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Academics Upset At BBC For Labeling Florence Nightingale “Neurotic And Sexually Repressed”
28 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two BBC-made documentaries on Florence Nightingale are currently being sold in the UK as teaching aids. A group of academics, however, have called for them to be recalled. They claim these films demean Miss Nightingale by portraying her as “a manipulative, neurotic and sexually repressed woman who inadvertently killed troops during the Crimean War through medical error.”
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UK Labour Party Wants To Introduce “Journalism Licenses”
27 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well hey, that sounds at least a little familiar. Ivan Lewis, shadow culture secretary is presently proposing a licensing scheme for journalists at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, which would have the power to prohibit people from doing any sort of journalism – which would have to include tweeting, blogging, and uploading pictures of stuff.
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Eyewitness News Newsreader Goes Rogue, Drops Multiple F-Bombs During His Bulletin [AUDIO]
27 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 21 Comments
Eyewitness News radio bulletins will never be the same again after one newsreader lost it last night and f-bombed all kinds of philosophies to anyone that was listening to the 01h00 news. Anarchist and environmentalist, Mark Esterhuysen, probably won’t be reading the news anymore. NSFW, obviously.
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Have You Even Seen The New Range Rover Evoque?
24 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, you’ve only heard of it? Not good enough, my friends. This new puppy is getting a few tongues wagging. Questions are being raised, like: Is it awesome? Is it awful? Is it hot, or am I labouring under the burden of car beer goggles? Well, until such time as you get your hands on […]
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The SABC Wants R1,6 Billion From Government For Digital TV
23 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South African broadcasters are planning to launch their digital terrestrial television (DTT) offering in April next year. All except the SABC, that is. They want R1,6 billion from the government to make it happen, as well as R90 million for “marketing”, and also another R145 million for a “new digital master control centre.” No word yet on when they are actually going to start making decent shows.
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Eve Is Playboy South Africa’s Playmaid Of The Year
22 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The October issue of Playboy Magazine is on its way and. Readers will be happy to know that yet another South African celebrity features on the cover. It is none other than Eve, South Africa’s unofficial Minister of Domestic Affairs. This awesome image of the cover was posted on journalist Gus Silber’s blog earlier today.
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BREAKING: World Of Avatar Snaps Up MXit
22 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Stellenbosch-based start-up investment firm, World of Avatar, headed by South African online media up-and-comer, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr, has reportedly bought MXit for an undisclosed amount (that some are speculating could be as much as R500 million).
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The Guardian Doesn’t Have To Reveal Phone-Hacking Sources, Yet
21 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In an abrupt turnaround, the Metropolitan police have dropped their attempt to order the Guardian to reveal confidential sources for stories relating to the phone-hacking scandal. They’d hoped to force reporters to reveal confidential sources for articles disclosing information about the murdered teenager, Milly Dowler, whose phone was hacked on behalf of the News of the World.
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Seth Gives Blogging Tips In Destiny Magazine
19 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
We enjoy playing the game “just the tip” here at 2oceansVibe. And that’s why I’ve given a few of those tips in the latest issue of Destiny magazine. So if you’re an aspiring blogger and you’re looking for just the tip to get you earning a bit of cash, get this issue. It’s got DJ […]
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New GQ Best Dressed READER Award
19 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
As GQ’s Best Dressed Man, I would like to put my full support behind this new initiative by SA’s Most Stylish Men’s magazine – GQ’s Best Dressed Reader, 2011! What a great opportunity for the slickest of the slick GQ readers to throw their vibe out there. Are you as slick as you think you are? […]
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SABC Shells Out Big Bucks For Employees’ DSTV, M-Net Subs
16 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A probe into the SABC has revealed that the national broadcaster has been paying for its employees’ M-Net and DStv subscriptions. You can’t really blame the SABC’s employees for preferring non-SABC programming. But it does seem a little silly for the national broadcaster to be forking out for its own staff’s subscription television “privileges”. Especially when online TV is cheaper.
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The Best Radio Rant EVER [AUDIO]
14 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We all have that one radio DJ that we hate. But this guy in the clip from the UK you are about to hear takes radio rants to newfound heights. In one fell swoop, he accuses the presenter for being responsible for the London riots, makes a reference to Orson Welles, and draws a comparison between Nazi’s and hippies. Stunning.
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Gingers Hold Massive Confidence-Boosting Weekend Conference
13 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
More than 1 000 gingers held a massive confidence-boosting weekend in Breda, Holland, to celebrate International Redhead Day this last weekend. News reports coming out of the area have been slow because national news agencies were weighing up whether or not such distressing information would serve the public interest.
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‘Half-Arab, Half-Jewish Housewife’ Detained On 9/11 Anniversary For Being Dark-Skinned
13 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Really not exaggerating in that headline. Two days ago, blogger Shoshana Hebshi, a self-described “half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife,” found herself cuffed and thrown off a Frontier Airlines flight and strip-searched – because she was seated next to two Indian guys she didn’t know, and another passenger had found that suspicious.
