Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Did You Know That It’s Axle Whitehead’s Birthday Today?
2:21PM Jess McGuire | Well, it is. So to make up for the fact that whenever anyone searches his name, the third thing that shows up on Google is our “article” entitled Axle Whitehead: I’ve No Regrets About Flashing My Cock At The ARIAs, And I’d Do It Again!”, I propose we take a moment to appreciate the fact that this young fellow has managed to forge out a pretty decent pop career in Australia despite not even making the Top Twelve finalists in the first series of Australian Idol and getting his knob out at a televised music industry function and getting unceremoniously fired from his telly job for said incident.
And you know what? His first single “I Don’t Do Surprises” really was a pleasant pop surprise.
The one from City Of Angels? That was rubbish!
Anyway, after the jump – a few choice Axle related videos. Sadly, there are none featuring his doodle. More » 
It Is The Farewell Kiss, You Dog!
12:11PM Jess McGuire | I forgot to write about this yesterday when I was in the midst of shoe-flinging fever, but better late than never! Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll be aware of this story:
A journalist hurled two shoes at US President George Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq on Sunday, highlighting the hostility still felt towards the outgoing US leader who acknowledged that the war was still not won.
Muntazer al-Zaidi jumped up as Mr Bush held a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and shouted: “It is the farewell kiss, you dog.” Then he threw his footwear.
I became obsessed with the phrase “It is the farewell kiss, you dog!” yesterday. I even started a Facebook group – here’s what I wrote in the group’s ‘Description’ bit to explain why. More » 
YouTube Clip Of The Day
10:48AM Jess McGuire | This particular clip describes itself as follows.
A student stands up in the middle of class and starts brilliantly singing a broadway style musical. Even the Professor (James Valentini) was laughing at this!!!!
Your thoughts? More » 
All-Star ‘Delgo’ Bombing Worse Than Expected: $237 Per Theatre
10:45AM STV | A brief update to alert you to the mounting casualties surrounding Delgo, the animated stinker whose claim to infamy was made much, much clearer once the box-office dust settled this afternoon. More »Tim Finn’s Secret Playlist
9:24AM Jess McGuire | If you haven’t already stumbled across it, there’s a great site called My Secret Playlist which describes itself as “a music discovery website and weekly email publication. We invite our favourite bands and musicians to give us the rundown on their eight favourite songs right now. These are their words on the music that inspires them.”
Sounds good, right? Well, Tim Finn of Being Tim Finn For God’s Sake What More Do You Need fame has selected some of his favourite tracks with an explanation as to why he loves them. Woot! I was pleased to note we share a love of a particular Loretta Lynn track from her record Van Lear Rose.
Loretta Lynn / High On A Mountain Top
I love this record. Produced by Jack White, it has so much emotion and humanity. We all sing this in the car, our five year old daughter matching Loretta phrase for phrase, note for note. It’s a compelling song about place and identity.
What else does Tim offer up? More » 
Please Welcome The Latest Addition To The Cartwright-Hewitt Clan
7:06AM Jess McGuire | I started my Tuesday with an explosion of joyous expletives after discovering that not only had Bec and Lleyton Hewitt finally offered up confirmation to the good people of Australia that their second child – a boy – had entered the world, but they named him… oh god… they named him… IT’S TOO MUCH! I’M TOO HAPPY ABOUT THIS! YOU MUST READ FOR YOURSELVES!
Tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt has turned to soccer star David Beckham for inspiration in naming his newborn son. Lleyton and his wife Bec are celebrating the birth of their second child, Cruz. Cruz was born in Sydney’s Royal North Shore hospital on Thursday. He is a brother to Mia, 3.
I always said (with love, naturally) that the Cartwright-Hewitts were the Bi-Lo Beckhams of this fine country of ours, and now they’ve gone out of their way to confirm it.
I think Lleyton’s grandfather sums things up nicely. More » 
Britney and Ellen Shake Their Asses In Tribute to Birth of Baby Jesus
7:05AM Kyle Buchanan | Though the idea of Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres caroling together may sound cute in concept, it’s hard to believe Spears would perform even “Frosty the Snowman” sans lip-synching or Autotune. More »
Madonna to Give Guy Ritchie Massive Divorce Settlement, Headache
7:01AM Kyle Buchanan | Finally, Guy Ritchie is going to get financial compensation for marrying/sexing/ignoring the pile of macrobiotic sinews that America affectionately calls “Madonna.” And, according to the Material Girl’s rep, the divorce settlement is major: More »
Jon Hamm Won’t Confirm Co-Star Fingering Allegations
7:00AM Seth | Just as Mad Men star Jon Hamm was about to reveal if he’d ever fantasized about changing his name to Stewart Turkeylink, Zach Galifianakis’s sneezing fit ruins everything. [via Goldenfiddle] More »
