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Culture
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Kanye West Is Having A Public Spat With The Owner Of Zappos
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kanye West got very angry in a podcast this week. In the podcast, hosted by Bret Easton, Kanye was quick to respond to web retailer Zappos and its CEO Tony Hsieh, after Hsieh had told Kanye to focus on his music, rather than fashion.
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New Jo’burg Hijacking Caught On Camera [VIDEO]
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week we posted CCTV video footage of an extremely clinical hijacking that took place somewhere in Jo’burg. Now we’ve found even more footage of a similarly well-executed hijacking, also taking place in Jo’burg.
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The Work Of Leonardo Da Vinci Is Coming To Cape Town
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The legendary painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer produced a massive, all-engulfing body of work in his life. And for the first time, it’s coming to Cape Town.
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Doorknobs Are Banned In Vancouver Now
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In Canada, they care about their people. They care about them so much, that they don’t want them to use doorknobs. This is why.
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This Is Why LA’s Porn Industry Is Nearly Dead
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Condoms are killing the LA porn industry. In January this year, a law condom mandate that made it mandatory for condoms to be used on all adult film sets went into effect in Los Angeles County.
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Elvis Presley’s Intellectual Property Rights Have Been Sold
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is quite possibly the most lucrative property rights transaction in a long time, as the Elvis Presley name, his songs, and his Graceland resort now belong to someone else.
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Yes, The Backstreet Boys Have A New Music Video – Here It Is [VIDEO]
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That’s right, you 90s kids read correctly, and you have reason to celebrate – the Backstreet Boys are back with a brand new video. Now fully-fledged men, the Backstreet Boys choose not to wear silly outfits and do dance routines. Rather, they take their shirts off.
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This Is Why ‘Oil Pulling’ Will Change Your Life [VIDEO]
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Ever heard of ‘Oil pulling’? Nope, us neither. That’s because it’s an outdated practice that stems from the biblical era – but it has some serious health benefits, apparently.
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Groom Gets Cold Feet, Bride Marries Wedding Guest
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sivakumar, a 30 year-old man from Kanyakumari, India, travelled to attend the wedding of Ponradha and Sithiraivelu. The day would take a dramatic turn when Sithiraivelu didn’t pitch up to the wedding, and Sivakumar had to step in as a husband-substitute.
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Oxford Dictionary’s Word Of The Year Is Not “Twerk”
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Though Miley Cyrus may hold sway over the lives and opinions of young men and women, it’s nice to see that her power has not yet extended to the good people who edit the Oxford Dictionary.
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Yes, Kim And Kanye Do Simulate Sex In His New Music [VIDEO]
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The nice thing about making Kim Kardashian your fiancee is that you don’t have to spend any money hiring back-up dancers for your videos. You just give her a call and say, “Hey Kim, do you mind getting naked on a motorbike in front of a green screen with me?”
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The Bush Is Officially Back
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A recent study in the UK has revealed that more and more women have decided to go au naturale, while more and more men are okay with that. Yup. Despite being bombarded with images of pubic topiary whenever Britney Spears or Paris Hilton got out of a cab, it seems as if the trend is now to totally neglect the razor.
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They’re Already Selling Pirated Copies Of The Madiba Movie On The Streets
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ag shame. After going through the effort of buying pirated copies of Mandela:Long Walk to Freedom in the backstreets of Joburg, it has now been revealed that the DVDs don’t feature the actual movie.
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Instagram Accounts Make This Man Look Psychic [VIDEO]
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In this week’s installment of “Well, What Did You Expect?” we profile a man named Jack Vale, who people are calling a ‘psychic’ .
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Ashley Madison Offered Bafana R10 Million To Put “Life Is Short – Have An Affair” On Their Kit
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So, Bafana Bafana lost a major sponsor in Puma, when they pulled out a while ago. Now, companies are scrambling to fill the place once occupied by the big cat brand.
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The Petition To Deny American Hunter Woman Entry To SA Is Sitting On 135,000 Signatures
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
Alright, alright – so we had to post a story about this. One page on social media posts pictures of an American woman sitting next to a dead lion that she killed in South Africa, and the whole internet goes nuts.