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Let’s Drink Tonight Helps You Find People To Drink With
12 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If people keep telling you that drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism, then you either need to drink less, or find a way to make sure that there are people to drink with all the time. The geniuses behind the social network app ‘Let’s Drink Tonight’ figured the latter choice made more sense too.
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Gareth Cliff Takes Heat For Sexist Remark Made On Air
12 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A DA councillor has reported 5fm morning DJ Gareth Cliff to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA). The councillor, Tex Collins, was outraged at a sexist comment which he claims Gareth made to a female interviewee on air.
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Think TV Has Hit Rock Bottom? Just Wait…
09 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The NBC network in the States has greenlit a pilot for a series about a straight woman and her gay female best friend who are “navigating life and love in Los Angeles” called… wait for it… ‘My Best Friend Is A Lesbo’.
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Darren Scott Leaves Jacaranda And SuperSport Following Racial Slur [Updated]
08 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 53 Comments
Twitter was abuzz overnight with the revelation that long-time radio and TV host, Darren Scott had resigned from Jacaranda FM for dropping the K-Bomb. He has also taken an “indefinite leave of absence from SuperSport.” John Robbie from 702 confirmed that Scott dropped the K-Bomb. Follow link for full story, including quotes and tweets.
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Robert McBride Has Been Jailed For Drunk Driving
08 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Former Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride has been sentenced to two years in prison for drunken driving. As you know, he was found guilty in April for drunken driving and defeating the ends of justice. He crashed his government-allocated car on the R511 near Hartbeespoort Dam in Pretoria.
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Live Rugby Action At Caveau – That’s Where You Want To Be
08 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Egg and bacon burger for 60 bucks, or Steak, egg and chips for under a hundred? Shame, they’ve made it terribly easy for us..
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Interview With The World’s Most Famous Fashion Blogger, Bryan Boy
08 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Bryan Boy, the world’s most famous fashion blogger was in Cape Town this last week, courtesy of Marie Claire and Sunglass Hut. This guy gets front row at the biggest fashion shows in the world, and even had a handbag named after him by Marc Jacobs. Check out his website here. 2oceansvibe TV and PopYaCollar managed […]
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Old Spice’s Sea Captain [VIDEO]
08 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It looks as if 2oceansVibe was right when we thought that Old Spice was going to start using multiple spokespersons for the continuation of their viral campaign. Isaiah Mustafa versus Fabio came and went, but the show must go on for how ordinary guys can be transformed by the brand’s scents. Introducing: Sea Captain.
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New 9/11 Photos By James Nachtwey Surface
07 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
American documentary photographer James Nachtwey happened to be in New York on 11 September 2001. The images Nachtwey captured on that fateful day were published by TIME immediately following 9/11, and have become iconic. As the ten year anniversary of the Twin Towers tragedy looms, a number of previously unpublished photos by Nachtwey have just been released.
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Liberate Your Data With Google Takeout
07 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hello, internet people. Google Takeout has been launched for you – a “data liberation platform” that lets users export their data from a number of Google products. It’s an importance service! If all your information is on Google without a backup, then you don’t have much control over it. Click through and learn things.
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Re-Make Mondays: It’s T&A Television, 2011 Style: Charlie’s Angels
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s not just feature films that are receiving the re-make treatment these days, but also classic TV series. This week we take a look at the latest outing for crime-busting trio (or should that be ‘busty’?), Charlie’s Angels.
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Is This September 11th’s Most Controversial Photograph?
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This coming Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the attacks by al-Qaeda on the United States of America, and New York especially. Many iconic images depicting the terror of that day sit steadfast in all of our minds, but what is wrong with a photographer portraying a different kind of moment on that day?
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Tony Blair Is Godfather Of One Of Rupert Murdoch’s Daughters
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Wendi Deng, better known as Mrs Murdoch, and pie face defender, has revealed in an interview with Vogue magazine that the ex British prime minister, Tony Blair, is the godfather of one of the Murdoch’s daughters. She went as far as to describe Tony as one of her husband’s closest friends.
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ANCYL Supporters Versus The Media
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Relations have never been better between the media and ANCYL followers. With supporters threatening journalists with comments such as, “We are going to beat you all by the end of the day because you are writing lies,” and rumours this morning of people gathering stones to throw at media reporting on the Malema discplinary hearing, the vibe between league supporters and journos is just awesome right now.
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Woman Forced To Strip In Front Of Colleagues To Prove She’s Female
01 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two weeks ago Precious Msibi was forced by her HR manager of all people to strip naked in front of colleagues, including males – during Woman’s Month! The strip was done to “prove that she was female”. After assurances by the police that the guy would be arrested, she claims that nothing has been done so far.
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New Video: OK Go Do ‘The Muppet Show Theme’ [VIDEO]
25 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
OK Go did a rendition of the theme song from The Muppet Show in their Green Album. Now they’ve made a video; it’s sort of like all of their other music videos, except it features Muppets. I don’t like suggesting that something going viral is a foregone conclusion, but this thing going viral is a foregone conclusion.
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