Thursday, September 24, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam
9:16AM Brian Moylan | [Two seemingly identical dancers from New York's all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo troupe splash in a fountain in Sydney to mark the start of their Australian tour later this week. Image via Getty]
Spitting Image
9:16AM Brian Moylan | [Two seemingly identical dancers from New York's all-male Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo troupe splash in a fountain in Sydney to mark the start of their Australian tour later this week. Image via Getty]
Big Screen
Saw And Antichrist To Terrorise Moviegoers
6:15AM Richard Rushfield | It’s Halloween season at the cinemas; which means that if today’s brand of torture-centric “thrills” is not for you, the movies offer few reasons not to stay in your house and barricade the doors. More »
Big Screen
$US300M In Ticket Sales Puts Zero Dollars In Bono’s Pocket
3:18AM Richard Rushfield | The goblins taking over the big-screen for our annual, mandated block when Only Scary Movies Can Be Released. And in the counting house, the scarier news that even U2 may have money troubles. More »
Print
Graydon Carter: Not So Special Any More?
1:34AM Hamilton Nolan | Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumours were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker, Vogue and Vanity Fair. Well, the part about Vanity Fair, at least, was wrong. More »
People
Deadbeat Photographer Takes Official White House Family Portrait
1:28AM John Cook | The White House has released the official Obama family portrait, which was taken by Annie Leibovitz. What do you think that gig pays? More »
People
1:12AM John Cook | Nearly a month after Roman Polanski was jailed in Switzerland, the US has filed a formal demand for extradition so he can face sentencing for charges of unlawful sex with a minor. Litigation over the request could take six months.
Roman Polanski Is One Step Closer To Justice
1:12AM John Cook | Nearly a month after Roman Polanski was jailed in Switzerland, the US has filed a formal demand for extradition so he can face sentencing for charges of unlawful sex with a minor. Litigation over the request could take six months.
People
Which Actress Has A Famous Gay Boyfriend?
12:53AM Brian Moylan | The best things in Hollywood are hidden: contracts to stay with a gay lover, condoms in clothes and handbags, celebrity couple threeways, and a sex tape…with a goat! Here we are bringing these things to light. It’s God’s work. More »
People
Which Famous Actor Gives His Famous Fiancee Licence To Cheat?
11:39PM Brian Moylan | Like snowflakes of dysfunction, every relationship is different. In Hollywood they can include the wife sleeping with other men under her husband’s nose. Must be great to be famous! It also helps that people hide your drinking binges. Yay celebrity! More »
People
John Travolta’s Sad, Revealing Testimony
8:00PM Andrew Belonsky | John Travolta testifies about the day his son dead. Carrie Prejean enjoys playing dress-up. Jude Law has another kid. And you’ll never again have to endure Lily Allen’s music. All that and much more in your Thursday gossip roundup… More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
3:52PM Jess McGuire | My darling pal Fluffy alerted me to the existence of this clip – it’s poor old Michael Cera being fired from a movie after having a vicious spat with director Judd Apatow. More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day II
3:52PM Jess McGuire | My darling pal Fluffy alerted me to the existence of this clip – it’s poor old Michael Cera being fired from a movie after having a vicious spat with director Judd Apatow. More »