Joyce Evans is an American news anchor for a local station in Philadelphia. She recently became a bit more famous when a vintage clip of her back in the 80’s surfaced online. After signing of a report in perfect English, she waits a couple of seconds, and then… No, rather watch for yourself. Trust me on this one.
This shouldn’t be surprising to anybody, but it’s probably good to be reminded. A study by USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism that surveyed the top 100-grossing movies of 2009, and found that only 32,8% of the 4 342 speaking characters were female. Let us remember that 2009 was the year that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen came out.
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. There are some big names missing from that pool of finalists. More particularly, the coveted “Best Entertainment and Lifestyle Blog” category is fairly interesting.
Paranormal Activity 3 continues the low budget horror series created by Oren Peli. The new chapter is a prequel, taking us back to the ’80s, where we learn where, how and why Katie’s haunting started. Critically-acclaimed Catfish filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman direct what could very well be the best Paranormal Activity yet.
This beaut of an ad hit TV screens across the country on Monday this week. We know how many of you are living your life in the future, with US iTunes accounts and Apple TVs and iPads etc. so you might have missed it. Check it out – classic Jack Daniel’s!
Hiking nude across the Swiss Alps became that much harder this week as a Swiss court upheld a court decision against a Swiss man fined for hiking in the nude past a family area. Not to fear though, other countries in Europe offer nude hikers and “nakation” (a real word!) enthusiasts a warmer welcome.
Not happy with their recent spate of public embarrassments, Qantas poured some more petrol on the PR fire to really get things going when they launched their recent Twitter campaign.
More and more of the technology that we see in the movies is becoming an everyday reality. The contact lens embedded with a tiny LED that can light up when a wireless signal is sent to it is one of these realities. Soon you’ll be able to stream your social media feeds and bring up other holographic images cybernetically.
It seems we aren’t the only ones who had some action in parliament yesterday. South Korea’s ruling party has ratified a controversial free trade deal with the United States. But just before they did that an opposition MP set off and threw a teargas device at the speaker, briefly clearing the chamber.
As part of it’s “off-season spring cleaning,” Google today announced the end of a handful of services, including Google Buzz, Google Wave, and Google Knol. The thinking behind the initiative is to free up resources for Google+ and other higher-priority projects. While some of the shut-downs make sense, others are a little more unexpected.
Saturday Night Live fox and Bridesmaids star, Kristen Wiig has taken the honour of “Bro of the Year” in the Stateside Men of the Year edition of GQ. Being GQ, they were unable to give her the award without getting a glossy snap of Kristen in her undies, which she dutifully provided.
The Hot Fuzz star returns as IT genius, Benji for the fourth movie in the franchise, which also stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Josh Holloway, that guy from Lost.
Auckland Helicopter Crash Broadcast Live-Streaming On Internet – The pilot of a helicopter which crashed in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour is understood to have escaped serious injury. The squirrel helicopter was working to erect the seven storey Telecom Christmas tree at its new home on Auckland’s waterfront when it clipped a wire and crashed around 10:30 […]
Members of Parliament have voted in favour of the Protection of State Information Bill. The bill still needs to be passed by the National Council of Provinces next year, but it has effectively been adopted by the National Assembly today based on majority vote. It has NOT yet been enacted. Editors staged a walkout as the announcement was made in Parliament.
In September, the science world was left in shock when workers at the world’s largest physics lab announced they had recorded subatomic particles travelling faster than the speed of light. Now, measurements by an opposing team of physicists suggest neutrinos cannot have travelled faster than the speed of light.
Protestors wearing black gather outside Parliament in Cape Town on Tuesday, to voice their dissent against the proposed Protection Of Information Bill. Inside Parliament, MP’s gathered to vote on the matter. Coverage of opposition to the POIB was trending on Twitter under the hashtag, #BlackTuesday. Nothing was trending on Facebook. Because nothing trends on Facebook. […]
The landslide victory of the opposition conservative Popular Party in Spain is widely viewed as a threat to same-sex marriage in that country. But the gays won’t go down without a fight. Or without a make-out session, for that matter. Watch as a live Al Jazeera news report on the election gets photobombed by two guys furiously sucking face.
I feel a little bad for Widen + Kennedy, Old Spice’s advertising agency; everything they’ve done since introducing Isaiah Mustafa as the Old Spice Guy has been subject to comparison, not always fairly. Which is a pity, because they’re killing it here with their new “Smell Better Than Yourself” campaign. Check out the video, after the jump.
Pretoria mayor, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, has reportedly declared that South Africa’s capital city will be re-named Tshwane by the end of 2012, no matter the cost to the city, nor the opposition to the move.
Friends, by now you’ll all be aware of the sterling social work that 2oceansVibe and Jack Daniels have done over the course of the 2011. Every month, we’ve liberated desk-bound Capetonians from the drudgery and depression of working on a Friday afternoon. Check out last month’s vibe. And we’re rounding out the year with a […]
This is why you always double check if you have clicked “reply”, and not “reply to all”, when sending an email, especially when it concerns your annoyance about something. The email in question has to do with repairs being made to a car at a Johannesburg dealership, and, well, it’s rather self-explanatory. Click through to cringe.
Those sneaky Russians! News anchor Tatiana Limanova gave Barack Obama the middle finger during a recent TV bulletin. After mentioning that her president is soon to be taking over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leadership responsibilities (that were previously held by Obama), she flashes a zap nonchalantly, before continuing her bulletin.
The world’s premier music magazine has finally come to our shores! Hugh Masekela graces the cover of the first edition of the South African Rolling Stone magazine – which you will see appearing on shelves from tomorrow. Check out their website here. Follow the link to find out more about the magazine, their vision, the […]
Sylvester Stallone is teaming up with Ukranian heavyweight boxers, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, to produce a stage musical based on Rocky. Is it worth making a joke about this? I mean my feeling is that the ridiculousness of the situation sort of speaks for itself, but let me know if you need more.
A massive thank you to all the support from the 2oceanvibers out there! We are pleased to announce that recent stats supplied by Google analytics have confirmed that we received 1,1 million visits in the last 6 months. With an average monthly readership of over 100 000 unique readers (some months topping 200 000 unique […]
The more aspirational of us often discuss the difference between what “your” R10 million or R20 million or R50 million buys on “either side of the mountain.” These chats usually take place around EuroMillions lottery draw time. More to the point, we compare the size of the property you can get in Clifton, with the options […]
What new bike caught everyone’s attention at the recent Milan International Motorcycle Show? This one did, a $50 000 replica of the iconic light cycle from the Tron movies, made by Evolve Motorcycles in the States.
South African cricketing legend, and ambassador for Buchulife, joined an elite club of test cricketers who have scored more than 12 000 runs. He takes his rightful place in a group of players that includes Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Rahul Dravid. In fact, Kallis is now the fourth highest scorer of runs in the […]
Earlier this year, Liam Gallagher sued his brother, Noel after he (Noel) stated in a press conference that Liam pulled out of a headline show at the V festival in England due to a hangover. He later dropped the suit, but he now appears to have sobered up and the two are back at it again.