Friday, April 17, 2009
Small Screen
How Janeane Garofalo Snubbed Rush Limbaugh And Lynne Cheney
8:57PM Ryan Tate | Is it awkward being an outspoken liberal actress on 24, the show so obscenely and corrosively torture-happy that the dean of West Point said its brutal fantasies were poisoning the minds of young soldiers? More »
Music
4:33PM Jess McGuire | Twitter is really delivering for me (and Defamer Australia, of course) these days. Not only am I enjoying bantering with Ruby Rose – NO YOU CAN’T FOLLOW HER, EVIL TABLOID TYPES, JUST ME AND 4000+ NEAREST AND DEAREST ONLY PLEASE COS WE WOULD NEVER HURT HER WITH FALSE STORIES OF DOODLE-LOVING - but after I Twittered (Tweeted? Christ, I hate these terms) about my love of the new Phoenix song Lisztomania, a very nice gentleman named jasoneye sent me amazing clip. More »
An Amazing Video Clip For Phoenix’s “Lisztomania”
4:33PM Jess McGuire | Twitter is really delivering for me (and Defamer Australia, of course) these days. Not only am I enjoying bantering with Ruby Rose – NO YOU CAN’T FOLLOW HER, EVIL TABLOID TYPES, JUST ME AND 4000+ NEAREST AND DEAREST ONLY PLEASE COS WE WOULD NEVER HURT HER WITH FALSE STORIES OF DOODLE-LOVING - but after I Twittered (Tweeted? Christ, I hate these terms) about my love of the new Phoenix song Lisztomania, a very nice gentleman named jasoneye sent me amazing clip. More »
People
3:39PM Jess McGuire | Dudes. I know most of Defamer Australia’s precious Melbourne-based readers have held off purchasing tickets to shows at the Comedy Festival because they’re breathlessly awaiting my recommendations. But I was in Sydney for two weeks, people! I am only just getting back into the giggly swing of things now! Luckily I do have a suggestion for those of you looking for something to do tonight… More »
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hot Tip!
3:39PM Jess McGuire | Dudes. I know most of Defamer Australia’s precious Melbourne-based readers have held off purchasing tickets to shows at the Comedy Festival because they’re breathlessly awaiting my recommendations. But I was in Sydney for two weeks, people! I am only just getting back into the giggly swing of things now! Luckily I do have a suggestion for those of you looking for something to do tonight… More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
12:48PM Jess McGuire | My beloved faux-bro Dave The Scot posted this clip on Facebook, and I loved how Jon-Benet wrongtown it is. I know, I’m going to hell. More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day II
12:48PM Jess McGuire | My beloved faux-bro Dave The Scot posted this clip on Facebook, and I loved how Jon-Benet wrongtown it is. I know, I’m going to hell. More »
Music
11:45AM Jess McGuire | I can’t remember if I’ve ever shown you this clip before, but one summer afternoon my friend Ang and I spent quite a few enjoyable hours drinking beer and dancing around like total spazzers to Kate Bush videos – and her wind machine/ukulele wiggle in the video for her cover of Elton John’s “Rocketman” was a particular favourite move of ours, if memory serves me correctly. More »
Kate Bush – ‘Rocketman’
11:45AM Jess McGuire | I can’t remember if I’ve ever shown you this clip before, but one summer afternoon my friend Ang and I spent quite a few enjoyable hours drinking beer and dancing around like total spazzers to Kate Bush videos – and her wind machine/ukulele wiggle in the video for her cover of Elton John’s “Rocketman” was a particular favourite move of ours, if memory serves me correctly. More »
Music
10:57AM Jess McGuire | Tremendous news from the world of Australian Idol alumni! Apparently Defamer Australia’s best buddy Wes Carr and R&B superstar Jessica Mauboy might end up recording a duet sooner rather than later! More »
A Wes Cougar Carr/Jessica Mauboy Knowles Duet May Be On The Cards!
10:57AM Jess McGuire | Tremendous news from the world of Australian Idol alumni! Apparently Defamer Australia’s best buddy Wes Carr and R&B superstar Jessica Mauboy might end up recording a duet sooner rather than later! More »
Music
9:40AM Jess McGuire | It’s great when celebrities allow their fans to get involved in some of the more important personal decisions of their lives. Singer Kelis and her rapper husband Nas are expecting a little one, and they’d like your help with the naming. More »
Kelis & Nas Are Having A Baby… And You Can Name It!
9:40AM Jess McGuire | It’s great when celebrities allow their fans to get involved in some of the more important personal decisions of their lives. Singer Kelis and her rapper husband Nas are expecting a little one, and they’d like your help with the naming. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
8:53AM Jess McGuire | Thank you, thank you, thank you, dearest readers – the YouTube Clip Of The Day suggestions are beginning to flood in, so I’m looking forward to trawling through them all and enjoying myself thoroughly during spare moments over the weekend. Today’s selection comes from Sophie, and it features some rather nice dancing. More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
8:53AM Jess McGuire | Thank you, thank you, thank you, dearest readers – the YouTube Clip Of The Day suggestions are beginning to flood in, so I’m looking forward to trawling through them all and enjoying myself thoroughly during spare moments over the weekend. Today’s selection comes from Sophie, and it features some rather nice dancing. More »
Print
The Death Of Movie Journalists?
7:24AM Richard Lawson | State of Play—a political thriller about a dogged reporter uncovering… a conspiracy—may be the last Hollywood movie to feature a hero journalist. Because, you know, that industry is dying. More »
People
5:21AM Richard Lawson | [Keira Knightley on the set of "Never Let Me Go" in the English countryside; image via INF]
Actress Takes A Big Leap To Play Another Literary Brit
5:21AM Richard Lawson | [Keira Knightley on the set of "Never Let Me Go" in the English countryside; image via INF] 