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Big Screen
12:38PM Jess McGuire | Sacha Baron Cohen is currently in the midst of doing publicity for his latest movie Bruno in Australia which means we can expect to see him doing outlandish and hilarious things over the next few days in order to grab some column inches. Like insinuating he slept with our beloved Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – HAHAHA! What a mischievous thing to say, etc! More »
Bruno Apparently Fancies The Prime Minister
12:38PM Jess McGuire | Sacha Baron Cohen is currently in the midst of doing publicity for his latest movie Bruno in Australia which means we can expect to see him doing outlandish and hilarious things over the next few days in order to grab some column inches. Like insinuating he slept with our beloved Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – HAHAHA! What a mischievous thing to say, etc! More » 
People
12:26PM Jess McGuire | As far as political scandals go, the current Utegate saga isn’t exactly keeping me on the edge of my seat. It’s not quite the Profumo affair, is it? Perhaps over two years of focusing on the ups and downs of Britney Spears and tracking down hilarious videos of cats doing assorted things has left my brain completely unable to cope with grown up discussion? Nevertheless, I am impressed by journalist Annabel Crabb’s Twitter commentary on the subject. Brain crush alert! More »
The Best Thing About Utegate
12:26PM Jess McGuire | As far as political scandals go, the current Utegate saga isn’t exactly keeping me on the edge of my seat. It’s not quite the Profumo affair, is it? Perhaps over two years of focusing on the ups and downs of Britney Spears and tracking down hilarious videos of cats doing assorted things has left my brain completely unable to cope with grown up discussion? Nevertheless, I am impressed by journalist Annabel Crabb’s Twitter commentary on the subject. Brain crush alert! More »
People
9:30AM Jess McGuire | I haven’t mentioned the latest Gordon Ramsay versus Tracy Grimshaw drama on Defamer Australia yet, but I could safely summarise my thoughts by saying “Gordon, don’t be a fucking tool” and then declaring that I hope he magically morphs back to being the lovable sweary chef I adored back in the days before he indulged in amyl fuelled trysts with professional mistresses and began attempting to insult female reporters by calling them lesbians.
But who cares about my thoughts, I want to hear from Julia Gillard! More »
Julia Gillard Gives Gordon Ramsay A Word Of Advice
9:30AM Jess McGuire | I haven’t mentioned the latest Gordon Ramsay versus Tracy Grimshaw drama on Defamer Australia yet, but I could safely summarise my thoughts by saying “Gordon, don’t be a fucking tool” and then declaring that I hope he magically morphs back to being the lovable sweary chef I adored back in the days before he indulged in amyl fuelled trysts with professional mistresses and began attempting to insult female reporters by calling them lesbians.
But who cares about my thoughts, I want to hear from Julia Gillard! More »
People
12:27PM Jess McGuire | It’s always good to learn that the people running this country not only care deeply about the colour of bird seed, but also have the vocabularies of ten year olds circa 1992. Australian politicians, take it away! More »
Our Prime Minister Has The Occasional ‘Spack Attack’
12:27PM Jess McGuire | It’s always good to learn that the people running this country not only care deeply about the colour of bird seed, but also have the vocabularies of ten year olds circa 1992. Australian politicians, take it away! More »
Radio
10:31AM Jess McGuire | Our esteemed Prime Minister has managed to anger one of the radio world’s most successful self-important arseholes, the inimitable Alan Jones, during a ritzy shindig at Parliament House the other night. More »
The Prime Minister And The Parrot
10:31AM Jess McGuire | Our esteemed Prime Minister has managed to anger one of the radio world’s most successful self-important arseholes, the inimitable Alan Jones, during a ritzy shindig at Parliament House the other night. More »
People
2:31PM Jess McGuire | How on earth did news of the Prime Minister dropping the S-bomb slip past me this week? This is exactly the kind of thing I live for – folks you least expect revealing a delightfully foul-mouthed side to them. That’ll teach me to frolic in the countryside instead of watching Sunday Night on Channel 7.
From ninemsn:
Speaking on the pre-recorded Sunday Night program, the prime minister used the word “shitstorm” when talking about the Government’s $42 billion stimulus plan.
“People are going to run a huge scare campaign about government debt and government borrowing … people have to understand that because there’s going to be the usual political shitstorm, sorry, political storm over that,” Rudd said in the segment that aired last night.
Grrrr! He sounds so… masculine. Like the bespectacled Milky Bar kid grew up to become a lumberjack or something.
Crikey has rightfully mocked the media’s shock over the incident. More »
Who Knew Kevin Rudd Was The Sweary Type?
2:31PM Jess McGuire | How on earth did news of the Prime Minister dropping the S-bomb slip past me this week? This is exactly the kind of thing I live for – folks you least expect revealing a delightfully foul-mouthed side to them. That’ll teach me to frolic in the countryside instead of watching Sunday Night on Channel 7.
From ninemsn:
Speaking on the pre-recorded Sunday Night program, the prime minister used the word “shitstorm” when talking about the Government’s $42 billion stimulus plan.
“People are going to run a huge scare campaign about government debt and government borrowing … people have to understand that because there’s going to be the usual political shitstorm, sorry, political storm over that,” Rudd said in the segment that aired last night.
