Friday, November 2, 2007
Hook Me (Bra) Up
3:36PM Jess McGuire | We quite enjoyed reading this little tidbit (titbit?) we received about The Veronicas.
A Veronica and her mother were spotted shopping in the bra section of Myer. The Veronica was heard shouting over the rows of girly things “Mu-um, what size am I again?” to which her mother replied “You’re a 10-C, honey.”
Bless. So if you’re planning on buying either of the Origliasso sisters lingerie, you now know the relevant details to aid you in your quest. Obviously Dean Geyer won’t be needing this information. More » 
It’s Not Much, But It’s A Start…
3:30PM Jess McGuire | Hopefully this is an indication that the universe is attempting to make amends for the sudden career goals being inexplicably kicked by Kyle and Jackie O.
Number one
breakfast duo Kyle and Jackie O were caught with egg on their faces
yesterday after they passed off a two month old interview with
superstar Justin Timberlake as being live on their 2DAY FM program.
Despite being the top rating FM team in Sydney, it was rival station
Nova which were given media partner allocation to Timberlake’s heavily
hyped Australian tour.
This
immediately prevented the celebrity heavy 2DAY from gaining access to
any interviews with the prince of pop during his visit.
As far as egg-on-face goes, we’ve seen better but hey. At this stage, we’ll take what we can get. More » A Facebook Refuge For Gretel Fans
3:05PM Jess McGuire | Alright folks, if you’re still distraught and horrified by the fact Gretel Killeen has been kicked off Big Brother in favour of Kyle “Faustian Pact” Sandilands and Jackie O, there’s a Facebook group you can join titled “We Will Never Again Watch Your Shit Show, or, How Dare They Remove Gretel” started by Defamer Australia’s very own UK Correspondent and dedicated Gretel admirer Will.
It is here, and describes itself thusly.
Gretel Killeen is no longer the host of BB-AU. And to rub salt in the
wound, she has been replaced with the literally insupportable Kyle and
Jackie O IS THIS A FUCKEN JOKE
Gretel was in fact the only
reason most people (apart from retarded children) watched Big Brother.
Now that she is gone, this will become evident.
It feels like the end of the world.
There you go. More » 
YouTube Clip Of The Day
2:32PM Jess McGuire | Okay, earlier in the week we introduced you to the brilliance that is jessykbarbara and her saucy dance routine to the song ‘Overload’ from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. We’ve now spent a ridiculous amount of time trawling through the entire collection of videos she’s popped up on her YouTube page, and the following clip struck us across the face and screamed loudly “WATCH ME REPEATEDLY, I AM AMAZING AND STRANGE AND MOSTLY AMAZING”.
It must be said that the first fifteen seconds of the clip ensure it goes down in history as the best opening of a YouTube video ever. Ever. She is a demented genius and we worship her.
We also note the video’s description on her YouTube page.
The sixth video for the new dance piece “Dance Fever” by Jessyka Watson-Galbraith. Based on the movie “Dirty Dancing.” Clair’s apartment
- Tuesday night in Berlin. Clair got a new bed.
“Clair got a new bed” – a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why they felt the need to deliver some synchronised mattress-based dance to interweb. More » 
Win Tickets To Via Tania’s Sydney And Melbourne Shows!
9:45AM Jess McGuire | Have you heard of Via Tania, kids?
Via Tania is the “Alternative / Acoustic / Electronica” (MySpazz description, you know) outfit of Tania Bowers, a former member of Sydney noise-popsters SPDFGH. She moved to the States a while back and began producing strange, beautiful, adventurous tunes with the help of various talented folk you can look up in your own time you adorably earnest music buffs, and her latest offering ‘Moon Sweet Moon’ was produced by bona fide motherfucking musical genius Craig Ross (who has worked with the likes of Emmylou Harris, Daniel Johnston, Patty Griffin, Angie Hart and Spoon).
The aforementioned new record ‘Moon Sweet Moon’ has been album of the week on 2SER, FBi, and 4ZZZ, and the good news is that Via Tania is in “town” (ie: the country) and “bringing it” to (ie: performing at) assorted venues. She’s been supporting the gorgeous Clare Bowditch & The Breast-Feeding Set around town, but she’s also squeezed in a couple of solo shows which you must – MUST – make a concerted effort to attend if you have a soul.
Defamer Australia would like to help you do this by offering free tickets to Via Tania’s Sydney show on Saturday night and the Melbourne show on Sunday night. All you need to do is email tips at defamer.com.au and tell us what your favourite news story of the week was and which show you’d like to attend, and we’ll get in touch with the winner and sort out your name plus one on the door.
Let’s just assume for a moment you don’t win but – being a sexy and intelligent individual with impeccable taste in music – you still want to attend the shows. Here are all the details you require. You may thank us later in the form of Jager shots, please.
SYDNEY SHOWSaturday 3rd November 2007Doors open at 8:00 PM 34 Oxford StreetDarlinghurst, New South Wales 2010 Cost : $12 + BF With very special guests ZOO WHEEL (Chicago, USA)Tickets on-sale from Moshtix 1300 GET TIX (438 849) & www.moshtix.com.au
MELBOURNE SHOW Sunday 4th November 2007 Doors open at 8:00 PM 301 High St Northcote, Victoria Cost : $12 + BF With special guests ZOO WHEEL (Chicago, USA) Tickets on sale at the NSC box office (301 High St, Northcote) Ph: 94861677 and online via www.northcotesocialclub.com
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Britney Spears Sets A Course For Comeback: A Round-Up
8:15AM Defamer Hollywood | It’s been a strange couple of days in the Drunk-Alice-in-a- Child-Neglecting-Wonderland universe of Britney Spears, whose long-awaited comeback album, “Blackout,” released Tuesday to shockingly not horrible notices. (Her parenting skills, on the other hand, scored a solidly red Metacritics 16, the general consensus being that a Praline Ice Blended does “not constitute a suitable replacement for baby formula.”) In order to get you up to speed, a Britney round-up: First day sales of “Blackout” numbered 124,000, putting her on track to sell around 350,000 units in the first week. That’s enough to put her at the top of the Billboard charts – a feat rendered even more amazing when you consider her producers derived the entirety of the album’s vocals by digitally fiddling with one usable note. [People] More »Andy Dick’s ‘Bee Movie’ Features Fine Columbian Pollen And Strap-On Stingers
8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | We’re going to have to give the cast of Jimmy Kimmel Live this year’s Best Talk Show Costume trophy, with Jimmy, the band, and the security team decked out as every significant cereal mascot of the past 100 years (video here). More »
Trade Roundup: Everyone’s Reteaming!
7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | · A mere nine years after the first X-Files film surfaced in theaters, Fox announces that the second of Mulder and Scully’s big-screen adventures (a reteaming, if you will) will arrive on July 25, 2008, a project that will begin shooting in December in Vancouver, far away from the picket lines of Los Angeles. [Variety] · NBC puts off indefinitely the production of Heroes spin-off Heroes: Origins, with possible reasons for the sudden shelving including the possible writers’ strike, the mess the original series has become in its second season, and a strategic redeployment of hit-recycling development brainpower to that rumoured The Office offshoot. More »
