Wednesday, April 28, 2010

People

The Pink Queen

5:03PM Glen Runciter | [The Queen hit up Cymru Arena in Llandudno, Wales on Tuesday as part of a visit to North Wales. Pic via Getty]
People

Donatella Versace Will Allow You To Be Her Intern For $US20,000

4:08PM Racked.com | Interested in being Donatella Versace’s intern for a semester? For a mere $US20,000, the job can be yours. And she’ll even throw in a t-shirt and a bottle of perfume. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

3:15PM Jess McGuire | My beloved chum T-Bags keeps sending me YouTube greatness – here’s another one I must share with you. It is both amusing, but also TORTUROUS. Honest to god, the longest two and a half minutes of my life. Hey guys! HEY GUYS! Hi guys! HEY GUYS! More »
People

Was Laura Bush Poisoned? And Other Questions From Her Memoir

2:49PM Glen Runciter | The Times snagged a copy of Laura Bush’s memoir Spoken from the Heart a week before its release, and they’ve got the goods: Possible presidential poisoning! Peeved political potshots! And details on her fatal, “mysterious”, high-school car accident. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Correction: Turning On The Light To Pee At Night Does Not Cause Cancer

1:00PM Adrian Chen | A while back we alerted you to a study that the Daily Mail reported suggested turning on the light during a late-night trip to the bathroom causes cancer. Turns out, unsurprisingly, that this is complete bullshit! The Guardian today points out that this has been debunked in a number of places on the internet. The study’s authors told AOL Health that: More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

This Woman Is Addicted To Coke Zero

12:37PM Jess McGuire | I missed out on watching the recent story on A Current Affair about a woman who is addicted to Coke Zero when it aired, but thanks to the dedication of one viewer who sat holding a camera and filmed the hard-hitting interview as it was broadcast on Australian television, I was able to watch it on YouTube. It is fairly incredible, and it will probably win the folks at A Current Affair a well deserved Walkley Award. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

GINGERS DO HAVE SOULS!

11:19AM Jess McGuire | This video is amazing. Seriously. It addresses the important issue of “do gingers have souls?” and does so in a spectacular, slightly unhinged way. I can’t believe this clip was uploaded to YouTube in January and I didn’t see it until today. “I got red hair, and I’m proud of it! I consider ginger a very slanderous word.” More »
Big Screen

Russell Crowe Will Not Kill You With His Bare Hands

10:40AM Jess McGuire | You may have read yesterday’s extract from The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company called DreamWorks by Nicole LaPorte which talked about Russell Crowe’s excellent negotiating skills (“I will kill you with my bare hands.”) and his inability to run in sandals and thought to yourself “My, I wonder what Our Rusty has to say about this?!” Well, I am happy to inform you that Russell has taken to Twitter and addressed this extremely important issue. More »
Small Screen

Jackie MacDonald’s Hey Hey It’s Wednesday Return Delayed

8:53AM Jess McGuire | Apparently Jackie MacDonald was going to appear on the all new “revamped” Hey Hey It’s Saturday tonight, but now it seems she’s called in sick. The common cold has prevented Jackie from reuniting with Daryl and friends, but don’t worry folks – she plans on making the trip down from Queensland as soon as she’s all better. More »