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You’re fired! The Apprentice will not be returning for fifth season

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From The Score In Fashion This post contains images

The 16 most outrageous outfits of the NBA’s hipster fashion craze

2 hours ago 177 Views 1 Comment

Big glasses, pink blazers and beards. You don’t get this on the Sunday Game.

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VIDEO: European royal diamond sold for €7.6m at auction

2 hours ago 892 Views 2 Comments

Extraordinary jewel has had a rich history passing through royal families in France, the Netherlands, England and Prussia since the 17th century.

Steve Jobs

Aaron Sorkin to adapt ‘Steve Jobs’ film

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The Oscar-winning writer is to write a screenplay for Sony based on the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson.

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London 2012, Big Willie style: Smith tries his hand at some Olympic sports

3 hours ago 132 Views No Comments

The actor was put through his paces in London this morning.

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Epic Timelapse Map of Europe of the Day

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Teachers Dancing Behind Students Video of the Day

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You’re fired! The Apprentice will not be returning for fifth season

7 hours ago 2,903 Views 40 Comments

No more penny apples…

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17 Irish titles head for Cannes Film Festival

9 hours ago 1,737 Views 5 Comments

Movers and shakers of the Irish film scene are off to Cannes to promote Ireland’s movie-making talents.

Yesterday’s News

Hair You Go

Mystery hair dryers arrive in New Zealand

18 hours ago 11,263 Views 11 Comments

Police are baffled by the appliances, which were all sent from addresses in Paris.

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Jay-Z wants Obama to sing at US music festival

19 hours ago 1,478 Views 5 Comments

Just in case Obama wants to give up the day job – he always has his singing career to fall back on.

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In pictures: Lifeboat crew scale cliff to rescue sheep in Cork

19 hours ago 6,203 Views 20 Comments

It was a baa-d situation… but it ended happily.

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This video of a little girl consoling her dad after relegation will make your day

20 hours ago 1,223 Views No Comments

What’s that? No… there’s dust in my eye.

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Facebook “like” count on clothes hooks

20 hours ago 147 Views 1 Comment

Would you like a little help choosing your outfit? And would the number of ‘likes’ it gets on social media sway you?

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This is what one taxi driver thinks of the green light debate…

21 hours ago 16,629 Views 224 Comments

…Spotted this evening on the O’Connell Street taxi rank in Dublin.

Snake Bite

Man bitten by rattlesnake in Wal-Mart

22 hours ago 5,385 Views 7 Comments

A shopper in an outdoor garden department reached down to pick up a stick – only to realise it was a rattlesnake.

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Man caught smuggling cocaine in wheelchair

23 hours ago 4,016 Views 13 Comments

US border protection agents noticed something strange about the wheelchair cushion…

Baby Names

Sophia and Jacob are top US baby names

Yesterday, 2:30 PM 3,642 Views 9 Comments

How do US baby names compare to our Irish little ones? Here’s how…

Press Launch Invite of the Day

Yesterday, 2:00 PM 2,047 Views 25 Comments

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In pictures: How to… become French president in 7 steps

Yesterday, 11:52 AM 2,623 Views 14 Comments

Francois Hollande was sworn in as the seventh president of France’s Fifth Republic today. Here’s how it all unfolded…

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VIDEO: Jedward dress up as tubs of popcorn (literally) at the Eurovision

Yesterday, 11:15 AM 3,076 Views 28 Comments

Also, in case you needed to know, Azerbaijan has been renamed ‘Ed-zerbai-john’. Got that?

X Factor

Britney Spears joins The X Factor judges’ table

Yesterday, 9:58 AM 2,277 Views 7 Comments

Demi Lovato will also sit next to LA Reid and Simon Cowell for the second instalment of the US version of the show.

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Poll: Should taxis be allowed to display signs of ‘Irishness’?

Yesterday, 9:44 AM 7,027 Views 164 Comments

Following the widespread reaction to TheJournal.ie’s exclusive investigation into green lights carried on top of some Dublin taxis, the Transport Minister has said that any sign to indicate that a driver is Irish is ‘inherently racist’.

