Thursday, January 15, 2009

Kanye West Loves Checking Out Gay Men

4:34PM Jess McGuire | Ho, ho! I do hope my headline of choice wasn’t misleading in any way. Yes, Kanye West constantly finds his eyes drawn to the bodies of homosexuals, but it’s not in a faggy way – relax! It’s like, totes straight fashion appreciation! Kanye West takes fashion inspiration from gay people. The US rapper, who is well known for his dapper dress sense, picks up clothes tips from the homosexuals he meets, but sometimes his intentions are mistaken. He said: “Gays know how to dress but you got to peep at them really quick because if they see you looking at them they might think you’re looking at them in another way, so you have to keep looking away. If they catch you staring it’s like, ‘No dog, I’m looking at the gear!’ Oh, I’m sure you are looking at the gear and just the gear, sir. “People always try to discredit gays altogether but they really know how to dress. They dress good. Gays know how to dress. Because you can dress good don’t make you gay.” So say what you will about those buggering amyl-sniffing sodomites, haters – at the very least, you must admit they dress beautifully. But dressing beautifully does not make one a buggering amyl-sniffing sodomite. Are we clear on this? Guess who else the stereotype loving Kanye West gets clothing tips from? More »

Does Sharon Osbourne Still Have ‘Issues’ With Dannii Minogue?

4:29PM Jess McGuire | If you’ve been wondering whether some time apart from her old co-worker Dannii Minogue has given former judge of Britain’s The X Factor Sharon Osbourne a chance to calm down and move on from her well documented battles with the pop singer, I am sad to inform you that Mrs Osbourne still loathes Dannii with scorching intensity. Before we get to Sharon’s sullying of Dannii’s pristine (well, if you don’t count the faux-lesbian dalliance with Jupiter the Stripper) reputation, let us first address the subtle slap in the face Sharon administered to the younger Minogue via the press. She’s been bigging up Dannii’s latest rival (and Sharon’s replacement on The X Factor) Cheryl Cole! Sharon Osbourne reckons Cheryl Cole was great on The X Factor. The Girls Aloud star, 25, joined the ITV show after Sharon quit last year. ‘She’s perfect,’ says Sharon. ‘A fabulous young girl. The thing is, there’s not one bloody thing wrong with her, which p*sses me off. ‘You can’t possibly find anything bad to say about her. She’s doing brilliantly as I always knew she would.’ And if you read between the lines, you can just make out the words “Dannii is a talentless whore”. Now let’s get a little dirty as we watch a bitter Sharon Osbourne flinging some mud in the hope it sticks. More »

YouTube Clip Of The Day

4:10PM Jess McGuire | This clip comes from the brilliant and handsome Booky (who got it from the brilliant and beautiful Simone “Mitch” Mitchell of The Vine fame). My head hurts when I watch it. FAIL. If you’ll excuse me, I’m off to down a Panadeine Forte. More »

Guess Who Is Wandering Around London Wearing Barely Anything?

3:23PM Jess McGuire | Who on earth would think it’s a good idea to wander around London during the cold month of January wearing nothing but a pair of knickers from the waist down? And why? Surely no one is that desperate for attention? While most of us can’t wear enough clothes during the cold snap, Lady Gaga has taken the opposite approach – stepping out in little more than her underwear. The American pop sensation left her hotel in London today wearing sparkly knickers, flesh-coloured fishnets and a crop top. Her trademark sunglasses were firmly in place, and a light jacket and gloves were her only concession to the winter chill. Oh, it’s Lady Gaga? Say no more. Instead, we’ll let Lady Gaga spout off some nonsense. More »

Good News For Mount Isa!

2:22PM Jess McGuire | It’s happy days in Mount Isa, folks! It may be some months before it’s made official, but the drought has broken in Mt Isa, according to locals. Since January 1, the mining town has been drenched by the best monsoon rains in years, with floodwaters now starting to subside and roads reopening. The official drought status of Mt Isa is not due to be reviewed by the Local Drought Committees (LDC) until March, but Mayor John Molony said that’s just academia. “We are now drought free,” Cr Molony said. Sadly, there’s no word in the article as to how that infamous other drought – yes, that of the lady kind – is going. MORE: Mt Isa ‘drought free’: mayor More »

4BC Drive Host Finds Women Wearing Hijabs ‘Offensive’

1:39PM Jess McGuire | Classy stuff! A Brisbane radio station may have to explain why it should keep its licence after an announcer was accused of making anti-Islamic comments on air. Former Victorian police officer, now 4BC drive-time announcer, Michael Smith called for Muslim women who wear an Islamic hijab in public to be fined for offensive behaviour. He made the remarks on-air and on the 4BC website, saying: “Any reasonable person would find this offensive.” I like that after he said it on air, someone still thought the remark worthy of the station’s website. Is no one listening to the show and making judgement calls? Sheezus. Under the Commercial Radio Code of Practice, a licensee must not broadcast a program likely to incite hatred against or vilify any person or group on the basis of age, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender, sexual preference, religion, or disability. Really? Really? My god. How has Alan Jones (and his similarly minded chums in the broadcasting world) managed to stay on the air for so long? MORE: 4BC’s Michael Smith accused of anti-Islamic remarks over hijab More »

Despite What Hysterically Squawking Gossip Gurus Would Have You Believe, Michael Clarke And Lara Bingle Are Just Fine!

12:40PM Jess McGuire | When will the haters just back off and give Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle some goddamn space to they can pursue their quiet and in no way media-whorey romance with a modicum of privacy? Glamour couple Lara Bingle and Michael Clarke have brushed aside rumours that their fairytale romance has hit the rocks. Bingle was photographed leaving a business in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon not wearing her sizeable engagement ring and hiding her face. And if there’s one thing we can count on for sure in this crazy world, it’s that the shouty excitable showbiz correspondents on breakfast television won’t ever let something like a celebrity being photographed without their sizable engagement ring slip by without making a big deal out of it. More »

Alexander Pete Schreiber Already A Hollywood Ladykiller

11:45AM Jess McGuire | According to his obviously proud parents Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, little Alexander Pete will have his pick of the tiny Hollywood “It” Baby-Girls when he gets a bit older, with the lad having already won the hearts of two of Tinseltown’s most eligible progeny. While chatting on the red carpet at the premiere of Liev’s new film Defiance, the pair revealed the following. Watts and Schrieber joked Alexander was so now good looking that Sunday Rose, daughter of Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, was after him. “Sunday Rose is after our boy really heavy, and I think it’s kind of weird and early, and I think she should back off, slow down and get her act together before that all happens,” Schrieber joked to FashionWeekDaily.com. And guess the other Hollywood spawn Alexander’s got wrapped around his very little finger? More »

George Negus Contemplates Life As A Grey Nomad

10:44AM Jess McGuire | Well, George Negus isn’t exactly planning on packing up a caravan and travelling around this big old country of ours, but he is beginning to consider winding down his workload in anticipation of old age, or something. As he marks a milestone of 40 years in the media, veteran Australian journalist George Negus says he’ll consider winding down “in the next few years”. More »