-
Culture
-
TIME Magazine Makes Fat Joke On The Cover, Mocking New Jersey Governor
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
‘Time’ is known for their world-class journalism, hard hitting analysis and classy magazine covers. Never one to take cheap shots at public figures, the world was shocked when they decided to make a fat joke on their most recent cover.
-
Drunk Student Crushed To Death By Hydraulic Truck After Falling Asleep In A Wheelie Bin
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We may have found a story about the worst hangover in recorded history. Canadian Masters’ student, Garret Elsey, had only just arrived at Bristol University when he decided to get a few drinks on his first night out. What began as a tame night of pizza, beer and jagermeister soon became a stomach-churning disaster.
-
Bo-Kaap Makes Huffington Post List Of Most Colourful Places In The World
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Okay fine, so it’s not National Geographic, but any international recognition is good recognition, right? In a post that lists some of the world’s most colourful and attractive nieghbourhoods, its good to see some local South African flavour chucked in to the mix.
-
This Man Implanted A Massive Computer Chip Into His Arm [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What do you do if you want a live feed on your smartphone that displays all of your body’s biometric data? You shove a massive computer chip under your skin, of course. Tim Cannon, a biohacker, recently became the first person to have one of these implanted – and it looks pretty painful.
-
Remember Those New SA Crime Stats? They Were Wrong
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In September, we released a story that lamented South Africa’s worsening crime statistics. At the time of release, those statistics were considered to be ‘the worst crime statistics in 10 years’. It turns out that the reality is a lot more worse than worst.
-
Australia Declares Katy Perry’s Album A Bio-Hazard
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In yet another case showcasing Australia’s uber-tight border control regulations, officials at Australia’s customs desk have declared international copies of Katy Perry’s new album, “Prism,” to be an indisputable bio-hazard. Why? Is it because her album is just so terrible and they need an excuse to get it off the number one spot on Australia’s Aria chart? No. It’s because Katy Perry gives away free seeds with her album.
-
Dirty Skirts Lead Singer Provides Soundtrack For Stirring New Project
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dirty Skirts lead singer, Jeremy De Tolly, has been working on a soundtrack for a new project called ‘Into The River’. The project is written and performed by 75 year-old John Cartwright, ex-Dean of the Arts Faculty and English Professor at UCT.
-
Gwyneth Paltrow Is ‘Going Nuclear’ In War Against Vanity Fair
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The word around town is that Vanity Fair has a scathing article on Gwyneth Paltrow in the works, and she is doing absolutely everything she can to stop them publishing it. According to RadarOnline.com, she is attempting to utterly “destroy” the magazine’s reputation before her story goes to print.
-
This Is The Social Network Justin Bieber Just Invested $1.1 Million In
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Justin Bieber may sing well enough to capture the hearts and minds of millions of teens, but we wouldn’t trust him to make sound business deals. He’s reportedly led an R11 million round of funding for RockLive – a San Francisco tech company that plans to launch a new social network this week.
-
Jimmy Kimmel Made A Whole Bunch Of Kids Cry Again [VIDEO]
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In yet another series of pranks – Kimmel invited parents all over America to trick their kids. Now, while trick-or-treating is fairly foreign to South African kids, American kids take it very, very seriously. And if they don’t get their fair share, all hell breaks loose.
-
World’s Fattest Man Finds Love With 7/10 American Woman [PICS + VIDEO]
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Weighing in at 445 kilograms at his heaviest, Paul Mason was the worlds fattest man. Constricted to his bed because of massive bulk, the 52 year-old had to consume 20,000 calories a day just to keep himself going. That was until he underwent a mammoth surgery procedure at the NHS, which helped him get rid of a staggering 300 kilograms of fat. Now that he’s lean – he’s managed to bag himself a woman with the help of the internet. The fat guy’s got game.
-
The Latest Marvel Superhero Is A Muslim Teenage Girl
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When it comes to comic books, they tend to diversify their characters by adding different powers, different colours or different capes. Very rarely, they’ll chuck in the odd female superhero. But never have they really ventured very far into racial or ethnic minorities when it comes to creating new characters. That’s all about to change, with the creation of a new superheroine. A teenage Muslim girl from Jersey, Kamala Khan.
-
ATT GIRLS: Jennifer Aniston Debuts Whole New Hair Look [PICS]
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s inevitable. If you’re in the spotlight at a relatively young age, and proceed to stay in the spotlight until middle-age – you’re going to need a makeover of sorts to keep the hordes interested. Jennifer Aniston has always had that very approachable, friendly girl-next-door vibe. She never strayed too far with the norm, and earned many fans by doing just that.
-
David Beckham’s Son Is Becoming Quite The Smoothie [PICS]
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It certainly doesn’t feel like 14 years since the world started questioning David Beckham’s ability to name a child appropriately. Now, 14 year-old Brooklyn Beckham has come into his own, and is making progress towards stepping out of his fathers massive shadow. He’s been training with Manchester United, attended trials at Chelsea and is now at Queens Park Rangers – but he made a bigger impression on the British press when he stepped out with mother, Victoria Beckham, at the 2013 Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards yesterday.
-
Mango Airlines Seem To Be Lying About Internet On Board – Forced To Remove Claims
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
Last year, Mango airlines famously became the first South African airline to offer in-flight internet access. Strangely, Mango also became the first South African airline to lie about having internet access on board. Yup, the Advertising Standards Authority has decided that, in order or you to use WiFi access as part of your marketing strategy, you need to actually have WiFi.
-
Did Your Baby Announcement Even Vaguely Compare To This Couple’s? [VIDEO]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Right. When you’re expecting a child, you’re also expected to make some sort of announcement, have a baby shower, or some sort of event that pre-empts the possibility of one of your friends complaining that ‘you didn’t tell them’. Most people tend to do it the old fashioned way, and some don’t even bother. But one couple from North Salt Lake City decided to do something a little different.
