Wednesday, 26 January 2011

The First Post


The First Post

Ten things you need to know today

Wednesday: The First Post's super-quick catch-up on the main news talking points

State of the union? Judging by this, America is finished

Alexander Cockburn on a night of gasbaggery from President Obama... At least Bachmann kept it short

Sky Sports sexism: Gray fired, Keys in new clip

Sky pundit Andy Gray dismissed for 'offensive behaviour' as new footage of Richard Keys emerges

BBC sitcoms: forget class, just make them funny

Johnny Dee on the new BBC1 chief's misguided quest for 'blue collar' humour

Chaos as lawyer abandons online piracy cases

Suspicious judge 'mind- boggled' by development in filesharing court case

James Franco cut above Oscar-nominated rivals

James Franco hopes his best actor nomination might persuade squeamish filmgoers to see 127 Hours

Oscar nominations 2011

In pictures: The King's Speech leads the field in today's shortlist

US attempts to extradite WikiLeaks’ Assange foiled

US Army can find no evidence Assange conspired with Bradley Manning to steal classified information