Thursday, September 2, 2010

People

Rapper T.I. Arrested For Hotboxing In Hollywood

10:03PM jeff neumann | Six months after serving time on federal weapons charges, rapper T.I. was arrested driving last night in West Hollywood after police officers “smelled a strong odour of marijuana emitting from the vehicle”. Another celebrity undone by the “vapour trail”. More »
Music

Official Clip For Cee-Le Green’s “F-ck You”

1:57PM Jess McGuire | Oh look, there’s a brand new video set in a fifties diner for Cee-Lo Green’s “Fuck You” and it is rather adorable! If you work for Opus Dei or something, you might want to turn the volume down. More »
Music

Cold War Kids – “Hospital Beds”

12:06PM Jess McGuire | I’ve had a long hard think about it, and I think “Hospital Beds” is probably my favourite Cold War Kids song. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

11:36AM Jess McGuire | This video comes courtesy of Chris Martin (yes, the lead singer of Coldplay! Except not him, but an Australian dude with the same name!) who asked “any chance you can run this flashback clip, one of the all time great pieces of Aussie comedy, from the movie Gettin’ Square? David Wenham gives one of the best performances ever in a local movie.” Oh, only cos you asked so nicely, Chris Martin. More »
People

Miranda Kerr’s Normal Human Pregnancy Seems To Be Progressing Nicely

11:33AM Jess McGuire | EXCITING NEWS, EVERYONE! MIRANDA KERR, A NORMAL HUMAN FEMALE WHO IS PREGNANT, IS BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF BEING PREGNANT WITH A NORMAL HUMAN BABY! IT’S SO MIRACULOUS, I CANNOT STOP SHOUTING! More »
Music

Merry, Merry King Of The Bush Goes Back Into The Closet

11:21AM Jess McGuire | It seems the unfathomably gay life of the Australian kookaburra is now over. No more sequins and good times for you, my little feathered friend! Oh, they’ve replaced your gay life with an allegedly “fun” one, but what does that mean exactly? Sinking cans of piss and watching V8 Supercars races in Bathurst? Pah. Your glitterball existence sounded way more exciting. More »
Online

‘Transformers’ Director Michael Bay Offers Bounty For Puppy-Throwing Girl

11:21AM Adrian Chen | The hunt for Puppy-Throwing Girl just got a lot more explosionier: Michael Bay, director of Victoria’s Secret commercials and giant robot movies, has placed a $US50,000 bounty on information leading to the arrest of the famed animal abuser. More »
Online

Fred Nile “Researches” The Exciting World Of Internet Porn And Gambling.

11:02AM Jess McGuire | Here’s a pleasant way to start our Thursday, gang! Reverend Fred Nile – the extremely charming NSW politician who views homosexuality as an “immoral, unnatural and abnormal” lifestyle choice, the man who once described The Greens as the “watermelon party… green on the outside but red on the inside, with a bit of a pink tinge”, and the proud Christian chap who introduced an anti-burqa bill into the New South Wales Legislative Council – has apparently been “implicated in an internet pornography scandal”. S’cool, guys! It was just research for the paper he’s planning on publishing in the academic journal… of his pants! More »
Big Screen

Freelance Assassins Don’t Exist, Says Buzzkilling Internet Magazine

9:43AM Adrian Chen | There goes the premise of that new George Clooney flick and dozens of other awesome movies. The super sexy full-time assassin is a myth: they’re usually regular crooks who do murder-for-hire on the side, or government agents. Borrrrrring. [Slate]
Music

Lady Gaga’s Pro-Gay Marriage Tweets Too Hot For Apple’s New Music Service

9:07AM Adrian Chen | Apple is notoriously squeamish about gay-themed iPhone apps. This ambivalence seems to have made the jump to Ping, the music social network Apple announced today. In a promo screenshot, they censored Lady Gaga’s tweets celebrating the demise of Prop 8. More »