Friday, May 16, 2008
Jazz Randyboy, You Have Started A Stripping Epidemic!
2:59PM Jess McGuire | Melbourne residents, only just recovering from the mass taxi driver stripathon late last month which led to the city’s cabbies having their list of demands approved by the State Government, have again had to endure an eyeful of flesh, with another bunch of protesters who figure a shirts off approach to demonstrating is the best way to get their point across. Hands up those of you who have been secretly longing for Family First spunk Stephen Fielding to get his gear off? It’s your lucky day!
Photo: Angela Wylie
Angry pensioners and a Family First senator have stripped off and stopped traffic on one of Melbourne’s busiest intersections in a protest against a lack of support for seniors in this week’s Federal Budget.
Up to 200 elderly people stood at the corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets this morning.
It was inspired by topless taxi drivers who won safety concessions after a city centre protest rally two weeks ago, was organised with the backing of Family First senator Stephen Fielding.
Mr Fielding stripped off his shirt in support of the protest, while two elderly women wore only their bras.
Highlights of the sexy but serious protest include -
- ‘John’, 69, who ran off into the intersection and stripped off to his underpants, said the budget was a “slap in the face” for pensioners.
- Another woman stripped down to her bra and longjohns during the protest.
According to the article, “traffic returned to normal after about 15 minutes” – but the visual picture will no doubt stay with witnesses for the rest of their lives. More » 
Todd McKenney Skips Today’s Court Appearance
2:10PM Jess McGuire | Where oh where is Todd McKenney? That was the question for the braying pack of press types outside Downing Centre Local Court when the Mix 106.5FM breakfast host failed to turn up to face charges of possessing GHB. Why he’s even having to appear in front of a judge over this issue is beyond me, the man explained quite clearly that a playa hater planted $400 worth of drugs on him in a fiendish plot to bring down the McKenney empire, and that explanation is good enough for me.
McKenny was on air this morning for the 5am-9am breakfast shift and interviewed Australian Idol judge Marica Hines but did not make it to court for his appearance which was listed at 9.30am.
His no-show meant McKenney did not have to face the large media pack waiting for him at the court.
The general manager of Mix 106.5 owner Australian Radio Network, Anthony Fitzgerald, would not comment on why McKenney was running late.
I’m no Columbo, but I’ll take a punt and guess that he was late to his scheduled 9.30am court appearance because he was nattering away with Marcia Hines until 9am. Traffic at that time of day is a real bastard, and Sydney Buses can be a little unreliable, so it’s unlikely he’d have made it from the studio to Liverpool Street in under half an hour. Still, someone should check the parks just to be on the safe side. Those haters just won’t give up sometimes! More » 
Interesting Pieces Of Trivia Acquired From Wikipedia II
1:58PM Jess McGuire | Remember when we did this back in early March? Good times! So let’s turn to the People’s Encyclopedia once more and learn something new, eh?
Today’s subject of interest is Stephen Baldwin – specifically, his religious conversion.
Baldwin gave his life to Christ, “becoming a Christian” shortly after the September 11 attacks. Since converting, he has sought to evangelize young people through projects such as The Breakthrough Ministry which involves skateboarding and extreme sports, Christian rock concerts, laser light shows and fireworks. He talks frequently about his conversion experience, which involved a middle-aged Brazilian housekeeper.
Oh, of course. Of course your conversion to Christianity involved a middle-aged Brazilian housekeeper, Stephen. No, no – don’t give me any more details. I am fairly sure I can draw my own conclusions about what happened because hey, it’s pretty cliched, you know? The ol’ middle-aged Brazilian housekeeper converts C-grade Hollywood actor to Christianity after devastating terrorist attacks tale. Oldest story in the book.
Sadly, no further information regarding the middle-aged Brazilian housekeeper appears on the Wikipedia entry, but rest assured I am Googling my bot-bot off and I WILL update you when I learn more… more about Stephen Baldwin’s conversion experience at the hands of a middle-aged Brazilian housekeeper after the 9/11 attacks. Yes.
Now, let’s go listen to Creed or some shit! More » 
Countdown To Guy Sebastian’s Cherry Popping – One (Sexless) Night To Go!
1:15PM Jess McGuire | ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH! This is so terribly exciting and romantic! Guy Sebastian and long-time love Jules Egan are due to get hitched tomorrow, which means tomorrow night is gonna be the love bomb for the Assemblies Of God sponsored pair!
Due to wed his sweetheart Jules Egan in Sydney tomorrow, original Idol Sebastian flew home to Adelaide last weekend to celebrate his last weekend as a single Guy.
The loved-up couple will marry in a lavish ceremony this weekend – Egan flanked by no less than six bridesmaids – with the big day exclusively covered by a women’s magazine.
