Sandra Bullock Scarlett Johansson Kiss On MTV Movie Awards – There were quite a few highlights at the MTV Movie Awards 2010, including Tom Cruise’s performance with Jennifer Lopez and Kristen and Robert’s acceptance speech for Best Kiss but we’re pretty sure Sandra Bullock’s moment with Scarlett Johansson is what will have everyone talking this week. [manolith]
Tom Cruise Dances With J-Lo Like You’ve Never Seen – Jennifer Lopez surprised fans by joining Tom Cruise on stage for a dancing duet at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards.As Ludacris blared, Cruise, who was dressed as his Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman, entered the stage solo and began dancing, even grabbing his crotch at one point. Les Grossman is, essentially, Cruise’s saviour. [usmagazine]
Vamos Rafa! Rafael Nadal Wins 5th French Open – Rafael Nadal reclaimed his crown as the King of Clay on Sunday, and he did it with dogged defense. Chasing down shots all over the court, the relentless Spaniard won his fifth French Open title and avenged his lone Roland Garros defeat, beating Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. [cbsnews]
Porn Star Accused Of Killing Colleague With Samurai Sword, Falls Off Cliff. Dies – Surrounded by a SWAT team on a rocky cliff, a porn actor (not Rocco) suspected of killing a colleague last week moved to the edge of the outcropping and fell some 40 feet to his death, ending a dramatic, daylong standoff with police outside Los Angeles. It just goes to so. You live by the sword, you die by the sword. [associated]
The Genius Of Kim Jong il – Whether or not Our Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il personally ordered the torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship, the ensuing atmosphere of crisis has given the ailing dictator an opportunity to distract a population that might otherwise be complaining that they’re eating weeds instead of rice. Keeping their minds off the pain – what an incredible man. [latimes]
Media-shy North Koreans Stay in Midrand, Train in Thembisa – The North Korean World Cup squad held its fourth training session in South Africa on Saturday with foreign reporters yet to be allowed in. The red team bus has “1966 again! Victory for the DPR of Korea!” written across its side in reference to its only other World Cup appearance where it made a surprise run to the quarterfinals. [mail&guardian]
Smoking Pot Doesn’t Affect The Way You Drive – Good news for those of you who light up at the cooling towers en route to Hermanus, Researchers from Hartford Hospital in Connecticut and the University of Iowa had 85 subjects participate in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial where they were tested on a driving simulator before and 30 minutes after smoking a marijuana cigarette. Guess what happened.. [akylum]
Sex, Lies, and Red String Bracelets: Kabbalah Gets a Sex Scandal – It is a truth universally acknowledged that a cult in possession of celebrities is in want of a sex scandal. That’s why Scientologists have orgies and the original celebrity cult*—Catholicism—has, well, all of this. Now Kabbalah’s joining in. Good times! [gawker]
“Shark-Surfer-Man” Is Through To Hurley Surf Compo Final Round! – remember that crazy shark surfer guy we chatted about the other day (article here), Well enjoy this, he is through to the final round. Voting starts fresh again and ends in a few days. We MUST get him to win, people. So click the link and cast your vote! I swear it is quick (one click after jump) [vote]
Our Dear Leader’s Soccer Strategy Foiled! – Was it a cunning plan conjured by a team from one of the most secret societies on the planet? Maybe it was, as has been suggested, just an “administrative error”. Whatever it was, Kim Myong Won, the North Korea striker, is likely to take no part in the World Cup finals that start a week today. God, the West are so childish! [timesuk]
Elbow Injury Leaves Drogba Fearing Final Blow – Jesus, Alex Kindersley is going to have a heart attack when he finds out about this. Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has fractured his elbow in a friendly tie against Japan and could now miss the World Cup finals. “It’s an elbow injury. How bad it is, I don’t know. He had a lot of pain,” coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said. [espn]
No City For Old Men – His name is Wyndham Montbottom St. George Caincross. In Westminster he’s called Lord Caincross. If you regard a man by a Randian single-minded pursuit of success, and you believe success to be measured in self made monetary terms, then my Lord disappoints. However, if you’re Emersonesque in your perspective, he has been extremely successful at one thing: lunch. [southernwrite]
World Cup Hotties – This one’s for the laydezz! They don’t call it “The Beautiful Game” for nothing—more than a few viewers of soccer’s World Cup will be tuning in just for the gorgeous men. From Cristiano Ronaldo to Fabio Cannavaro, view the Daily Beast gallery of the finest 15. [dailybeast]
Vanessa Haywood Tackles Big Five For A Great Cause – Actress, presenter and model Vanessa Haywood will take part in the Big 5 Challenge at the Knysna Oyster Festival. The 11-day challenge starts on 1 July and will see Vanessa participating in five grueling sports activities. [magneticsouth]
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