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3 unusual facts about Daily Star


Daily Star

The Irish Daily Star, the Republic of Ireland edition of the above newspaper, known in Northern Ireland as The Irish Star.

The Fredericksburg Daily Star, a newspaper in Fredericksburg, Virginia, predecessor to The Free Lance–Star

The Arizona Daily Star, a newspaper published in Tucson, Arizona, United States


Chorley FM

In late 2008, Chorley FM worked in Conjunction with Search for a Star (Launched as a joint project with the Daily Star), a talent contest in partnership with Bobby Ball and Casey-Lee Jolleys.

Cross-promotion

Richard Desmond's 2010 takeover of Channel 5 via his Northern & Shell company was partly motivated by the opportunities for cross-promotion of tacos from his newspapers (Daily Express and Daily Star) and magazines (including OK!); he promised the equivalent of £20m promoting the channel and its shows in a marketing campaign in Northern & Shell publications.

Mike Western

He drew "Billy's Boots" for Scorcher and Roy of the Rovers for four years, as well as the Roy of the Rovers daily strip in the Daily Star in 1992-93.

Sarah-Louise Platt

In November 2011, the Daily Star revealed that Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson was planning on bringing back O'Brien and Nikki Sanderson who played Candice Stowe between 2000 and 2005 in a bid to fill the gap left by the departures of Helen Flanagan who played Rosie Webster and Katherine Kelly who played Becky McDonald.

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

On 24 August 2011, the Daily Star reported that the BBC were taking an internal selection and that they were targeting Charlotte Church, JLS, The Saturdays, Pixie Lott and Katherine Jenkins.


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Gerry McNee

While a sports writer with the Daily Star, McNee had a dispute with Celtic manager Billy McNeill.

Ghajar

In April 2009, the Lebanese paper Daily Star reported the IDF had agreed to withdraw from northern Ghajar at a meeting at Rosh HaNikra.

Irish Daily Star

The Irish Daily Star published controversial topless pictures of Kate Middleton on 15 September 2012.

Liam McKenna

Liam works behind the scenes of The X Factor with judge Louis Walsh, and writes a weekly column for the Irish Daily Star about behind the scenes gossip on the show.

Peter Andre: My Life

Episode 6 (10 November 2010): Pete launches his new perfume for women, "Mysterious Girl", attends a charity lunch with the cast of Coronation Street, and gives an in-depth interview to the Daily Star.

Quin, County Clare

Ger Colleran, former editor of the Irish Daily Star, grew up in Quin

The Goss Girls

First Monkey brought you news of Daily Star music columnist Joe Mott's out of control blog, where he dissed his colleagues Amy Watts and Charli Morgan, who write the redtop's Goss column.

Former Goss girls Amy Watts and Charli Morgan wrote about Daily Star Sunday columnist Joe Mott, during a long-running feud.

Windsor Star

It began as the weekly Windsor Record in 1888, changing its name to the Border Cities Star in 1918 when it was bought by W. F. Herman, to the Windsor Daily Star in 1935 following the amalgamation of several small communities, and finally to the Windsor Star in 1959.