News Archive

December 31

• Why DiCaprio turned down the chance to play Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars prequels

December 30

• The 10 Funniest Lonely Island Videos
• 10 Sporting Predictions For 2015
• The 10 Best Gym Scenes in Movies
• The 15 Coolest Watches Of 2014
• The Men Who Owned 2014

December 29

• The Rock is returning to Wrestlemania
• The Incredible In-Car Cinema
• Someone who'd never seen Star Wars tweeted the whole original trilogy and it's hilarious
• 25 times David Beckham was the coolest person ever
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens was originally called something very different
• The Best ShortList Interview Quotes of 2014
• The 5 Films You Need To See In January

December 25

• The definitive guide to making mountains of sweet money on eBay

December 23

• 10 things to do during the boring bit between Christmas and New Year's Eve
• 10 TV picks to help you avoid your family this Christmas
• The Beatles have a welcome Christmas surprise
• Robo-reindeer offer terrifying glimpse of future Christmas
• BBC's Top Gear return might have a few problems (aside from the obvious)
• Anonymous declares cyber war on Turkey
• A guide to the new world capital of craft beer

December 22

• The greatest inventions of 2015
• The 20 best Dreamcast games of all time
• 12 movies released in 2015 you can watch right now on Netflix
• This retro video game tribute to Star Wars is incredible
• You can start your own LEGO trainer collection
• You're going to want to download the Deadpool emoji
• This is the best way to stop fare dodging on the Underground
• Russian becomes addicted to Fallout 4, loses wife & job, takes legal action
• The ShortListen: Tom Speight (no. 225)
• 10 Most striking news photographs of 2015
• Armed US guards (with immunity) could soon be patrolling UK airports because that's a great idea. Right.
• How to make the perfect roast turkey (the easy way)
• Jurassic World congratulates Star Wars for beating box office record
• SpaceX did something insane last night

December 21

• How to set up an Xbox One without any hassle
• Dutch driving instructors are now able to accept sex as payment
• Top 10 Clichéd Goal Celebrations
• The top 15 sporting egos ever
• F1 to be shown on Channel 4 without ads from 2016
• An exhaustive guide to the criminal offences committed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Jingle All The Way
• 70 moments that made Ali great
• Bad news for porn fans that are also Sky customers...
• Martin Shkreli's excellent week continues with a Twitter hacking
• 10 best sports photographs of 2015
• This man built a working lightsaber (sort of)
• The 10 pairs of socks you won't mind getting for Christmas
• The ShortListen: Zara Larsson (no. 224)
• Don't care about Star Wars? Here's a blaggers guide to talking about it like you do
• The 10 Most Ridiculous Moments From Sepp Blatter's Time At FIFA
• TV host crowns wrong Winner at Miss Universe Final, Universe cringes
• The first ever website just turned 25-years-old and this is what it looked like
• Van Gaal 'has 2 games to save his job' with Mourinho waiting
• Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned for 8 years from football
• More engineers work on the iPhone camera than on NASA's Mars missions

December 18

• A whole bunch of Americans said they’d be in favour of bombing the fictional country from Aladdin
• One simple way to stop cold callers hassling you
• The latest trailer for 11.22.63 is mysterious as hell
• Macaulay Culkin shows us what Kevin from Home Alone would be like now (f*cked up)
• Apple shares drop as experts predict the first-ever iPhone sales dip
• What happens when Uber make Londoners wait 5 minutes
• Michael Moore has written a brilliant open letter to Donald Trump
• David Cameron’s reaction to Mourinho’s sacking is actually pretty funny (makes a change)
• The Royal Mint produces the last-ever round pound coins - enjoy them while they last
• The most hated man in the world has been arrested and Karma has been rebalanced
• 20 alt Christmas Jumpers to impress people with this winter
• The hi-tech gear the Olympic swimmers will be wearing in Rio 2016
• The ShortListen: David Bowie (no. 223)
• What £1K per month rent in London gets you compared to other global cities
• There’s £4,000 waiting on a London street if you can find out where this camera is pointing
• These are the things that foreigners hate the most about British people
• Daniel Craig’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cameo Revealed
• George Osborne has a credit in The Force Awakens & people are not happy
• Oscar Isaac on making Star Wars his own

