The Cafe Caprice Fashion Show
A-listers, models,celebrities and the rest of the good-looking Cape Town crowd, all gathered at the hottest place for summer, Cafe Caprice in Campsbay for the Guess Fashion Show’s Latest Collection launch. If this picture is anything to go by, the whole gig was off the charts. SA’s #1 street fashion blog PopYaCollar was there, so […]
Wednesday Morning Spice
South African Student Nabbed For Drug Trafficking – On the day a South African woman was executed in China for smuggling drugs, a young Johannesburg student was arrested in Thailand for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks into the country. Follow link to see how she hid it. [Daily Dispatch] James Murdoch […]
A Christmas Message From Candice Swanepoel [Video]
The Love Magazine website has put together an advent calendar, which features a number of supermodels dancing around in next to nothing. Believe it or not the website is proving quite popular. We managed to find the one they did with the pride of South Africa, Candice Swanepoel. It’s really rad and she also takes […]
The Billion Rand Lottery Jackpot Is Back!
It’s been over a month since we last chatted about the lottery jackpot being over R1 billion. Regulars will know the reason for that – 2oceansvibe only gets excited about the overseas lottery jackpots when they roll over enough times to give us a Billion Rand or higher jackpot. And that’s exactly what has happened […]
Tuesday Morning Spice
Obama Wants His Toy Plane Back – President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States has asked Iran to return a U.S. drone aircraft that Iran claims it recently brought down in Iranian territory. “We’ve asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond,” Obama said in a news conference. [cnn] New Castro Interview […]
South Africa’s Fundamentally Flawed FM Radio “Listenership”
We’re at an interesting juncture with regards to media and, in particular, radio in South Africa. Advertisers have been blowing a load of money on radio for years, hoping that the “shotgun approach” will get the message across to mainstream FM’s listeners. The listenership figures they are working with, are produced by way of the […]
Insane Footage Of Hollywood Shooting Spree [VIDEO]
If someone walks onto Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood and starts shooting a gun, he won’t be taken that seriously. And that’s what happened on Friday in Hollywood when people mistook a lone gunman for an actor – thinking that it was surely a film being made. According to Masslive: A broken heart may have fueled […]
Bernie Ecclestone Parking Cars In Mayfair
I was grabbing a couple poached eggs at Cecconi’s with The Big H just off Saville Row – Mayfair – this weekend. We spotted a new white Range Rover Evoque struggling to park opposite us. The driver was a Brazilian woman and, after a few attempts, her companion jumped out to help direct her. What […]
Monday Morning Spice
White Blonde FHM Model Wins Miss South Africa – Melinda Bam, a 22-year-old Pretoria University B Comm marketing student and former FHM model has been crowned the new Miss SA in a glamorous event at Sun City. Her first princess is Remona Moodley, 22, and second princess Thuli Sangwini, 21. White, Indian and Black. Tick, […]
AXE Excite Cloud 9 Party at Melrose Arch [Photo Gallery]
I cruised into Johannesburg with The Muse last weekend, to attend the AXE Excite Cloud 9 party, held at The Venue in Melrose Arch. I could be forgiven for thinking I had woken up inside an eagles nest of sorts, due to the abundance of white feathers from the wings worn by the angels. And […]
Lyrics For Jack Parow’s New Hit – ‘Eksie Ou’
Somewhat controversial, is old Jack Parow’s latest single entitled ‘Eksie Ou’ off his new album. It seems our boy is at it again, having a go at a number Cape Town institutions and people. From gym bunnies and hipsters to Kauai and Ice Models, nobody is safe from the sharp tongue of Parow’s favourite son. […]
Lindsay Lohan Playboy Cover Revealed
The world waits in mock-anticipation for the Playboy to end all Playboys. I’m talking about the US edition of Playboy which is set to publish a nude shoot of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan. And apparently she is not doing just the top-half, like the local SA version of the title. No Sir – she is […]
Thursday Morning Spice
Gorbachev Calls For New Election – Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, added his voice to a nascent anti-Kremlin protest movement on Wednesday, calling for the results of increasingly disputed parliamentary elections last weekend to be scrapped. Mr. Gorbachev’s remarks come after days of demonstrations against the authorities that have drawn […]
WIN Tickets To The 2012 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate
COMPETITION IS CLOSED. WELL DONE TO BUSISIWE AND EMMA, WHO HAVE BOTH WON DOUBLE TICKETS TO THE QUEEN’S PLATE It’s not only the most prestigious horse race in South Africa, it also happens to be the most prestigious EVENT of the year. It is the one date that we at 2oceansibe refuse to miss. Such class, […]
Jack Parow’s New Album Has Just ‘Dropped’
So Jack Parow appeared out of nowhere at the 2oceansvibe Media compound last week, sporting a new afro. I can’t be absolutely certain, but I have a feeling his new look could be defined as “zef.” We flew radio control helicopters around The Compound for a while, during which time he explained to me that […]
New Duran Duran Music Video Banned From MTV [Video]
