Thursday, June 9, 2011
Flotsam & Jetsam
Facebook Friends Tattoo Was An ‘Advertising Stunt’
3:50PM jeff neumann | Earlier this week a strong contender for Dumbest Tattoo of the Year appeared in a video, My Social Tattoo, that depicted a woman with the profile pictures of 152 Facebook friends tattooed up her arm. Sadly, it’s fake: More »
Music
8:32AM Jess McGuire | I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to discover Mary Margaret O’Hara – this kind of heart wrenching balladry is absolutely my cup of musical tea. Her 1988 album Miss America is startlingly beautiful, and the following song “To Cry About” is just killing me at the moment (in the best possible way). More »
Mary Margaret O’Hara – “To Cry About”
8:32AM Jess McGuire | I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to discover Mary Margaret O’Hara – this kind of heart wrenching balladry is absolutely my cup of musical tea. Her 1988 album Miss America is startlingly beautiful, and the following song “To Cry About” is just killing me at the moment (in the best possible way). More »
Online
Hip Mum Tweets During Childbirth
8:23AM Maureen OConnor | Mary Wycherly is a photographer and former indie rocker. Her husband, Martin Carr, is a songwriter and former frontman of shoegaze band the Boo Radleys. Mary recently gave birth to daughter Sailor. As @marytwocats, she tweeted throughout: More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Coffee Might Make You Hear Things
7:49AM Adrian Chen | A new study from Australia’s La Trobe University has found that there is a connection between caffeine and auditory hallucinations. That is, drinking coffee, you might hear weird things. More »
Small Screen
Oprah’s Finale Wasn’t Her Highest Rated Episode
7:08AM Brian Moylan | A whopping 16.4 million people watched Oprah’s final episode, besting even the prime-time competition for the week, but her highest-rated show remains “Why I Love Older Women” from 1993. And that, ladies and gentlemen, will be her legacy.
Small Screen
Chace Crawford Wants To Be Taken Seriously
6:23AM Richard Lawson | The Gossip Girl star would like some awards recognition, please. Also today: Leo DiCaprio taps into his murderous side, yet another CSI departure, and a Noah’s Ark movie might be imminent. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
America Is The Funniest Country In The World
2:59AM Richard Lawson | A recent online poll asked 30,000 thousand users of social networking site Badoo (so, not Americans basically) to pick the funniest and least funny countries from a list of 15, and the good old Red, White & Blue came out on top. More »
People
1:30AM Maureen OConnor | Emma Watson’s love life is lacking. Lady Gaga’a bodyguard beats up a fan. Suri Cruise’s shoe collection is worth $US150,000. Chris Evans admits he is balding. Wednesday gossip intimidates men. More »
Emma Watson Can’t Get A Date To Save Her Life
1:30AM Maureen OConnor | Emma Watson’s love life is lacking. Lady Gaga’a bodyguard beats up a fan. Suri Cruise’s shoe collection is worth $US150,000. Chris Evans admits he is balding. Wednesday gossip intimidates men. More » 
People
Which TV Actor Is Coming Out Soon?
12:47AM Brian Moylan | This star of an HBO show is supposedly coming out of the closet any day now. This sitcom star is trying to stay in the closet. And this group of bisexual Hollywood mums has a monthly playdate/orgy. Did a gay bomb go off in Hollywood or something? More »
Online
