Tuesday, October 21, 2008
YouTube Clip Of The Day
3:38PM Jess McGuire | The highlight of my Monday evenings lately has been watching Channel Seven late at night to catch Louis Theroux getting up to mischief. Last night’s episode saw the British broadcaster bonding with a bevy of brothel beauties*, and it was highly enjoyable.
The whole episode was amazing (and it’s on YouTube) but I wanted to show you a particularly revolting part of it, where a regular named Harry who only tongue kisses the ladies is interviewed by Louis.
Ahem. I’m sorry.
* Somewhere in Bondi, Gretel Killeen is quietly crying and wishing she was still hosting Big Brother so she could saucily deliver that alliteration-happy line at the camera, old school style. More » 
The New Trailer For ‘Australia’
2:57PM Jess McGuire | Wahey! Would you like to see the new trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’? Of course you would.
ARGH! So much excitement! So much acting! So many epic shots of the landscape! And a merciful lack of the snappy editing which always results in me feeling like I’ve taken too many drugs whenever I watch a Luhrmann directed production (I still can’t finish Moulin Rouge for that reason, it made me feel high and paranoid)!
Also: I will go and see this film solely for Hugh Jackman’s rugged sex appeal and ridiculous “Wellgumtooshtraya” accent which pops up at the beginning of the clip and makes me feel weirdly happy in a punchy way. More » 
Are These The Top Five Aussie Films Of All Time?
12:20PM Jess McGuire | The Australian Film Institute recently conducted an online survey to discover what the folks of this fine country consider to be the best examples of local cinema ever produced. Naturally, the top five contains flicks featuring men in dresses, lovable bogans, and death.
Films about drag queens, World War I Diggers, an ABBA-loving wannabe bride, and a man whose home is his castle have been voted some of Australia’s favourite homegrown movies.
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Who Is This Woman With Pink?
11:51AM Jess McGuire | Maybe it’s just me, but I keep looking at this picture of pop star Pink with a fan at the ARIA Awards on Sunday night (it’s on the news.com.au front page) and thinking “My god… is that Mirabai from Big Brother’s second series?”
Is it? IS IT? More » And In Other News, Hell Has Frozen Over…
11:01AM Jess McGuire | Every once in a while, Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt writes something I wholeheartedly agree with. And then I feel dirty and shower. I KID! I am an adult. I can acknowledge when someone whose political ideology differs from mine has written something I think is correct.
Anyway, I’m a bit behind on my Bolt column reading because I’ve been too busy acting aloof and shrouding myself in black and all the other activities people like me who live in the Ghetto Of Hate like to do to pass the time, but Friday saw Andrew reveal he finds Baz Luhrmann’s new ads for Tourism Australia to be rather tedious and pompous, and in all honesty… oh god… this, this is actually physically hard to type… I… think… Andrew… Bolt… is… right.
It’s no-spin name spells it out: Tourism Australia is meant to sell Australia to tourists. Lots of them. But now check Tourism Australia’s new Come Walkabout ads: it’s decided instead to sell spiritual therapy to urban salvation-seekers.
These two commercials, released this week and destined for screening in 22 countries, are invitations to a church, not a holiday. And to a very exclusive, family-unfriendly church, with not even the hint this time of Lara Bingle’s famous bouncing breasts.
Sigh. Loosen up, guys.
Wait, does Andrew want Lara’s boobs to make a comeback? More » Marcia Hines Is Furious About Richard E. Grant’s Bleak Career Predictions For Idol Contestants
10:18AM Jess McGuire | Uh-oh! The Marcia God is laying the smackdown on My Fair Lady actor Richard E. Grant, who you’ll remember made some rather sobering and depressing predictions about the future careers of our current crop of Australian Idols (well, sobering and depressing unless some of our Idols actually desire to work in the food industry, specifically the production of fried chicken).
Marcia is completely unimpressed with Richard’s comments, and isn’t afraid to say so publicly.
Australian Idol nice gal Marcia Hines might be full of kind words for contestants on the show, but she’s shown another side after the karaoke-fest came in for some criticism from top British actor Richard E. Grant.
I believe you’ll find a young lass from Bega named Chanel Cole who’ll vouch the appearance of Marcia’s ferocious bitch side long before Richard E. Grant decided to try his hand at musical theatre/shattering the youthful dreams of singers, but I get your point, Daily Telegraph. More » 
10:15AM Kyle Buchanan | Doggone It: Though he once compared Sarah Palin to George W. Bush, Alec Baldwin aided her cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, and the blowback he got for the guest spot has him stymied. “Don’t put her on SNL? With all of her exposure and the Tina Fey performance? What reality are you in?” he says on the Huffington Post. “If you think an appearance on Saturday Night Live would sway voters and actually affect the outcome of the election, you may have more contempt for the electorate of this country than the Republican National Committee does. And that’s a lot of contempt.” Still, we must admit to some surprise that the outspoken, anti-Palin actor was able to bury the hatchet for SNL; what’s next, an olive-branch cameo on My Name is Earl? [HuffPo] More »
Attention Single People Of Melbourne!
9:14AM Jess McGuire | If your Facebook interests include hot divorcees, reading the papers, and pronouncing the names of world leaders correctly and without any hesitation whatsoever, then you may just be the perfect partner for Channel 10 newsreader Helen Kapalos. The Daily Telegraph sadly reports that the “news stunner” is – GASP – unable to find a lover!
The man-drought plaguing Sydney is sweeping the whole nation, with former Nine newsreader Helen Kapalos admitting she’s hit a dry spell in Melbourne.
The Channel 10 presenter said she hasn’t had a date since splitting from her husband two years ago.
Two whole years after calling it quits with your spouse? My, I can see why the Daily Telegraph is so concerned – it’s a well known medical fact that lady gardens grow wild when left unattended, and it only takes a year or so of neglect before the entire area becomes an impenetrable fortress of weeds and stinging nettles, and… erm… where was I? I’m not sure if I’m using metaphor anymore, or just being revolting.
ANYWAY! Focus on the good news – there’s a spunky news reader out there who is apparently gagging for it. Hop to it, lads… and be sure to thank rsvpconfidential.com.au for the tip!
MORE: News stunner Helen Kapalos can’t find a bloke More » 
David Duchovny’s Tennis Coach Denies Affair, Confirms Insatiable Need for Press
9:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Earlier today, America was introduced to Edit Pakay, the tennis coach who allegedly taught beleaguered sex addict David Duchovny more than just a one-handed backhand. “I am not going to deny it,” she helpfully told The Mail. “If you want to write that we have an affair then fine. I will not argue against it.” Now, though, after an abduction/probe by Duchovny’s lawyers, Pakay is doing just that. Go figure! The chatty-yet-confused tennis instructor took the new version of her story to E!:
