Saturday, July 10, 2010
People
Mel Gibson’s Horrifying Phone Call Is Now Online
7:40AM a | Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to witness the end of Mel Gibson’s career: The recording of Gibson telling his ex-girlfriend she resembles a “fucking pig in heat” and would be “raped by a pack of niggers” has emerged online. More »
Online
The Rise And Fall Of Justin Bieber, Taiwanese CGI Edition
7:32AM a | Lest there be any doubt that Taiwanese animators are baiting us with their quaintly foreign CGI videos: “Internet Turns on Justin Bieber” dramatises 4chan and Justin Bieber’s syphilis rumour. It also shows baby Bieber clinging to a suspiciously phallic microphone. More »
Music
Teenage Girls Think Miley Cyrus Is Totes Over
7:20AM Brian Moylan | Sales of Miley Cyrus’ latest album “Can’t Be Tamed” have been disappointing compared to her 2008 debut. Why? Her fan base of middle-school girls think she’s acting too “grown-up” (read: slutty). And the fickle 12-year-olds have set us free.
Online
Israeli Dancing Soldiers Forced To Apologise
6:15AM a | The dancing soldier YouTube meme has been banished from the Israel Defnece Forces. Armed soldiers who danced to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” in Hebron have been ordered to make a public service video to prevent future dancing soldier videos. More »
People
Michael Lohan Gets Worked Up Talking About Lindsay, Drops The F-Bomb On Live TV
6:04AM Brian Moylan | When Fox News’ Shep Smith asked Michael Lohan why he didn’t do more to help daughter Lindsay before she was given jail time, he exploded and dropped the F-bomb. The Lohans: keeping it classy since 2002. Click through for video. More »
People
Gwyneth Paltrow Is The Most Perfect Person In The World
6:04AM Richard Lawson | Gracing the cover of Vogue‘s annual Age Issue is American ex-patriot and actress Gwyneth Paltrow. She has a cookbook coming out, so they dispatched a food writer to cook with her at several of her mansions. It was sublime. More »
Big Screen
Agent Scully Finally Gets A New Partner
4:53AM Richard Lawson | Though, sadly, he’s no Mulder. Also today: Miramax has finally been bought! Yay for millionaires! Comedy Central has a new sitcom in the works, and HBO has intriguing new projects. More »
People
4:52AM a | [Lindsay Lohan, the artistic mind behind the world's first contempt of court by reason of manicure, drops by Dick Blick Art Materials in Los Angeles. Israeli maybe-girlfriend Eilat Anschel, Dina Lohan and Ali Lohan were also there. Image via Splash.]
Lindsay Lohan And A Stockpile Of Paintbrushes – What Could Go Wrong?
4:52AM a | [Lindsay Lohan, the artistic mind behind the world's first contempt of court by reason of manicure, drops by Dick Blick Art Materials in Los Angeles. Israeli maybe-girlfriend Eilat Anschel, Dina Lohan and Ali Lohan were also there. Image via Splash.] 
Flotsam & Jetsam
How Lady Gaga Helped Leak 150,000 Classified State Department Cables
2:44AM Adrian Chen | More details are emerging about the case of Wikileaker Pvt. Bradley Manning and they are… Gagalicious. Manning’s plan to download and leak thousands of classified documents to Wikileaks hinged on lip-syncing to “Telephone”. More »
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