This is the brand spanking new video from Cape Town electronic act, The Kiffness. When I say brand spanking new, I mean it – this only went live like three hours ago. If you liked Goldfish’s animated videos, this is a must. Video inside.
Since time immemorial, sports fans have speculated how their favourite stars from different disciplines would fare against one another in a no-holds barred battle. That day has finally come, click through to watch pro-golfer Tiger Woods take on former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal.
A bearded man with extraordinary powers, savior of a planet, died and buried in a tomb only to rise again with the initials J.C. The life of Jesus Christ inspired the character of John Carter and Edgar Rice Burroughs inspired hundreds of writers and film-makers with the Barsoom series of science-fiction novels, which have been adapted into the film, John Carter of Mars.
Courtney Love, aka “90’s Lindsay Lohan”, has lashed out at the producers of last year’s The Muppets movie for letting the titular stars perform a rendition of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” without her permission, saying that they have “raped Kurt’s memory!” More of Courtney’s crackie craziness, plus the song itself, after the jump!
It’s difficult to get one’s head around the enormous popularity of Eurovision. The pan-European singing contest is the most watched non-sporting event in the world. Even more mind-blowing is the act that has beaten 24 other entrants to represent Russia in this year’s competition. It’s a group of six women aged between 43 and 74, dressed in traditional peasant wear, singing a song called “Party for Everybody”.
Meet Erin Heatherton. She seems pretty cool. Although she might not be the one for Leonardo DiCaprio. This is an important story for guys and girls. Guys will see that it’s not all about looks. And girls will learn that Leonardo is referring to psychopaths – of which there are many. According to a recent report: Actor […]
A Capetonian filmmaker has beaten hundreds of screenwriters and directors in an international short film competition. The prize? Allan Shelley is now on his way to Los Angeles to film his movie, with Oscar winner Kevin Spacey as part of the cast. Then he’ll bring Kevin back here to help him promote the film.
It seems not even the current Queen of Pop can entice South African zefsters Die Antwoord to drop their awesome ‘tude. Here’s their response to her invitation to open for her upcoming world tour, as relayed to MTV Canada! Obviously, the video is gloriously N5FW:
Shout is back in 2012 with another collaborative track involving over 30 local artists in support of the movement against crime in South Africa.
If you’ve always wanted to see Jake Gyllenhaal go on a murderous rampage, then today is your lucky day. Appearing in a new music video for French electro band The Shoes, Jake’s killer act involves a white fencing suit and protective mask. His victims? Hipsters! Watch him stab, slice, batter, and strangle his way through eight minutes of electro beats.
2ov.fm decided to kick off the week with lovely musical vibes. Freshly Ground joined Just Josie in studio for a chat on what to expect from their new album, set to release later this year. Grabbing them as they left the recording studio, they performed an acoustic of the hot new track, “The Message,” which […]
Bondi Hipsters is a web series featuring Adrian and Dom – two eco-conscious, party animal hipsters from Australia. Yes, Australian hipsters. They also write and perform incredible post-modern, ironic music videos. This is one of them, called “The Life Ironic”. No one else has heard of this yet, so you better check it out first – after the jump!
Last week, director James Cameron found the one spot where people wouldn’t ask him about the Avatar sequel – 8km beneath the ocean, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, in a specially designed submarine. He’ll be repeating the trick later this month at the ocean’s deepest point to shoot footage for a couple of documentaries.
Following on from the news that Albert de Wet’s track, “Bikin’ RSA” was initially sent to media as the official song of the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, and then sternly rejected by officials from the organisation, we suggest that bikers across the country rally around this song ahead of the big race […]
Dove are ready to announce their shiny new brand ambassador for the Dove Men+Care range. We’ve kept a sharp eye on this one. I mean, we all love a clean, well groomed guy, but a brand ambassador for a minimal fuss, absolutely-does-the-job product like Dove Men+Care needs to be manly, too, you know? So who […]
That house where Macaulay Culkin got stranded over Christmas in that one movie back in 1990 was sold yesterday, according to real estate agency Coldwell Banker. Which means the buyers – a family new to Winnekta, Illinois – are already having to deal with tourists showing up daily and posing for photos with both hands clapped to their face.
Another year, another tepid re-make. This time, Hollywood mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer has teamed up with veteran director, Gore Verbinski, to revive the tale of Texas’ most mysterious hero, ‘The Lone Ranger’ for release in 2013. But wait, what the hell is that on Johnny Depp’s head?!
Grunge rock fans around the world have wet themselves at the news of eBay seller “taddoyal” placing an ad for ex-Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s one time tour van. The legendary van comes complete with hand-drawn murals, former registrations and engravings of band member’s names.
English heavy metal band Motörhead has launched a line of bottled alcoholic beverages, because that’s just what you do when you’re a band of a certain age. There’s Motörhead Vodka which, sure, heavy metal, makes sense, and they’ve also released Motörhead Shiraz. Because I guess that’s heavy metal too.
Music superstar Usher, was cruising around the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town yesterday and, needless to say, people lost their minds. Here are some pictures as his minders held back the complete and utter mayhem that followed him. One bystander, Dawn Tinsley, had this to say, “Oh my God it was absolute chaos – I tried […]
Have you heard the term “lactivist”? It refers to someone who actively supports breast-feeding over bottle-feeding babies. Many lactivists are in favour of “NIP” (nursing in public) – which is exactly what megastar Beyoncé has made the news doing in recent days.
If a nice cup of tea, a dry scone and a fascinating game of chess against one of those electronic Kasparov chessboards sounds like a great night in… Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is your movie. Slow-moving, dull, dreary and stoney-faced – this Cold War club for stiff cigar room suits makes the dense two hour plod as inviting as […]
Radio presenter Gareth Cliff was arrested last night after caught driving at 182km/h. He did not spend the night in jail, and is scheduled to appear in court today. Cliff had an interview on his own radio show this morning – hear it after the jump!
A new website, called Dollar Shave Club, just launched. What are they all about? Look, I can tell you – or you can watch this video. The level of awesomeness you are about to experience knows no boundaries. Check it out inside.
Prince Harry is basically having a complete jol, as he cruises around the Bahamas on behalf of his grandmother, HRH Queen Elizabeth II. Part of his daily mix of official duties and general fun-and-games, include things like this – racing against Usain Bolt – the fastest man in the world. And would you believe it, […]
The SABC has had plans to launch a new channel for a while. It has now announced that its new channel will again attempt an April 1 launch. And no, that’s no April Fool’s joke like last time. They’re serious this time. The channel will be a 24-hour news channel, and will be launched in conjunction with MultiChoice.
It’s less than a week to go until the iPad 3 is unveiled, so everybody and their grandma is throwing out thoughts about what the new toy can do. Concrete stats are emerging though – Apple employees have been browsing the web with their personal iPad 3’s, turning up details about the new tablet on website server logs.
If you didn’t manage to get a load of the 2012 Argus Cycle Tour Campaign Song, which was branded by an apparent majority as both “revolting” and “embarrassing,” it’s too late I’m afraid – they’ve pulled it. This may well be the first instance in South African sporting history that an official song has been […]
An internet meme that is pretty popular at the moment is the whole “shit so-and-so says”. Last week Nicky Felbert-Lazarus from Mercury Productions uploaded “Shit South Africans Say” onto YouTube, and it has since raked up more than 100 000 views. Jislaaik! See it after the jump just now – we smaak it stukkend!
Tricycles are pretty lame, and Tokyo Drift was a terrible movie, so it makes sense that bringing the two concepts together produces something unbelievably awesome. Click through to watch a montage of grown men drifting through the streets of New Zealand on customized trikes.