Sigh. Another day, another round of iPhone 5 rumours. This week, the boards and assorted interweb nooks and crannies that concern themselves with such things have been getting themselves in a tizzy over images released by an Italian design firm that claims they have worked out what the much-anticipated iPhone 5 is going to look like. Check out these Florentine flights of fancy after the jump!
Following further investigation it has come to light that Jeff Rice, the American TV producer found dead in his hotel room in Uganda, died after ingesting contaminated cocaine and not as a result of being poisoned as was initially thought.
Tens of thousand of protestors have done something awesome, and there wasn’t even any violence involved. Vladimir Putin is up for re-election in Russia, and a lot of people aren’t happy about it. Instead of petrol bombs and angry mobs, something much cooler happened. Check it out.
There is no error in that headline – Nokia has really just unveiled the PureView 41-megapixel-sensor camera in one of its new smartphones – the Lumia 808. Additionally, the device has extremely good sound recording capabilities and will also allow the user to capture video content in full HD.
Just in case you missed the TV coverage of the Lions vs. Cheetahs game on Saturday, this supporter featured during the coverage. Someone took a photo of him and the photo has been doing the rounds on Twitter. We have been sent it by no less than six different people, so please stop. Here it […]
After speculation about whether or not Sacha Baron Cohen would be allowed to show up at the Oscars dressed as his character from The Dictator, he eventually appeared on the red carpet last night. Admiral General Aladeen also carried an urn labeled “Kim Jong-Il’s ashes.” Ryan Seacrest was the unfortunate presenter who got to interview him. Can you guess what happened next?
So it was the Oscars last night, where we got to watch Billy Crystal act smug about being considered relavent by somebody. Also Christopher Plummer finally won something. Also there was this – the Cirque du Soleil’s incredible, film-themed performance – which works out well, thematically. Take a look.
Oscars? Over it! The Razzies are the true test of Hollywood’s mettle, the very best of the very worst, if you will. Last night, the nominations for the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards were dropped on an unsuspecting world, and you’ll never guess who scooped a record number of Razzie nominations for the unprecedented amount of tripe he threw at our screens in 2011. Go on, guess!
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA as they are better known, is a crazy bunch. They’re a bunch of militant vegetarians, and at one point even went so far as to rename tuna to “sea kittens”, in an attempt to make the canned fish seem more cuddly and cute. This is a little embarrassing.
Growing up, Sam Khumalo and his friends used to skate in and around Johannesburg, exploring the hard concrete world of the city. He became an explorer. Every corner, every curb became his playground. And the search for the next spot never stopped. For this pro-skater, who now runs and owns a skate shop with a […]
In case you missed Thekiso Anthony Lefifi’s colourful Sunday Times’ interview with Ninja and Yolandi Vi$$er from Die Antwoord, we’ve got it for you right here. How responsible are you with money? Ninja: I never used to care about money because I never had it. Now I have money and I still don’t care about […]
Contract archaeologist, Katie Smuts, said on Friday that she estimated the foundations were constructed between 1830 and 1850, and that archaeologists were trying to determine their significance. Smuts jokingly compared that the styles revealed on the porcelain artefacts they found helped determine their age because it was similar to comparing the styles that hipsters wore on their clothes in the year 2012.
“Let there be no doubt. Aside from the Aborigines in Australia, the African black is the most underdeveloped, barbaric species of the human race.” These are some of the statements you’ll hear in this video, starring old-apartheid leader Franz Jooste. It was filmed at a scouts camp – run by Jooste – where Afrikaner boys as young as 13 are being subjected to his indoctrination.
Meryl Streep Wins Third Oscar – Meryl Streep won her third Oscar award this morning for her role as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the film The Iron Lady. As usual the night was a glittering affair with some obvious winners and some surprises. Follow the link for the full list of winners. [oscar-winners] Commission […]
The Iron Lady won an Oscar for Best Makeup, but did Meryl take the Best Actress award? What’s more, did you know that one of the winners this year is the oldest person to ever win a certain Oscar? And what about The Artist? Did the silent film continue the awards success it found at […]
There is a civil war raging in Syria that seems to have slipped the attention of the masses. This raw and unforgiving short film is the way for you to get up to date with the savage conflict tearing up a Syrian city.
