Tuesday, November 10, 2009

People

For $US4.2 Million, You Can Sleep In Russell Brand’s Bedroom

9:00PM Azaria Jagger | Russell Brand’s house is for sale (so he can move in with Katy Perry?), Pam Anderson pulls a Blanche DuBois, and Robert Pattinson has poor hygiene. Welcome to tonight’s gossip roundup. More »
Music

Stream The New Album From Them Crooked Vultures! Right Now! DO IT!

1:49PM Jess McGuire | Heard of Them Crooked Vultures? They’re quite the supergroup, you know. The band consists of rock’s hottest ginger Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Eagles Of Death Metal, Kyuss), Dave Grohl (little known indie band called Nirvana, Foo Fighters), and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), and their debut album is on the verge of being released… but you can have a listen after the jump! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

“Who’s That Chik?” Looks Amazing

9:47AM Jess McGuire | Candy Bowers, formerly of Sista She and a self-described “writer, hip hop artist, social innovator, actor, director, arts worker, theatre maker, lyricist and social activist”, recently starred in a stage show called Who’s That Chik?. I didn’t get a chance to see it, but thanks to the magic of YouTube I just spent a happy few minutes viewing her uncanny impersonation of Lionel Richie. Follow my example, please! More »
Small Screen

Brodie Harper Always Dreamed Of Talking About The Weather

9:27AM Jess McGuire | Yesterday’s piece in the Herald Sun about Channel Nine’s new weather girl Brodie Harper was filled to the brim with delightful quotes sure to entertain folks like us. In other words, it’s pisstake heaven. More »
Big Screen

First Pic Of Justin Timberlake As Facebook President

9:12AM Ryan Tate | It’s always been tough to imagine Justin Timberlake fitting into a movie about the geeky origins of Facebook, even if he was slated to play hard-partying advisor and “founding president” Sean Parker. That mental struggle is over. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day

8:57AM Jess McGuire | Did you know that Oscar The Grouch is in trouble after mocking Fox News on Sesame Street? It’s true, folks. More »
Online

The Time Marissa Mayer Invented Google

8:55AM Ryan Tate | Another month, another glossy fashion magazine spread for Marissa Mayer, this time in Glamour. We get it already: the Google veep is a computer scientist in Oscar de la Renta, a nerd invited to the high-school formal. Why embellish her achievements? More »
Big Screen

Did Avatar Cost Half A Billion Dollars As The NYT Claimed?

8:50AM Richard Rushfield | When a new James Cameron movie appears, Hollywood’s industry watchers reach for their abacuses, first to tabulate the obscene amounts the film cost, and later, to add up the obscene amounts the movie makes. More »
Music

‘I Believe The Scientific Term Is Nubbin’

8:34AM Brian Moylan | [Lady Gaga show the host of German talk show Wetten, dass...? us just how big her penis really is. Image via Getty]
Music

Steven Tyler Breaks Up With Aerosmith Via Blog Posts

7:54AM Richard Rushfield | This is not how rock bands are supposed to die. Bands are supposed to go out in a blaze of charred hotel suites, blood feuds and drug overdoses. Instead, Aerosmith’s end came in a blog entry. More »