Dan Liebke's Astonishing Tales

Keith Urban’s battle with the bottle has been an open secret in certain circles for some time now. Ever since he attempted to exchange wedding vows with one of the specially commissioned garden ice sculptures back in June, rumours have spread about his unfortunate alcohol problems.

Most guests were originally prepared to explain away the gaff [...]

Chubby Checker, the singer who tantalised the world in the 1960s with his twin hits Let’s Twist Againand The Twist (reverse order), today announced that he was looking for a new director for the upcoming movie based on his life story. The original director and Checker have parted ways, citing ‘creative differences’ and a ‘fundamental [...]

Lauren Bacall today released her much awaited finalised List of Legends, a ranking of the people she considers legends and, implicitly, those she does not. Bacall, who leaked Days of Thunder Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman as a notable red-headed exclusion from the list only last month, says that her list will “surprise and titillate”.

And the screen [...]

Chiropractors, physiotherapists, Jude Law and back specialists from around the world have gathered in Vienna, Austria in a desperate bid to salvage the spine of pop sensation Kylie Minogue.

Minogue, 36, suffers from ultrascoliosis, an extreme curvature of the spine that makes it impossible for the pop songstress to maintain a normal posture, even when threatened [...]

As the Athens Olympic Games draw to a close, the performances of Stanozolol, a long-time powerhouse in the Olympics medal tally, have drawn harsh criticism.

Stanozolol, a banned anabolic agent, finished a lowly seventh on the Olympics table with 6 Gold, 9 Silver and 2 Bronze, for a total of 17 medals. This compares unfavourably to [...]

Arabic television station Al-Jazeera today released the latest audio tape to surface from terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden – a bootleg recording of Bin Laden’s concert at the Hammersmith Odeon. Audio experts were quick to study the tape and are said to be ‘extremely confident’ that it is, indeed, a recording of the exiled Al [...]

Nicole Kidman, Oscar-winning superstar of Batman Forever, is recovering from a horrifying brush with cancer. Kidman, once married to Penelope Cruz, noticed a strange lump during a routine personality check and immediately feared the worst.

“I was in the shower,” revealed the betowelled redhead, “Just checking everything out when it suddenly occurred to me that rather [...]

Michael Moore, the documentary maker who stunned onlookers at last week’s Oscars ceremony has continued his tirade against President George Bush following his shock victory in the Miss America pageant.

Moore, who only entered the beauty competition at the last minute when the original Miss Tennessee was diagnosed with leprosy, proved radiant in both evening wear [...]

Coalition forces fighting in Iraq have been boosted by timely assistance from God Almighty, according to US officials. The intervention of the Creator has been welcomed by Marines on the ground, who have described His onslaught as ‘divine’, ‘first-rate’ and ‘really, reallymega-choice’.

“We’d been isolated by enemy fire while trying to hold a small theme park [...]

Strike action has been threatened by Australian outback gunmen after negotiations with the Northern Territory government broke down late last night.

Outback gunmen spokesman Marsden ‘Two Bullets’ Adams described the government as ‘inflexible’, ’suffocating’ and ‘inexplicably obsessed with kicking things’. “We are willing to compromise to come up with a solution that all parties can live [...]