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The Functioning Nikon D3 DSLR Halloween Costume – Jealous Much? [Video]
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re still searching for a costume, in the hopes that you’ll win that bartab for best dressed this Halloween, you’d better hope this guy doesn’t rock up to the same party. Not only does it look like a DSLR, it’s fully functional as well. It actually snaps a photo, accompanied by a flash, and displays the image at the back.
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Tenth Tibetan Monk In 12 Months Sets Fire To Himself In China
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yet another Tibetan Buddhist monk doused himself in fuel and set fire to himself in China yesterday. This brings to ten the total number of monks who’ve resorted to this extreme form of protest since March this year.
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ASA Pulls Axe Advert Because It Offends Christian Viewers [Video]
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that an Axe deodorant advert be pulled. In the ad, angels can be seen falling from heaven because they are attracted to a man’s deodorant. But a viewer laid a complaint, claiming it offends Christians. According to him, angels aren’t supposed to forfeit their heavenly status for mortal desires.
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Candice Swanepoel Kills It On The Cover Of Marie Claire
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Marie Claire‘s Body Issue is on sale. Check out the cover. 2oceansVibe favourite and St Anne’s Old Girl, Candice Swanepoel is absolutely killing it. The issue, which is already on sale, has come in for some stick from a number of “social commentators”, who have claimed that the use of Candice Swanepoel as the cover […]
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Jersey Shore House Is Now Available For Rent
25 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The now infamous house in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, is available to rent for the very reasonable price of only $2 500 per night. For this low price, you too can now blow out your hair, put on your fake tan and be a Guido. It’s everyone’s dream. You can even sleep in Snooki’s bed.
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Rupert Murdoch Is Facing The Shareholder Music Shortly
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Rupert Murdoch will shortly face shareholders in the News Corporation annual general meeting that’s taking place in Los Angeles today. It should prove riveting as British lawmaker Tom Watson plans to use the event to reveal new details of what he claims are hidden surveillance practices by company employees.
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Top 10 Tips For Entering The Bookmarks
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The number one tip (provided by Both Worlds who won Gold last year in the category “Use of Video/Audio” for ZANews) is: pick the right categories for your work! Use video sharing websites. The Bookmarks team can’t receive large files so video sharing sites are a must. Be snappy, salient and succinct. Don’t expect the […]
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Car Vibe – Mercedes S65 AMG
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gavin can’t get his head around the Mercedes S65 AMG. It weighs over 2 tons, has a champagne size fridge in the back, and yet it springs to life like some sort of Go-Kart. Before he takes it for a spin, he tries to turn on the air-con, which seems more complex than explaining Twitter […]
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MTV Issues Casting Call For Real World: Occupy Wall Street
19 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The global movement against greed has been in the news a lot lately. The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for just over a month now, including dismal failures locally, but one network has seen fit to draw some profit from it.
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Schoolboys From Oudtshoorn High Arrested Over Sex Video
18 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Three boys from Oudtshoorn High School have been arrested after a sex video did the rounds at the school. The clip involves them and a girl engaging in some rather disturbing after-school activities. The 15-year-old girl laid a charge of statutory rape against them, after the video’s existence became public knowledge.
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Re-make Monday: A Werewolf, A Vampire And A Ghost Walk Into A Bar: Being Human
17 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This week we’re looking at Being Human, a personal favourite of mine that received the re-make treatment in the States just last year, while the British original continues next year into its fourth season.
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Mini Coupe Unveiled At JIMS
17 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The intrepid journos at Car Magazine nailed this spicy little clip at the Johannesburg International Motor Show a few days ago. Behold, before your very eyes, the unveiling of the Mini Coupe – the fastest production Mini yet to roll off the factory floor. And you can be sure to see more of the Mini […]
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Major British Banks Downgraded Amid Deepening EU Crisis
13 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just before lunchtime, a rumour began to do the rounds, courtesy of Sky News, that credit ratings agency Fitch was going to bring more bad news for Britain’s banks. A credit rating downgrade of major banks was possible later in the day. Sky changed their tune and withdrew the statement on TV, but the blog post remained, and now the downgrade has happened.
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Globe And Mail Caption Writer Goes Rogue
13 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In an otherwise obscure corner of the internet, a caption writer at the Canadian daily has reminded us humour and wit trumps the banal media worship of celebrities, every time. The anonymous caption writer hijacked the Celebrity Photos of the Week segment by splicing generic celebrity event photographs with shots of the Occupy Wall Street […]
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Sony Recalls 1,6 Million Bravia’s Because Of Fire Risk
12 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sony is to recall 1,6 million of its Bravia brand LCD TVs sold worldwide since 2007. This comes after several serious malfunctions involving parts melting, and even possibly catching fire as a result, have occurred. Japan’s trade ministry today instructed Sony to recall the TV’s as a precautionary measure to prevent further incidents.
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SABC Spend R20 million On Luxury Vehicles For “News Team”
11 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The SABC has long ago stopped being anything but a joke, due to mismanagement, scaly news editors, and failure to provide anything decent for us to watch. The latest scandal involving the nation’s broadcaster involves its spending R20 million on luxury vehicles for its “news team” in September.