You don’t cross this bridge – it crosses you. A bridge that crosses the Morava river between Austria and Slovakia is in need of a name. In the spirit of democracy, the local government left it up to the people to decide. The result? The leading contender is to have the bridge named after martial-arts-expert-turned-actor, Chuck Norris.
Ex-Blue Bulls flanker, Phindile Ntshongwana, has been deemed medically fit to stand trial for the alleged murder of three people (two with an axe), attempted murder of another and the kidnapping and rape of a woman. Happy Friday everyone!
At first we thought this was some kind of burlesque joke, maybe even a mashup of sorts, but we’re afraid it isn’t. Paris has actually recorded this as a music video. And it’s meant to be her “latest” single. It’s a techno collaboration with the house music production duo, Manufactured Superstars.
One of the beauties with content published on 2oceansvibe, is that it ranks incredibly well on Google, due to our high “Google page rank.” Online tech geeks will find it interesting that we rank above revered news publications like the Mail&Guardian and Timeslive (let alone the presidency’s very own website) for such a hotly-debated topic: […]
Earlier today we told you about the violence that broke out during President Jacob Zuma’s ANC centenary address in Cape Town yesterday. An SABC cameraman even had a chair thrown in his face! See video footage of this incident, along with a full photo gallery of all the action, after the jump.
Diamonds are one of the world’s great fascinations. They enchant, mesmerise and sparkle. Nothing quite says “piss off, I’m rich” like a big rock. Not all diamonds are equal either – pink diamonds are the rarest of them all, accounting for only 0,1% of all cut diamonds. A 12,76 carat diamond has just been found in Australia – getting married soon?
Rapper Chris Brown cannot catch a break this week. A woman in Florida has laid theft charges against him after he allegedly stole her iPhone and drove off with it when she was snapping pics of him in his car outside da club.
We’ve told you a lot about the shenanigans of SA’s Big Four banks recently. Yesterday a Twitter storm erupted around Standard Bank and FNB, with the former accusing FNB of misleading advertising. The irony? The mud-slinging quite quickly turned in the direction of Standard Bank, with Tweeters taking FNB’s side. Here’s a snapshot of what happened.
Every year at Budget Speech time, South Africans get concerned with how much we’ll have to cough up for petrol and beer in the year to come. These are worthy concerns, but there’s much more to the budget says Karin Muller, Head of Growth Market Solutions at Sanlam. For starters, tax changes affect how much […]
I just downloaded the latest issue of TIME Magazine on my iPad 2 (get yours here), using the TIME Magazine app (available in the US iTunes store – get your US iTunes account -no credit card necessary – here) and I had a good chuckle at the cover. They are now referring to the son […]
Jean-Paul Reid was an unemployed Cape Town accountant, until he came up with the idea that people might like it if their domestic worker worked in the nude. He’d sold off pretty much everything he owned in his flat, except his laptop and 3G device. Then he created a website for his concept, and struck gold.
A photograph of Whitney Houston lying in her casket before her funeral has appeared on the cover of National Enquirer. It was apparently taken by a relative on a cell phone. Needless to say the publication has been condemned by Houston fans, the world over. If you would prefer not to see it, then don’t click ;continue reading’ below.
Chaos During Zuma Lecture – Chairs Thrown – A public lecture by President Jacob Zuma in Cape Town degenerated into chaos yesterday when supporters of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema booed and heckled him. Matters got out of hand and an SABC cameraman was injured when a chair was hurled at him. Dearie dearie […]
When people accused Alex Thomson of photoshopping the iconic image of himself “riding” the keel of his 60ft yacht “HUGO BOSS,” he decided that there is only one way to prove them wrong. And this video has granted him a lifelong membership to the 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame. Do we even need to tell you what make the suit is he is wearing?