The mother of 10-year-old Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau is ok with the photo shoot which appeared in this month’s issue of French Vogue, depicting her pre-teen in some rather adult poses. It seems Veronika Loubry, a fashion designer, is more concerned with the materialism of the spread than its supposedly sexualised images of young Thylane.
More often than not these kind of feel-good stories seem to emanate from other parts of the world. Not this one however. This one is proudly South African and happened in Sandton City this past Saturday when a man cleverly orchestrated a flash mob to intercept his bride-to-be for a romantic proposal opportunity.
Just the other day we saw this couple taking home R1.8 Billion in the Euromillions lottery. I was one of MANY people that bought tickets for that lottery. Pity my ship didn’t come in – or rather my YACHT! That R1.8 Billion couple had the same chances as me – but one thing’s for sure, […]
When you heard that they were releasing a prequel to Planet of the Apes you probably slapped your hand to your forehead. Not only was Tim Burton’s attempt at a reboot to the Planet of the Apes franchise a misfire, the movie title is laughable as if Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, G.I. Joe: […]
Angry youths are taking over the streets of London. But rioting is a profession rather best left to the professionals. The guy featured in this video hopefully learned a valuable lesson: if you can’t even throw an umbrella properly at the bobbies then you should rather go back to being on the dole. Because that move was well embarrassing, innit?
There is something encouraging coming out of the past three days of rioting and looting, even if it is a remote silver lining: the online mobilization of volunteer clean-up operations, mostly organized via Twitter and Facebook. By this time yesterday, #riotcleanup, was the second-highest trending topic worldwide.
So it looks like Brazil is at the forefront of drugvertising, and Amy is there number one brand ambassador. Apparently a gang has been using her likeness to market baggies of coke, inserting her picture inside and dubbing her as ‘Amy House’. Guess who they were putting in their bags of crack? Osama Bin-Laden.
Earlier this year 2oceansVibe reported about a tribe in western Brazil, living some 50 kilometres from the Peruvian border, that had until then, not been contacted by modern man. Sadly the tribe has gone missing after drug traffickers overran Brazilian guards posted to protect the area around which the tribe was living.
Nice one, guys! South Africa has the highest rate of strikes in the world, a labour analyst said yesterday. We’ve had 1 000 working days per 1 000 workers lost in 2010 – and it is expected to be even worse at the end of this year.
Souveneir t-shirts handed out at a rock festival in Gera, eastern Germany, were decorated with skulls, right-wing flags and the words “hardcore rebels,” to appeal to the vaguely neo-Nazi crowd the festival attracts. Except when the shirts got washed, the douchey decorations faded, replaced with anti-extremist slogans.
Plane Above Wall Street: ‘Thanks for the Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired’ – It’s always nice when an airplane articulates your thoughts for you—like the plane flying above Lower Manhattan today trailing a huge message: “THANKS FOR THE DOWNGRADE. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED.” [gawker] Apple Becomes The Most Valuable Company In The World – […]
The “Archive Gold” series continues with this piece – written three years ago. It’s more an important life skill, than an amusing article. Read it carefully. Be the best you can be. Happy Women’s Day.. An essential part to being a complete human being, is to possess the ability to cook perfect crispy bacon in […]
London Burns – Rioting has spread across London on a third night of violence, with unrest flaring in other English cities. An extra 1,700 police officers were deployed in London, where shops were looted and buildings were set alight. Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol also saw violence. [bbc] Malema Pays R50,000 For Saying Alleged Victim Enjoyed Being […]
What is your dream? What have you always wanted to start? We all know that we need to start doing certain things now, in order to enjoy the rewards we wish for later. Yet, for some reason, we often put them off, failing to take advantage of the moment. That’s why Sanlam has created National […]
Sinatra. Ol’ Blue Eyes. The Chairman of the Board. It’s hard to know where to start with Frank Sinatra. There’s the young Frank of the 1940’s, the Oscar winning movie star, The Rat Pack years, with his old pals Sammy Davis, Dean Martin and the boys. Then there’s the manic depression, the equal rights activist […]
Rick Mereki and two of his friends traveled the world in 44 days. Their trip included 11 countries, 63 000 km covered, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage featuring Rick walking! They took 1 second clips from all the locations visited, and compiled it into this must see video. It is nothing short of brilliant.
