your problems…

    JOE Agony Uncle Matt Berry answers your problems…

    Matt Berry! Actor, comedian, writer, musician, Bafta-winner and all-round nice guy with the beard and the booming voice is JOE’s new Agony Uncle. Need advice on male problems delivered direct and to the heart? Just email your issue to hello@JOE.co.uk and Matt will answer the best letters. Here is his first instalment on alcoholism, flesh, tax fraud and beards […]

    11 years ago

  • Video: Alex Turner and Miles Kane dancing at The Strokes gig

    Video: Alex Turner and Miles Kane dancing at The Strokes gig

    Take a look at Alex Turner and Miles Kane looking throwing shapes to The Strokes at Hyde Park. Dancing to the song Barely Legal, the frontmen lunged and sang the lyrics to one another in the crowd. The New York band, fronted by Julian Casablancas, wowed with an 18-song set for their headline performance on Thursday […]

    11 years ago