The June 2010 issue of GQ Magazine South Africa Vampire On The Cover Of June SA GQ Magazine – My God, but the cover of the latest SA GQ Magazine is gong to cause a bit of mayhem when it hits the shelves. That’s if it actually manages to settle before it gets snapped up. […]
Georgia May Jagger for Chanel Chanel “Cruise” Collection Hits The Streets Of St. Tropez – There was no better location for Karl Lagerfeld to unveil his Chanel Cruise collection for 2010/11 than the world famous fishing village of St. Tropez (just down the drag from where I am). The streets of St Tropez quite literally […]
It kicks off at the 2 minute mark and carries on till the end – AWESOME! Boulton And Campbell Bust-Up On Sky News, As Brown Quits – Sky News political editor Adam Boulton and Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell clashed today over the current stalemate in British politics.The two men exchanged angry words […]
Harrods – SOLD! Harrods Is Sold For £1.5bn – Harrods, the world famous department store in Knightsbridge, London has been sold by the mercurial Mohamed Al Fayed to Middle Eastern investors for around £1.5bn. The sale to the Qatari royal family’s Qatar Holding group was confirmed today after months of on-off negotiations brokered by the […]
Don’t Mess With My Tutu Big Dez urges all South Africans to get behind Table Mountain Tutu Casts His Vote For Table Mountain – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu yesterday urged Capetonians, their fellow South Africans and international fans to cast their vote for Table Mountain in the Official New7Wonders of Nature campaign. Table Mountain is […]
Lindsay Lohan Takes It on Lindsay Lohan Does Deep Throat – An official announcement is expected at Cannes next week that Lindsay Lohan is set to play the star of the infamous 1972 porn film, Deep Throat, in a new biopic. The LA Times quotes a producer on the independent production, to be titled Inferno, […]
Roman’s Duckie The Biggest Private Yacht In The World – Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s new yacht, measuring nearly 560 feet long, is the biggest private yacht in the world. The yacht, named Eclipse, reportedly features a missile defense system, an anti-paparazzi laser shield and at least one mini-submarine. The Eclipse is also said to have […]
Boom! Someone Tried To Blow Up Times Square – A failed car bomb smoked, popped and shut down Times Square, causing panic, evacuations and confusion Saturday on one of the tourist spot’s busiest nights. Most of the streets in the area were reopened Sunday morning, though a heavy police presence remained in the area. And […]
In 2012 The Cigarette Brand Will Become Irrelevant Ozzies Take Cigarette Pack Warnings To The Next Level – From January 2012, all cigarettes in Australia will be sold in plain packages. No logos, no shiny finishes, no bright colours, no pretty pictures. Instead, graphic health warnings will dominate the pack. In studies with young people, […]
Jackie O, to be played by Katie Holmes Katie Holmes To Play Jackie O – The History Channel has revealed the cast for its eight-hour The Kennedys miniseries, due in 2011: Greg Kinnear will play John F. Kennedy Jr., Barry Pepper will portray Robert Kennedy, Tom Wilkinson will play Joe Kennedy Sr. and, yes, Katie […]
PopYaCollar Captures Another Snappy Dresser On The Streets of Cape Town Police Search Home Of Gizmodo Editor Over Lost iPhone 4G – Those of you who think this whole thing was a publicity stunt may want to revise that stance. It’s unlikely the police would play along with a intentional leaking of an iPhone and […]
Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi Rupert Murdoch Moves To Sink New York Times – Three years ago, Rupert Murdoch coveted the New York Times but was forced to settle for buying the Wall Street Journal. Now, the tycoon is using the considerable resources of his media empire to try to sink the newspaper that […]
Lewis Hamilton In SA This Week Lewis Hamilton Raced Kyalami This Week! WTF? – To launch its new fibre-optic business connection, Vodacom brought the youngest Formula One world champion, Lewis Hamilton, to race around the Kyalami racetrack while 5.4GB of data was sent from Midrand to Sandton on Vodacom’s Metro ethernet service. I find these […]
Britain’s Next Prime Minister? Nick Clegg Steals The Show From Gordon Brown And David Cameron – A week ago, most people in Britain considered Nick Clegg, the “little-known leader” of the Liberal Democrats, to be, by all measures, a long shot to become Britain’s next prime minister. But that was before “Cleggmania” swept the country. […]
Michael Douglas Arrives At Court (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) Michael Douglas’ Son Sentenced to Five Years In Prison – A New York judge has sentenced actor Michael Douglas’ son to five years in prison on drug charges, calling it his “last chance to make it.” Cameron Douglas apologised and admitted that he had squandered a […]
