Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam
Which Actress Has An Oscar And A Heroin Problem?
11:34PM Brian Moylan | Just because she the golden statue doesn’t mean she stopped using the white stuff—even in public! Also, a Hollywood couple’s kids behaving badly and an actress gets sacked by her director beau. The blind items go to… More »
People
Anna Wintour Wants Her Privacy
8:15PM Andrew Belonsky | Anna Wintour wants to stay out of the limelight, Lily Allen’s friends talk trash, and Mel Gibson’s girlfriend’s unborn child is totally making her fat. All that and more in your Wednesday morning Gossip Roundup! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Smoothed Over…
6:34PM Andrew Belonsky | Britain banned an advertisement that suggests Nivea’s anti-aging cream has permanent results. More »
Small Screen
6:25PM Jess McGuire | Oh lordy. As far as accidentally saying naughty words on television, Fifi Box has certainly gone for gold with her suggestion we all check out some ladybits in our spare time. Sure, she was trying to say “country” – does it matter? What’s important is what actually came out of her mouth on Sunrise. More »
Fifi Box Would Like Us To Check Out What Now?
6:25PM Jess McGuire | Oh lordy. As far as accidentally saying naughty words on television, Fifi Box has certainly gone for gold with her suggestion we all check out some ladybits in our spare time. Sure, she was trying to say “country” – does it matter? What’s important is what actually came out of her mouth on Sunrise. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
It Pays To Be An Unemployed Teen In Britain
5:39PM Andrew Belonsky | American teenagers are facing distressingly high levels of unemployment. So, what should they do? Get a job? No way! They should move to the UK. More »
Online
5:15PM Jess McGuire | Not a real virus, silly! That was just a clever headline to make you think actress Jessica Biel is a dirty bird so you’d be curious about what I had to say on the matter. A similar cunning ploy lured me over to this Sydney Morning Herald article which was titled “The internet’s most dangerous celebrities” – it had me conjuring up scenarios where bitter famous folks lure online haters to real life locations only to unleash brutal physical punishment upon them. More »
Jessica Biel Will Probably Give You A Virus
5:15PM Jess McGuire | Not a real virus, silly! That was just a clever headline to make you think actress Jessica Biel is a dirty bird so you’d be curious about what I had to say on the matter. A similar cunning ploy lured me over to this Sydney Morning Herald article which was titled “The internet’s most dangerous celebrities” – it had me conjuring up scenarios where bitter famous folks lure online haters to real life locations only to unleash brutal physical punishment upon them. More »
Music
5:01PM Jess McGuire | I know what you’re thinking – why is Defamer Australia, your favourite one-stop online shop for all things completely cutting edge and relevant, reporting on the band Screaming Jets? Weren’t they popular back in the early nineties aka an eternity ago? Well, I read the following article in Christie Eliezer’s Music News column, and it says very clearly that the Screaming Jets are rising in popularity, and I didn’t want to miss my chance to jump on the Jets comeback bandwagon! More »
Screaming Jets Ditch Their Guitarist
5:01PM Jess McGuire | I know what you’re thinking – why is Defamer Australia, your favourite one-stop online shop for all things completely cutting edge and relevant, reporting on the band Screaming Jets? Weren’t they popular back in the early nineties aka an eternity ago? Well, I read the following article in Christie Eliezer’s Music News column, and it says very clearly that the Screaming Jets are rising in popularity, and I didn’t want to miss my chance to jump on the Jets comeback bandwagon! More »
People
On Top!
4:32PM Andrew Belonsky | Billboard has named Beyoncé its woman of the year. Sasha Fierce missed out.
People
Ted Kennedy Dead At 77
3:22PM Andrew Belonsky | Ted Kennedy survived years in Washington, but, sadly, he couldn’t survive brain cancer. The long-serving American Senator succumbed to the disease this evening, thus ending an illustrious, at times scandalous and always headline-grabbing life. More »
Online
2:38PM Jess McGuire | Oh, I am so glad there’s a newspaper out there happy to publish the fabulous opinions of Mr Peter Costello! I love getting hits from his smug-bong. I think I must like punishing myself, like the albino dude in that Michael Moore documentary about the Catholic church called The Da Vinci Code. More »
Peter Costello Thinks The ABC Is Full Of Filthy Lefties
2:38PM Jess McGuire | Oh, I am so glad there’s a newspaper out there happy to publish the fabulous opinions of Mr Peter Costello! I love getting hits from his smug-bong. I think I must like punishing myself, like the albino dude in that Michael Moore documentary about the Catholic church called The Da Vinci Code. More » 