getting to know gabriella cilmi

Getting To Know Gabriella Cilmi (Part Two)

2:34PM Jess McGuire | Now that we’ve learned a few fun facts about Gabriella Cilmi, let us assess her musical worth via a collection of video clips courtesy of YouTube. Shall we start with the official video for her single ‘Sweet About Me’? Oh, go on. More »

When WAGS Go Bad

1:13PM Jess McGuire | Frankly, there are so many highlights in this article about footballer Brent Harvey’s partner Shayne McClintock’s fisticuffs with a woman who insulted her after snatching a pillow from her son Cooper (and shortly afterwards, the lady who tried to stop Shayne laying the smackdown on aforementioned insult-slinging woman), we’re almost beside ourselves. The partner of Kangaroos footy star Brent Harvey has escaped conviction for punching two mothers at a children’s play centre after one of them called her “trailer trash”. … Ms McClintock ran at Ms Nance, who was carrying her one-year-old, and punched her in the head from behind. Off-duty officer Tania Perry, who was holding hands with her two-year-old, was belted in the jaw by Ms McClintock as she tried to pull her off Ms Nance. A well-timed fist to the skull is undoubtedly the smartest way to clear up any misconceptions folk may have regarding how classy you are. More »

Getting To Know Gabriella Cilmi (Part One)

12:13PM Jess McGuire | In anticipation of her forthcoming appearance on Sunday night’s episode of Rove, we thought we’d better start finding out some stuff about Gabriella Cilmi, the Melbourne teenager who is, according to many press reports, going to be the music world’s “next big thing” (and god knows the press never gets that prediction wrong). Knowing nearly absolutely nothing about Ms Cilmi, we hit the streets – and by streets, we obviously mean “search engines” – and have hastily bashed together a dossier of facts about her which would put self-proclaimed intelligence gathering organisations like the CIA to shame. Or something. After the jump, let’s begin our GabFest with some nuggets of information about the youthful lass, helpfully presented in easily digestible bullet form. More »