Monday, September 22, 2008
When Will This Insanity Stop?
3:01PM Jess McGuire | ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
When will this insanity stop? Yet another clip from London, where the Mysterious Billboard Of Incorrect Information continues to spread lies regarding Australia’s population to the ignorant folk over there.
As you can see, the folks behind this have taken their message to popular tourist destination Tower Bridge.
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If You’re Willing To Move To The States, Courtney Love Is Hiring!
1:52PM Jess McGuire | Attention “non freaky” people who love to clean up after rock stars!
There’s a job going over at Chez Love, and rather than go through an agency (they suck apparently), Courtney has turned to the interwebs and asked if anyone reading her MySpazz blog fancies working for her as a housekeeper.
No superfans, please. Oh, and if you’re handy with a video camera, you may just be one stone that conveniently hits two birds.
is anyone insanely clean neatfreak near malibu? i need a non thieving non freaky housekeeper
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Oprah Vs Over 9,000 Penises
12:23PM Jess McGuire | I should have just called this post ‘YouTube Clip Of The Day’, but when you get a chance to write a title like ‘Oprah Vs Over 9,000 Penises’, you’d be mad not to take it, you know?
Thanks very much to reader Tim who sent in this clip. Oprah was trolled on her messageboard, yo! It actually took me three viewings before I was convinced I’d heard her correctly.
I suspect this is the work of those naughty Anonymous folks. And I salute them. More » 
Helen Mirren Would Like To Ease Your Bikini-Envy
11:00AM Clem Bastow | It’s safe to say most average women remember the day Helen Mirren was pictured, aged 63, in a red hot bikini; in short, it made most of us go “Holy Jesus, I’m [insert age here] and I don’t even look that good!” before committing swimwear induced hara kiri. Well, Dame Helen herself would like to help alleviate your body anxieties, by coming out with a not-very-convincing volley of self-doubt when it comes to her slammin’ bod:
She puts her head in her hands (I love the way she is so tactile with her own face; most movie stars tend to sit expressionless, in case something gets smudged) and lets out a moan. ‘I only wore that bikini – I got it in a boutique in Nice, it’s by a little label called Darjeeling, and it actually fitted me, which is nice; the top is built like a bra – because I was certain I would not get photographed.
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Grant Denyer Mourns That Angry 1cm
10:30AM Clem Bastow | As many of you will be aware, Grant Denyer (pictured at left, confusingly wearing Don King’s hair) has mostly left his television days behind to more actively pursue his motorsports dreams. The fun-sized media personality has been giving it a red hot go in a number of racing codes, but will be off the track for the rest of 2008 – after a monster truck nearly squished him late last week, shattering one of his vertebrae. He is now recovered enough to pen an account of his nasty accident, and I think you will all find this excerpt particularly moving:
As if having the racing accident wasn’t bad enough already, the most heartbreaking news was that, as a result of the injury, I am a centimetre shorter. I was 165cms but from today I’ll be 164cm.
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Jodhi Says Jodbye To ‘Australia’s Next Top Model’ Gig
9:45AM Clem Bastow | After months of not-very-convincing hand-wringing and assuring everyone that yes, she will come back to Australia’s Next Top Model – not to mention a brief foray into soft furnishings – Jodhi Meares has surprised absolutely no one by announcing her decision to quit her AusNTM hosting gig.
Foxtel boss Brian Walsh continued his praise for Meares’ “invaluable contribution” to the show.
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Blow Up Your TV: Defamer Liveblogs the 2008 Emmy Awards
9:20AM STV | Sunday greetings from Defamer HQ, where television’s! Biggest! Night! has us shaking off our hangovers for live coverage of the 60th annual Emmy Awards. That’s right — we’re doing this live, bypassing that silly US tape delay for the straight dirt as it happens on the red carpet, inside the Nokia Theatre and wherever else history and fools are being made on this historic evening. You know the subplots to watch for over the long night ahead, so read along and join the party. And heads up: Spoilers (and a few advance clips) follow for anyone who can’t bear to know Heidi Klum’s hosting benchmarks or how much arse Mad Men is kicking before watching for themselves in primetime. That said, we’ve already filled you in this year’s heroes in comedy and drama; what more is there to know? After the jump, join us on the express elevator into the heart of Emmy hell! More »
The “Australia Uninhabited” Mystery Deepens
9:14AM Jess McGuire | Obviously we were not the only ones still wondering just what the hell that mysterious YouTube Clip Of The Day from last week was all about.
Defamer Australia reader Matty commented on the post, saying “Could Richmond Shire Council be behind this? Seems kinda weird that they’d be giving away land to Poms, but stranger things have happened. After all, you’d have to pay me to live “five hours west of” … wait for it … Townsville!” and then gave us a link to this story.
A council is capitalising on Australia’s urban property squeeze, offering blocks of land for just $1. Richmond Shire Council, in northwest Queensland, has put up seven 600 sq m blocks of land for an October 6 land grab. The town is about five hours west of Townsville and has a population of about 700.
Council chief executive officer Michelle Clarke said it was hoped the move would benefit the town by addressing a local skills shortage. “We’ve decided that we want to help people out for $1 in the hope that in return they will build a home and move to Richmond and maybe offer some skills in the town,” she said.
“Right”, I thought to myself, dusting off my virtual hands, “I suppose that’s that. Mystery solved! Let’s go and drink milkshakes and nibble cupcakes and listen to the Teen Queens!” Shut up. It’s my life. My idiotic hobbies and interests are not to be judged by the likes of you.
But waaaaaaaait a second, turns out the mystery has NOT solved. Because then someone sent us another video from London! And I think it confirms that Richmond Shire Council are not behind this at all. More » 
Travis Barker And DJ AM In Critical Condition Following Plane Crash
9:00AM Seth | Tragedy struck in South Carolina Friday night, as drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, were critically injured in a Learjet crash that took the lives of four others. From the LAT report: More »
