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Issue 23: The Newsworthy Penis
Hogan V Gawker: It was three and a half years in the brewing, but this month saw one of the biggest court cases of the digital age come to pass: Hulk Hogan suing Gawker Media for publishing footage from an illicitly gained sex tape which showed nine seconds of Hogan boning. We have a special five-part pull out dedicated to this bizarre case – featuring our own totally legal sex tape reconstructions… [Read Part One As A Preview] [Read Part Two As A Preview]
Day Of The Dread: Launched to give a balanced-yet-positive take on the news, Trinity Mirror’s new paper, the New Day, hit newsstands earlier this month. It received a fairly frosty reception – both critically and commercially – so how long did it manage to stay positive? Erm, not very long. Not very long at all…
Textual Misconduct: Tabloid uproar ensued when the sister of premier league sex offender Adam Johnson shared a poem she’d written on Facebook inspired by her brother’s ordeal. Sure, sticking up for a convicted and self-confessed groomer is difficult – but what’s the poem like when judged on its own merits? [Read As A Preview]
Chiam Shippers: Another month, another series of fundamentally contradictory stories about Cheryl Fernandez-Tweedy-Cole and her pan-dimensional, time-hopping love life. How is she managing to live so many multiple parallel lives? We have no idea. But ‘friends close to Cheryl’ might be able to shed some light…
Boyz On Tour: After the tearaway success of the recent boyband supergroups NKOTBSB and McBusted, Boyzone and Westlife have decided to get in on the act to form… Boyzlife. Someone at Hilton Hotels is taking advantage of their desperation though. We take a look at the absolutely brutal gig list they’ve set them up on.
PLUS
– The Easter Parade! Some of our favourite (and filthiest) egg-based gossip
– Ad Manners! A suspiciously familiar food campaign
– The Wit And Wisdom Of Aaron Carter! The man in his own words
– Crunching the numbers on Trump’s roundtable, Eurovision’s fallen heroes and a short tribute to Canada’s premier crack smoker
Popbits: Summer tunes
Craig David: One More Time
Mixing retro garage with the house sound of leisure centre zumba classes
Gnash ft Olivia O Brien: I Hate U I Love U
The new Lukas Graham/Gotye global type smash out of nowhere
Yo Preston: Love Yourself/Fuck Yourself
If the Eamon/Frankee era was your kind of summer pop then you’ll enjoy this response to Bieber’s Love Yourself