Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Ron Burkle, The Weinsteins Gunning For Miramax

11:28PM Hamilton Nolan | Once-proud studio Miramax died in January, and Disney is selling off its carcass for pennies on the dollar. But look who might snap it up: The Weinstein brothers, who built the place, and their billionaire pal Ron Burkle! More »

Jessica Simpson To Pose Without Makeup, And Other Terrors

10:30PM Maureen OConnor | Without lip gloss, will we even recognise her? Tiger Woods consults Buddhist prayers on his Blackberry. Michael Lohan pops the question to Kate Major. Whoopi Goldberg is on Team Jesse James. Wednesday’s gossip roundup has seen a ghost. More »

Trend Watch, Spring 2010: Baldazzling

10:10PM jeff neumann | Forget comb overs and baseball hats, bald men can now opt for a head bedazzling from London-based entrepreneur Philip Levine, who says, “I seem to be on the cusp of making it a trend.” [stylelist] More »

The Pope Hates The Da Vinci Code, Hollywood

7:14PM jeff neumann | Still upset over Dan Brown’s suggestion that Jesus was boning Mary, Pope Benedict decided to exact revenge on the liberal heathens of southern California by appointing a new Archbishop of LA – Jose Gomez, an ultra-orthodox Opus Dei bishop. [Telegraph]

Have You Heard The Sandra Bullock Hitler Poop-stache Sex Tape Rumor, Yet?

6:18PM Maureen OConnor | Have you heard the dirtiest, nastiest, Naziest rumour about Sandra Bullock and Jesse James? It involves anal sex, the barrel of a shotgun, a Hitler poop-stache, and a video camera. It’s a Freudian nightmare come to life. It’s a myth. More »

Meet The Chinese Susan Boyle

2:39PM Maureen OConnor | Oh, look, another Chinese knock-off. (I can say that because I am half of one.) Taiwan’s Susan Boyle is a man with a spherical body, bowl cut and pitch-perfect Whitney Houston impression. More »

AOL Takes Site From $US850m To Worthless In Two Years

1:15PM Ryan Tate | When AOL paid $US850 million for Bebo two years ago, the deal immediately smelled rotten. Now it’s looking downright putrid: AOL might write the social network off entirely. More »

Wikileaks Better At Finding Top-Secret Pentagon Videos Than Pentagon

1:14PM Adrian Chen | You know that disturbing, possibly scandalous video of US helicopters shooting civilians and journalists in Iraq leaked by Wikileaks? Turns out the Pentagon couldn’t have released it even if they wanted to. They have no idea where their copy is. More »

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

1:01PM Jess McGuire | I don’t know what’s cuter – this kitty standing up like a human being and peering around inquisitively, or the soundtrack of this YouTube video. More »