The [insert country]’s Got Talent franchise just keeps on cropping up with so many gems. If it’s not an ugly woman who can melt your face with her singing, it’s a ridiculously precocious little kid who can play the piano like Beethoven. There just no end to the amount of people who have talent – despite their limitations.
There’s been plenty of talk about how awesome Elon Musk is. The guy has become something of an enigma, what with him being the CEO & CTO of SpaceX and CEO & Chief Product Architect of Tesla Motors. He’s also in the news for his ideas to turn James Bonds Lotus Esprit submarine-car into a real submarine – and for his grand ideas for the construction of the hyperloop.
South African-based ad agency, Joe Public, created this masterful campaign for a school in Johannesburg that teaches in both English and Afrikaans. The campaign features a series of posters with poetry on them – that’s not the clever part though. The clever part is that each of the poems can be read word-for-word in both English and Afrikaans, with only slight changes in meaning.
For those of you who missed this little newspaper snippet, which has been doing the rounds on email, here it is. It simply simplifies all of Zuma’s antics into an itemised list of incredible facts.
Ridiculous, in a good way. Here’s a little something to get you onto the workday hom stretch. What we have here is a short insert from the full length ski doccie, ‘Valhalla’. There doesn’t seem to be any rationale behind this, other than an expression of the joy of skiing. And being naked. And being naked and skiing.
Yep, it’s that time of the week when a study says that one gender is better than the other gender at something, and we all get outraged and/or jokey. Despite your general jadedness when it comes to questions of this nature, the results of the study have potentially massive implications for modern work life.
This just in. Rumours are abound that YouTube is planning on starting an on-demand music service that works kinda like Spotify – but with music videos. In a bid to keep up with the times, they’re pitching the new service to mobile users specifically. What’s more, they’re going to offer the service in two forms – a free service, and a premium one.
We cannot actually believe this – it’s almost too good. The creator of Baywatch is making a rescue-style show in Cape Town, except this time, instead of the Hoff in trunks, we have the Dolph in a FIREMAN’S COSTUME. It’s. Too. Great.
Yeezus! Has Kanye finally overstepped the line, pushed the boundaries a little too far? Mr West kicked off his highly anticipated Yeezus tour in Seattle last week, and did so in typically controversial style, when he invited 12 dancing disciples, a red-eyed demon, and Jesus on stage with him.
Joburg has already had their taste of Rihanna, and now it’s Cape Town’s turn. And if you’ve been in Cape Town long enough, you’ll realise just how much impact a huge gig such as this will have on the roads around the stadium. With that in mind, here’s a few tips on how to get in and get out as smoothly as possible.
Napoleon’s brother Kip, played by Aaron Ruell, is now as good looking as a secret ginger can be. Which, you know, is moderately good-looking. Ruell, 37, who played the online chatting, babe chasing, cage fight training character in the 2004 flick, was photographed at a California panel in January 2012. And for old time’s sake: […]
Look at Marilyn Monroe’s natural beauty. Now stop, because it’s all a lie. Medical files have been discovered that prove that the 1950s sex-symbol went under the knife to achieve that “natural beauty” we all know and love.
Well, this is probably the most depressing thing you’ll read today. The social chair of Phi Kappa Tau at Georgia Tech sent an email to his chapter, with the subject line “Luring your Rapebait”. The email is a how-to for coercing sex out of women at frat parties, and includes the stern command, “NO RAPING”. Why are we not surprised that these guys need this instruction? Here’s the email
Alfonso Cuarón’s highly anticipated film, ‘Gravity’ will made landfall in the US last week, and it looks fairly stunning. The movie follows the events of a simple routine mission on the International Space Station (ISS) gone wrong. Inspired by The Kessler Syndrome, a theory that predicts a giant domino effect could occur if space debris in low orbit started colliding, we follow Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) as they battle to get back home to Earth.
Miley Cyrus pulled off a memorable hosting of Saturday Night Live this last weekend, which included multiple self-depricating one-liners, and a brilliant parody of her track ‘We Won’t Stop’, reshot and retitled to mock the US government shutdown. Check out ‘We Did Stop’. Here’s Miley performing live after her skits: And here’s the American media talking about being […]
44-year-old Mike Spencer Bown may well be the world’s most-travelled man. Earlier this week he completed a 23-year quest to visit every country in the world, which he began when he was 21. Bown was keen from the get-go to spend slightly longer than the average traveler in each country that he visited, in order to get a better handle on the people who live there.
A new 100% legal and legitimate service – lottobutler.co.za has launched, allowing you to chill out while your lotto tickets are being bought for you. Sign up and stand a chance of winning an iPad MINI.
Ever since Bitcoin hit the big time, disrupting online commerce, and presenting itself as the potential future of currency, you’ve been waiting for one thing, and one thing only: a Bitcoin-themed erotic novel. And baby, it’s so here.
If you haven’t yet dipped your toe into the pleasurable experience of positive vibes of theBailey Schneider Show every afternoon on 2oceansvibe Radio from 11h00 to 13h00, then it isn’t too late to start. Those of your who’ve already been getting your fix every Monday between 14h00 to 15h00, please note the time change, and be sure to reset the show alert alarm in your 2oceansvibe Radio app.
Radio presenter, Sneha Kothari Mashru, said she survived the horrific Kenyan mall massacre by smothering herself in the blood of a teenage victim to make it look like she was dead. She said the boy died of his injuries while they hid from Al Shabaab militia who stormed the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi a few days ago. She turned his phone off to stop it from alerting their attackers and came up with the plan to smear herself in his blood and play dead.
Researchers from Bielefeld University in Germany are developing a robotic bartender, and in an effort to create an accurate facsimile of a real bartender, they set out to determine if bartenders were predisposed to serving certain customers over others. In the process, they accidentally uncovered how exactly to get served first at a bar. It’s all […]
They say a wedding day is all about the bride, and this case emphasises the point in a big way. Imagine how spare the groom will feel in time, with Brad Pitt hogging the wedding pics?
If you are a Harry Potter fan, prepare to squee. JK Rowling has been lured out of retirement. That’s right, she’s back and ready for action. She has signed a deal to write a series of new films based on the wizarding world exposed in the Harry Potter series.
I’ve got one of those glass-door cast-iron fireplaces at The Residence, and I’ve been spending a small fortune on wood from the shops. Not anymore. Now I get it delivered – for less..
The award-winning television series, Downton Abbey has reportedly spurred demand for British-trained household staff in the United Arab Emirates, and wealthy families are paying top dollar for their own personal Carson.
If you want to be up to date with what Miley is getting up to – check this out. Her performance at the VMAs was clearly not enough of a statement – she has now decided to get naked, swing on a wrecking ball and make out with a sledge hammer in her latest music video for “Wrecking Ball,” the new single off her upcoming album “Bangerz”.
Ever wanted to go to Burning Man? Well now you can – sort of. Take an aerial video tour of the desert gathering bought to you by San Franciscan, Eddie Codel, shot on his GoPro strapped to a quadrocopter.
Remember Albert Buitenhuis, the obese South African living in New Zealand, who was threatened with deportation because he was just too fat? Well listen to this..
Angry mobs of teenage girls everywhere are most likely plotting revenge, because Louis Tomlinson, of One Direction has been injured. Click for more on these dramatic scenes 😉
Here’s how not to deal with a crazy girlfriend: Film the two of you fighting and post it to Vine.