Michael Jackson voted worlds worst dad

Washington (ANI): Michael Jackson has been voted the worst father in an Internet Father's Day poll of bad dads. The pop superstar landed the number one spot on Maxim.com's new list, reports Contactmusic. The pop star has beaten murderer Scott Peterson, who killed his wife and unborn baby. Third on the list was Marvin Gaye Sr., while Joe Simpson (Ashlee and Jessica's manager/father) was fourth. Rounding off the top five was Kurt Cobain. The top five bad dads are: 1. Michael Jackson 2. Scott Peterson 3. Marvin Gaye Sr. 4. Joe Simpson (Ashlee and Jessica's manager/father)

Kate & Lance's Walk of Shame

We've all done it -- that embarrassing walk out of your BF or GF's dorm room, hoping no one would see slinking out after spending the night.

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong went through the same thing yesterday -- except with dozens of paps and help from the NYPD.






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Franz Ferdinand Album Delayed Until 2009

Franz Ferdinand won't be releasing their new album until next year, which will come as a great disappointment to fans.

Frontman Alex Kapronas told BBC 6Music that the band still had "quite a bit of mixing" still left to do on their third album.

Currently untitled, Kapronas explained how the group were still trying to decide upon a name for the delayed-release, which should have been released this Winter.

"We were gonna call it 'Bite Hard' at one point because there was a song called 'Bite Hard' and we weren't gonna use that as a song, but liked the phrase," says Alex.

"It's quite suggestive but apparently in the States if you say something 'bites' it means it sucks, so if something bites hard, it sucks really badly. So we thought; 'No we'll choose another title.'"

Franz Ferdinand meanwhile, will be playing a tour of intimate venues later this month, where they will air some of the new material.

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24th - Bristol Thekla

25th - Bath Moles

26th - Yeovil The Orange Box

28th - Cardiff The Point

29th - Leeds Faversham

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Corrie's David just 'wants to be loved'

'Coronation Street' actor Jack P Shepherd has claimed that his character David Platt is misunderstood and "just wants to be loved".
According to the show's official website, the actor told InsideSoap Yearbook: "David can do some malicious things but I think he just wants to be loved. He craves a bit of affection."
"He's never had much attention from his mum, Gail. She was always running around after David's brother, Nick, and Sarah and then she moved on to caring about Bethany, so David just feels like he was pushed to one side," he said.
"He's found that by being bad he gets lots of attention. That's the only time Gail really notices him."
Shepherd said: "David could go down a really dark path, but there are different sides to him. David is an emotional character and he can do comedy - he's quite a comedian sometimes."
"I think he does have different dimensions to his character, which makes him so much fun to watch. But probably his main strength is being a nasty, evil, twisted little git."