Controversial mixed race posters have been all the rage lately. It’s therefore not surprising that the clever people behind ZANews picked up on it and responded with their own advert. It features Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille, both naked, in a passionate embrace. Have a look – after the jump!
Regardt van den Bergh is a pretty big name in South African film circles, and now his star is set to shine even brighter as a Hollywood producer has stumped up US$20 million for a new production of his, set in and around the events of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Man on a Ledge stars Sam Worthington, whose robotic acting is best forgotten in blockbusters such as Avatar, Clash of the Titans and best remembered in Terminator: Salvation, where he was actually part cyborg. As you can imagine with any movie where the lead character wants to commit robot suicide off a high-rise building – expectations were low…
With less than a week to go before their second album is unleashed upon the world, Die Antwoord has dropped the video for its lead single, I Fink U Freeky, on the interwebs. Directed by Ninja and SA cult photographer Roger Ballen, this video is their best (and most disturbing) work to date. Check it out after the jump!
Facebook is expected to file for an IPO later today – Wednesday morning stateside – raising $5 billion. This is a fair deal less than the $10 billion previously rumored. Folks figure Zuckerberg wants to start with a conservative base at first. Because he can’t be sure this “Face-book” thing is going to take off.
Were you aware that Steve-O was tapping George Clooney’s ex, Elisabetta Canalis? I certainly wasn’t. Wowsers – he’s punching WAY above his weight! Some evidence of that statement can be seen here, here, here and here (chips). I found that pic in The Daily and further investigating online led me to this fresh information: She […]
Last week, actress Cynthia Nixon got LBGT activists around the world in a flutter over a comment in an interview where she implied her sexuality was a choice. Now she has come out and clarified her statement, after the jump.
I’m not entirely sure I care that this is just some publicity stunt for a mediocre-to-bad “found footage” film about super heroes. This is awesome advertising. Click through to see how 20th Century Fox teamed up with Thinkmodo for their unusual viral promotion for the upcoming Chronicle.
I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is we have found the full trailer of that “Ferris Bueller 2” teaser we saw the other day. The bad news is it’s not a feature film – it’s just Honda using Matthew Broderick in a new TV commercial. It’s pretty damn good […]
It’s been all over the news lately that Demi Moore was rushed off to hospital to be treated for what has only been described as “substance abuse.” This was later revealed to be abuse of whip-its, little cans of nitrous oxide. The call made to 911 has now been leaked, and you can hear it here.
Not even 24 hours ago, a user of the popular user-generated news link website, reddit, asked if readers wouldn’t mind helping out with a donation for an orphanage in Kenya. Humans went over and above what was required, by a long way. This is awesome.
Residents of several of Manchester University’s accommodations recently received what can only be described as an incredibly awkward letter from management. It comprises talk of blocked drains, “taking care of your business”, and disposing of discharges appropriately.
All the surviving members of Monty Python are set to reunite for the first time in over a decade to provide voice talents for a film to be directed by fellow Python alumnus, Terry Gilliam.
White rap’s favourite son, Vanilla Ice, has dropped his bass for a ukulele and channelled his inner hipster. He’s moved to Echo Park, Los Angeles – an area notoriously populated by hipsters – to take up indie rock and the wearing of plaid shirts and thick-rimmed reading glasses. But has he?
As the world anxiously awaits the release of Ten$ion, the next Die Antwoord album, check out this timely reminder, via a homage to the enfants terribles of Afrikaans hardcore, that gingers are people too.
It’s summer time in South Africa. There are a few angles of attack that you can employ to defeat the summer heat. The first, is loose fitting clothing. The second, is a chilled beverage. And the third, and most critical component, is music. “BUT,” I hear you say, “we’ve heard LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem so […]
“My body is a temple, and my temple needs redecorating.” Well-know American comedienne, Joan Rivers, has just undergone her 734th plastic surgery operation at the age of 78. This time she went for a to “tune-up” on her neck, and allowed a TV crew to film the process.
You may have heard recently that former Model C schools – with English as the medium of instruction – may be scrapping African languages. Naturally, Nandos had something to say about this malarky. The headline reads: “Respect your (mother) tongue” While the body copy reads: “Give it a taste of our delicious Peri-Peri, flame-grilled chicken.” […]
Skin… everyone’s got one, except that guy dangling from the tree in Predator. The word has developed a stigma and a deviant curiosity in Hollywood: Mysterious Skin, Skinwalkers, ‘skin flicks’ – and it would be rash to think The Skin I Live In, a film that nabbed a spot in Quentin Tarantino’s Top Ten Films of 2011, could cure that little niggling […]
Ralph Fiennes, the actor who plays Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, recently appeared on a US talk show. The host asked him to read an extract from a piece of fan fiction, titled “Harry Squatter and the Sorcerer’s Bone”. Hilarity ensued.
Only the coolest of hipsters will be aware of THE THUNDERBIRDS. People like Passion from The Dirty Skirts – he will know most of these names. And if you aren’t aware of these guys, then please ask anyone over 45 who spent time in Cape Town in the 70s and 80s. Your parents probably made […]
It is weird to think that there are still people in this world who forget to turn their cell phones off during concerts. This happened during a recent performance by Slovakian violist Lukas Kmit, when a concertgoer’s Nokia ringtone suddenly interrupted the show. But the violinist responded by cleverly incorporating it into his performance, and the video has since gone viral. See it after the jump.
We’ve got the full list of this year’s Oscars nominees hot off the press from the early morning announcement at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences HQ in Hollywood, after the jump!
So! The shutdown MegaUpload and charging of founders with piracy ostensibly started with a copyright scuffle between the filesharing site and the Universal Music Group. Except the shut-down was also timed to scupper MegaBox, a venture to sell artist’s work directly to consumers while letting artists keep 90 percent of earnings. Raised eyebrows all around.
As if they haven’t scared us enough with the release of their latest album cover and music video for its first single, “Fok julle naaiers”, check out what Die Antwoord is up to next. They’ve just released a very graphic teaser trailer for Ten$ion, which is set to release in February. Check it out after the jump.
Members of “hacktivist” group Anonymous have denied that they’re planning an attack on Facebook, in spite of a video claiming to speak for the group that has declared that the social network will be brought down on January 28th. This would be the second fake Anonymous threat in some months.
This is little Juliet. She’s eight years old, and she and her mummy recently posted a video to Youtube where she sings about her pet dog Robert, whom she loves, and her stinky fish tank. All set to thrash metal. Odd doesn’t quite cover it, but who can argue with 12 million hits on YouTube. Take a look.
Alright. Yes. Pairing your product with an attractive woman is not exactly an original advertising tactic, and if anything the world could do with a little less of that. But because this happens to be a Brazilian TV ad for a language school, and a funny one, we can put these concerns momentarily aside.
Following criticism over pretty much everything he’s done in the past decades, Star Wars creator/destroyer George Lucas announced his planned retirement in a recent interview with the New York Times – adding, “Why would I make any more when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?”
Though it did well on the festival circuit, South Africa’s “Skoonheid” has missed out on a nomination for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards. Unfortunate, but what films did make the shortlist, and which is the favourite tipped to win the gong?