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Britain’s Got Talent to introduce strict ‘no clapping’ rule

'contenders must be shown due respect'A 76-rule code of conduct for ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent will outlaw the audience from clapping, booing, whistling or whooping. ‘The new rules are very clear,’ said programme creator, Simon Cowell, ‘the audience will sit quietly and listen to the acts with the solemn reverence that they deserve. Even if it is a dancing dog.’

The 76 rules have been agreed following months of tense negotiations between programme executives, performers and judges.

Other rules include a strict limit to the number of reaction shots of Amanda Holden gawping inanely, Simon Cowell leaning backwards like a businessman expecting a lap dance and no more than three shots of Piers Morgan looking like Piers Morgan.

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Posted: Apr 25th, 2010
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Outside the ring, ex-boxer Joe Calzaghe now faces ‘biggest cliche of his life’

his biggest opponent yet, as they sayAs a world champion boxer, Joe Calzaghe faced some terrifying opponents, says a hackneyed newspaper intro. But now he could be facing the ‘fight of his life’, according to a well known set up, and this time it’s outside of the ring, says the predictable punch line.

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Posted: Mar 28th, 2010
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Piers Morgan cries during TV interview as Gordon Brown asks about his lost moral compass

In his most revealing interview to date, Mr Morgan sobbed as he came to terms with the loss of his moral compass.

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Posted: Feb 13th, 2010
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ECB and Strauss in crisis talks over lack of sex scandal

The England and Wales Cricket Board has called an urgent meeting with captain Andrew Strauss over his future conduct.Sources say management are unhappy that Strauss has not upheld tradition and had a sordid sex scandal splashed in the tabloids.

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Posted: Feb 8th, 2010
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Piers Morgan recalls the day when Ted Kennedy drove Billy Jo Kepchne off the Tallahachee Bridge

the good old daysNoted political commentator and moral philosopher Piers Morgan has been sharing his own vague recollections.

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Posted: Aug 26th, 2009
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