December 17

• Proof that Quality Street have been subtly shrinking their tins for years
• Watch the new Whiskey Tango Foxtrot trailer, if only to hear Billy Bob Thornton say ‘oo-rah!’
• The best Twitter reactions to Mourinho's sacking so far
• You may have to PAY to party at Notting Hill Carnival for the first time ever
• Here’s how to make ‘smart’ socks that’ll pause Netflix when you nod off
• 'Serial' Season 2, Episode 2: recap and the questions that need answering
• Jose Mourinho has just been sacked as Chelsea manager
• Man City and Man United fans are trolling each other and it's magical
• Cameron blames Corbyn for not saying ‘Happy Christmas’, Twitter kicks off
• The 20 best small cinemas in the UK
• An Australian clinic reckons it can cure your hangover in under 30 mins
• Uber is coming to Facebook Messenger
• The ShortListen: The Dunwells (no. 222)
• There's been a rise in Star Wars porns sales, because OBVIOUSLY
• London streets are about to use 'pee-proof' paint
• Daniel Radcliffe, Kirsten Dunst & Kurt Russell read hilarious mean tweets
• These are the Star Wars quiz answers you're looking for
• how to avoid all star wars spoilers with this Google trick
• Bank robber runs past live news reporter who's reporting on him

December 16

• 20 of the best velvet jackets
• The 50 best songs of 2015
• Woman's stolen car returned after terrible lost & found sign
• Sam Adams has just made a $200 craft beer
• Facebook has fixed its 'real name' policy
• Being messy could actually be a good thing (say scientists)
• Daisy Ridley on getting to know BB-8
• Harrison Ford on Han Solo
• Turns out Vladimir Putin is secretly immortal (and here's the proof)
• Ashley Madison user threatened with blackmail via postal letter
• Enjoy the London Underground pun map you never knew you needed
• Play this incredible lightsaber game via your smartphone and Google Chrome
• One of the biggest Star Wars debates ever has just been settled by... erm, Ariana Grande
• Grand Budapest Hotel is on TripAdvisor & it's doing pretty well...
• Sony wants to know which PS2 games you want on the PS4
• 4 Winter jackets to keep out the deep freeze
• Blacksmith debunks 9/11 conspiracy theory in less than two minutes
• The ShortListen: Bear's Den (no. 221)
• Hackers could be about to ruin your Christmas and there's nothing you can do about it
• House Of Cards announces comeback date & new teaser trailer
• The new iPhone autocorrect for 'Lardass' is both brilliant and cruel
• REVIEWED: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

December 15

• Women need more sleep than men because their brains are more complex
• The 50 greatest games of 2015
• Is this the creepiest Christmas gift ever?
• The 20 mightiest small book shops in the UK
• First trailer for Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
• Obama singing Hotline Bling has to be heard
• Six funnymen tell us about their worst Christmases ever
• Best photoshops of David Cameron's Tim Peake Tweet
• Andy Serkis confirms he's playing an evil Jar Jar Binks in The Force Awakens
• The world's fastest-growing computer virus is holding people to ransom
• The first trailer for Eddie The Eagle looks brilliant
• The ShortListen: Zack Lopez (no. 220)
• It's bad news if you wanted a hoverboard this Christmas
• This wake up app is a complete game changer for Londoners
• One man found the perfect way to defeat potential luggage thieves
• Here's how to add a lightsaber to your Facebook profile picture

December 14

• The 20 UK menswear shops you need on your radar right now
• 6 reasons why nobody is reading your Linkedin profile (and how to change it)
• The first trailer for Star Trek Beyond will rock your socks off
• TripAdvisor has named the best restaurants in the world
• This is the best weirdest Christmas advert you will ever see
• US town rejects solar farm over fears it would 'suck up all the sunlight'
• The 10 new stadiums we can't wait to see in 2016
• Stephen King would be happy with Idris Elba in The Dark Tower
• People who swear more have a larger vocabulary
• Your smartphone is making you miserable (and ruining your back)
• The ShortListen: Flawes (no. 219)
• Elon Musk is worried World War III will ruin his Mars mission
• For just £450k you could own this patch of roof in London (don’t all rush at once)
• A Parisian man has completely redesigned the tube map and it's miles better
• Daesh is fighting back at Anonymous with its own hackers
• Manchester police are mocking Man United again
• Here's how NASA would build a real Death Star
• Twitter sends out warnings about government 'hacks'
• The first trailer for Independence 2 is here – and Will Smith’s character is dead

