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Culture
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This Is The First Meme Of 2014
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you didn’t enjoy the meteoric rise of the selfie last year, you’re in for something of a rough ride in 2014. The very first meme of 2014 is the ‘Selfie Olympics’ or ‘extreme selfie’, and it comes with a very specific set of rules and regulations.
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Please Enjoy These Photos From The Mpisane’s New Year Party [Gallery Feat. Bheki Cele]
06 Jan 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Well-known tenderpreneurs Shawn and S’bu Mpisane saw 2013 off in style when they invited hundreds of A-list guests to their magnificent home in La Lucia, Durban.
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2013’s Pop Culture In A Quick 3 Minute [VIDEO]
20 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Set to Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire’, this awesome parody throws in all the messy, cringe worthy and just plain ridiculous celeb scandals that clogged up newswaves this year. Comedian Owen Weber produces slam dunk after slam dunk as he rapidly belts out already silly headlines with his own unique twist.
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Augmented Reality Glasses Will Be Here In 2014 [VIDEO]
20 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This may give you a semi if you’re an engineer, designer, or an architect. Meron Gribetz is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley startup, Meta. Meta is dedicated to creating an augmented-reality headset that will let you interact with virtual reality objects in the real world.
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Drug Cartels And Amazon.com Have The Same Business Model [VIDEO]
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Billions of dollars in sales. Quick shipments. Ultra-efficient distribution chains. Carefully orchestrated PR. Drone delivery. If you think we’re talking about a major business like Google or Amazon, you’d be wrong.
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Mashable Gives 5 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Facebook
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It always seemed like only a matter of time before Facebook users started questioning how much time they were expending online, and now the questions have started coming thick and fast from the group of people Facebook relies on most – the millinials.
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Here Is The New 9m Tall Nelson Mandela Statue [PICS]
17 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A nine-meter tall statue of our storied former President was yesterday unveiled at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
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Daily Beast’s 13 Most Overlooked Movies Of 2013
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Grand total of 633 movies opened this year – making 2013 one of the most prolific years in film.
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Inbreeding Hell – This Australian Incest Farm Cult Will Blow Your Mind
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Australia – where the English sent their convicts in the 18th century, and where the convicts hunted the aboriginals to near-extinction. It’s a harsh land, full of mystery and wonder. And incest, it seems.
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They Used Lookalikes To Create This Outrageous Royal Christmas Scene [GALLERY]
12 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ah – how desperately lovely it must been to be there for Prince George’s first Christmas.
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Gay Sex Is Now Illegal In India
12 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
India’s supreme court has once again criminalised consensual sex between homosexual partners.
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This Is TIME Magazine’s Person Of The Year
12 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to the managing editor, deciding on Time’s person of the year is “not about how good or bad someone has been but how much of a difference they’ve made.” So who has followed in the footsteps of Joseph Stalin, Mark Zuckerberg, and last year’s winner – Barack Obama?
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Study Shows Most People Would Prefer Phonecalls To Be Banned On Planes
12 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After relaxing some of the laws around gadget use inside planes, the US government is considering yet more aviation rule changes. But the American public seems to have already made up their minds.
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If You Missed The Crowd Booing Zuma, Here’s A [VIDEO]
12 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When the world’s elite gathered inside the FNB stadium on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, South Africans inside the stadium took the opportunity to voice their concerns over Jacob Zuma’s leadership capabilities.
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Forbes Reckons Adam Sandler Was The Most Overpaid Actor Of 2013
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Once upon a time, Adam Sandler was hailed as the king of comedy in Hollywood. But that time is no more. Forbes just placed him at the top of a list of the most overpaid actors in Hollywood. Ouch.
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Watch: The Definitive 1994 Pop Culture Highlights Reel [VIDEO]
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A lot of incredibly important stuff happened in 1994. South Africa became a real country thanks to the anti-apartheid movement spearheaded by Nelson Mandela’s ANC, and many others. 1994 also brought us many special pop culture gifts like Timone and Pumbaa from ‘The Lion King’, the immortal quote “Run Forrest run!”, and Radiohead’s ‘Creep’.
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Selfies Are Turning Us Into A Nasty Bunch Of Narcissists [INFOGRAPHIC]
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, of course they are. But now we have cold, hard evidence to prove it. This infographic outlines some of the basic traits of narcissism, before revealing some worrying correlations between heavy social media use and narcissism.
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Man Leaps To His Death As Girlfriend Won’t Stop Shopping [VIDEO]
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Chinese man, like so many others before him, thought death to be more favourable than shopping. Difference is – he actually killed himself.
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Remember That Guy Who Owns The ‘Revenge Porn’ Website? He’s Been Arrested
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, a man from California was arrested due to allegations that he ran an infamous ‘revenge porn’ website that hosted images of men’s ex-girlfriends.
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TIME Magazine’s ‘Most Surprising’ Photos Of 2013
11 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2013 will be remembered for many reasons. It was the year of the Reeva Steenkamp shooting, Mandela’s passing, and Miley Cyrus’ twerking. All-in-all, it was a year with moments that left us shocked, bewildered, amazed, and heart-broken. In honour of this crazy year, TIME has put together a collection of the ‘Most Surprising’ images of 2013.
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“Sekunjalo Independent Media Are Attempting To Compromise The Editorial Independence Of The Cape Times”
10 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The editorial staff over at The Cape Times are becoming increasingly worried that their editorial independence is under threat. It all started when Cape Times editor, Alide Dasnois, was fired unexpectedly by the paper’s new owners, Sekunjalo Independent Media.
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You Gotta See This: The First Interview With Nelson Mandela From 1961 [VIDEO]
10 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve found this one knocking around in the basement – it’s Madiba’s first-ever TV interview.
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Westboro Baptist Church Thank God For Killing Mandela And Plan To Protest At His Funeral [VIDEO]
10 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
It was oddly comforting how on 6 December, not even the most pugnacious troll reared his twisted face. For once, Twitter seemed to unite gracefully. Until people discovered the account of the Westboro Baptist Church
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Everything You Need To Know About Nelson Mandela’s Memorial Service Today – TV Times, Schedule, Transport etc
10 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s a big event, and with big events come some very specific details. Wise up here.
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Alarming Interview With A Guy Who Worked For The Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Josh Shapiro always knew he wanted to make as much money as possible. Which is why, when other people his age were floundering, he was raking in thousands of dollars every day.
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“With Mandela Gone, The ANC No Longer Has A Noble Cause”
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eish. We kinda knew that stuff like this was on its way. An article, entitled “Mandela’s Death Highlights How Messed Up South Africa Is Now” was recently published on Business Insider.
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Governments Are Able To Spy On You Through Your Laptop Camera – With The Light OFF
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most of us with a brain and an internet connection already figured that third-party spying via a laptop webcam was entirely possible – but we assumed that the hardware would at least indicate it was in use. Boy, were we wrong about that one.
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Hollywood Journo’s Tweet Leads To Angry / Hilarious Twitter Backlash
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You would think that entertainment journalist and Deadline.com founder Nikki Finke would do better to avoid social media faux pas like “don’t try and endorse a movie whilst also paying respect to the dead”.
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Radvertising: This Ozzie Condom Ad Would Never Be Allowed On SA TV [VIDEO]
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s about time that condom advertising did away with all the coy innuendos and started getting to the point.
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Fake Kanye West / Mandela Story Goes Viral, With Times Live Adding Momentum
09 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There were whispers in the air on Friday afternoon claiming that a certain Kanye West had overstepped the line once and for all. Local newspapers sparked a furious outrage on Twitter, when they claimed that West had promised to become ‘the next Mandela’.
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