Grace Jones and Lady Gaga Grace Jones Punishes Lady Gaga – I’m very pleased about this as I am finding Lady Gaga’s whole vibe somewhat tiresome. In a wonderful new report, Pop icon Grace Jones (62 next month!) has sparked a row with Lady Gaga after accusing the Poker Face singer of copying her legendary […]
Semen Found On Terre’Blanche’s ‘Private Part’ – Spokesperson for police National Commissioner General Bheki Cele said on Sunday that semen had been found on the body of AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche. “His body was found half naked with semen on his private part. That is not new information, it has always been part of […]
Save The Cape Town City Ballet! – Cape Town City Ballet are appealing to the public for generous contributions to their emergency fund, for the immediate survival of this important institution. “For the sake of the children we are teaching in our outreach programmes we need to keep Cape Town City Ballet alive. All donations […]
Rupert Murdoch Faces A New Age Gordon Brown Attacks Rupert Murdoch Paywalls For Online Content – Gordon Brown has come out against Rupert Murdoch’s plan to erect paywalls to access the Times and Sunday Times online, arguing that internet users will not abide being told to pay for news content. The prime minister argued that […]
Britney Spears – before and after computers got hold of her Britney Refuses To Allow Her Image To Be Retouched – Much like my naked shoot in the Marie Claire, Britney has insisted that none of her shots for US-based fashion firm Candie’s should be digitally enhanced. But she agreed for re-touched versions to be […]
Spotted on Pop Ya Collar To Die For, Darling! – As unashamed fans of Cape Town’s own Pop Ya Collar, we simply couldn’t ignore the above photo. How stunning of those two ladies? As yesterday’s fads become today’s trends, the watchful eye of Pop Ya Collar’s camera lens doesn’t miss a beat, while the term […]
No Makeup : Jessica Simpson for U.S. Marie Claire Jessica Simpson Does Marie Claire With No Makeup – Jess hits the cover of the May issue of Marie Claire (US) sans makeup. “I don’t have anything to prove anymore. What other people think of me is not my business,” she reckons. Adding, “I’ll usually wash […]
Touch Me On My Studio – This video clip will be remembered for a very long time. It features AWB General Secretary, Andre Visagie, storming out of ETV News Show, “Africa 360.” He then came back and threatened everyone and then it got physical, with different men threatening each other to touch themselves on their […]
Airbrushing Gets Axed In April Issue Of French Marie Claire – If there’s one issue getting more airtime than fashion’s Great Weight Debate, it’s photoshopping. From Ralph Lauren to Redbook, the incriminating evidence of a heavy-handed airbrush has resulted in some seriously bad press. And now France’s Marie Claire magazine is throwing their voice into […]
Steyn van Ronge – the new leader of the AWB The New AWB Leader Doesn’t Look A Thing Like Kenny Rogers – His name is Steyn van Ronge. He is a third generation Free State farmer, and now the permanent new leader of the Afrikaaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB). His job: to implement a security plan to […]
Outside the San Francisco Apple Store on Saturday The 50 Most Innovative Companies…on the iPad – The more globally and technologically aware of you lot will know that the highky anticipated Apple iPad finally hit shelves overseas this weekend. It sold something silly like 300,000 copies on it’s first day in the US, with total […]
Have FIFA gone too far this time? New FIFA TV Viewing Regulation Target Homeowners – FIFA announced on Thursday morning a series of new regulations targeted at private home owners, which will see levies charged on the watching of matches, and restrictions placed on the products that can be consumed during matches being screened in […]
Tony Blair – not shy of using fake tan.. Tony Blair Using Poor Quality Fake Tan – I watched a bit of SKY News last night, which featured Tony Blair lending his support to that bulldog, Gordon Brown – ahead of the elections. I wasn’t sure if something was wrong with my TV, or whether […]
Ricky Martin – living la vida loca Ricky Martin Comes Out Of The Closet – Ricky Martin came out on his website Tuesday. The singer, whose sexuality was the source of much speculation in his “Vida Loca” heyday, posted a long statement that ended with, “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate […]
Hong Kong – Staunton Street Spotted on Pop Ya Collar Pop Ya CollarDoes the Far East – Cape Town’s most talked about street fashion photoblog, Pop Ya Collar, seems to be in the Far East at the moment, as images are popping up from the sidewalks of Hong Kong and, last week, Dubai! As yesterday’s […]