This past weekend, Audi made automotive history when their E-Tron became the first hybrid car to win the the world’s biggest auto-racing endurance event, the 24-hour LeMans.
Broad Sustainable Building, a Chinese construction company, is aiming to assemble an 838m-tall building in Changsha, a city in southern China, beating the Burj Khalifa in Dubai by 10 metres. What’s more, they’re looking to build the thing – dubbed SkyCity One – in 90 days because, well, why not.
Argentinean tennis player, David Nalbaldian lost his marbles yesterday afternoon in the finals of the AEGON Championships at Queens in London, and kicked at some advertising boards and injured a linesman in the process; the act got him disqualified from the finals which saw Marin Cilic take the title.
There’s a new documentary coming out this month called Line of Sight. While standard cyclists drive me mental (only because I am convinced I am going to run one over unintentionally) these guys are even worse.
Every day, around the world, security cameras silently observe us. Tirelessly they wait and watch, hoping to capture something significant. Usually, the only footage that ever sees the light of day is the kind that implicates someone in a crime or offence, but in reality they capture so much more. Click through for a glimpse of the heart-warming side of surveillance.
Did you catch that Jack Daniel’s “beekeeper” vibe on Tuesday? Some people were dropping claims of liqueurs on twitter, but we’re not convinced, to be completely honest. Jack Daniel’s hasn’t made anything but straight up whiskey for 137 years. We’re still not entirely sure what’s going on, but we did just get another clue mailed to us […]
Often the US military needs to send soldiers to places that aren’t exactly “entry-friendly”. So they devised a contest to get the brightest young minds working on their problem, and from beneath all the riffraff came this awesome wall-climbing backpack. Click through to see it in action.
A few weeks ago Jason Alexander, best known for his role as George Costanza on Seinfeld, made some unfortunate remarks during an appearance on the Craig Ferguson Show. Many saw his comments, about cricket being a gay sport, as hurtful and offensive, a consequence he had never intended. To set the record straight he offered a sincere, heartfelt apology, click through to read it in full.
Chaos erupted in Warsaw yesterday when Russian and Polish fans fought running battles in the streets before and after a Euro 2012 soccer match. At least 11 people were injured in the clashes. Eight of those hurt, including a policeman, are Poles, two are Russian, and one is German. The game ended 1-1. See the […]
Friends, now, I’m sure you all know by now that Friday Done Jack’s Way is back, and that you can enter HERE to be part of the action, but what the heck is going on here? Jack Daniel’s HQ just mailed us this video, with no other information, and we’re not at all sure what it […]
Spanish activists are raising a large private fund to pay for a civil action suit against Rodrigo Rato – the former chairman of Bankia, one of the banks central to the Spanish financial crisis. The fundraiser is following the usual decentralized online-activist structure, with members organizing themselves under the #QuerellaPaRato (“Lawsuit for Rato”) hashtag.
The Brothers Streep have just dropped their new music video, and some of it was shot right here in the 2oceansVibe Media Compound! It’s called “Hold On”, and deals with a fact of life that we all despise: having to hold on when making a telephone call to someone you need help from. You can […]
On Sunday Twitter aired its first ever TV commercials. The series of shorts are centered on America’s favourite past-time, Nascar racing, and push their new message: “See what he sees.” Click through to see the clips.
A new concept restaurant has met with some recent success. Dinner in the Sky has diners, dining table and waitstaff hoisted some 50 meters into the sky with a crane, where they can enjoy a high-altitude gourmet meal. The latest branch just opened up in in Brussels – take a look after the jump.
Recently, on the Turkey leg of her MDNA tour, Madonna quite deliberately flashed her nipple at the crowd, drawing gratuitous cheering and pic-snapping. Click through for the obviously N5FW video.
It’s one thing to see a professional tennis player throw or hit his racquet in a grand slam – but it’s not often you see them hitting their racquet against an advertising board and smahing it (the advertising board) to pieces. Jeepers, Novak! The final was postponed due to rain and will continue on Monday […]
Very few people are privileged enough to travel the world and even fewer can say they’ve set foot on all seven continents. Thankfully we have been blessed with photographers like Sean F. White, who has not only accomplished both, but chose to record the journey and share it via an amazing time-lapse recording. Click through for a magnificent six-minute trip around the world.
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In a disgusting display of cruelty and abuse, captors tattooed a refugee’s forehead after he tried to flee Syria for Lebanon. Click through for the disturbing video, slightly N5FW.
In news that you want desperately to be surprised by, but just can’t, the creators of the Tupac-ogram have announced that they’re working on an Elvis Presley hologram, for making film and television appearances – and, depending on how unsettling they can get the reincarnated star to look, on tour.
The Scottish are not known to be the “winningest” of teams. So when a victory does come along, especially against a team like Australia, a celebration is in order. Sometimes, though, this gets taken just a little too far. It’s all fun and games until a flanker and a wing bash their heads open.
The line between stupidity and bravery is a fine one, and the gentleman in this video seems to have a foot on either side. Taking on a Great White with nothing but a snorkel and a spear-gun is some kind of special.
Johnny Depp joined the Black Keys on stage at last night’s MTV movie awards and played two songs with the band – “Gold on the Ceiling” and “Lonely Boy” – instead of making a speech for his MTV Generation Award.
Last week the internet exploded with excitement at Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira’s incredible feat of strength when he lifted fellow player Anton Bresler, 112kg, above his head and held him there for several seconds. As it turns out, this was not a one-off occurrence, he did it again in the same game and then once more this past weekend! Click through to see his raw power.
Throughout his life, Steve Jobs imparted many inspiring words of wisdom, many of which were caught on video during his onstage appearances at Apple events and during interviews. Yesterday a host of these were made available, for free, on iTunes. Click through for the details.
Nando’s are at it again, and this time they’re tackling diversity, and they’re not taking any prisoners. Their new campaign forces us to face the reality we live in, and just get over it. Click through for the brilliant video.
Gordon Ramsey suffered an effing back injury in the recent effing Soccer Aid, held every two years in effing England. The match sees a team from effing England play against a team from the rest of the effin’ world, in a charity match where all the effing proceeds go to UNICEF. Ramsey was taken out by effin’ Teddy Sheringham, and had to be taken off the field in a fucking stretcher. Video after the jump.
David Attenborough recently visited the Graham Norton show, and shared the stage with the likes of Cameron Diaz. Norton played a clip of a tortoise making sweet love to a shoe (we won’t mention the brand of the shoe, as we wouldn’t want to offend) and asked David Attenborough to narrate that particular miracle of […]
It occured to me this morning that I had never shown you the YouTube clip of our Friday afternoon Radio show presenters – The Brothers Streep – singing to Anna Paquin (of True Blood fame) on the Graham Norton Show. Is bloody funny and I think you should watch it. Tune in to the Brothers […]
The brand new Goldfish music video is here! The official music video for “Washing Over Me”, featuring Morning Parade, that’s been directed by Matt Torod, is very rad. Watch as Goldfish man accidentally alters the course of history wherever he goes. The new track is a collaboration between Goldfish and Steve Sparrow, from Morning Parade, […]