Golf hasn’t seen its fair share of streakers, but this Sunday at the Presidents Cup, the 18th fairway may have become home to one of the most famous streakers in history.
The Japanese town of Taiji became synonymous with brutal dolphin slaying after the Oscar-winning, tear-jerking, doccie, ‘The Cove,’ was released. Sadly, regardless of the international recognition and fame the documentary received, dolphin hunting at the cove still takes place annually between September and April, and its about to get a whole lot darker.
Tighter E-Cig restrictions rejected. Kris and Bruce Jenner overs. Sex pest teacher tweeted several kids. Kelly Khumalo arrested. US Basketball tickets go for R10 million. Tom Hanks has diabetes.
By now you know that I’ll be breaking opposition necks and cashing charity cheques at the 2013 #Run2Stop Challenge. Just because you can’t join me on the road, doesn’t mean you want be joining me in the winner’s circle in Brazil. Ready to join me in Brazil?* Here is how it works:
In 2010, South African band, THIEVE released their track ‘Way To Go’. A video posted to YouTube compares the THIEVE track to a recently-released Will.I.Am track, featuring Justin Bieber. The description reads: “The two songs have the same melody and lyrics, except the one was made before the other.”
Welcome to episode 7 of the Tumba Ping Pong Show, in which a blond woman catches flying knives with ping pong bats, and has a pineapple perched on top of her head cut in half by a third flying knife. And, oh yes, she catches a ping pong ball with her mouth. Just enjoy that. […]
Remember the accusations that some Gupta TV (ANN7) staff were working with holiday visas? Remember Gupta TV denied the allegations? Well those staff have been kicked out of SA..
There is a lot going on in the news at the mo with regards to the rollout of this new ‘E-toll’ vibe. The DA even ran billboards mocking the ANC. Watch this video to get to grips with the whole thing.
Not sure if you’re aware, but there’s a brand spanking new $100 bill that hits the streets of the United States (of America) today. Why did they do it and what does it look like? Here you go..
Former Head of Interpol and National Police Commissioner, Jackie Selebi was released from prison on medical parole in 2012 for suffering “a medical condition which is terminal, chronic, progressive and has deteriorated or reached an irreversible state.” His lawyers and doctors cited his failing kidneys as a key indicator that Selebi was on his death bed. Selebi has responded to widespread outrage following his being spotted at a mall over the weekend.
Last week we brought you Shane Myburgh’s assault on three patrons of Stones, a bar in Fourways, Johannesburg. In a serendipitous turn of fate, we discovered Hard Eddy on the same day. Catch up before you watch his terrific advice monologue to Shane, buggah.
Red Bull, being the excellent sports media company that they are have produced a 21,000-photo Instagram stop motion film of cliff diving in Wales. As one does.
Yesterday afternoon, Belgian firemen protested against national budget cuts for the fire department in Brussels. Firemen from all the country gathered in front of Prime Minister’s office with fire trucks and blocked traffic in Brussels’ ring road, burning tyres (yissie!) in the streets and sprayed water and foam towards police guarding the protest. At some point police officers stood knee-deep in foam on the street.
Because North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jung Un, thinks what his country really needs right now is not more food or electricity, but a multimillion dollar ski-resort, construction has begun on the Masik Pass ski resort.
Robots’ natural enemies are stairs. Climbing up and down stairs is something we as humans have pretty much mastered, but robots are finding it a touch more difficult. These M-Blocks, created by the brainiacs at MIT, would have no problem with stairs though. These modular robots can jump though the air, catch onto each other, spin and roll around to form new shapes, all with no external moving parts.
Fox News has just unveiled its ridiculous new newsroom – it’s clear they’re big fans of Minority Report. Their new studio comes complete with giant 55-inch touchscreen tablets (or BATs – Big Area Touchscreens), an 11,5 meter video wall full of tweets and journalists furiously touching, flicking and swiping through apps with potential news stories.
GOOD Worldwide Inc – an integrated media, thought leadership and community action platform – is offering five innovators in health the opportunity to make a worldwide impact with the Pioneers of Health quotecorner online pharmacy Challenge. The Challenge will offer exchange and collaboration to innovators who are spearheading groundbreaking health initiatives. Working with GOOD and […]
So the alleged founder of Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, appeared in court today. If you still don’t know what Silk Road is, here’s everything you need to know. When the FBI shut his site down, they also seized all of its assets – a whole lot of Bitcoins – Bitcoins, which used to belong to the site’s users.
Malaria vaccine on its way. China tunes US about debt. 25 Eff leaders leave Malema for Agang. That sex pest teacher is out on bail. Eminem’s daughter is homecoming queen. Selebi out shopping. Hamilton moans about F1.
It was a distressing weekend for motorsport, with 8 people dying as a monster truck went out of control in Mexico, and this – a horrific crash in Houston, USA – during an IndyCar series grand prix.
Earlier this month we featured Tyson, an English Bulldog from Johannesburg who was kicking significant portions of ass on the internet via his Bulldogs Be Fancy Tumblog. Tyson’s star has continued its rise, with the costume-keen hound appearing in an ever-burgeoning raft of local ads. Here’s his latest appearance, for an Mnet campaign.
Alfonso Cuarón’s highly anticipated film, ‘Gravity’ will made landfall in the US last week, and it looks fairly stunning. The movie follows the events of a simple routine mission on the International Space Station (ISS) gone wrong. Inspired by The Kessler Syndrome, a theory that predicts a giant domino effect could occur if space debris in low orbit started colliding, we follow Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) as they battle to get back home to Earth.
Samsung have dropped two very clever ads for their recently-released Galaxy Gear smartwatch. While the watch itself has disappointed pundits with its limited battery life, and the fact that it can only work in conjunction with the Galaxy Note, Samsung may have regained some ground in the field of public perception with these two great TV spots for the product.
A Hyde Park High School teacher has been arrested after he sent a picture of himself naked in the bath. This image formed part of a Whatsapp chat with a 16-year-old kid. Unfortunately for him, it was actually the kid’s mother..
Miley Cyrus pulled off a memorable hosting of Saturday Night Live this last weekend, which included multiple self-depricating one-liners, and a brilliant parody of her track ‘We Won’t Stop’, reshot and retitled to mock the US government shutdown. Check out ‘We Did Stop’. Here’s Miley performing live after her skits: And here’s the American media talking about being […]
We said we would give away a bottle of Jack Daniel’s for every bar you tell us that stocks the premium ‘Gentleman Jack.’ You’re coming along very nicely..
44-year-old Mike Spencer Bown may well be the world’s most-travelled man. Earlier this week he completed a 23-year quest to visit every country in the world, which he began when he was 21. Bown was keen from the get-go to spend slightly longer than the average traveler in each country that he visited, in order to get a better handle on the people who live there.
Power FM owner, Given Mkhari says he plans to lay charges of extortion and trespassing against a a 25-year-old media studies student and Vodacom service centre employee who has accused him 0f raping her. The unnamed woman laid the charge of sexual assault against the PowerFM co-founder eight months after the alleged incident. Mkhari says he is the victim of a targeted campaign of harassment.
You’ll have no doubt by now picked up on the rumour that Muslim, in particular Tunisian women are flocking en masse to the war front in Syria to provide for the heterosexual needs of the Syrian rebels on the ground. The phenomenon of jihad al-Nikkah (more like Jihad al-Nookie, amiright?) has been wholly accepted and widely reported by Western Press. There’s just one problem: It isn’t true.
While Twitter prepares to go public, founders Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams and Noah Glass are pulling together to drive their future share price higher, despite suffering multiple messy divorces over the course of the last seven years.