Apple have been known to lure some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names to promote their products, and their two latest ambassadors are no exception. The one has been nabbed from her throne in hipsters’ hearts, and the other from the walls of cult movie fans. Click through to see the respective icons plugging Apple’s flagship device.
Rhys and Stacey from The Rhys Woods Show will be interviewing the reigning queen of no-bull-shit comedy at 17h30 today. Tune in and stand a chance to win tickets to see her exclusive one woman show, Lost It. US-born comedienne and TV presenter Ruby Wax will be performing her one woman show, “Lost It!” at […]
Oh what fun it is to watch the mighty fall. Things have been a little rough for Russell the last while, what with his divorce, violence against photographers, and general fade into “who cares”. But all is not completely lost – it looks like the man is finally moving on, having recently been spotted with a new lady. While by no means ugly, she’s no Katy…
You can say a lot of things about Charlie Sheen, but the guy’s sense of humour is pretty legit. Check out his appearance in a TV advert for Bavaria’s non-alcoholic beer – blatantly mocking his sobriety – after the jump.
Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder everybody keeps forgetting about except when he talks about stuff like this, has pointed to a handful of “threats to internet freedom” – Facebook, Apple, the entertainment industry, and governments that censor their citizens. By which I guess he means threats to Google.
Cape Town’s film industry is about to get a real boost as the internationally renowned Tribeca Film Festival, started by Robert De Niro ten years ago, is set to come to Cape Town each year for the next five years.
J.K. Rowling – author behind the Harry Potter series – is back with a new book. Not even remotely Potter-related, she calls this one a “blackly comic tale for adults.” Read more about the book’s title and plot details, after the jump.
Last month Jenna Talackova was disqualified from taking part in the Miss Universe beauty pageant because she is transgendered. But the decision was reversed last week, and even better news has just broke: a rule change will allow any transgender women to participate in the beauty pageant from next year onwards.
Take it with a pinch of salt, but over the weekend this pretty convincing Lollapalooza internal memo hit the internet. I mean blurry photographs of lineup lists aren’t set in stone, but it looks pretty legit – and includes headline acts by The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, and The Shins. Check out the full thing after the jump.
Bob Skinstad will be kicking off his new weekly show on 2oceansvibe Radio today, from 3pm to 5pm. Bob will be giving away a smartphone every week for the first month, with today’s show featuring an iPhone 4S prize, courtesy of Vodacom! Bob will also be interviewing Chris Roper, the editor of Mail&Guardian Online, as […]
I was all set to hate the Colin-Farrell-starring remake of 1990’s Total Recall (which had Arnold Schwarzenegger portray an amnesiac freedom fighter from Mars) – but it actually looks pretty rad! Flying cars, memory implants, and Jessica Biel are all things that make good movies good. Take a look.
“Move over Paris and Kim, ’cause I’m into some real kinky shit!” In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, Charlize Theron teamed up with the guys at FunnyOrDie to “leak her sex tape”. This was obviously fake, but disturbingly hilarious at the same time. Check it out after the jump!
April Fool pranks played by people tend to be either cruel or embarrassing. April Fool pranks played by tech companies, however, are charming and endearing attempts at being funny for one day every year – and this year’s haul of PR stunts is actually pretty good. Check them out after the jump.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, recently charged for involvement in a prostitution ring, is also being accused of raping a hotel housekeeper – and since he seems to be losing that whole prostitution thing, he’s had his lawyers try to dismiss the case because his former position as head of the International Monetary Fund gives him “absolute immunity.”
An blog post allegedly featuring the residential address of George Zimmerman – the man who killed Trayvon Martin – has gone viral. The post went viral after it was retweeted by Spike Lee to his 250 000 followers. Unfortunately, the address actually belongs to an innocent elderly couple, who now live in fear.
In 2009 Madonna broke ground for a new school in Malawi, side by side with the country’s Minister of Education. Now the singer’s plans to build a $15 million academy for girls have fallen by the wayside. Her Raising Malawi foundation announced recently that it would instead channel $300 000 into an existing NGO which builds schools, making some Malawians very unhappy.
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has spent the last three years slaving away at a massively insane internet-only, 44-song concept record, called Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. That album now includes an “album within an album” called Oceania, which will be released via traditional record-label channels, with EMI on June 19. Check out the epic title track below.
This morning we told you about Deadmau5 taking on Madonna via Twitter. He mistook her asking the crowd at a recent concert if “they’ve seen Molly?” for disguised drug use promotion. It turns out she was actually referring to one of her new singles, “Have you seen Molly”, and took to Twitter to correct the electro artist. She even used a pic! Awkward.
Iconic amplifier company Marshall has expanded into selling people drums and headphones over the past couple of years – and now they’ve announced a mini-fridge that looks like an amp on the outside, but has an inside made to hold dozens of cold beverages. Shut up and take my money.
Toronto’s Deadmau5 has been blasting Madonna on his Facebook page for asking folks at the Miami Ultra Music Festival if they’ve seen “molly,” which is young-person speak for MDMA. Deadmau5 moved from slating Madonna’s embarrassing use of drug slang to a spiel about equating electro with drug use – with a couple of tasteful expletives thrown in.
Ard Matthews outdid himself with the music video for his latest hit, Bolder. You would have heard the track on 2ov.fm and Radio 5, but this is the first time you will see the video. Shot entirely on his iPhone 4S (courtesy of Digicape) in India, Ard not only performed in the video, but he […]
6’1′ bombshell, Jenna Talackova of Vancouver was disqualified from the Donald Trump-owned Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant for “not meeting the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form,” according to competition officials. By which they mean she was disqualified for being born with male genitalia.
While we know Kim Kardashian will do absolutely anything to drum up some publicity for herself, it’s unlikely that she would orchestrate a stunt that would ruin her red carpet look for her own event. Kim got a nasty surprise as she received a face full of flour (not flowers) from a mystery ‘bomber’ at the launch of her new perfume, True Reflection, last night.
There’s an old Southampton pub called The Hobbit under threat from the company that controls Lord of the Rings licensing. The company eventually agreed to sell the pub a license to keep using the name it has had for decades. Stephen Fry and Ian McKellan decided this was stupid, so they paid the fee themselves.
Do you want to live where the King of Pop breathed his last breaths? Michael Jackson’s seven bedroom, 13 bathroom house in Bel Air, which has stood empty since the singers death in 2009, is now back on the market at the bargain price of only $23.9 million, or just shy of R190 million. Full gallery of the house inside.
France Football magazine has released this year’s list of the world’s highest-earning soccer players – Rooney earned $32,6 million for a single goal, and Samuel Eto’o got $37 million for moving to Russia. And to everybody’s surprise, Beckham isn’t the biggest earner anymore; see who’s taken the lead after the jump.
Hey, you remember the Leprechaun horror franchise? No? Well don’t worry, somebody at Lionsgate did, and they’re totally rebooting the idea that maybe the tiny green-clad people are in fact vindictive, murderous drunks. Because that’s the sort of fresh injection of ideas that Hollywood needs right after a St. Patrick’s day weekend.
We caught up with South Africa’s top Afrikaans rapper, Jack Parow, on the set of his latest music video shoot at Assembly, to discuss his controversial decision to turn down Lady Gaga’ touring request. Click through for the full, mind blowing interview!
Julian Assange has found a way to run for the Upper House of the Australian Senate, in spite of, you know, being detained under house arrest in Britain. Which makes sense, I guess. Along with Assange’s candidacy, WikiLeaks announced on Twitter that they’ll be running a nominee against the current Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
Hollywood actor George Clooney has been arrested, in a further attempt to highlight the plight of Sudan. George was protesting in front of the Sudanese Embassy – with his father – when he was cuffed and taken into police custody. The Telegraph had this to say: George Clooney has been arrested and handcuffed during a […]