December 11

• Trump should be allowed to visit the UK whenever he wants (just not for the reasons he'd like)
• This is why mums should never skateboard
• The ShortListen: Katy B/Four Tet/Floating Points (no. 218)
• JFK once sent a brilliant letter to a girl worried about Santa
• Nintendo's next controller design could be incredible
• There's a game-changing email feature you need to know about

December 10

• 50 best apps of 2015
• Europe wants to get rid of its Netflix 'borders'
• Could Anonymous be the heroes the world needs?
• US university student buys worst fake ID ever
• The second series of podcast giant Serial is here
• Watch Creed for FREE with ShortList Film Club
• Want to improve your memory? Get playing 3D games
• Does this old Donald Trump book prove he’s just been trolling us?
• Putin is prepared to drop a nuclear bomb on Daesh
• Can you solve GCHQ's Christmas card puzzle?
• Tyson Fury should be on the BBC Sports Personality list whether you like it or not
• The ShortListen: Jones (no. 217)
• Explicit sex adverts appear in children's app
• Idris Elba frontrunner for Stephen King's Dark Tower Movie
• Sacha Baron Cohen saves the world in the first full trailer for Grimsby
• Even more Star Wars footage has been revealed

December 09

• Facebook unveils its 2015 Year In Review
• 7 houses whose Christmas lights are twenty times crazier than yours
• Darth Trump is the funniest Star Wars mashup you will ever see
• First teaser trailer for Spielberg's The BFG
• Billy Zane is suitably badass in Amazon Prime’s ace new trailer for Mad Dogs
• You’ve been ending text messages wrong and it’s probably making people hate you
• According to the internet, we’ll all be eating like Northerners in 2016
• This wounded Brit soldier has just perfectly shut down Islamaphobia
• Science has given you the perfect excuse next time you’re accused of ignoring your girlfriend
• Did a ghost just push a newscaster’s glass on Honduran TV?
• The ShortListen: Kloe (no. 216)
• The FA Cup is dying – here's how to save it
• This quote proves that Donald Trump has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about
• Britain has its mojo back! And all it took was bombing Syria according to George Osborne

December 08

• An illustrated guide to the biggest music moments of 2015
• Man’s McDonalds burger didn’t decompose after six years - which is both brilliant and terrifying
• TfL reveals next generation of Underground stations
• 20 things you never knew you could do with Google
• The 10 Star Wars Force Awakens toys to buy this Christmas
• Daesh has released its own secret app
• 20 great winter jackets that won’t completely destroy your bank balance
• This US politician has made the most insane Christmas card you will ever see
• A secret portrait has been discovered under the Mona Lisa and it could change everything
• The way you see this shape says a lot about your personality
• London’s next skyscraper revealed
• The ShortListen: BANNERS (no. 215)
• Wounded soldier to receive first penis transplant in US
• Tarantino hints he's working on Kill Bill 3
• N64 classic Turok is getting remastered
• Street Fighter 5 could be the 'Beat 'Em Up' you've been waiting your whole life for
• Here's your first look at Netflix's 'Crouching Tiger' sequel

December 07

• Exclusive: Read Russell Brand's open letter to Father Christmas
• Here's how to live to 100
• People could be secretly unfriending you on Facebook and here's why (says research)
• 10 Gadgets to keep you warm this winter
• Review your year in music with Spotify's personalised summary
• This is the best Star Wars news you'll hear all year
• Finland is going to pay all its citizens 800 euros every month
• Ghostface Killah vs Action Bronson is your new favourite web game
• Trainspotting 2 confirmed for 2017 with original cast
• These are the most-tweeted Emoji of 2015
• The most retweeted tweets of 2015 basically prove Niall is the most unloved member of 1D
• The ShortListen: Loyal (no. 214)
• A Man's guide to Christmas
• An Irish weather reporter lost it this weekend and the internet went wild
• Clarkson once demanded helicopter delivery of gravy, cigarettes and Monopoly
• Twitter's most used hashtags of 2015 are depressingly heavy
• Coca Cola's Christmas bottle is genius
• The Final Fantasy 7 remake looks absolutely incredible

