Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Flotsam & Jetsam
America’s Worst PR Man Is Not Mourning ‘Dope Head’ Amy Winehouse
11:17PM Defamer US Edition | In London today, Amy Winehouse’s family is holding her funeral. Here an America, Amy Winehouse is being decried by flacks. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Boxing Kangaroo Attack Barely Fazes Tough Grannie
10:27PM Defamer US Edition | 94-year-old Australian Phyllis Johnson was attacked by a rampaging, psycho “Big Red” kangaroo while she was hanging laundry in her backyard on Sunday. Johnson told the Courier-Mail that she “bashed it on the head but it kept going for me”, and she was only saved when cops showed up and pepper sprayed its arse. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Britons Are Drinking Less Beer Because Cocaine Is So Cheap
7:29PM Defamer US Edition | The Telegraph today reports that beer sales in Britain have dropped 9.8 per cent between April and June of this year, and the same time last year. That’s the biggest dip in sales in 14 years. So, why are beer sales plummeting? The paper assigns blame to the outrageous taxes imposed on brewers, a 35.4 per cent rise in duties since March 2008, but it failed to include another factor – cocaine has never been cheaper! More »
Print
Daily Mail Proudly Serving 100% Hack-Free Content, Says CEO
6:16PM Defamer US Edition | It’s a terrible time to be a News Corp-owned UK tabloid, but a pretty sweet time if you happen to be the competition. Case in point: The Daily Mail & General Trust newspaper group is having a schadenfreude smorgasbord over Rupe’s recent troubles. More »
Small Screen
Stephen Colbert’s Male Version Of The ‘Talking Vagina’ Ads
5:14PM Defamer US Edition | On tonight’s Report, Stephen Colbert tackled those recent Summer’s Eve ads featuring talking vaginas of various ethnic backgrounds. Colbert’s biggest gripe was that there aren’t any equally disempowering ads for male genitals. So he made one himself. Video of the segment is above. More »
Small Screen
Cincinnati’s First Reality Show Will Probably Be The Last
3:12PM Defamer US Edition | Last night, Cincinnati’s Fox affiliate, WXIX, debuted Queen City, a reality show about four boring single women and their boring struggle to balance their boring lives in a boring southern Ohio city. If you’ve ever wondered whether Bravo was going to expand its Real Housewives franchise to Cinci, check out the show’s premiere episode above and you’ll see why that won’t be happening anytime soon. More »
People
1:02PM Jess McGuire | Could newly married supermodel Kate Moss and her musician husband Jamie Hince be wandering the streets of Sydney as we speak? Possibly, says Sydney Confidential. Apparently there have been unconfirmed sightings of Moss around the Paddington area, but so far no one has been able to get photographic evidence. Which I guess means Kate Moss is Oxford Street’s own Loch Ness Monster. More »
Kate Moss Is Now Paddington’s Supermodel Equivalent Of Nessie
1:02PM Jess McGuire | Could newly married supermodel Kate Moss and her musician husband Jamie Hince be wandering the streets of Sydney as we speak? Possibly, says Sydney Confidential. Apparently there have been unconfirmed sightings of Moss around the Paddington area, but so far no one has been able to get photographic evidence. Which I guess means Kate Moss is Oxford Street’s own Loch Ness Monster. More »
Music
9:01AM Jess McGuire | My darling radio co-host has been playing this Trentemøller Remix of Lars and The Hands of Light’s song “Me Me Me” a fair bit on RRR lately, and every time I hear it I think “OH MY GOD, THIS IS AMAZING!”. Do you know why I think that, dear reader? Because it is. A Danish band remixed perfectly by a Danish producer? Well played, Denmark. I can see why Our Mary likes you so much. More »
Lars and The Hands of Light – “Me Me Me (Trentemøller Remix)”
9:01AM Jess McGuire | My darling radio co-host has been playing this Trentemøller Remix of Lars and The Hands of Light’s song “Me Me Me” a fair bit on RRR lately, and every time I hear it I think “OH MY GOD, THIS IS AMAZING!”. Do you know why I think that, dear reader? Because it is. A Danish band remixed perfectly by a Danish producer? Well played, Denmark. I can see why Our Mary likes you so much. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
8:01AM Jess McGuire | Some dogs are just a little too confident when it comes to their physical capabilities, you know? Take for example this adorable pup who, while chasing a friend, kinda fails to match his pal’s leaping skills. Bless his little cotton socks paws. More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
8:01AM Jess McGuire | Some dogs are just a little too confident when it comes to their physical capabilities, you know? Take for example this adorable pup who, while chasing a friend, kinda fails to match his pal’s leaping skills. Bless his little cotton socks paws. More »
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