Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Music

Area Child Scarred For Life

11:39PM Richard Lawson | [Lady Gaga greets a little girl in in Sydney, shortly before flipping her over and playing her like a mandolin; image via INF]
Flotsam & Jetsam

Which TV Actress, In Her Own Words, ‘F-cks Bitches’?

11:27PM Richard Lawson | Just two little items today, because it’s a short week, so we’ll start off… short. We have a TV starlet who seems nice on camera, but in reality is a vain crazy person. And we have a TV lesbian and her surprised costar. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Will Kanye And Rihanna Be The Next Jay-Z And Beyonce?

9:45PM the cajun boy | Rihanna may be getting over Chris Brown by boning Kanye West, Jesus Luz puts Madonna in the “friend zone,” Mike Tyson’s 4 year-old daughter is on life support after accidentally hanging herself with an electric cord, and Brooke Shields expresses regret for not slutting around when she was young. More »
Music

Edwyn Collins – Home Again

5:07PM Jess McGuire | Many music loving readers would be aware of Edwyn Collins. He was the frontman of Scottish band Orange Juice, and had massive solo success in the nineties with his song ‘A Girl Like You’. What you may not know is that Edwyn suffered several strokes in 2005. More »
Print

The New Yorker Embraces Modern Technology

4:48PM the cajun boy | “Jorge Colombo drew this week’s cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Times Square.” [New Yorker] More »
Online

New Twitter Show Sure To Annihilate Twitter Once And For All

3:58PM the cajun boy | Are you sick of Twitter yet? Probably! But if not, wait patiently because the spunky little messaging service is teaming with a group of Hollywood geniuses to bring you an “unscripted show” that would “harness Twitter to put players on the trail of celebrities in an interactive, competitive format.” Yeah. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

An Open Letter To Clare Werbeloff

2:29PM Jess McGuire | Readers may be wondering why I haven’t addressed the recent revelation that the CHK CHK BOOM! girl lied to the nation with her account of a shooting in Kings Cross last weekend. The truth is I was too upset about the whole thing to even talk about it. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

2:15PM Jess McGuire | Ha! I’d totally forgotten about the following clip until Clem Bastow linked it on Twitter with the words “Magda Szubanski’s finest work” – TOO TRUE! More »
Music

Attention Readers In Melbourne & Sydney!

12:25PM Jess McGuire | You lucky ducks may recall me mentioning last month that the lovely Angie Hart was planning on performing in your town. Well, this week is your last chance to catch her doing her thing! More »
Big Screen

Kylie Minogue Taking Acting Lessons

10:55AM Jess McGuire | News Our Kylie has decided to take an acting course to “brush up” on her skills has come as a real shock to me. Surely big shot Hollywood producers are well aware of her mad theatrical chops by now, and if they’re not may I suggest they rent Bio-Dome over the weekend? More »