Friday, April 4, 2008

Getting To Know Gabriella Cilmi (Part Two)

2:34PM Jess McGuire | Now that we’ve learned a few fun facts about Gabriella Cilmi, let us assess her musical worth via a collection of video clips courtesy of YouTube. Shall we start with the official video for her single ‘Sweet About Me’? Oh, go on. More »

YouTube Clip Of The Day

2:31PM Jess McGuire | That was quick! Heeding our call for Clip Of The Day suggestions, reader Alicia put forward the following and although we had another video waiting to pop online, we felt that this clip was so adorable and hilarious, it was the perfect way to wind up a Friday and thus had to be posted immediately. Thanks, Alicia! More »

Apparently “The Gays” Are Going Mad For This Woman

2:11PM Jess McGuire | While not every doodle-hungry gentlemen would know who Rita MacNeil is, we’ve been reliably informed that the lads on the Kylie forums have heartily embraced the Canadian songstress, making her a bit of an internet cult hero. She’s quite wonderful, isn’t she? (Previously on the Kylie boards: a feverish love of LaToya Jackson’s collected works) More »

Todd McKenney Offers Reward For The Safe Return Of Benji

1:41PM Jess McGuire | If you’re after a quick thousand bucks and you live near Waverley Park in Sydney, you may want to start wandering the streets and yelling “BENJI!” because Dancing With The Stars judge and MIX 106.5FM breakfast host Todd McKenney is offering a reward for the safe return of his neighbour’s dog Benji. McKenney said the dog, a 12-year-old Australian Silky Terrier named Benji, went missing at around 1pm yesterday at Sydney’s Waverley Park. McKenney said his dog walker had taken Benji and his two dogs on a walk in the park where two kids ran up to Benji and he just ran away. “He came off his collar, so he doesn’t have his name tag on him,” he said. And god bless Todd McKenney, for the man himself has been door knockin’ in an attempt to locate this missing canine. More »

When WAGS Go Bad

1:13PM Jess McGuire | Frankly, there are so many highlights in this article about footballer Brent Harvey’s partner Shayne McClintock’s fisticuffs with a woman who insulted her after snatching a pillow from her son Cooper (and shortly afterwards, the lady who tried to stop Shayne laying the smackdown on aforementioned insult-slinging woman), we’re almost beside ourselves. The partner of Kangaroos footy star Brent Harvey has escaped conviction for punching two mothers at a children’s play centre after one of them called her “trailer trash”. … Ms McClintock ran at Ms Nance, who was carrying her one-year-old, and punched her in the head from behind. Off-duty officer Tania Perry, who was holding hands with her two-year-old, was belted in the jaw by Ms McClintock as she tried to pull her off Ms Nance. A well-timed fist to the skull is undoubtedly the smartest way to clear up any misconceptions folk may have regarding how classy you are. More »

Getting To Know Gabriella Cilmi (Part One)

12:13PM Jess McGuire | In anticipation of her forthcoming appearance on Sunday night’s episode of Rove, we thought we’d better start finding out some stuff about Gabriella Cilmi, the Melbourne teenager who is, according to many press reports, going to be the music world’s “next big thing” (and god knows the press never gets that prediction wrong). Knowing nearly absolutely nothing about Ms Cilmi, we hit the streets - and by streets, we obviously mean “search engines” - and have hastily bashed together a dossier of facts about her which would put self-proclaimed intelligence gathering organisations like the CIA to shame. Or something. After the jump, let’s begin our GabFest with some nuggets of information about the youthful lass, helpfully presented in easily digestible bullet form. More »

Photoshop Genius Award Of The Day Goes To…

9:42AM Clem Bastow | We were going to go into great detail telling you about Naomi Campbell’s latest collar for anger management issues - this time she’s alleged to have a) spat on a police officer and b) been cuffed and thrown off a flight at Heathrow; business as usual, then - but we think this little bit of Photoshop wondrousness from the Herald Sun’s front page says all that needs to be said: Sometimes, there are no words. Other than, you know, “OH JESUS WEPT SAVE US” or something to that effect. More »

Memo To Kate Neilson: Denial Is Not Just A River Etc Etc

9:21AM Clem Bastow | Following intimations on his Enough Rope appearance on Monday that he and girlfriend Kate Neilson were assessing whether they were “good for each other”, it looks as though Wayne Carey has split with his girlfriend of two years. Only we’re not so sure Neilson knows it’s for real this time. Family sources close to Carey said last night they believed it was a final break-up rather than a separation. But Ms Neilson denied their relationship was over. More »

Miranda! Mirraaaaandaaaa!

9:06AM Clem Bastow | Sorry about the title, we were just so excited for Local Girl Made Good™ Miranda Kerr’s latest news that we had an attack of the Picnic At Hanging Rocks. To that news: as though snaring Orlando Bloom and being a Victoria’s Secret Angel and all wasn’t enough for Kerr, it looks as though she’s set to be the new face of David Jones after Megan Gale stepped down a month or so ago. And she’ll be compensated generously for her troubles, with a rumoured six-figure sum inked into her contract. Because, you know, it’s a hard life ‘n’ shit. The 23-year-old’s youth and beauty, which has propelled her meteoric rise on the international fashion scene, is believed to have impressed DJ executives scouting for generational change. More »