Forget all the silly idea you may have about marching band members. I would become a fan of American Football if I got to see this at half-time. Hell, I’d even get into rugby if we had something similar.
#FirstWorldProblems is a popular phrase that has made its way around the web and inspired a multitude of memes. Although intended to be innocent, ad agency DDB BY turned the phrase on itself and used it to raise awareness of the real issues facing the third world and its citizens.
A year ago today, the world lost one of the greatest innovators that ever lived, Steve Jobs. In honour of his memory, Apple compiled a touching video montage looking at some of his career highlights.
Things look like they are heating up between some of the guys, and there is also a budding new romance on the brew.
A few days ago Green Day was performing at the I Heart Radio Festival in Las Vegas. Everything was going swimmingly until their 45 minute set was cut in half to give Usher and Rihanna more time to perform, the band’s frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, was not impressed.
Last week Monday a news item was seeded to Wat Kyk Jy and Life is Savage as part of a teaser campaign. The Tokoloshe was in the news again. But why? Click through to find out.
It looks like everyone is having a booze-fuelled pool party tonight.. Check out the trailer..
Hot Wheels have to be one of the best toys ever. Getting mini cars to do flips and twists landing back on the track only to roll on into a service centre, or maybe just onto another set of crazy loops, was the best. What’s better than this miniature craziness turned full scale? Click Through to find out.
22 years ago, Damian Aspinall did what many parents would consider to be reckless and irresponsible – he introduced his 18-month-old daughter, Tansy, to a group of gorillas at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent. He filmed the encounter but kept the footage private, until now.
This is quite something. During the 1950’s, the US conducted various atomic tests. Some of those took place underwater, and this archive footage shows the raw power of atomic energy. Pat Bradley was one of the cameramen who documented the US atomic tests during that time, codenamed the Wahoo and Umbrella underwater explosions. He narrates […]
Looking his militant best, all clad in ANC Youth League colours, topped off with a militant beret, Julius Malema found himself on CNN with Christiane Amanpour yesterday.
I stumbled upon the new season of Dallas on TV last night. It’s not often I watch actual television, but I was intrigued to see how the original Dallas cast had aged. Then came an ad break..
Derick Watts and The Sunday Blues burst onto the online comedy scene last year with their first single “Braaiday”, a parody of Rebecca Black’s “Friday”. That was soon followed by the very popular “Car Guard Song”, however, like so many before them, soon the pressure of being epic celebrities became too much. This exclusive video looks at the rise and fall, and rise again of the best online parody duo, ever.
The Clifton Shores ladies are back tonight with episode four of the series. Click through for the teaser!
Hey, you know those chicks that we gave Cape Town language lessons to? Here’s the teaser for the third episode, coming up tonight.
A report in yesterday’s Beeld newspaper sensationally claimed that former Springbok captain, Bob Skinstad called current Bok coach Heyneke Meyer a “dictator”. The broadsheet, and publications like Die Burger to which the report was syndicated, will today be licking their wounds and considering the issuing of a retraction and apology to Skinstad.
Ever dreamt of vicariously playing instruments with a large, black bodybuilder’s muscles? Well dream no more! Thanks to Old Spice and Terry Crews that day has come, we present to you: “Muscle Music”.
Imagine working on a construction site right in the heart of one of Germany’s largest cities, and suddenly coming across a large, rusty, unidentified object. Trying to figure out what the large, 250kg object is, you ask your foreman. You learn that it’s a bomb, left over from when the Allies bombed the shit out of you, 70 years ago.
For most of us, the haka is something the All Blacks do before a rugby test, and not much more. In reality though, hakas are performed throughout New Zealand, not only by Maori. This moving, farewell haka performed by a passionate military unit captures the emotional weight of the war cry and has captivated thousands of viewers around the world.
The Clifton Shores girls stopped by the 2oceansvibe Compound to be taught a lesson. We focused on Cape Town road names. The pronounciation of Buitengracht and BuitenKANT roads, is obviously of paramount importance.
Polio survivors from Africa have pioneered a new extreme sport that combines skateboarding and soccer to produce Skate Soccer. Now, an award-winning South African film crew is crowd-sourcing funding via Kickstarter for a documentary film about the truly remarkable sport.
You might have caught the story in the Sunday Times about ex-Springbok player Earl Rose and his wife (Amor) ploughing their BMW into the famous Ooskus fish & chips shop in Gordon’s Bay. Here is the CCTV footage. According to Timeslive: Dramatic video footage shows rugby player Earl Rose staggering topless from a fish and […]
You might remember model, Andrej Pejic, who is rather famous for his hot female-like appearance. Well, Andrej might have some new competition – 19-year-old Stav Strashko, who stars in a new ad for Toyota.
The Brothers Streep will be playing a couple of shows in Jozi at the end of the month. Click through for a preview of what’s in store.
The overly pink London games are over, and hopefully the memories of the Lisa-Simpson-giving-Bart-a-blowjob logo will soon fade. The logo for the Rio games was revealed to the world at the closing ceremony, and it turns out that there’s more to it than just the beautiful symbolism of people holding hands.
The latest dance craze to go mainstream involves galloping around as if you were riding a horse. Which should be awkward by all accounts, but it’s caught on around the world, strangely enough.
Ever since their online debut six years ago, the TEDTalks videos have attracted an ever-growing audience. The fascinating talks, which cover a seemingly endless range of topics, feature some of the most inspirational speakers alive. Yesterday the TED Blog released a list of the 20 most-watched videos to date. Warning, this will ruin your productivity for the remainder of the day.
Following the death of 34 people (and 78 injured) at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in North West, a special debate was held yesterday in Parliament. But what occurred instead was basically mudslinging and name-calling between different political parties. It got so worse that Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu lost her temper, and told MPs to “shut up”. She was later made to withdraw the comment.
Kanzi the bonobo has made headlines before, first for learning sign language, and then later when he made up “words” for everyday objects. His latest feat though, is nothing short of amazing. The industrious ape crafted rudimentary stone tools that are “on a par with the efforts of early humans”.
Earlier this afternoon, expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema continued his defence of the striking Lonmin mineworkers when he went to the Marikana Police Station to lay murder charges against the police who shot dead 34 of their colleagues.