Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s relationship mirrors a Shakespearean tragedy. Their tumultuous love story may be remembered ending with a shotgun and death, but it started with love at first sight, and cough syrup.
Ever since Marty McFly defied gravity in the 1989 sci-fi comedy ‘Back to the Future Part II,’ we have kept the dream alive of someone inventing the hoverboard. When HUVrTech released their online campaign claiming that they have tamed gravity, we knew it was too good to be true.
“Sk8er” girl, Avril Lavigne tends to portray herself as a tough punk. We don’t know if this hardcore image of her holds any merit after she was spooked during a performance in China. Lavigne was seen running off stage, screaming like a little girl.
Rob Ford has been the butt of many Jimmy Kimmel jokes over the past year. But the Toronto mayor, known for his struggles with drug and alcohol abuse, still grabbed the opportunity to be a guest on Kimmel’s show. Kimmel dedicated three segments of his show to making fun of the disgraced mayor.
Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar acceptance speech made headlines because the actor mentioned God. It begs the question, why has the media focused their attention on actor’s mentioning his religious beliefs?
Gangland thrillers, with their true-to-life characters and gripping storylines, are taking South African cinema by storm. Best-selling crime fiction writer Mike Nicol finds out why.
Did you know that an infant child can produce a cry of over 80 decibels? That’s louder than a jackhammer. Seriously. And you’re expected to sit next to that in a confined space, while your body is subject to the greatest physical strains known to humankind apart from a handful of free divers and astronauts. […]
This year’s Oscars will be known for the famous Ellen selfie, but that isn’t the only photo from the event doing the rounds on the web. The 2014 Academy Awards featured starving celebs pigging out on pizza, thanks to generous host Ellen DeGeneres, and a heap of glorious photobombs.
Nigella Lawson tends to be in the news less and less for her culinary skills of late. At least this time its not for a drug scandal, being strangled by her ex or starting a war on Twitter, but rather for appearing on the cover of Vogue’s April issue.
Oh no you didn’t! No one cheats on Timeshia Brown without her getting payback. This classified ad appeared in a newspaper in Texas, which contents suggest it’s an act of revenge by a scorned wife.
This might be the worst case of fomo in Oscar history. Ellen’s selfie has cracked the three million retweet margin, and included the likes of Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Lawrence. The person feeling left out of the most famous selfie ever? Liza Minnelli.
Ozzie actress Cate Blanchett accepted her Oscar for Best Actress with grace, but dropped all pretence when she did her post awards show interview. When a journalist pointed out to Cate that she had become the first ever Australian to take home two Academy Awards for acting, she dropped the F-bomb.
’12 Years a Slave’ might be the talk of the town after winning Best Picture at this year’s Oscars, but back in 1853 interest in the life story of Solomon Northup was just as high. 161 years ago the New York Times did an article on Northup’s experience as a slave for 12 years. They dedicated an entire page to Northup, summarizing the story of free man being kidnapped and sold into slavery.
For months leading up to the Oscars, celebrities employ whatever means (puking, diets, starvation) to fit into that perfect dress for the red carpet. But have you ever considered that these starved celebs have to endure at least three hours of award show before they can pig out? Don’t worry Ellen DeGeneres was there, savior of starving celebs everywhere.
Jennifer Lawrence falling at the Oscars is becoming an annual event. Her sea legs gave way on the red carpet, when le wild traffic cone appeared. The camouflaged cone got the best of the actress mere seconds after she stepped onto the red carpet.
And the award for temporarily crashing Twitter and posting the most retweeted selfie ever goes to Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen’s Oscar selfie garnered 2.3 million retweets, eclipsing Obama’s famous victory selfie (780,063 retweets) in just over half an hour.
To avoid the ‘Oscar’ confusion we present you with all of the Academy award winners bright and early today. The big winners of the 2014 Academy Awards were ’12 Years a Slave’ taking home three Oscars (including Best Picture) and Gravity, which won seven awards.
They say he was a carpenter. Maybe slaving away, making wooden furniture is how Jesus got his chiseled good looks. The latest portrayal of Jesus on the silver screen has a lot of people questioning whether Jesus has become too sexy.
The Academy Awards have been around for quite some time, and the 2014 installment is soon approaching. Without giving you a history lesson or an extremely long list, here is an inforgraphic with all of the Oscar Best Picture Winners represented as icons, for the uninitiated.
Roll up the partition, Beyonce wants to get nasty in the back of the limo with her hubby. Her new track ‘Partition’ has quite an explicit video accompanying it.
It’s hard enough doing that antiquated sobriety test while completely clear-headed. Check out how Justin Bieber fared when he was made to walk the line, after he was pulled over for drag racing.
Need your DVD delivered to you no matter where you are, even if you are busy using the loo? To meet DVD rental lovers’ exorbitant demands, Netflix has the solution – Drone 2 Home. This satirical video takes a jab at Amazon’s planned drone delivery service.
All it takes for your dirty mind to ruin a children’s movie is by adding a couple of bleeps and pixelated censoring. Unnecessary censorship turns ‘Finding Nemo’ into an R-rated movie. Just watch and let your filthy imagination do the rest.
When David O. Russell makes a movie, people sit up, take notice and then stand up. He reportedly said he hates plots and is all about characters. Well, the critically acclaimed director has managed to get Oscar-nominated performances out of his cast in his last three films. It’s no wonder he’s developing a loyal following of […]
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Everyone knows you don’t abduct Liam Neeson’s daughter. He has a very particular set of skills; skills he has acquired over a very long career. The characters he portrays on film may have the abilities to fight international terrorist on their lonesome, but in real life he has the ability to threaten the crap out of you.
Never has a shadow been so hilarious and ill placed. During a press conference in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inadvertently may have created a moment of comedy magic.
Spoiler alert! The hit TV show Downton Abbey is known for mixing their fictional story line with a bit of historical occurrences. The fourth season finale is no different. The Abbey’s characters this time, run into the highest echelons of English society: the royal family.
This is when you shout at your local supermarket for never giving you what you never knew you wanted, but always craved. Here it is – a geriatric singing a double-entendre-filled German minimal electric dance song, while sitting in a bath tub eating cereal.
It will be known has the drum battle of the millennium. Only one man will step away as victor, deciding once and for all who is the lookalike and who reigns cowbell supreme. What started as a comment on a Reddit AMA has escalated into a drum showdown between Will Ferrell and Chad Smith – oh, and it’s for charity.