The 3AM Girls
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The 3AM Girls was the collective title of the gossip columnists for the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror. The column is now called 3am and is edited by Clemmie Moodie.
Former 3AM Girls include Eva Simpson, Caroline Hedley, Suzanne Kerins, Danielle Lawler, Bryony Gordon, Kiki King, Jessica Callan, Dominique Hines, Niki Waldegrave, and Polly Graham.
In 2003 the 3AM girls were voted 31st worst Britons in the Channel 4
television poll for the 100 Worst Britons. They were noted for their attacks on celebrities who have taken exception to stories about their private lives.
magazine. Their tabloid counterparts are The Goss Girls
for the Daily Star and Gordon Smart
who edits The Sun's
Bizarre column.
DJ
Chris Moyles
highlighted the made-up news stories and quotes on his then-afternoon music and chat show. The following day Moyles's mobile phone number was printed in the paper as a retaliation to this. Moyles called for the 3AM girls to resign, and several thousand of Moyles's listeners rang in to the Daily Mirror to complain. The Mirror asked Moyles to call off his listeners, which he did claiming he had won the battle by doing this.
Former 3AM Girls include Eva Simpson, Caroline Hedley, Suzanne Kerins, Danielle Lawler, Bryony Gordon, Kiki King, Jessica Callan, Dominique Hines, Niki Waldegrave, and Polly Graham.
In 2003 the 3AM girls were voted 31st worst Britons in the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
television poll for the 100 Worst Britons. They were noted for their attacks on celebrities who have taken exception to stories about their private lives.
"Making up Entire Chats"
In 2007 Private Eye reported former 3AM girl Jessica Callan as saying that quotes for interviewees were made up by journalists: "The conversations celebrities had with us often bore no relation to the words which were printed in the column. On the odd occasion I didn't even know the quotes had been rewritten until I read the paper the following day... There was re-jigging and there was making up entire chats. Amazingly, we were never sued for having imaginary conversations". They have been profiled in Vanity FairVanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
magazine. Their tabloid counterparts are The Goss Girls
The Goss Girls
The Goss Girls is the collective title for British newspaper the Daily Stars Goss column written by the paper's showbiz editor Jessica Brown and reporter Sonja Stephen....
for the Daily Star and Gordon Smart
Gordon Smart
Gordon Smart is a Scottish journalist and editor of The Suns celebrity column Bizarre.-Journalism career:...
who edits The Sun's
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
Bizarre column.
Chris Moyles feud
BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles
Christopher David Moyles is an English radio and television presenter and author, who currently presents The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on Channel 4....
highlighted the made-up news stories and quotes on his then-afternoon music and chat show. The following day Moyles's mobile phone number was printed in the paper as a retaliation to this. Moyles called for the 3AM girls to resign, and several thousand of Moyles's listeners rang in to the Daily Mirror to complain. The Mirror asked Moyles to call off his listeners, which he did claiming he had won the battle by doing this.