Mary McGill

It is hard to believe that a single photograph can cause such a commotion but when 'It Girl' Alexa Chung posted an innocent looking Instagram picture of herself and her mum, internet warriors suddenly rose up, foaming at the mouth with indignation, decrying what they saw as Chung's excessive thinness...

It is a tough time for Planet Media. Ever decreasing advertising revenue means dwindling budgets while the demand for content rapidly grows, thanks to the Internet and twenty four hour programming. The cult of celebrity goes someway to fill all that air time and those column inches but it isn't...

In the recently leaked remix of Rihanna's Birthday Cake - a song lurid enough to make Prince blush - Chris Brown, her former boyfriend, the man who turned her face into a bloodied mess while threatening to kill her, sings lyrics so explicit they make for deeply uncomfortable listening.

Have your overpriced roses and cheap bubbly at the ready everyone, for once again the Saint Valentine's Day onslaught is upon us; when couples across the world are called upon to demonstrate their affections by spending cash they don't on have on gifts that 24 hours later are as meaningful...

I do hope you're sitting down for this one, ladies and gentlemen, for it has come to pass once again: another child star is daring to grow up. Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana - she of the chipmunk cheeks and chirpy one-liners - is now fast approaching her twenties and...

Ladies: it's time to put down those sparkly shoes and pick up your shields, for the battle of the body types rages on and you've simply got to choose a size, sorry, side. No, no - no dithering. You're either one or the other and before you starting rambling on...

Blame Celebrity Big Brother. Blame super babies with odd names and celebrity chefs getting caught in compromising positions. Blame the post-Christmas fug as more and more innocent people of normal intelligence fall victim to a very mysterious ailment. Some claim it is a direct result of the star saturated world...

How does the idea of banning celebrity marriages strike you? Too harsh perhaps - or a necessary evil to protect an institution that is supposed to bind people together for life as opposed to oh, about 16 days?

Over Christmas, Sinead O'Connor of the beautiful voice and bizarre behaviour...