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Murdoch And Sons Might Be Voted Off The NewsCorp Board Of Directors
11 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There is a shareholder advisory campaign calling for the removal of Rupert Murdoch, his two sons, James and Lachlan, and 10 other directors from the board of directors at the next NewsCorp shareholder meeting on 21 October. The radical shakeup would see 13 of the company’s 15 directors removed after the shocking events that took place at NewsCorp.
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Ridiculously Well Hung Squirrel Overshadows Great British Bake Off Finale
06 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There has been a mild outcry from some of the five million BBC viewers who tuned in on Tuesday night for The Great British Bake Off finale. They’re not that impressed that they had to witness a relatively prolonged close-up shot of a squirrel that had quite a large package.
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Supersport Presenter Accused Of Masturbating In Front Of Child
06 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
This morning we told you that Peter Davies has become the second Supersport Rugby World Cup anchor in as many months to be taken off air. The only feedback given was due to the pending of the conclusion of “a criminal case”. According to several news sites, Davies allegedly exposed his genitals and masturbated in front of a 15-year-old boy.
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Belgium Music Label Tracks Trending Bands On Social Media To Find Hits
06 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In another case of “Why didn’t I think of that?”, a Belgian record label that goes by the name of SonicAngel, identifies future stars by tracking trends on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Not only that, they also allow fans to invest in the artists’ success, with a six monthly return on their initial investment. Brilliant.
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Here’s How You Can Wish Desmond Tutu Happy Birthday
05 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The majority of the furore surrounding the Dalai Lama not coming to South Africa is beginning to blow over, so let’s take a moment to remember what this was all about to begin with – the Arch’s 80th. You want to wish him, don’t you? Have you ever met him? How has he impacted your life? Well, wish him happy birthday, and you could be on CNN for your efforts.
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Disney Realises People Will Probably Pay To See Other Old Movies Too
05 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Disney’s 3D The Lion King reissue has been topping the box offices for the past two weeks, and netted them a cool $22,1 million over a weekend. So it’s not surprising that somebody in the studio realised that, hey, they have a bunch of other well-loved movies that they could probably re-release and make money with too.
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Doh! The Simpsons Could Be Cancelled Over Actors’ Pay Dispute
05 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One can understand the anger of Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson), Julia Kavner (Marge) and Nancy Cartwright (Bart) when Fox Television explained that they would be receiving a 45% pay cut. The broadcasting network claims they can’t afford production costs and, if the actors won’t budge, they’ll pull the plug. I think I speak for everyone when I say: Fox you, Fox.
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Coke Tries Something New, Replaces Brand Name With Fan Names
05 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Coca-Cola Australia has launched an innovative campaign called “Share a Coke”, by replacing its brand name on its bottles and cans with 150 different ordinary names in the run up to Christmas. They’re hoping it will go “viral”. “Cool”.
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Naspers Buys Russian Gumtree
04 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African media giant, Naspers, has bought the Russian version of Gumtree: Slando, for an undisclosed amount. The original founders of Gumtree, Michael Pennington and Simon Crookall, confirmed the deal overnight. The site has 11 million users, and has sold items including Stalin’s clothing, a slew of diamonds, a MIG 21 aircraft and one whole oil refinery.
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Re-Make Mondays: Second Verse, Same As The First- Snarf! It’s Thundercats
03 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Growing up in the 80s, there were two things that I would argue to my last breath during little and/or big break. First, red ice-suckers tasted better than green ones, and second, Thundercats was cooler than He-Man. That was basically it. No argument.
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Did You Catch This Emirates Ad In The Sunday Times?
02 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Did you actually stop and focus on this ad in the Sunday Times for Emirates airlines? That is a fine airplane cabin right there, ladies and gents. How’s our boy there? Just quietly enjoying it. And so he should – he’s bloody earned it! God bless him. And God bless Emirates. And that is where you […]
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Powerful Pre-Trial Letter By Young Offender
30 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
My biggest problem with Mark Esterhuysen is that he has failed at properly explaining to the average Joe why he did what he did. That is a real pity. Robin Henry was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest for smashing shop windows during a G20 summit. The following is a letter wrote, presented in court, to explain his actions. You should read it too, Mark.
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Mark Esterhuysen Releases Statement
29 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 62 Comments
Mark Esterhuysen is the newsreader who was recently fired from Radio 702 for using the F-word 16 times in a news bulletin. You can listen to his moment of madness here. Everything is going according to script so far, with him being fired the following day and then, just last night, he released the following […]
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Rhodes, Tyson And Shakira To Share A House On Reality Show
28 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Indian game show, Bigg Boss, is comprised of celebrity contestants, and uses roughly the same mechanic as Big Brother. You know, with the “Wizard of OZ pay-no-attention-the-man-behind-the-curtain” voice. Because that happens in reality. Jonty is reportedly pretty keen, because his stint in the fifth show in the series means he gets to see model, Poonam Pandey.
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