A year of drug scandals, marital break-ups and bare boobs of the rich and famous..

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Britney Spears
BREAKDOWN: Britney Spears in January
DRUGS: Amy Winehouse smoking crack
DRUGS: Amy Winehouse smoking crack
Paris Hilton
SEXY: Paris Hilton's nightclub routine
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IT was a year packed with drugs scandals, break-ups and bare boobs - and you can see it all in our 50 Most Shocking Celebrity Photos of 2008.

We've put together the ultimate gallery of stars' most memorable moments from the last 12 months.

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Remember Britney Spears' breakdown last January, when the singer was taken away by paramedics after cops were called to her home in the Hollywood Hills?

Or Amy Winehouse smoking a crack pipe in a shocking video that emerged during the same month?

Then there was the tackle that sickened soccer, when Arsenal star Eduardo's ankle was snapped in a horror challenge by Birmingham's Martin Taylor in February.

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Paris Hilton made headlines around the same time time by doing what she does best - performing a sizzling routine in a nightclub.

And who can forget the outrageous moment Rod Stewart shared with wife Penny Lancaster on board a yacht in The Mediterranean in June?

It's all covered in The News of the World's 50 Most Shocking Celebrity Photos of 2008, along with divorces for Sir Paul McCartney and Madonna; Prince Harry's secret war in Afghanistan and, of course, Halle Berry topless on the set of her latest movie.

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This article has 61 comments

ehh.. luv it..

By Hotel Voyeur Video. Posted October 15 2009 at 2:57 PM.

dude paris looks thicker and brittney looks scard in a way..i feel so bad for her...shes mentally stressed...

By bunny. Posted August 31 2009 at 2:08 AM.

i can't beleive she smokes a pipe and amy winy topless put em away dear thnk u

By unknown!!. Posted July 5 2009 at 12:07 PM.

omg i cant belive paris dressed for the nightclub!!!

By jessica chiodo. Posted June 21 2009 at 6:11 PM.

Amy Whine...house is disgusting, great voice but no brain
Mia

By mia. Posted May 9 2009 at 7:30 PM.

MADONNA, without a doubt.
Those ARMS?! They look like something from a horror movie.
How can she show them - does she really think they look nice???

By Tess. Posted May 8 2009 at 1:20 AM.

Most of pictues are simply very sad... But this is thier choice to be a star, with all disagreealenesses included.

By Yanek. Posted May 7 2009 at 7:40 AM.

PENNY LANCASTER GIVING ROD STEWART THE BREAST IS JUST SICK. NO INTIMACY GOING ON BETWEEN THEM OR ANYTHING - SHE JUST POPS IT OUT AND HE SUCKLES LIKE A BABY - CREEPY..

By ALEXANDRA. Posted May 3 2009 at 11:34 PM.

THE PIC OF JOHN SERGEANT DRAGGING HIS PARTNER ACROSS THE FLOOR IN STRICTLY COME DANCING IS HILARIOUS !

HE LOOKS LIKE A VERY ANGRY BULL FIGHTER -
"" YES YOU WILL COME AND WATCH ME KILL THIS BLOODY BULL !!""

By ALEXANDRA. Posted May 3 2009 at 11:44 PM.

sick!

By lee. Posted May 3 2009 at 5:14 PM.

i love myself 2 much 2 let my self look lyk madonna

By madlamini. Posted April 29 2009 at 3:20 PM.

Maddonna should quit being a singer and put on a few pounds and look after her kids, Jordan should do the same!

By Karly. Posted April 17 2009 at 3:04 PM.

i agree with segil paris hilton looks like a right slapper not a rich bird with loads of money desperate to b noticed

By jo. Posted April 12 2009 at 11:39 PM.

my fave is beyonce lol she is the best then N-dubz lol and pink and some morrreee hahah paris is a horrible one hahah lol all ma friends think so xxx

By shannon-rae. Posted April 12 2009 at 3:45 PM.

Of the whole bunch Kerry Katona is the most awful ...what a disgrace!

By Rina van Coller. Posted April 8 2009 at 7:12 AM.

I think Simon Cowell is gorgeous, always have and always will xx

By patricia brindley. Posted March 28 2009 at 5:58 PM.

Good post, admin.

By sangerspyro. Posted March 21 2009 at 10:46 PM.



