Italy’s supreme court has rejected former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s appeal against tax fraud convictions. The decision angered Berlusconi, prompting him to broadcast a message in which he maintained his innocence and accused magistrates of persecuting him.
It has almost been a year since NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover touched down on the red planet. The WALL-E lookalike landed on Mars on 6 August last year, and since then has been drilling into the martian planet, collecting soil samples and taking some of the best selfies in the universe.
Simon Cowell has mentioned before that he does not want children but on Wednesday news broke that music mogul Simon Cowell is the father of married New York socialite Lauren Silverman’s unborn child.
Look, news is sometimes complicated and difficult understand. Sure, you’ve heard of this “Bradley Manning” guy. His name has been bandied about on campus, at a braai, or around the watercooler. You heard he was sentenced for espionage against the United States, but you’re not sure why, or how. That’s okay. Taiwanese animated news has […]
Breathe the weight away is what former Japanese actor Miki Ryosuke is claiming. If you simply concentrate on your breathing and take long breathes and exhale aggressively for two to five minutes daily, you will lose weight.
Justin Bieber’s concert tour made a stop in Detroit on 28 July 2013, Eminem’s old hood. The Biebs decided to show his respect for the rapper by performing ‘Lose Yourself’ on stage. SPOILER: He messed up the lyrics.
Online dating is incredibly annoying, if only for one reason: we’re usually compelled to read reams and reams of personal information about a person when, if we’re completely honest with ourselves, the first impression is the only thing that matters. Introducing Tinder, the geolocated dating app that gets straight to the superficial point.
A faulty oil transfer between a tanker and a seabed pipeline on Saturday has resulted in some 50,000 litres of oil being spilled onto Thai beaches. The main impact zone is Ao Prao beach on Koh Samet island.
Wired was invited to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to witness the flying man. Yves Rossy, a former Swiss Air Force pilot, is known as the Jetman. Click through to see him fly.
A group of guys on Kickstarter are trying to get people to help them build the Slingatron – a coil of railroad that basically shoots things into space. On the campaign page they explain their invention as such: “The Slingatron space launcher is an earth-based mechanical hypervelocity mass accelerator.” Their vision: We want to open up space […]
On Friday Fox News had a bit of a blooper. The picture above is evidence of what they are calling the most embarrassing interview the network has ever aired. But a study by Fairleigh Dickinson University disagrees. Over the past few years, numerous interviews, mostly starring Bill O’Reilly, have been just as bad as the error […]
Whether by pure coincidence, or by the sheer power of a repeatedly ad-libbed line, Denzel Washington finds himself making a guarantee of some kind in almost every movie he acts in. Here’s a supercut of those fine moments. Enjoy that.
British Airways recently collected together Bryan Habana, Jean de Villiers, a rugby player we don’t recognise, and Georgia Jagger for a film and photo shoot. Part of that shoot included the B-train racing the new A380 Airbus, which Georgia started by waving a South African flag. Start this badboy around the 1:15 mark if you […]
During the WWE Smack Down world tour last night in Cape Town, Randy Orton got an unpleasant surprise. Click through to check out the video.
A black bear walked into a bar in Estes Park, Colorado. The strange thing is though that none of the patrons inside noticed the 158kg and 1,8m tall bear. Fortunately he was caught on a security camera.
If a complete stranger walked up to you and asked you to have sex with them, would you? This theory was tested with this “social experiment”. The goal was to determine if men do live up to their reputations.
If you’ve ever got annoyed with people phoning you because they are too lazy to text you back then this absurd video titled “Just Text Me,” was made especially for you. “Just Text Me” was produced by soundlyawake star Keisha, who is the moer in with her friend Brandi, who doesn’t seem to have figured out […]
Don’t get on the wrong side of Kristen Stewart. The Twilight star, and second highest paid actress in Hollywood, got pushed a tad too far on her lunch break while filming Camp X-Ray. The starlet gave a member of paparazzi a piece of her mind telling him that he is a fuck face, a piece of […]
The first trailer for Ben Stiller’s latest movie titled The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has landed. The movie is a remake of the 1947 comedy and is based on a popular short story by James Thurber’s – first published in the New Yorker in 1939. The Zoolander star plays a magazine proofreader alongside the hilarious Kristen Wiig. The Secret […]
A Pakistani TV show called Aman Ramazan is a religious game show where prizes are awarded to the audience for the correct answer. Questions are based on the Qur’an and prizes include household appliances, motorbikes and most surprisingly, babies.
Well this is the most skilled piece of motor racing you’ll see today. This last weekend, the Spa 24 Hours race got underway in France. One Alessandro Pier Guidi, driving his Ferrari 458 spun out in the notorious Radillon portion of the circuit in front of a tightly packed field of cars. Did he panic? Did he lose control? No. He went full-badass, spun the supercar 360 degrees, and carried on like nothing happened.
Man oh man, out of everyone in the world you could have shared your secret with Carly, you chose Taylor Swift? Last week Carly Simon joined singer-songwriter Taylor Swift on stage at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough to sing the karaoke classic “You’re So Vain.” According to Mashable, the artist that now looks like Steven Tyler in hat, told […]
Well that’s just not cricket. Boston Red Sox slugger, David “Big Papi” Ortiz struck out in a game against the Baltimore Orioles this last weekend, and he took his frustration out on the dugout phone box, before mock charging the umpire who made the call. In comments made after the game, Ortiz answered questions regarding […]
This is classic Bronx. According to the person who uploaded this video, the enraged woman beating the car with a golf club is the wife of the car owner. No one is sure what led to the incident, or what happened afterwards, but we can assume that some damage to the relationship was done. Enjoy, […]
Well, I mean, the video is great. It’s the rest of you who are weirdos. This promo video from Audio Visual Alchemy is an out takes reel of the weirdest and worst of local festivals. And man, is it wonderful. Consider your ego massaged. Is that Anton Taylor at the 2:47 mark?
Nice one, Feliks Zemdegs! After this weekend we can now call this young Australian the Rubik’s Cube World Champion. At the competition held in Las Vegas, the 17-year-old took home the gold after the intense three-day event. Zemdegs was crowned as the winner thanks to the fact that he scored an average time of 8,18 seconds to […]
Youth in revolt. On Sunday evening, police in riot attire headed down to Huntington Beach to break up a raging crowd after the US Open of Surfing. It was reported that the ruckus started at around 19h00 once the competition had concluded and the Huntington Beach Police even had to ask for help from neighbouring agencies. According […]
Last night, a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster spontaneously caught fire and burnt to a crisp on a Clifton roadside. This Lambo has a retail value of anywhere between R3 million and R4 million, depending on the exact year and model. Jaco le Roux was on scene to capture the tragedy on film. No one was injured. @topgearmagSA Lamborghini […]
You’ll remember the story we published back in May, about our good friend Jenna Lowe who is battling a rare life-threatening condition. Well check this out – her sister Kirsti sang their song (written by Jenna and playlisted on KFM) at Newlands rugby stadium!
Having obviously noted the riotous success of our Naughty Hipster competition, the very excellent duo that is Derick Watts And The Sunday Blues Band have released their latest locally-produced parody video, and it is a goodie. Watch the whole thing. All of Nic’s tattoos are real. Which makes this video ironic, and perhaps a little bit meta. […]