Wow, who would have thought MTV would ban a music video by Duran Duran! The new music video, Girl Panic!, which stars supermodels (as you do) performing as the band, has been released some 30 years after another music video of theirs (also starring supermodels) Girls On Film suffered similar controversy in 1981. I was […]
Wednesday Morning Spice
CEO Of Cricket SA Cries Like A Baby – Cricket SA (CSA) CEO Gerald Majola burst out in tears after appearing in front of a commission of inquiry into the organisation’s bonus scandal. He was questioned at length about the fact that he and Don McIntosh, the IPL tournament director, received more than two-thirds of a […]
The Electric MINI Is At COP 17
The MINI E may well be the car that saves the world. It is currently at COP17 – the world’s climate change conference currently underway in Durban. This is quite a special little toy. Let me tell you a bit about it. According to plugincars.com, the 2010 Mini E – an all-electric version of the […]
Photos From Inside Facebook’s Headquarters [Gallery]
Time Magazine has published photographs from inside Facebook’s Headquarters – taken shortly after Mark Zuckerburg was made Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year. The photographs reveal a bizarre work place which resembles something closer to The Office, than the fantasy land you might have thought. Sure, they’ve got free snacks and a coke machine, but […]
Genevieve Morton And Lonely Island In The Latest US GQ Magazine [Gallery]
I was browsing the latest issue of GQ Magazine (US Edition) on my iPad 2 and spotted article about Lonely Island. It had Andy Samberg and co modeling those ridiculous sweaters – like the one Jim Carrey wore in his Aspen dream sequence in the film Dumb & Dumber. I flicked through it and spotted […]
Tuesday Morning Spice
They Seem To Have Found Another Earth – A new planet outside of Earth’s solar system has been identified with many similarities to our own – making it the latest best potential target for life. Kepler 22-b, which is about 2.4 times the size of Earth and lies in the so-called “Goldilocks zone”, has a relatively […]
NEW “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” Trailer Released
I am heading off to London on Thursday to interview Daniel Craig about his new movie, the American adaptation of the Swedish hit film with the same name. I should mention that the director of this adaptation is none other than David Fincher. You love David Fincher. He did films like Zodiac, Seven and The […]
WIN A Radio Control Helicopter You Can Fly With Your iPhone
UPDATE: Well done to Steve W – who won the helicopter!! Probably the greatest toy I have ever owned, this little “HELO TC” radio controlled helicopter, by Griffin (and sold at www.digicape.co.za) is now yours to win. It flies so well, you will cry with joy as you make it hover inches from your friend’s […]
The Brothers Streep On 2oceansvibe Radio: Every Friday 17h00 – 19h00
The Brothers Streep made their name a couple years back on the Graham Norton show, and since then have quietly weaved their way into underground humour-rock-star status around the world. If you’re lucky, you would have caught the tune they penned recently for the Secrecy Bill – check it out here – pure genius. Just […]
US Football Pitch Invasion Injures 12 As Poles Get Torn Down [Video]
Much excitement over in the United States (of America) as a team in Oklahoma won what would surely be described as a derby match of sorts. I say this, because there was a virtual riot after the game with a total pitch invasion, which included the uprights being ripped down. Pretty hectic visuals. This from […]
Monday Morning Spice
World’s Most Expensive Car Crash Claims 8 Ferraris, 3 Benzes And A Lamborghini [Video] – A single miscalculation from a Ferrari driver earlier today in Japan led to a chain reaction that ultimately wrecked or destroyed 14 vehicles including eight Ferraris, three Mercedes, a Lamborghini, a Skyline, and a Prius that was in the right […]
Need A Break? Try Mauritius For 7 Nights (2 Adults 2 Kids) For R29,590 – Incl. Flights, 5 Star Accommodation + Meals
Seriously – you don’t have to be a genius to work out how radical this deal is. There are a lot of Groupon deals out there and we choose the ones that we think will suit the 2oceansvibers out there. Like that one the other day which got you backstage at Kings Of Leon – […]
Friday Morning Spice
Vodacom Announce iPhone 4S SA Launch Date – Finally we have some idea when Apple’s iPhone 4S will be landing in SA. On Vodacom’s website their iPhone 4S registration page just went live. Luckily the wait is not too long – 16 December is only a couple of weeks away. I think I know a […]
2oceansvibe Radio Bucks Tide Of Declining Listenership – Record Numbers As High LSMs Move Away From FM
With over 30,000 downloads of the mobile streaming app so far, 2oceansvibe Radio has announced it’s highest monthly listenership in the last year. While national FM stations decline gradually, true measured stats show a daily listenership of 15,000 for 2oceansVibe Radio. This converts into a weekly listenership of 18,000 single feeds (people) and a total […]
The 2011 “Go Bowling For Movember” Champs
Team 2oceansvibe won the inaugural “Go Bowling For Movember” tournament, and so it is with great pride and pleasure that we announce the winners of this year’s tournament. ‘The Snorchops’ were the best team on the day – last Sunday, as Kelvin Grove welcomed a large number of people with moustaches, wearing crazy costumes. I […]