Thursday, October 15, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam
Cougars On Top
9:13PM Andrew Belonsky | Popular culture may tire of them, but cougars are here to stay. Sociologists said so!
People
Lindsay Lohan “Still Learning” Time, Fashion
8:48PM Andrew Belonsky | Lindsay Lohan tries to explain her adventures in fashion. Britney Spears receives a dubious award. Joe Francis has no backbone. And we feel bad for Leona Lewis. Yes, it’s your Thursday gossip roundup. It’s chock full of nuts! More »
Online
Facebook’s Unspoken, Intrademographic Culture War
7:35PM Andrew Belonsky | In what may be a sign of an impending generational civil war, a growing number of 20 and 30-somethings are avoiding Facebook. They’re called refuseniks. But, living in the 21st century, many of them can’t truly refuse. Traitors! More »
People
Oprah’s Tyson/Holyfield Matchup, The Death Knell For Macho
6:27PM Andrew Belonsky | Macho men are not so in vogue these days. And, with some help from Oprah, the trend, once so prevalent in pop culture, may very well be dead. Or on its way, at least. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
12:47PM Jess McGuire | This is a brilliant commercial. Sure, it’s a little bit dated, but who cares? It totally makes me want to go to New Zealand. In fact, it appears to be demanding I travel to the land of the long white cloud. Because I own it, apparently. NEW ZEALAND IS MINE, I MUST GO THERE NOW! More »
Please Watch This New Zealand Tourism Commercial Immediately.
12:47PM Jess McGuire | This is a brilliant commercial. Sure, it’s a little bit dated, but who cares? It totally makes me want to go to New Zealand. In fact, it appears to be demanding I travel to the land of the long white cloud. Because I own it, apparently. NEW ZEALAND IS MINE, I MUST GO THERE NOW! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
12:31PM Jess McGuire | Reader Cameron sent this clip of the Muppets performing “The Devil Went Down To Jamaica”. Not a bad way to get your Thursday moving! More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
12:31PM Jess McGuire | Reader Cameron sent this clip of the Muppets performing “The Devil Went Down To Jamaica”. Not a bad way to get your Thursday moving! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
10:43AM Jess McGuire | Oh happy day! Remember that fabulous clip featuring dramatist reading out the Twitter updates of celebrities? Well, they’ve made a second video. Are you ready to enjoy Tila Tequila/Courtney Love/Jessica Simpson’s words of wisdom? More »
Celebrity Twitter Readings Part II
10:43AM Jess McGuire | Oh happy day! Remember that fabulous clip featuring dramatist reading out the Twitter updates of celebrities? Well, they’ve made a second video. Are you ready to enjoy Tila Tequila/Courtney Love/Jessica Simpson’s words of wisdom? More »
Music
8:02AM Jess McGuire | Fancy organising a great big music festival any time soon? Let the tale of Gray brothers, two bright eyed and bushy tailed young men with big dreams, serve as a warning. If things don’t worked out exactly how you planned, you might end up deep in debt and frightened for your life. More »
Regrets? The Organisers Of The Blueprint Festival Have Had A Few…
8:02AM Jess McGuire | Fancy organising a great big music festival any time soon? Let the tale of Gray brothers, two bright eyed and bushy tailed young men with big dreams, serve as a warning. If things don’t worked out exactly how you planned, you might end up deep in debt and frightened for your life. More »
Big Screen
Wes Anderson And Mr. Fox Face The Critics
8:00AM Richard Rushfield | Wes Anderson’s day of destiny is at hand; after back-to-back flops, the once untouchable boy genius is on the verge of becoming a cautionary tale of what happens when quirky gets left out in the rain. More »
People
