Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Flotsam & Jetsam

Which Actor Saves All His Toenail And Nose Hair Clippings?

11:19PM Hamilton Nolan | Today in other people’s business: A talk show host with a Viagra prescription, a rocker girl without any friends, and an actor who has a special box for special, nasty things. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Is The Marriage Of Scarlett Johansson And Ryan Reynolds Failing?

10:33PM the cajun boy | Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds are struggling, men are turning against Megan Fox, Bar Refaeli is boning a “Brazilian playboy” named Ricardo, Kid Rock hates Twitter, Marilyn Manson issues threats and Kate Beckinsale parties with Eva Longoria and Victoria Beckham. More »
Small Screen

Was Steve Zahn Stoned On Conan Last Night?

7:30PM the cajun boy | Steve Zahn’s appearance on the Tonight Show with Conan last night was one of the more delightfully bizarre interviews we’ve seen in a while. Watch Zahn ramble incoherently about his love of farm animals and hitchhiking in a chicken suit. More »
Music

Kate Miller-Heidke – “R U F*cking Kidding Me”

5:49PM Jess McGuire | Kate Miller-Heidke’s penned a delightful little ditty about an ex adding her on Facebook. I chuckled. Let’s watch it? More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Beat Poet William Shatner Delivers Sarah Palin’s Farewell Speech

4:28PM Jess McGuire | Several switched on readers sent me the link to this video (thank you, lovelies!) so without any further ado, let’s get straight to a clip of William Shatner delivering Sarah Palin’s farewell speech in beat poetry form. It is glorious. More »
Radio

The Kyle And Jackie O Show Hook Teen Up To Lie Detector On Air… With Disastrous Results

3:06PM Jess McGuire | I’m not sure exactly what Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O were hoping to achieve by hooking a fourteen year old girl up to a lie detector machine and then asking her about sex and drugs on air. Gripping and powerful radio? Perhaps – if you were born without a brain and a soul. It was never going to end well. Turns out the fourteen year old girl had been raped. More »
Small Screen

United States Of Tara Starts Tonight!

12:23PM Jess McGuire | Back in early May I told you I had fallen heavily for United States Of Tara, the Diablo Cody-penned television show starring our very own Toni Collette as a woman dealing with multiple personalities. I also was thrilled to discover that the ABC had nabbed the show, which means there’s actually a chance that the entire series will be broadcast weekly, in order, right to the last episode! ON AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION? MADNESS! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day

10:15AM Jess McGuire | You can’t really go wrong with cats being adorable, can you? More »
Big Screen

Sacha Baron Cohen To Face A Suicide Bomber Or A Lawsuit, Or Both

8:18AM John Cook | It wouldn’t be a Sacha Baron Cohen movie without a lawsuit from a duped interview subject—this time it’s from a Palestinian who claims he was wrongly identified as a terrorist. And the real terrorists are making vague threats. More »
Online

AP Vs. British Bureaucrats: Who’s More Uptight About Twitter?

6:51AM Ryan Tate | A British bureaucrat has published a guide to Twitter etiquette and strategy, intended for use throughout the government. The stiff, formal document about a casual microblogging service is generating worldwide headlines, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. More »