Monday, November 9, 2009
People
Carrie Prejean’s Mum Saw The Sex Tape
8:40PM Azaria Jagger | Today’s theme: Awkward family moments involving digital recording devices. Miss California’s mum saw her solo sex tape, Michael Lohan sold “secret recordings” of Lindsay, and we assess the likelihood for a Jon Gosselin Playgirl spread. Horrifying gossip, here we come. More »
Big Screen
Elijah Wood Is The Most Critically-Acclaimed Actor
7:27PM Azaria Jagger | The lovable high-brows at Miller-McCune did some sort of mathematical voodoo to a zillion movie reviews and figured out critics’ favourite and least favourite actors, as well as which critics are the nicest and the meanest. More »
People
Four Humiliating Moments From Agassi’s 60 Minutes Interview
5:33PM Azaria Jagger | Lucky Katie Couric scored the tell-all interview timed to coincide with Andre Agassi’s tell-all memoir, where the ex-tennis star cops to ruining his career with a meth addiction and to wearing a toupee at the French Open. More »
Radio
5:03PM Jess McGuire | Just wanted to give Melburnians (and streamers of radio over the internet from all over the world) a quick heads up about the fact that I’ll be hosting breakfast radio on Triple R over the next couple of weeks. More »
Letter From The Editor
5:03PM Jess McGuire | Just wanted to give Melburnians (and streamers of radio over the internet from all over the world) a quick heads up about the fact that I’ll be hosting breakfast radio on Triple R over the next couple of weeks. More »
Small Screen
Seth MacFarlane Makes Fun Of Deaf Actress To Her Face
3:59PM Adrian Chen | That the funniest bit in Family Guy Creator Seth MacFarlane’s live comedy special on Fox was also the most politically incorrect is the least surprising thing ever. Check out this bit with deaf actress Marlee Matlin (West Wing) More »
Music
3:35PM Jess McGuire | Many years ago on Another Website™, I republished a little quiz I’d created for another Another Website™ a few years earlier which was all about the lyrics of slightly mad pop star Shakira. It was called ‘Shakira Sang What?’ and, inspired by this morning’s belated She Wolf appreciation, I think I’m going to re-republish it here. This makes me the laziest person on earth, I know, but I do so enjoy revisiting Shakira’s batshit crazy lyrics. More »
Shakira Sang What?
3:35PM Jess McGuire | Many years ago on Another Website™, I republished a little quiz I’d created for another Another Website™ a few years earlier which was all about the lyrics of slightly mad pop star Shakira. It was called ‘Shakira Sang What?’ and, inspired by this morning’s belated She Wolf appreciation, I think I’m going to re-republish it here. This makes me the laziest person on earth, I know, but I do so enjoy revisiting Shakira’s batshit crazy lyrics. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
2:00PM Jess McGuire | Given the amount of hipster hype over Spike Jonze’s film version of Where The Wild Things Are, it was probably only a matter of time before some clever wag out there on the Internets decided to take the mickey out of the movie’s coolsie credentials. Folks, here’s the trailer for a movie I think most of us would enjoy – Where The Dirty Hipsters Are. More »
Where The Dirty Hipsters Are
2:00PM Jess McGuire | Given the amount of hipster hype over Spike Jonze’s film version of Where The Wild Things Are, it was probably only a matter of time before some clever wag out there on the Internets decided to take the mickey out of the movie’s coolsie credentials. Folks, here’s the trailer for a movie I think most of us would enjoy – Where The Dirty Hipsters Are. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
What We Talk About When We Talk About Lame Headlines
12:50PM Adrian Chen | Have you noticed how much bloggers and media people like naming their work after Raymond Carver’s excellent 1981 short story collection “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?” They do. And they should please stop right now, please More »
Music
12:36PM Jess McGuire | I don’t know why it took me so long to appreciate ‘She Wolf’ by Colombian pop sensation Shakira, but I’m well and truly obsessed with it now. In fact, it’s the first song she’s released since her days of singing in Spanish that I’ve actually enjoyed. More »
Belated Appreciation For ‘She Wolf’ By Shakira
12:36PM Jess McGuire | I don’t know why it took me so long to appreciate ‘She Wolf’ by Colombian pop sensation Shakira, but I’m well and truly obsessed with it now. In fact, it’s the first song she’s released since her days of singing in Spanish that I’ve actually enjoyed. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
10:14AM Jess McGuire | An interesting article in this morning’s paper about Australian men and their disgusting undergarment habits. Did you know that 3% of Aussie dudes wear the same pair of undies for a whole week? Gross, lads. More »
Attention Men Of Australia: Pat Rafter Is Worried About Your Balls
10:14AM Jess McGuire | An interesting article in this morning’s paper about Australian men and their disgusting undergarment habits. Did you know that 3% of Aussie dudes wear the same pair of undies for a whole week? Gross, lads. More » 