Ugh - Madonna looks really horrible - like the Child eating creature from Pans Labyrinth or an Ork from Lord of the Rings. LOL

By natalie.. Posted March 19 2009 at 5:10 PM.

hahaha agyness or whatever her name is isn't even that pretty
she has no boobs:P

By megan. Posted March 15 2009 at 11:20 AM.

Can't see why the Obamas are in this list of `most shocking ...'

By rafflesia. Posted March 14 2009 at 5:14 AM.

They're not all bad...well at least the one of Obama and his wife It's a lovely snap of the couple and reflects the hope and trust that the american people have given to him...no pressure then Barrack. xx

By Janie. Posted March 8 2009 at 10:26 PM.

Madonna for sure , she is weird looking

By Stacie1420. Posted March 8 2009 at 3:12 PM.

Many funny/sad photos here. But what's funniest is that these people are famous in the first place - only because people sadly in need of lives of their own live vicariously through these people. Celebrities are just people who happen to be famous, or infamous.

By Gregor. Posted February 26 2009 at 12:09 PM.

madge buy an iron to iron out all em creases....you look amazingly terrible... pity all your young boyfriends whom left their young lovers for you...MIDLIFE CRISIS....MENOPAUSE IN DENIAL...PERHAPS!!! GUY RITCHIE...YOU WISE MY MAN...TOO WISE

By mervin. Posted February 25 2009 at 12:17 PM.

madonna = laughing stock

By sally. Posted February 22 2009 at 11:45 AM.

THEY ARE ALL PRETTY BAD......

BUT MADONNA....THAT'S JUST EMBARASING....

HOW CAN'T SHE SEE HOW BAD SHE LOOKS AND RELISE EVERYONE IS LAUGHING AT HER...I KIND OF FEEL SORRY FOR THOSE PEOPLE CLINGING ONTO THEIR YOUTH LIKE SHE IS ...AT 50 HAHAHAHAHAHAA

By milly. Posted February 22 2009 at 11:42 AM.

madonna makes me feel sick, she needs to grow old gracefully , someone tell her shes making herself look a fool,
50 years old trying to look 20....and not kidding anyone !!!!
her poor kids what must they think....

By dave. Posted February 22 2009 at 11:48 AM.

The sight of hypocrite heather mills pretending to be innocent is a stomach turner

By john. Posted February 16 2009 at 6:04 PM.

look at that Paris Hilton !! ... it just goes to show you can't be too careful.

By harold shirley. Posted February 16 2009 at 11:19 AM.

Is it just me, or is there something kind of sexy about Simon Cowell!!!!

By Pauline . Posted February 16 2009 at 9:59 AM.

madonna is like a lot of old has beens! "O'h to see yourself as others see you" Is her latest boyfriend blind!,but then again money speaks all languages. And Rod Stewarts behavior in public sets a great example to his adult children,wouldn't they cringe to see their father in that situation,go inside Rod and draw the curtains.

By caz. Posted February 8 2009 at 4:02 PM.

Photo of Madonna, shocking! Just goes to show that no matter how much time you spend in the gym or how much surgery or treatments you do age catches up with all of us in the end. Still think she's great though!

By Karen Clark. Posted February 8 2009 at 6:20 AM.

i think that lily looks fab so leave her alone and madonna looks absolutely awful!!!!! she needs to eat something.

By Leona Sutherland. Posted February 7 2009 at 6:50 PM.

Lily Allen looks amazing... someone fun to hug... wish more celebs looked like her and less like Madonna...

By dale. Posted February 3 2009 at 3:45 AM.

Madonna OMG what a hag, no wonder her husband said she was like sleeping with a peice of grissle. Egads is she gross

By Cesar. Posted February 2 2009 at 11:24 PM.

what's the name of the song?

By kayla. Posted February 2 2009 at 5:14 PM.

Kirsten stewart being an idiot and smoking weed OUTSIDE?! do it inside for crying out loud

By freaky. Posted February 2 2009 at 5:09 PM.

what is that amazing music track reminds me of my great young days head bopping to the Clash if anyone knows please post for an ageing Punk lover.

By JohnC. Posted February 1 2009 at 4:25 PM.

Got to be Old Madge - time to throw in the towel love!! Closely followed by "Whinehouse" on crack

By Linda McCully. Posted February 1 2009 at 10:50 AM.

Its got to be Madonna - time to throw in the towel old lady!!! Close 2nd Amy "Whine" house on crack!

By Linda McCully. Posted February 1 2009 at 10:49 AM.

Worst three in reverse order:
3) Jordan - Plastic, talentless old hag!
2) Kerry - See above, just replace old for nuts!
1) Madonna - Act your age and cover up, please!

By Glenn Hutton. Posted February 1 2009 at 8:50 AM.

Most pitiful Michael Jackson, most controversial Prince Harry!

By Norman. Posted February 1 2009 at 8:57 AM.

madonna....give it up you sad old witch...

By bill williams. Posted February 1 2009 at 2:46 AM.

can somebody please tell me why a picture of rachel rice looking upset is shocking?? just making up the numbers i think!!!

By Lou. Posted February 1 2009 at 12:32 AM.

Which is Camilla?

By alan oxley. Posted January 31 2009 at 1:08 PM.

I've never heard of half these people??? Who is Nicola McLean, agyness lily, amys

By Anon. Posted January 31 2009 at 9:44 AM.

the worst three photos have to be agyness lily and amys

By rosymum. Posted January 19 2009 at 5:00 AM.

the two worst pictures have to be paris hilton and...lilly allen!!!a human whale out of the water...impressive...

By axelle. Posted January 14 2009 at 8:58 PM.

Leave harry alone. There was no malice intended, unlike those who demonstrate and use the UK as a boxing ring for their beliefs yesterday and wrecked a cafe and injured police officers. Why are these marches not banned ! What right do people have to cause injury and damage.

By johnny. Posted January 11 2009 at 7:21 PM.

Part 2

There is little doubt that the majority of us believe that this man has earned both his place in history and his new address. His time in this house will not be easy - it will be fraught with danger and he will face many challenges. There will be many times when he asks himself how he ended up here and like all who have gone before him, the experience will age him greatly.


But I will not waste an ounce of worry for his sake - because in every way a man can, he deserves this. His whole life for the past fifteen years appears to have been inexorably leading this man toward this house. It is probable that that in the past, despite all his actions, racism would have kept this man out of this house. Today, I give thanks that I am an American and live in a nation where wrongs are righted, where justice matters and where truly anything is possible.


Who is this man? Youi've got a picture of him in Handcuffs...He's OJ Simpson.

By RW Rees. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:02 PM.

ok, the one of Camilla had me in tears, especially with what was written underneath :D lol
but the worst one has got to be Madonna... I had to click away really fast.... horrible!!

By jo. Posted January 11 2009 at 2:35 PM.

Madonna. needs to hang it up,she is to old, and very ugly,UGH, nasty.

By sandy. Posted January 11 2009 at 2:15 PM.

leave harry a lone her like a good joke

By e barrett . Posted January 11 2009 at 1:53 PM.

prince harry should be king he is mint he not racist just having a bit of fun.he jokes about his own family he was nt offended over the ginger comment gods sake leave the lad alone

By claire. Posted January 11 2009 at 10:23 AM.

Lily Allen looks like an old hag naked by the pool. Yuk! Nicola McLean looks nice in those pink tops, popping nipples.

By Gedebe Sokmo. Posted January 1 2009 at 3:34 AM.

Camilla's picture is the best, the caption says the horse is (right) you got it in one, brill

By Alex . Posted January 1 2009 at 1:33 AM.

Paris Hilton! :S l hate her :S this is almost the worst picture l have ever seen in this year .... :S

By seçil . Posted December 31 2008 at 7:31 PM.

Definately the "two blondes" (excellent, Melanie!). That one goes down in history.

By Naomi. Posted December 28 2008 at 11:16 PM.

Worst picture BY FAR is Madonna with her 'orrible scrawny arms...UGH! FOUL!

By Treeza. Posted December 28 2008 at 3:03 PM.

Could Paris Hilton, the silly tart, get a job???? What a waste of space.

By Michele. Posted December 28 2008 at 12:34 PM.

My personal favorite is the photo of the two blondes; i.e. the one showing Camilla and the horse. Is the horse trying to look like Camilla or is it simply making fun of her? Anyway, it had me in tears of laughter.

By Melanie. Posted December 28 2008 at 1:10 AM.

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