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How Money Laundering Affects The Value Of Art
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
You may have noticed a few ludicrous art sales happening lately, what with this Andy Warhol painting going for a billion rand, and this Francis Bacon piece which was sold for a billion and a half. But how is this value created? Where does it come from and how does it rise so exponentially? Perhaps the world of crime is to blame.
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Awesome Spoof: Meet The Kid Who Wants You To “Save Africa” [VIDEO]
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We don’t know precisely why we get annoyed with Americans who want to ‘save Africa’. Maybe it’s because we see it as paternalistic. Maybe it’s because we see it patronising.
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They’re Writing A Sequel To ‘Long Walk To Freedom’
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Before you get a fright, they’re not making a movie sequel – thank god – its just a sequel to the book. His former colleagues are having a little get-together, and are working to complete a book that will pick up where ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ left off.
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Dictator’s R23 Million Clifton Bungalow Abandoned And Filled With Vagrants
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Before you read on, know that this article will divulge information about a bungalow in Clifton that you could have been (illegally) living in for the past 10 years, if you got there first. But you didn’t. Bergies did.
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Tom Cruise Attends Opening Of This R1,5 Billion Scientology ‘Super Power’ Cathedral [GALLERY]
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Were we supposed to be taking Scientologists seriously? Hah. If you, like us, had thought that it was just a fad, then you might have to re-examine your prejudices. These guys are not kidding around.
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This Is How AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’ Could Be The UK’s Christmas No.1
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The English just love doing this sort of thing. Every year around Cristmas, they gather around and try to get a certain song up to number 1 in the charts just in time for Christmas. Why? Well, because they’re bored and lonely and live on a cold, rainy Island where it gets dark at 3pm.
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AWESOME: Send Emails That Self-Destruct After Reading
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
We all feel a little bit uneasy about our private emails being stashed and archived in someones inbox forever. Surely when we invented digital mail, we could have thought ahead and prevented it? Anyway, we didn’t – but now someone has created a service that will help with this.
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This Is How Bad South Africans Are At Driving [INFOGRAPHIC]
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s roads are treacherous, we all know that. From the potholed one-lane nightmare-roads in the Eastern Cape, to the isolated N2 of the Karoo, staying alive on the road is never more important than it is within our very own borders.
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McDonald’s Re-Invents The Drivethru
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
McDonald’s have been receiving a very violent and prolonged spate of twitter-complaints from disgruntled customers, who have been complaining that the once-legendary drive-thru service has been seriously lacking. In response, they’ve completely changed the drive-thru forever. Sort of.
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$192 Billion In Orders At Dubai Airshow
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You can’t host a bake sale in Dubai- you wont make any sales. Heck, even a motor show wont do – that stuff is child’s play. If you really want to get Dubai’s elite frothing at the mouth and reaching for their wallets – you better host an airshow.
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Backstage At Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show [GALLERY]
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week we published a gallery of images from the Victoria’s Secret fashion show – which were enthralling and entertaining in equal measure. Now,we’re adding a little voyeurism to the experience, as we bring you photos from behind the scenes of that very same fashion show.
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BATKID: Tens Of Thousands Of Americans Made This Kid Think He Was Batman [VIDEO]
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In one of the most elaborate non-pranks of all time, the make-a-wish foundation helped transform SanFrancisco into Gotham City for a day, in order to fulfill a 5 year-old’s lifelong dream to be Batman.
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Check Out The Stuff That Gets Censored On China’s Twitter
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We tend to forget the privilege that is Freedom of Speech. Countries like China, who are ruled by an oppressive one-party regime, face daily instances of censorship – especially on their social media sites.
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This Guy Wanted Media24 To Pay Him R320K To Keep Quiet
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Wian Bonthuyzen, the former Media24 manager of community newspapers in Media24’s Volksblad stable, had some damning evidence against Media24 – and like any slimy old man, he tried to get Media24 to pay him off before he went to the Competition Tribunal.
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