Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam
French Convict The Church Of Scientology Of Fraud, Almost Ban It
10:53PM Ephraim Gadsby | The haughty, stubbornly secular French have convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud. Just for pressuring two women to pay tens of thousands of dollars for spurious Scientological products and services! Victimisation of religion says this oily spokesman. More »
People
Islamic Extremists Target Beyonce
8:30PM Ephraim Gadsby | The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt is a political organisation that once included Sayyid Qutb, the man who inspired Al-Qaeda. It was founded to promote Islamic law, oppress women, etc. And now it wants to keep Beyonce out of Egypt! More »
Music
12:54PM Jess McGuire | Does anyone else remember the 2005 Stereophonics song ‘Dakota’? I recall Popjustice’s shock at the time when it realised it was the best thing released that particular week in the UK, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s their best moment ever. More »
Stereophonics – ‘Dakota’
12:54PM Jess McGuire | Does anyone else remember the 2005 Stereophonics song ‘Dakota’? I recall Popjustice’s shock at the time when it realised it was the best thing released that particular week in the UK, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s their best moment ever. More »
Online
Measure Your Twitter Manhood In An Exciting New Way
12:30PM Ryan Tate | Twitter’s hard-core users, mostly men, tend to size up fellow microbloggers by examining the length of their…follower lists. That’s what they did, at least, until celebrities started dominating Twitter. Now a new yardstick excites the geeks: Twitter lists. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
9:06AM Jess McGuire | I’m as patriotic as the next flag waving bogan, but I’ve gotta admit – the British really know how to deliver the goods when it comes to televised talent quests. The Australian Idol team should probably watch this video. More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:06AM Jess McGuire | I’m as patriotic as the next flag waving bogan, but I’ve gotta admit – the British really know how to deliver the goods when it comes to televised talent quests. The Australian Idol team should probably watch this video. More »
Online
How To Blow $US3.5 Billion
6:43AM Ryan Tate | Yahoo finally shuttered Geocities today. Acquired in 1999, Geocities was one of the costliest dot-com duds of of all time: $US3.5 billion for an ugly, cash-bleeding homepage hosting service. And to think Google’s founders were simultaneously begging server funds. More »
Big Screen
Golden Globes Double Down On Off-Kilter; Pick Ricky Gervais To Host
6:27AM Richard Rushfield | For the first time since 1995, the Golden Globes awards will have a host, and that host will be idiosyncratic British comedy star Ricky Gervais. More »
People
6:25AM Brian Moylan | [Madonna tries to stifle a yawn behind her hat while she and daughter Lourdes Leon sit through the ground-breaking ceremony for her school for girls in Malawi today. Image via AP]
Over The Bored-erline
6:25AM Brian Moylan | [Madonna tries to stifle a yawn behind her hat while she and daughter Lourdes Leon sit through the ground-breaking ceremony for her school for girls in Malawi today. Image via AP]
Big Screen
Robert Iger Calls On Hollywood To Stop The Madness
5:23AM Richard Rushfield | If ever there were an industry in need of an intervention, it is Hollywood. And today, Disney boss Robert Iger sat show biz down and said, I just can’t watch you do this to yourself any more. More »
Online
