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Did Shakespeare Smoke Weed?
29 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Personally, I took Shakespeare as more of an opium den kind of a guy, but I’ve been wrong before and I’ll be the first to admit that. Anyway, a South African anthropologist from Wits University has set in motion a request to open the graves of William Shakespeare and his family to determine, among other things, what killed them.
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World Record Attempt For The Largest Number Of People Dressed As Smurfs
28 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Am I alone in thinking that our world record attempts are getting a little obscure? Look, it’s great that you guys (from Mexico City) are all dressed up together and want recognition for that, I’m just not sure that dressing up as beloved 90’s cartoon characters is the way to go. Pics after the jump.
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ICC Proposes Banning ‘Runners’ In Cricket
28 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The elimination of runners for injured players, the use of two new balls from each end in one-dayers, and new regulation around when the batting and bowling Powerplays can be taken, are among the key recommendations the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee has made after its meeting in Hong Kong.
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Insane Isle Of Man Footage From Inside A Record-Setting Rally Car [VIDEO]
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We’re all mildly fanatical about the modern day motor vehicle over here at the 2oceansVibe compound. Some of us drive Mini Countrymans. Others are lucky enough to sport Fiat Unos. Actually, it’s convenient that I mentioned the Fiat Uno, because this next clip features a car that travels only slightly slower than your average City […]
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jacket Sells For $1.8 Million At Auction
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The infamous red leather jacket worn by the deceased king of pop, Michael Jackson, in his renowned Thriller video, has sold this weekend at an auction in California, for $1.8 million. That is a cool R12.4 million at today’s exchange rate. The jacket also boasts Jackson’s signature on the one sleeve.
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Joost To Travel To The States For Treatment
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Former Springbok captain and scrumhalf, Joost van der Westhuizen, has suffered a setback after the initial treatment prescribed by his doctor, to combat the debilitating nerve disease he was diagnosed with, failed to improve his condition.
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South African Porn Star Reality Series Goes Limp
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
South Africa’s first ever reality television porn show appears to have gone limp halfway through the auditions because broadcasters are reluctant to ‘excite’ the public. Although South Africans are generally fans of reality television, it’s hardly surprising that the conservative forces have decided to pass on a deal to air the show.
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Anderson Cooper Mocks Doug Hutchison Marrying A 16-Year-Old [VIDEO]
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Anderson Cooper is your classic American television news presenter. He could’ve been an old guy with grey hair doing expensive wrist watch adverts, but he’s not. Instead, he’s one of CNN’s better journalists and his confidence grew exponentially after he went to report on the Egyptian revolution. His social commentary is also getting funnier too.
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The Official Clifton Shores Promotional Video Is Live [VIDEO]
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
Regular readers will remember the flurry caused by Clifton Shores when production first got underway. Readers were mostly happy to have South Africa, and Cape Town, chosen as the venue for an international reality show, but many were not shy to voice their concerns over what the final product might look like. Click through for the first taste.
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Check Out The Trailer For The New Ricky Gervais TV Show [VIDEO]
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It is decided. When I grow up I want to be Ricky Gervais – that funny guy who hosted the Emmy’s. He was also the creator (and star) of The Office and Extras. Anyway, he has a new TV show – Life’s Too Short – about to air in the UK. The plot appears to involve a dwarf. Several, actually. No, seriously! See trailer inside.
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The Greatest Product Description Of Nutella In History
23 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
As far as I’m concerned this man should be their next brand ambassador just for this description of what Nutella tastes like. Not only did I read this and imagine it in full colour, but I have now been sitting here waiting for the day to end so I can go home and eat some. And Google naked pictures of Megan Fox. I’m actually motivated.
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Greek Dog Protesting Since 2008 [VIDEO]
23 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We’ve been following the developments of the Greek financial crisis closely here at 2oceansvibe. What’s more is that dogs have been absolutely killing it this year and so we bring you, Loukanikos, who has hated Greece’s austerity measures, corrupt politicians, and the plight of the Greek people since 2008.
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Airline Pilot Mistakenly Rants To Other Crews: Calls Flight Attendants Gays, Grannies & Grandes
23 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The pilot probably already knows this, but now we know too. He will have to go and warm his own chicken or beef whenever he flies now. He was having a go at flight attendants, and referred to them as a “continuous stream of gays and grannies and grandes,” according to a transcript of the March 25 flight over Texas.
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Subscriptions Open For The Daily Maverick’s Tablet-Only Newspaper, iMaverick
23 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The Daily Maverick has broken new ground in the publishing sphere by developing Africa’s first daily tablet-only newspaper, iMaverick. While the official launch of the newspaper is August 15, applications for subscription to the bundled newspaper/iPad2 offering have opened. Included in the cost of the monthly subscription is a daily edition of the newspaper, and […]
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‘Name Your Hood’ – What’s It All About?
23 Jun 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
There is a lot of talk going on about the new ‘Name Your Hood‘ initiative, and as you may have noticed, 2oceansvibe is in full support. It is exactly what Cape Town needs to fully explore and celebrate the unique pockets of this great city. We’ve got the new transport system and fancy bridges, but […]
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M-Net Snags World’s Most Expensive TV Series Ever: Terra Nova [VIDEO]
23 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
M-Net announced yesterday that it has secured the broadcast rights to the most expensive TV series ever made: Steven Spielberg’s “Terra Nova”. And it looks like we won’t be too far behind the US in seeing it.
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The Naked News Is Not Porn Says The BCCSA
22 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I have watched “The Naked News” but once and I really do not understand why people kicked up such a fuss. It’s simply a crappy magazine show, but with ugly naked chicks presenting it (except for the nerdy girl, she’s beautiful). Thankfully the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCCSA) has said that the show is not degrading to women.
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Meltdown On The Med – A Summation Of Greece’s Economic Pickle
22 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The economic dilemma facing Greece and and the European Union is reaching a head as Greece threatens to default on its debt to the European Union. The outcome of the crisis, whether positive or negative, will have a substantial effect on the health of the global economy. So it’s an important issue. And yet, discussion […]
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Gautrain’s Hidden Millions, Another Shock For The Taxpayer
22 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This week we have seen two interesting reasons why the information bill, in its current form, needed amending. We learned of South African sniper weapons in Libya, and we have now learned of the many millions Gauteng tax payers will likely fork out for the lack of passengers using the Gautrain.
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Nonhle Tendencies: Social Media Doesn’t Work That Way
21 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
So Nonhle Thema – from Vuzu reality show Nonhle Goes to Hollywood, and the former face of the Dark and Lovely brand – seems to be having a bit of a freak-out on Twitter. She’s eager to tell everybody that she is “young and RICH……….LOL…..DEAL WITH IT PLEASE…” Over and over again.
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Greece Prepares To Sell Off Airports, Highways, Parts Of The Mediterranean
21 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You may by now be aware that Greece is in some deep financial trouble at the moment. Pretty much everyone knows a Greek too, so we should spare a moment for all Greeks, as Greece prepares to sell off airports, highways, state-owned companies and prime sections of Mediterranean real estate.
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South African Actress To Appear In New Season Of True Blood
20 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The fourth season of True Blood kicks off in America on Sunday night, and it has a South African cast member! No, they haven’t written the tokoloshe into the plot (yet). But they have created a “French-speaking supernatural” who will be played by our very own homegirl, Nondumiso Tembe! And it is not just a once-off appearance…
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Gaddafi Government Reportedly In Talks With Rebels; Russian Influenced Chess Game Probably Helped
17 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Muammar Gaddafi’s government are in contact across Europe with members of the Libyan rebel army. Earlier this week the head of the World Chess Federation, a man with direct Kremlin links, took Gaddafi on in a ‘diplomatic’ chess game. Maybe his persuasion has helped.
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Watch The Hate Speech, Interns
17 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Here’s a quick Facebook 101 tutorial. It’s not smart to include hate speech in your conversation with other FB users. Especially if you are, say, a budding journalist. Mail & Guardian intern Ngoako Matsha, who apparently has some pretty strong anti-Semitic views, learned that the hard way this week.
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Man Narrowly Escapes Jail After Shooting Wart Off Finger With Shotgun
17 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, English security guard Sean Murphy thought it was a good idea to blast off his wart with a shotgun, and in the process, his own finger too. Murphy decided to use a 12-bore Beretta at a Doncaster garden centre to consign the wart to history, along with most of the middle finger on his left hand.
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US Internet Radio Company Valued At $2.56 Billion
16 Jun 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We’re big on tech and progression, here at 2oceansvibe Media, and that is why, 10 months ago, we launched South Africa’s first mainstream internet radio station, 2oceansvibe Radio – with content, talk and music you can actually relate to. Imagine that, a radio station made for YOU! Pandora internet radio in the US is also […]
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India’s Executions On Hold Because Last Living Hangman Has Broken Arm
15 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There seems to be no shortage of farmers, businessmen, snake charmers, off-shore call centres and Bollywood movie stars among the world’s second most populous nation of 1.2 billion people. But, they don’t have a single professional hangman left in the whole country who is able to carry out the capital punishment.
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Woman Critically Injured In Accident With Idols Presenter
15 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
An accident has left a woman in a critical condition after musician and Idols presenter ProVerb, whose real name is Tebogo Thekisho, knocked her over on Wednesday morning while driving home from his early morning show on a local radio station. Details of the cause of the accident are yet to emerge.
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Gaddafi Takes On Head Of World Chess Federation In Chess Game [VIDEO]
14 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As rebel forces march further west toward the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and Germany declares its support for the rebels, Muammar Gaddafi took on Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the World Chess Federation in a game of chess on Sunday. What do they have in common? They’ve both been in powerful leadership positions for a long time.
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Naked Hiking: Germany And Switzerland Debate Nude-Friendly Nature Trails
13 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A hiking trail for nudists opened about a year ago near the town of Dankerode, Germany, about 320 kilometres west of Berlin. The trail was an instant hit and also saw one open in Switzerland, where the issue of nude hiking will soon be taken up by the Supreme Court. Nude Hiking Day coincidentally takes place on June 21.
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