Michael Jackson’s Doctor Gets 4 Years – The doctor who killed Michael Jackson was preparing to blackmail the singer, a judge said last night as he gave the disgraced physician a four-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. Judge Michael Pastor said that Conrad Murray had committed “medicine madness” to gain “money, fame, prestige”. [theaus] Piers Morgan “Set […]
Key decision makers on the global climate change issue have been hesitant to make a conclusive call at the COP17 talks, which are currently being held in Durban. There are major concerns that the world’s only legally binding climate agreement could sink entirely.
Sealed up in the lower levels of a medical faculty building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands lies a genetically altered flu strain which could potentially cause a pandemic which could kill half of the world’s population.
The Italian clothing label’s controversial advertising campaign, Unhate, which was launched less than two weeks ago, is surely going to garner more raised eyebrows with their latest stunt: Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu kissing Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas on a large billboard in Tel Aviv, Israel.
An American gun club has invited children and their families to pose for pictures with Santa Claus – and a high-powered firearm! They are able to choose between grenade launchers, assault rifles and AK-47s. The picture, taken against a festive backdrop, will then feature on a holiday card. Afterwards, the families also get a chance to test out the machine guns.
Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s president, described the freshly-unveiled Fun-Vii as “a smartphone on four-wheels,” which sounds like something you would say to describe a car with lots of gadgets. Except Toyota’s new concept car, unveiled ahead of the Tokyo Auto show is like a smartphone on four wheels because it has giant touchscreen doors.
As World AIDS Day approaches, health advocacy groups and charities across the developing world are tightening their belts following an announcement by the The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria that the expected 11th round of funding due in 2012 would be cancelled due to “resource constraints”.
Oh dear lady. Here’s a little bit of advice to you Miley: When you’re at your 19th birthday party, chances are there’s someone there filming you, waiting to give something to the tabloids. Hence, don’t say anything stupid.
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I must say I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the Senna movie available at Kalahari. It’s about Ayrton Senna, one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers that ever lived. They tell us: Buckle in and hit the blacktop with Brazilian Formula One champion Ayrton Senna as filmmaker Asif Kapadia draws on archival footage to […]
It’s taken Hilts quite a while to get a Ferrari – having been hellbent on Bentley for a number of years. See what I did there? With the word “hellBENT.” Get it? Anyway, the blonde sex-tape machine went for the Ferrari California and hit the road on Friday last week. Follow link to see the […]
Celeste Coetzee gave The Gallery at Grande Provence in Franschhoek a little more than they’d agreed on last week. Her Unisa Final Year Student Exhibition was axed from The Gallery after she went a bit too far by posing nude and tearing pages from a Bible.
Cosmopolitan always hosts the biggest and hottest parties of the year when it comes to launching new swimwear for the summer, and this year was no exception. It took place at The Grand Café & Beach and was the perfect beach location for a night out. They had some hot new models, as well as […]
Nearly 10 000 people dressed up in zombie gore and wandered through Mexico City this weekend, in a bid to set the new world record for zombie walks, which is a thing. Once verified by Guinness, the walk will blaze past the previous record of 4 093 zombies, set in New Jersey last year.
The Beagle Freedom Project rescues dogs that are bred and used for lab testing. These dogs are born in laboratories and live in cages their whole lives. The project recently rescued 40 dogs, between ages four and seven, who have never seen outside sunlight.
Please enjoy this video taken on a London tram, showing a charming young English woman ranting and raving about ethnic minorities sharing the train with her and how they are ruining Britain – all while her son sits on her lap. Having spent three years living in London, this video comes as no surprise. These […]
Are you a bro just looking to hang with another bro, with no funny business? Then new app, Bromance, might just be for you…
Rupert Murdoch Made Charlotte Church An Offer She Couldn’t Refuse – Charlotte Church waived a £100,000 fee to sing at Rupert Murdoch’s wedding in return for favourable coverage in his newspapers, she claimed yesterday. However, the singer says she was betrayed by the media tycoon, whose publications she claims have attacked her throughout her career. [dailymail] […]
John Carpenter’s 1982 ice-bound identity horror fest, The Thing, is one of those films that grew on audiences and critics hearts’ as the years passed since its mediocre initial reception. Let’s see if 2011’s ice-bound update get’s a less chilly reception.
Fully equipped with a personal submarine, a helicopter that nests in a hydraulically operated hangar and water cannons, the PJ World Yacht is the ultimate floating luxury mansion that you’ve always dreamed of… and will never have.
It’s Just a Plant is an illustrated picture book about marijuana for the younger members of society. The plot is fairly simple: Jackie catches her folks smoking a joint one evening, and then her mother takes her on a trip the next day to learn more about marijuana.
The saying goes that you shouldn’t bring a knife to a gunfight. But in Egypt, where violence is once again reaching a crescendo, protesters are protecting themselves with whatever they can find as they fight fierce street battles with the military. Check out their home-made armour consisting of garden buckets, gas masks and…egg boxes.
The first person to fly with a pair of jet-propelled wings, Yves “Jetman” Rossy, recently completed a flight over the Swiss Alps in formation with two jet planes. Wearing a pair of wings and four jet engines, Rossy jumped out of a helicopter and flew alongside the jets using his body movements to perform midair […]
Who says politics can’t have a pretty face? This last weekend, Lance Weyer, a DA councillor from Buffalo City in East London walked off with the title of Mr. Gay SA at the Grand Finale held at Gold Reef City in Gauteng.
The ink has barely dried on Alan Knott-Craig’s deal to buy MXit, and already we’re seeing new developments in the user experience of South Africa’s biggest social network. You can now buy your favourite Estrela using nothing more than your MXit account.
Despite the fact that Julius Malema has now decided to be a beef farmer, the Afrikanerbond definitely wants him to come before the South African Commission of Human Rights on three allegations of hate speech, which the group has lodged against him since March 2010.
What is needed is for wine to start appearing in South African popular culture. (Do we have one of those?) Remember that rather kak film, Sideways? That changed how Merlot and Pinot Noir were sold in the States. Just because that snivelly little prick Miles told everyone to “Fuck Merlot”, they did, running to quaff cheap Californian Pinot Noir by the bucket load.
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Egyptians began voting today in the first election since toppling former President, Hosni Mubarak in February. These elections are the first of a programme of elections that will last until March 2012, and although only a tiny proportion of the population has internet access, Google is continuing to do its bit for democracy and hoping to inspire Egyptians to vote.