But what about the big night? Who has the rights to that, huh – Woman’s Day or New Idea? A better investment than Wayne Carey’s “Oh, she walked into my wine glass, accidents do happen!” cover story, if you ask me. I know I’ll be lining up to purchase my copy of the nuptials coverage. More » 
BB08: Rebecca Is The Dreamworld Seinfeld!
12:51PM Jess McGuire | Alright, so this happened on Wednesday night’s Daily Show but I couldn’t bring myself to write about it until today because I overdosed on Big Brother in the wee hours of Wednesday morning during Carson’s brief time in the house. The housemates were sitting outside enjoying a nice meal, and Rebecca delivered what appeared to be the kind of whimsical comedy stylings one might expect from Jerry Seinfeld – if Jerry Seinfeld had been booked to perform at the One Nation Christmas bash.
“I hate how Asian people say one dolla, two dolla, forty five dolla! It’s DOLLARS!”
WHAT’S WITH ASIANS, LOL?
Yes, Rebecca has really raised a valuable point about folks for whom English is a second language not quite hitting the mark conversationally. I can only hope that one day she takes her skimpy barmaid skills overseas to a country where English is not the mother tongue, and is mocked in a similar manner by frustrated locals. More » 
Wil Anderson Forgiven By Shannon Noll For Unfunny Joke; One Down, Rest Of The Nation To Go
12:25PM Jess McGuire | In a Friday feel good story which is sure to warm the cockles of even the iciest heart, the papers are reporting today that Shannon Noll has officially kissed and made up with comedian Wil Anderson over Anderson’s disastrous comic jab directed at Shannon Noll’s dad a few years back.
After admitting his jibe about Shannon Noll’s late father was “the biggest regret of my career”, Wil Anderson finally got to kiss and make up with the Australian Idol product live on air yesterday.
But the fisticuffs were shelved for a studio love-in when Noll rolled up to Triple M headquarters to finally receive the hyped apology he has been expecting for more than two years.
In between the many “mates” and the handshakes, the tension which has long simmered between the pair dissipated as Anderson sincerely admitted to having been a “total dickhead”
Wait, was that last bit a general apology? If so, we accept. I won’t even pop on my beret of cynicism and put this entire thing down to an attempt to boost ratings/distract folk from the infamous Pissed At The Snowy concert. I’m glad you’re mates again, you handsome Aussie bastards. More » 
ABC Invites You To Sell Out Your Kid Sister For Cash And Prizes
11:46AM Seth | OK, we think we can officially say we’re excited about a new fall show: That would be Opportunity Knocks on ABC, Ashton Kutcher’s contribution to the, “Hey—let’s throw a block party game show!” genre. So much to love here, from the kid-sister diary hunt, to the whack-a-pottery challenge, to the identify-your -infant-brother’s -screams quiz round. And just think how awesome it will be when they pack up the show and move it to the ghetto! [TV Week] Why yes, we do think we’ve seen this halo-effect used to great success on previous comedy one-sheets. [/Film] Jessica Alba radiates the unmistakable, bird-flipping glow of a woman nearing childbirth. [celebslam] An anonymous bidder paid $15 million for Takashi Murakami’s jizz-vortex manga sculpture: someone who sounded a whooooole lot like Kanye West affecting a matronly British accent. [Gawker] Want to kill a few hours? Thighs Wide Shut collected the mother of all Indy ephemera link dumps, including a listing of every person ever really named Indiana Jones. (They were all born in the 19th century.) [thighswideshut.org] Stumble along with the ANTM finalists as they attempt to plug CoverGirl’s new Blashtlashtlashblahsshsblashssplash! (Congratulations, Whitney.) [B-Side Blog] More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
11:13AM Jess McGuire | Huuuuge thanks to the adorable Samantha for sending this clip in – it is ten kinds of awesome and made me want to start jiving to the Prodigy instead of doing any real work today.
As a friend said when I forwarded it to her, “how the fuck did they cut that video together? it’s flawless” and she’s right, it is flawless. Enjoy!
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This Day In Hollywood Catfight History Presents: When Bette Bludgeoned Joan
10:35AM Seth | We take a moment now to honour the memory of the two biggest bitches in Hollywood history—that would be Bette Davis and Joan Crawford—whose man-swiping, lesbian-overture-rebuffing, Oscar-campaign-sabotaging exploits provided the behavioral template for generations of shock starlets to come. Today’s Daily Mail provides a highly engrossing and detailed account of their lifelong rivalry, its poisonous roots stemming of course over ownership of a man—in this case, actor Franchot Tone. (He might not look like much, but trust us—this guy was totally the Joel Madden of his day.) It all came to a head on the set of the 1962 sleeper thriller that would offer both women not only an unlikely comeback, but all the near-fatal accident-rigging they could handle: More »
