Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Flotsam & Jetsam

Drunk Americans Choke Down More Wine Than France

11:49PM Hamilton Nolan | Freedom fries and foreign beer for everyone: in 2010 – for the first time ever, according to some dubious industry association that may or may not be trustworthy – the USA consumed more wine than the hated French. Sure, big party. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Manhattan Hotel Maids Getting ‘Panic Buttons’ Now

11:11PM Hamilton Nolan | First, Dominique Strauss-Kahn allegedly sexually assaulted a housekeeper at Manhattan’s Sofitel. Then, an Egyptian big shot allegedly sexually assaulted a maid at The Pierre. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Woman Leaves Dentist’s Office With Foreign Accent

8:27PM jeff neumann | Imagine going in for a rather routine dental surgery, and leaving with a foreign accent. That’s what happened to Karen Butler after she was put under and had several teeth removed. “I just went to sleep and I woke up and my mouth was all sore and swollen, and I talked funny. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Stephen Colbert: Maybe The Rapture Actually Did Happen

2:41PM Matt Cherette | When May 21 came and went without the world ending, those expecting to ascend to Heaven were left flabbergasted and crazy Apocalypse predictor Harold Camping revised the date to October 21. But on tonight’s Report, Stephen Colbert had a question: How do we know the Rapture didn’t actually happen? Here’s his explanation. More »
Music

What Song Are You Listening To?

10:59AM Jess McGuire | The idea behind this video is just brilliant, I reckon. Someone has wandered around the streets of New York with a camera and asked everyone walking past wearing headphones exactly what they’re listening to at that very moment. Some of their choices aren’t really what you’d expect – I particularly loved the dude enjoying the smooth disco sounds of the Bee Gees. More »
People

Kris Smith: “Everything Has Its Ups And Downs”

10:45AM Jess McGuire | With the gossip world suddenly and intrusively turning their attentions on the relationship status of Kris Smith and Dannii Minogue after the couple apparently made a few slightly emo updates on Twitter (which were later deleted), the showbiz pair have felt the need to release an official statement saying they’re still together and committed to making their family work. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

AC/DC: Fish Bait For Shark Ears.

10:35AM Jess McGuire | If you enjoy biting people and listening to the rockin’ tunes of Australia’s AC/DC, then it seems you have a couple of things in common with the Great White Shark – and no, unfortunately I’m not referring to Greg Norman. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day

8:12AM Jess McGuire | You guys, it’s a kitten being hugged by the mama cat! KITTEN! BEING HUGGED! BY A MAMA CAT! Adorable. More »
People

Michelle Rodriguez Releases Her Crack, Again

7:39AM Maureen OConnor | After partying her arse off with her arse out in Cannes, Michelle Rodriguez wore her butt-revealing bikini again in Monaco, where she spent the weekend yachting. More »
Online

Facebook Eyes A Billion Users

7:35AM Ryan Tate | Facebook is reportedly close to adding its 700 millionth user, indicating that the social network is on track to cross the billion person mark sometime in 2012. Good luck catching up, Google. More »