The well-documented harmful effects of cigarettes have resulted in higher taxes on tobacco and advertising bans. You might recall the tobacco advertising of old glamourised smoking through celebrity endorsements. And it worked. Remember when you tried your first cigarette? Cool factor, baby.
It is always a golden moment when a politician is running for election in hopes of representing an ultra-nationalist party, and thinks Islam is a country. During an interview for a local news station, Stephanie Banister failed in a glorious shower of flame.
Soccer star Christiano Ronaldo received some extra love during the final of the International Champions cup in Miami on Wednesday night. The enthusiastic fan interrupted the match between Real Madrid and Chelsea.
New York City subway commuters were surprised to find a 40cm dead, wet shark on a subway car on Wednesday 7 August 2013. The shark had blood in its mouth, suggesting it may have been caught recently.
Ascape artist Anthony Martin was handcuffed, locked inside a coffin-like plywood box, and then pushed out of an airplane flying 4,460 metres above the ground. Martin said:
While tensions mount between Japan and china over disputed island in the East China sea, Japan has unveiled its largest warship since World War II.
This may well be the best Mumford & Sons music video yet. The ‘Hopeless Wanderer’ video stars comedians Ed Helmes, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte. Just wait for the banjo scene.
The IKEA catalogue app available for both iOS and Android on smartphone or tablet enables users to virtually place furniture in their home. All you have to do is place the 2014 IKEA catalogue in the room that you wish to furnish, use the app to scan the catalogue and then chose which furniture pieces to view in your home.
Remember the time Facebook announced it would be launching video ads? Remember how they said their video ads will revolutionise online advertising? Here’s their big plan.
The world’s first lab-grown burger has been cooked and eaten at a news conference in London. Food critics sample the ‘frakenburger’ and explain how realistic the taste is.
A UK as agency has pulled off a complex and expensive practical joke by producing a television ad showing two people wearing Crocs leading up to sex. The ad agency called Compulsory would have you believe (but they’re totally joking) that Crocs are designed for people who have trouble removing shoes in a moment of passion.
The new feature on iOS7 will make your life easier. This is an easy way to block phone numbers, text messages and FaceTime calls that you do not want to receive on your iPhone with iOS7.
In a society where failure is not part of their vocabulary, it seems parents will enlist their children in anything if it means they have a competitive advantage in life. This Kindergarten in Taiwan is one of many facilities made available.
Oprah Winfrey paid Lindsay Lohan a reported $2 million (R20 million) to appear on her ‘Next Chapter’ show, and this is the first teaser for that. As usual, Oprah is clearly not holding back – kicking off with ‘Are you an addict?
When most people have a tree blocking their path, they choose to go around it. But that wasn’t really an option for F1 and rally car driver, Robert Kubica. Tearing round a bend, Kubica miscalculated his turn, and being faced with a rapidly approaching tree he chose to hold his line and mow the wood down rather than swerve.
Like a scene out of GTA, a semi-truck lost control on an Indianapolis highway this last weekend, sailed through the air, and burst into flames. The event was captured on camera and can be seen right here, for your viewing pleasure. The driver and his 7-year-old son, who was in the truck with him, both escaped the flight and subsequent explosion with only “a few scratches”.
A boardwalk in Venice Beach, California was the scene of a gruesome hit and run on Saturday when a driver of a Dodge Avenger ploughed through a crowd of pedestrians, injuring 11 and killing one person. The victim, Alice Gruppioni was on her honeymoon.
The new Axe Black Chill deodorant advert has provided some interesting comment. The video was uploaded on YouTube on 2 July 2013 and seems to have ruffled the feathers of female’s who find the advert to be offensive.
Ah Korea. This is a compilation of Korean TV commercials from the late 1990s and early 2000s. They may be dated, but they are gold. The ads range from wildly inappropriate exercise equipment demonstrations to energetic dance moves from curly haired mothers, and you need to watch them this Friday afternoon.
Penelope Cruz and her sister Monica have designed the L’Agent lingerie line. Cruz wrote and directed the advert which is quite racy and displays plenty of scantily clad women.
Italy’s supreme court has rejected former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s appeal against tax fraud convictions. The decision angered Berlusconi, prompting him to broadcast a message in which he maintained his innocence and accused magistrates of persecuting him.
Simon Cowell has mentioned before that he does not want children but on Wednesday news broke that music mogul Simon Cowell is the father of married New York socialite Lauren Silverman’s unborn child.
Breathe the weight away is what former Japanese actor Miki Ryosuke is claiming. If you simply concentrate on your breathing and take long breathes and exhale aggressively for two to five minutes daily, you will lose weight.
If you’re still undecided about Ashton Kutcher’s ability to nail the role of Steve Jobs, this behind the scenes featurette should get you closer to a definitive opinion.
A faulty oil transfer between a tanker and a seabed pipeline on Saturday has resulted in some 50,000 litres of oil being spilled onto Thai beaches. The main impact zone is Ao Prao beach on Koh Samet island.
Wired was invited to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to witness the flying man. Yves Rossy, a former Swiss Air Force pilot, is known as the Jetman. Click through to see him fly.
A group of guys on Kickstarter are trying to get people to help them build the Slingatron – a coil of railroad that basically shoots things into space. On the campaign page they explain their invention as such: “The Slingatron space launcher is an earth-based mechanical hypervelocity mass accelerator.” Their vision: We want to open up space […]
On Friday Fox News had a bit of a blooper. The picture above is evidence of what they are calling the most embarrassing interview the network has ever aired. But a study by Fairleigh Dickinson University disagrees. Over the past few years, numerous interviews, mostly starring Bill O’Reilly, have been just as bad as the error […]
Whether by pure coincidence, or by the sheer power of a repeatedly ad-libbed line, Denzel Washington finds himself making a guarantee of some kind in almost every movie he acts in. Here’s a supercut of those fine moments. Enjoy that.
During the WWE Smack Down world tour last night in Cape Town, Randy Orton got an unpleasant surprise. Click through to check out the video.