-
Remember The Kanye West Proposal Video? Kim Is Suing A YouTube Co-Founder Because Of It
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you recall, we posted a story last week about Kanye West’s showstopping proposal to Kim Kardashian. Later, we managed to acquire some actual video footage of the proposal – and it is that video footage that is now involved in a major court case, where Kim K is looking to sue YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley for posting a video of the proposal online at his new Internet venture MixBit.
-
This Teenager Just Sold Her Virginity For R285,000 [PIC]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There have been rumours about this sort of transaction happening for a while now – but sources in Russia have just confirmed that a deal has very definitely been sealed. What’s more, police have given the lucky lady the green light, claiming that the transaction, “does not fit into a description of the ‘Prostitution’ clause.” Really? It doesn’t?
-
If We Let The Ice Caps Melt, London & Amsterdam Will Disappear [SEE HERE]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
National Geographic recently compiled an interactive map that allows us to examine what the Earth might look like if we allow all the sea-ice to melt. It is estimated that if said ice does melt, the ocean will rise by a full 66 metres. And anyone who knows how the ocean works will know that 66 metres is a stupendously ridiculous number that will have massive effects on the landscape.
-
Castro Tied Up His One Victim “Like An Ornament On The Wall”
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 2002, three women from Cleveland, Ohio went missing. In May this year, after 11 years in captivity Amanda Berry, Georgina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight emerged from the basement of Ariel Castro’s house, after Amanda and her new baby managed to escape and alert authorities with the help of this guy. Now, Michelle Knight has come clean about some of the things that their captor, Ariel Castro, had done to them.
-
Can You Imagine The Hoff Singing ‘Fresh Prince Of Bel Air?’ Imagine No More [VIDEO]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This video is going to be better than you expect – trust me. It’s the masterpiece of one Matthijs Vlot, who is basically a video remix genius. He spends hours cutting and chopping video, and piecing it back together to create something that is greater than the sum of its parts. Literally.
-
Fake Pizza Deliveries And WWII Code Names – News Of The World Details Unfold
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Everybody knows the the people at News Of The World are a bunch of lying, hacking, no-good, low-lifes – but it needs to be proven in court before any punitive action can be taken. And now, former News International (NOTW’s parent company) chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, stands accused by the prosecution of orchestrating a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by using News International employees and resources to hide or destroy notebooks, computers and emails that would prove that NOTW had repeatedly broken the law.
-
These Are The Worst Things About Working At Google
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
It’s everyone’s dream job to work at Google, isn’t it? It’s one of the most forward-thinking corporations on earth – the pay is great, the benefits are out of this world, and the working environment is unparalleled anywhere else. Take the Swiss office, for example, where employees spend their days working inside old ski-lifts, and can take a breather in an aquarium equipped with reclining seats. So what’s the downside?
-
Bill Gates Doesn’t Believe That Global Internet Connectivity Should Be Our #1 Priority
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You would expect Bill Gates to be at the at the front of the march when it comes to campaigning for the whole world to be online. In response to Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to bring the whole world online, however, Gates insisted that internet accessibility shouldn’t be our number one priority. Despite the fact that Gates is still Microsoft’s chairman, he spends most of his time focusing on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
-
Can Someone Please Explain This Afrikaans Music Video We Found [VIDEO]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 12 Comments
We get sent links to cool stuff all the time. Sometimes the cool stuff is genuinely cool, sometimes it just isn’t. But every once in a blue moon we get an absolute gem sent to us – something from the deep web that mainstream media hasn’t been able to pick up quite yet. This time it’s a music video from somewhere in South Africa.
-
You Have To See This 4 Year-Old Doing The Gangnam Style Dance [VIDEO]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The [insert country]’s Got Talent franchise just keeps on cropping up with so many gems. If it’s not an ugly woman who can melt your face with her singing, it’s a ridiculously precocious little kid who can play the piano like Beethoven. There just no end to the amount of people who have talent – despite their limitations.
-
Kim Kardashian Doesn’t Drink – Neither Do These Other Stars
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We tend to assume that high-flying celebrities all drink. What else would you do with all that cash and all that free time? Well, it turns out that there’s a fair few who simply choose not to drink, despite the fact that they may get paid to advertise alcohol (like Kim K did). We’re not sure if it makes us feel more guilty, or if it brings us hope that celebrities may turn out to be good role models after all.
-
This Guy Hopes To Become Cape Town’s First Bionic Man [VIDEO]
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Andrew Merryweather was a normal boy leading a normal life. That is, until a brutal assault involving eight schoolboys in Claremont left him paralyzed from the chest down. Now permanently wheelchair-bound, Andrew has become accustomed to his new life on wheels – but this doesn’t mean he’s given up. His determination to walk again just might make him Cape Town’s first bionic man.
-
Here’s A Pic Of Justin Bieber Leaving A Brothel
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Woah-hoh! Looks like Bieber has grown up somewhat and is developing a taste for expensive women. The pint-sized pop star was apparently visiting one of Rio Di Janeiro’s biggest brothels, Centauros, and photographers rushed to the scene to catch him before he left. The 19 year-old pop star and his friend spent more than three hours in the popular whorehouse — before leaving with two women, sources said.
-
GENIUS: Check Out This Brilliant Advert For A Multi-Lingual School In Jo’burg
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South African-based ad agency, Joe Public, created this masterful campaign for a school in Johannesburg that teaches in both English and Afrikaans. The campaign features a series of posters with poetry on them – that’s not the clever part though. The clever part is that each of the poems can be read word-for-word in both English and Afrikaans, with only slight changes in meaning.
-
-
-
2oceansvibe Partners
-
-