December 04

• Ultimate Playlist: Of Monsters and Men’s Brynjar Leifsson
• 10 movies you need to see this December
• Seth Macfarlane says Family Guy movie finally on the way
• iPhone 6C: Apple's next phone will be a 4-inch upgrade
• 5 Pictures of The Rock that are genuine lessons in how to live life
• Uber is trying to create a future where nobody owns cars
• 11 times Floyd Mayweather was a flashy douchebag on Instagram
• PornHub might have just won 'Best Christmas Advert'
• Watching TV makes you stupid (says science)
• Grime artists re-imagined as 18th Century works of art
• 5 things Nintendo needs to bring to its new console

December 03

• A haunting literary character map of London
• What the rest of the world wonders about Britain, according to Google
• Genius changes Wikipedia page to get backstage with favourite band
• Russia's UK ambassador just trolled Cameron and Turkey spectacularly on Twitter
• 4 Male moisturisers that you should genuinely consider using
• Stars of cinema sing Adele's 'Hello' in excellent montage
• 12 fashion essentials for the week
• Here's the reason why everybody is now calling ISIS, 'Daesh'
• Lewis Hamilton: born to win
• McLaren reveals a mind-controlled F1 car
• Japan now has a soap-proof phone, because germs
• The 50 biggest hits of 2015 in one brilliant mashup
• VIDEO: Stupidly expensive incident of road rage confirms that rich people are insane
• The ShortListen: Wild Palms (no. 212)
• 20 great pieces of Star Wars clothing to prove your fandom
• Dave Grohl performs Learn to Fly with The Muppets
• 12 things revealed by the new Batman v Superman trailer
• Epic new Batman v Superman trailer reveals Wonder Woman

December 02

• This is what London's Tube map will look like in 2050
• Wrong man held at Guantánamo Bay for 13 years due to mistaken identity
• Are these the worst players in England's Football Hall Of Fame?
• Incredible goal from kick-off goes viral
• Gary Neville leaving Sky Sports to become head coach of Valencia
• How to speed up your wi-fi connection
• Revealed: The tube's most delayed lines
• Apple could be working on a virtual projector
• Zidane's son has been sent off for headbutting someone
• The ShortListen: Pesky (no. 211)
• Swatch is making a smartwatch you'll actually want to use
• The Crystal Maze is coming to London - everything you need to know
• Here are all the original Star Wars vehicles to scale
• The Muppets' Animal takes on Dave Grohl in epic drum battle
• Psy's new song & video are as good as Gangnam Style
• Tom Hiddleston looks superb in first trailer for Hank Williams biopic

December 01

• The computer shortcuts you didn't know you needed
• The Killers have released their latest Christmas single and it's great
• Peter Andre is starring in the David Brent movie
• Block Star Wars spoilers with this Google Chrome extension
• Samsung patents designs for folding and rolling smartphones
• Partridge to present Xmas special of TFI Friday
• The day jobs that inspired famous authors
• Skinner, Bridges and Ranganathan name the best stand-ups of all time
• We got Twitter to heckle Frank Skinner, Kevin Bridges and Romesh Ranganathan and their reaction was brilliant
• Here's what actually happens when you crack your knuckles
• People posting racist tweets are having them put up outside their homes
• Christmas fairy lights could slow your Wi-Fi speed
• The ShortListen: Embers (no. 210)
• Study shows that cool kids at school do worse in later life
• Britain First called Facebook ‘fascist’ after its page was taken down
• Nintendo's new console will arrive next year
• This Coke can sounds exactly like Chewbacca
• Bruce Wayne unmasked in new Batman vs Superman trailer