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McCain Calls Heckler “Jerk” At Memorial Day Speech [VIDEO]
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yesterday was Memorial Day in USA, celebrated on the last Monday of every May. This is a great time for politicians to make some noise, including John McCain. His sentiments weren’t exactly echoed by some members of his audience – resulting in a reaction that may have been the biggest display of cojones in his career. Video after the jump.
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The Sharks’ Beast Is Making Headlines Around The World! [VIDEO]
29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Sharks player Tendai Mtawarira is well-known in the rugby world as “Beast”, for obvious reasons. However, the marvelous brute is quickly earning international cult status for an immense feat of strength following a weekend clash with the Stormers. Click through for the details and amazing video.
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What Wes Anderson Thinks Of His Critics
28 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eccentric filmmaker Wes Anderson, known for his signature style made famous in movies like Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic, recently spoke to the HuffPost about his latest venture, Moonrise Kingdom, the joys and pains of working with teenagers, and what he thinks about opinionated critics. Click through for details and the trailer.
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Prince Charles Spins The Wheels Of Steel On Recent Canadian Visit [VIDEO]
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Prince Charles, having recently tried his hand at being a weatherman, is now learning to spin and scratch records. On a recent visit to a youth centre in Canada, one learnt how to “drop the beat”. The visit formed part of an international tour as part of The Queen’s upcoming diamond Jubilee.
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Man Survives 700m Helicopter Jump, Without Parachute [VIDEO]
24 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yesterday, a British man made history by becoming the first person to jump from a helicopter at 2 400ft, without a parachute, and survive.
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Documentarian Impersonates ‘Wise Indian Guru’, Develops Real Following [VIDEO]
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“So many of us look to the wisdom of the East, to solve our problems in the West.” Those are the words of filmmaker Vikram Ghandi, who set out to see how to see legitimate many of the sources of Eastern wisdom were, by impersonating a guru and then gaining a massive, legitimate following. Click through for the trailer and more details.
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Was Vandalised Zuma Painting A Fake? [VIDEO]
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
A number of commenters have expressed the opinion that the scene of the defacing of Brett Murray’s The Spear in the Goodman Gallery was a set up. Citing the inch-perfect framing of the camera, as well as the fact that the camera was trained on the painting at the exact moment of its vandalism, commenters […]
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WATCH: Video Of Men Vandalising Zuma Penis Painting (Works On Mobile)
22 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 13 Comments
Click ‘continue reading’ to watch the video (courtesy of eNews Channel).
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Anchorman 2 Teaser Pops Up [VIDEO]
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Marking another notch in the slow build-up to the sequel to that thing you used to like to quote, here’s the teaser trailer for Paramount’s Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. There’s no hint of story, but it reintroduces the Channel 4 News Team and offers some vague one-liners. Which I guess is what sequels are all about.
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Anonymous Hacks U.S. Department of Justice
22 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh hey, that V-for-Vendetta-themed hacker collective is back, this time with a 1,7 GB lump of data that they claim “used to belong to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics.” The file was uploaded to the Pirate Bay yesterday, and allegedly contains “internal emails, and the entire database dump.”
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Chicago Police Mow Down “Occupy” Protesters With A Van [VIDEO]
21 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So there was a NATO summit ongoing in Chicago over the weekend – which naturally attracts a couple of protest groups, members from the “Occupy” movement among them. It also attracted police and Homeland Security, who proceeded to handcuff protesters, detain them at gunpoint, and ram into a crowd of them with a van.
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WATCH: Clifton Trawler Tugged Off Beach [VIDEO]
19 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Eihatsu Maru was successfully towed off Clifton’s First Beach by maritime authorities yesterday. The Smit Amandla tug worked tirelessly for hours to free the stricken vessel.
Eyewitness News’s Aletta Gardner was on hand to record the moment life along Victoria Road returned to normal.
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Google Knowledge Graph: What You Need To Know
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
So Google’s trying to change things, again. For those of you who decide that this is the last straw and that you’re going Bing, farewell and good luck finding anything. For those of you wanting to find out what exactly Knowledge Graph is and why it isn’t as terrible as G+, click on through.
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Paralysed Woman Controls Prosthesis, With Her Mind
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Science! Technology! In a worldwide medical first, researchers have successfully implanted a computer-mind interface into the motor cortex of a 58-year-old, quadriplegic woman which allowed her to control a robotic limb using only the power of her mind. The future is now.
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The Best Cover Of “Sexy And I Know It” You’ll Ever Hear [VIDEO]
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Redfoo: “I’m sexy and I know it.” There, it’s done. Whether you’re a fan of the song or not, LMFAO’s chart-topping hit is now on infinite repeat in your head. It’s one of those typical, infectious beats that seems to worm its way into your mind, even after just reading the title. Well, YouTube sensation “Noah” is about to change that, for the better. Click through for his awesome cover.
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South Africa Sending Huge Delegation To Cannes
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 65th Cannes Film Festival officially begins today, and the South African delegation is making a pretty strong showing there. They’ve got 130 South African filmmakers attending, the largest SA delegation ever to go to Cannes, showcasing 12 feature films and eight documentaries – including Otelo Burning, by the guys who did Surfing Soweto.