Grrrr! He sounds so… masculine. Like the bespectacled Milky Bar kid grew up to become a lumberjack or something.
Crikey has rightfully mocked the media’s shock over the incident. More »
Small Screen
12:06PM Jess McGuire | Wanna watch our Prime Minister get grilled by Chris Bath, Mike Munro, and some unhappy working families – and then cop an earful from Kochie regarding money matters during these tough economic times? Of course you do.
Reports MediaWeek:
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will come face-to-face with some of those hit hardest by the recession on a special edition of this week’s Sunday Night on Seven. Hosts Chris Bath and Mike Munro will bring together a group of the nation’s leaders and senior financial advisors to provide the key to getting families through the tough times. Rudd will be answering questions from Australians in studio directly affected by the crisis while Sunrise’s David Koch will have his top five tips on saving money.
I’d watch it because it sounds both gripping and educational, but I’m afraid I’ll be busy jamming rusty nails into my ears. JUST KIDDING. I’ll be spending the long weekend swanning about Golden Plains and feeling concerned about the weather/tent situation. It’s my birthday on Saturday, buy me a drink if we see each other.
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What Are You Doing Sunday Night?
12:06PM Jess McGuire | Wanna watch our Prime Minister get grilled by Chris Bath, Mike Munro, and some unhappy working families – and then cop an earful from Kochie regarding money matters during these tough economic times? Of course you do.
Reports MediaWeek:
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will come face-to-face with some of those hit hardest by the recession on a special edition of this week’s Sunday Night on Seven. Hosts Chris Bath and Mike Munro will bring together a group of the nation’s leaders and senior financial advisors to provide the key to getting families through the tough times. Rudd will be answering questions from Australians in studio directly affected by the crisis while Sunrise’s David Koch will have his top five tips on saving money.
I’d watch it because it sounds both gripping and educational, but I’m afraid I’ll be busy jamming rusty nails into my ears. JUST KIDDING. I’ll be spending the long weekend swanning about Golden Plains and feeling concerned about the weather/tent situation. It’s my birthday on Saturday, buy me a drink if we see each other.
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People
11:46AM Jess McGuire | Apparently Hillary Clinton is considering a trip Down Under… and not in the lesbian-college-attending, butch-haircut-rubbing, totally-lacking-in-maternal-instincts kind of way the haters kept banging on about a couple of years ago. It’s because she’s the Secretary Of State, y’all.
Hillary Clinton’s first trip as Secretary of State could include Australia under a plan being considered by the State Department.
While nothing has been decided, the State Department is considering adding Australia and Indonesia to a North Asian visit that could start as early as next week.
How tremendously exciting! Maybe this will help stop Kevin Rudd’s tears over having to wait so damn long before Barack Obama, undoubtedly feeling pressure from The Australian, bothered to call him? We can only hope.
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Hillary’s Heading To Australia!
11:46AM Jess McGuire | Apparently Hillary Clinton is considering a trip Down Under… and not in the lesbian-college-attending, butch-haircut-rubbing, totally-lacking-in-maternal-instincts kind of way the haters kept banging on about a couple of years ago. It’s because she’s the Secretary Of State, y’all.
Hillary Clinton’s first trip as Secretary of State could include Australia under a plan being considered by the State Department.
While nothing has been decided, the State Department is considering adding Australia and Indonesia to a North Asian visit that could start as early as next week.
How tremendously exciting! Maybe this will help stop Kevin Rudd’s tears over having to wait so damn long before Barack Obama, undoubtedly feeling pressure from The Australian, bothered to call him? We can only hope.
MORE: Hillary Clinton may include Australia in first visit as Secretary of State More »
People
11:10AM Jess McGuire | Malcolm Turnbull has declared he’s none too pleased with the Government’s $42 billion stimulus package, declaring he’s planning on voting against it in Parliament. He thinks the Government’s package is too big!
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Malcolm Turnbull Disappointed With The Size Of The Government’s Package
11:10AM Jess McGuire | Malcolm Turnbull has declared he’s none too pleased with the Government’s $42 billion stimulus package, declaring he’s planning on voting against it in Parliament. He thinks the Government’s package is too big!
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People
10:51AM Jess McGuire | Either way, someone with the surname Gilchrist would like to see Australia Day moved to a date other than January 26th.
But neither Adam nor Andrew’s words seem to be making a difference when it comes to convincing Kevin Rudd.
Mr Rudd made it clear the Government would not shift the national day.
“To our indigenous leaders, and those who call for a change to our national day, let me say a simple, respectful, but straightforward no.”
And there you go.
Your move, Adam/Andrew.
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Andrew And/Or Adam Gilchrist Would Like Australia Day Moved
10:51AM Jess McGuire | Either way, someone with the surname Gilchrist would like to see Australia Day moved to a date other than January 26th.
But neither Adam nor Andrew’s words seem to be making a difference when it comes to convincing Kevin Rudd.
Mr Rudd made it clear the Government would not shift the national day.
“To our indigenous leaders, and those who call for a change to our national day, let me say a simple, respectful, but straightforward no.”
And there you go.
Your move, Adam/Andrew.
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