OneHundred

Photographer looking for 100 faces for charity project

Yesterday, 7:30 AM 2,660 Views 16 Comments

“I’m looking for characters…I’m not looking for 100 good-looking people.”

Monday 14 May, 2012

She's Electric

Electric cars get a vintage twist…

Yesterday, 8:30 PM 4,512 Views 9 Comments

The newest electic car harks back to the Del Boy years, no? We still like it though.

From The Score Speculation

Did Usain Bolt break up with his girlfriend to run faster?

Yesterday, 7:14 PM 745 Views No Comments

According to reports, the Jamaican athlete ended the relationship to concentrate on his running career.

Best Friend

Man spends $60,000 on canine custody battle

Yesterday, 6:42 PM 5,025 Views 23 Comments

Craig Dershowitz says he considers the dog his ‘son’ and has spent his life savings on lawyers’ fees in trying to win custody.

Wisteria Hysteria

Desperate Housewives’ final episode airs in US

Yesterday, 4:26 PM 7,599 Views 15 Comments

After eight years the raunchy lives of the housewives of Wisteria Lane come to a close.

From The Score Really?

Forget about the Lingerie Football League, there’s going to be a Bikini Hockey League now

Mon, 3:24 PM 697 Views No Comments

It’s all part of a new reality show.

Whoops This post contains videos

VIDEO: Dark Shadows director Tim Burton falls off stage…

Mon, 1:40 PM 3,383 Views 10 Comments

…and is caught by a quick-thinking handler.

Work Can Wait This post contains a poll

The burning question*: Do you squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom?

Mon, 11:40 AM 2,669 Views 30 Comments

This and every Monday, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)

From The Score Sideline

Joey Barton denies his expletive-filled rant at Alan Shearer was designed to ‘deflect attention’

Mon, 11:40 AM 961 Views 2 Comments

“I really don’t like that p****, in fact I honestly despise him.”

No Wonder

Stevie Wonder’s nephew and woman charged with attempted extortion

Mon, 11:23 AM 1,240 Views 3 Comments

The couple have been accused of plotting to extort millions of dollars from the singer.

A Day In The Life

Get snap happy for global document-a-day project

Mon, 10:21 AM 2,024 Views 9 Comments

Aday.org hopes to use the power of photography to create, share and compare perspectives on daily life.

Sunday 13 May, 2012

From The Score Say Cheese This post contains images

Here are 30 of our favourite pics from the day’s other Premier League games

Sun, 10:34 PM 1,097 Views 1 Comment

The Manchester clubs weren’t the only ones involved in a dramatic final day, as these images attest.

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Sports film of the week: An Impossible Job

Sun, 9:30 PM 498 Views No Comments

This should be mandatory viewing for anyone crazy enough to want to manage England (I’m looking at you, Roy).

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In pictures: New York City street scenes from the early 1900s

Sun, 6:00 PM 7,998 Views 9 Comments

Archived photographs from the Bain Collection show daily life in NYC at the dawn of the 20th century.

From TheJournal.ie Venezuela

Did a crossword maker try to encourage people to kill the president’s brother? Probably not

Sun, 3:44 PM 3,823 Views 2 Comments

Government critics and supporters alike are amused at the suggestion of a pundit on a state-run TV station.

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WATCH: The dog-training act that won Britain’s Got Talent

Sun, 3:08 PM 6,248 Views 26 Comments

17-year-old Ashleigh Butler and her six-year-old cross Pudsey took the £500,000 prize and will perform for the Queen.

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9 out of 10 classic celebrities prefer dogs…

Sun, 12:00 PM 4,503 Views 8 Comments

Alright – we made that statistic up. But our slideshow of classic celeb ‘n’ pet pics doesn’t make a great case for kitty…

Sitdown Sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

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‘God has been great to me these last few years’ – Katie Taylor on Olympic qualification
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From The Score

Updated: Obama salutes his ‘cousin’ Robbie Keane recognition

Updated: Obama salutes his ‘cousin’ Robbie Keane

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