Australian artist and ‘body architect’ Lucy McRae, in collaboration with Harvard biologist Sheref Mansy, is releasing these little digestible capsules that make human skin emit perfume scents. Which is nice and futuristic, I think. And by futuristic I mean I have no idea how this thing works.
As lawmakers await a verdict on the controversial Dräger breathalyser test, expected next month, the Western Cape government is still cracking down on drunk driving. Hard. No less than 65 drunk driving arrests were made over the weekend in Cape Town alone.
I’m quite sure this new resort won’t pull the usual folk that hang out in Sandy Bay. They have their vibe. This resort will have its vibe. Anyway, a report in the Weekend Argus has said that so far, Somerset West residents (where the resort will be situated) have expressed mixed reactions, but a summer 2011 opening is definitely on.
“There was a lot of screaming.” The BBC is reporting that Zimbabwean police and military are recruiting civilians to illegally dig for diamonds for them. The report also mention a torture camp, run by Zimbabwe’s security forces, operating in the country’s rich Marange diamond fields.
Banksy’s put up some new art on his site because all the other well-known people were speaking out about the NewsCorp. hacking scandal, and Banksy didn’t want to be left behind. Which is nice! Because honestly I’d almost forgotten about Murdoch. Way to be relevant, Banksy.
A lot of people have been talking about Rowan Atkinson’s car crash of late. And with every report of his crash came the mention that he had been on Top Gear a mere fortnight before, posting their fastest guest lap ever. He also spent part of the interview discussing his beloved McLaren F1 supercar – […]
“Who’s the guy with all the hair? It’s Al Pacino, who with the help of an impressive hair and makeup team is becoming Phil Spector for an as-yet untitled biopic about the onetime record executive. The film, which co-stars Helen Mirren (she plays Spector’s friend and attorney Linda Kenney Baden), will air on HBO and […]
A Soweto man, who had just stolen a gun, was robbed and shot with it. After which all the men were arrested, the two shooters charged with attempted murder, and the thief, with robbery. Karma’s a bitch.
When I first heard about Google’s self-driving cars I was excited. Google weren’t the first to experiment with this kind of thing, and technology is evolving, but deep down I always knew it would be hard to trump KITT from Knight Rider or DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future. Prius on Prius car love after the jump.
Ice, Ice Baby – Like a scene out of a science-fiction movie, an iceberg more than four times the size of Manhattan has been slowly drifting along Canada’s eastern seaboard. Chunks of the giant iceberg — dubbed Petermann Ice Island — have broken off and rubbed up against some idyllic Canadian shores, like the piece […]
One of the funniest men on the planet (proof here), Pablo Francisco cruised into the 2oceansvibe Radio studio last week, and proceeded to impersonate Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Al Pacino (Scarface), Chris Rock, Sylvester Stallone, Ozzy Osbourne, Michael J Fox, Dr. Phil, Tracy Morgan, Bill Cosby, Pauly Shore, Mel Gibson, Dennis Hopper, Gary Busey and Danny […]
Our extremely popular “What’s The Vibe” weekly online TV feature seeks to explain news stories which have grown faster than you’ve been able to keep up. Told in a humorous, intelligent and clear manner, you’ll be fully informed in under 5 minutes! If you missed last week’s “What’s The Vibe With The Rupert Murdoch Phone […]
Our usual thanks and bowing and scraping goes out to all you crazy 2oceansvibers out there who seem to be joining and multiplying by the day! Google Analytics has confirmed that between 1 January 2011 and 31 July 2011, 2oceansvibe received 1,109,969 visits, made up of 563,280 unique visitors and resulting in 2,379,820 page impressions. […]
I had a dinner party last night at my penthouse at the Cape Royale Hotel, and I must just say that the star of the show (besides the Jack Daniel’s, Corona beer, Boschendal bubbly and La Fee absinthe) was “The World In Vogue” coffee table book I bought for La Muse a while ago. It’s […]