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I’m Seriously Considering Going To Space
14 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
That’s right, I am officially considering it. I spent some time with Virgin Galactic‘s Commerical Director, Stephen Attenborough (no relation, but an appropriate coincidence, nonetheless) the other day, as we shot the breeze at the Mount Nelson hotel. ETV News captured our conversation, so keep an eye out for the Tech Report on Thursday nights (channel […]
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Derek Watts Debuts All New “Pinkie Pinch” Hand Gesture On Carte Blanche
14 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
Derek Watts aficionados will agree that Dezza only adds a new “move” once in a blue moon. This is one of those rare moments. He pulled out a brand new hand gesture on Sunday night, as he delivered his closing message to camera on MNET’s Carte Blanche magazine show. It seems the “fist and thumb” has […]
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Tech Report – Cloud Computing
10 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cloud Computing. You’ve probably heard the phrase at a bar, or around your depressingly busy photocopy machine at work. Bill from management, or Peter from accounts drops this term at every opportunity, and every time you just smile and nod. Standing there without a worthwhile contribution. So you embarrass yourself again, by talking about your […]
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Copenhagen Orchestra Flash Mobs Train Line With Symphony [VIDEO]
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Flashmobs are normally pretty lame. Dancing hipsters, smirking along, and then leaving – only after having disrupted your day. Not this. The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra took to the Metro to promote a new classical radio station, by performing Grieg’s “Peer Gynt.” The result? Epicness. Full video after the jump.
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Hello, Future: Move Files Across Devices With A Swipe [VIDEO]
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
People over at MIT have developed a piece of open-source software that lets you drag files from your phone to your computer or tablet or whatever with a swipe of a finger. It’s simple and clever and looks like the future – and it works. They’re calling it Swÿp. Take a look at the demo after the jump.
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Unaired Clip Of The Beastie Boys Performing On Chappelle’s Show [VIDEO]
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Following the death of Beastie Boys band member, Adam “MC” Yauch, one of the co-creators of Chapelle’s Show has released previously unseen footage of the band performing “The New Style,” a song from their debut album, on the show in 2004. The show’s co-creator and host Dave Chappelle performs with them for a bit.
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Google TV Launches In The US In May
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
LG Electronics, the world’s second biggest TV maker, will launch Internet-enabled TV based on Google’s platform in the United States in May. The South Korean firm is after a share of the emerging Internet TV market, a senior LG executive said today.
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YouTube Apologises For Banning Sexy Kate Upton Video [VIDEO]
07 May 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
You should by now be aware that the US has gone nuts for swimsuit model Kate Upton. Seriously – she’s closing in on Candice. So anyway, she made this video with photographer/revolting pervert Terry Richardson of her doing the “Cat Daddy” dance (?) and popped it on YouTube. It didn’t last long before it was […]
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Amanda Palmer Is Crowdsourcing Her New Album [VIDEO]
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You guys have heard of Kickstarter – that site that lets people pitch their projects for funding to the internet at large, and which has led to new apps, art projects, and a Robocop statue in Detroit. All of which stopped mattering when Amanda Palmer raised $500 000 in four days on the platform – with 24 days of funding remaining.
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Harry Wins Invisibility, Watch His Fantastically Weird Online Video
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last year Stimorol rolled out a series of ads to promote their Infinity range, in the TV spots gum-chewers were caught in an infinite loop of increasingly bizarre situations. In their latest radvertising venture we’re taken to even more bizarre heights, featuring an anthro-dog, a bouncer in a tie-dyed one piece and a creepy man in a polo-neck.
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The Expendables 2 Trailer Released [VIDEO]
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Because what last year’s homage to excessive, overblown action movies needed most of all was a sequel. Starring even more overhauled action heroes – like Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and, at a guess, more slow-motion explosions and weapon puns, it looks like something you guys should probably watch.
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Highline sensation from Pierre Chauffour on Vimeo.
Daredevils Traverse A Slack-Line 700m From The Ground, Across A Ravine [VIDEO]
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is ridiculous, watch as these clearly insane people calmly cross a ravine, on a rope, 700m from the ground! It’s terrifying, logic-defying, awe-inspiring and incredible all at the same time, and once you start watching there’s no way you can stop. Click through for the video.
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Salome The Cheetah Gives Birth To Three Cubs
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Late yesterday afternoon, you may have been alerted to the fact that we had found out that Salome the cheetah from the Hoedpsruit Endangered Species Centre was due to give birth to her first litter of cubs at some point during the following 24 hours. Her first cub was born at approximately 19h20 last night. Click through for more.
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Incredible Footage Of One World Trade Centre Construction [GALLERY & VIDEO]
02 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This morning we told you about the One World Trade Centre, which officially became the tallest building in New York City yesterday. See an incredible time-lapse video of its construction over the past eight years – as well as a collection of photos via the WTC Twitter feed – after the jump.
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