2009 is your last chance to wear googly double-zero glasses for another millennium. The 2010 version (see below) just won't be the same, and the original inventors are quitting the business.
A heavily bearded Joaquin Phoenix pushes his long hair back with a big hairclip while socializing with other celebs during the Butter Party at Fontainebleau Miami Beach’s LIV nightclub on Monday (December 29).
In a bizarre tech meltdown, Microsoft's 30GB Zune media player took a worldwide nosedive at the same time on Wednesday. Reports say that sometime between midnight and 2 a.m., the Zune 30GBs reset themselves, powered up and froze on the startup screen. Internet forums are buzzing with Y2K-like panic over the sudden, simultaneous crash. No statement has been made by Microsoft or their Zune.net website...Bloggers expect that the Zune crash will be attributed to a software glitch, not a virus, as Zune 30GB's that aren't connected to the internet have been affected. This story will undoubtedly swell as folks on the western time zones wake up to find that their Zune's are all down.
‘Trading Spaces’ designer and ‘Moving Up’ host Doug Wilson was arrested early morning on December 31, 2008. After failing to yield to an emergency vehicle, Doug was pulled over at around 1 am in Decatur, Illinois. In case you were wondering, that emergency he didn’t yield to was a squad car with it’s lights flashing and sirens blaring. That very car pulled Doug over. Police arrested Doug Wilson and took him into custody. After spending several hours in jail, he was released on $1000 bond. The TLC personality was charged with aggravated DUI, driving on a suspended license, failing to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle and illegal transportation of alcohol.Updates: Other Celebrities in trouble. Charles Barkley was also arrested by the Gilbert Police Department on suspicion of DUI. Matt Dillon was arrested for speeding, traveling at 106 miles per hour on a Vermont interstate highway.
The cameras, which were put out of action when new guidelines were issued in 2001, have been left in place to deter motorists from speeding. They are there but there is no camera inside, or they are turned off. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that 323 Gatsos - named after their inventor Maurice Gatsonides - were inactive but remained in place. About 40 per cent of the Gatsos installed in the Nineties failed to meet Department for Transport criteria about where they could be put and were therefore decommissioned. They are there but there is no camera inside, or they are turned off.A spokesman for the Met said,
In 2007-08, 323 speed safety camera housings were not subject to enforcement deployment. However inactive sites continue to play a role in deterring speeding.
To celebrate the New Year, we at Cracked have dug deep in the annals of local news to salute those ordinary folks who in 2008 had their lives forever cursed by some unfortunate photographs. Their moments of poor judgment have been frozen for all time, the images freely available online to their future employers and children. So laugh at them while you can, because this time next year it could be any of us.
The daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has given birth to a son, a magazine reported Monday. Bristol Palin, 18, gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Saturday, People magazine reported online. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces. Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol's grandmother, told the magazine that the baby is fine and Bristol is doing well...The father is Levi Johnston, a former hockey player at Alaska's Wasilla High School.
A father-of-two died after a six-hour wait at A&E despite having a letter from his GP saying he must be treated immediately. Stewart Fleming, 37, arrived at his local hospital with his wife Sarah clutching an urgent note from his doctor. But instead of being sent to the head of the queue, Mr Fleming had to sit and wait in agony as a virus ravaged his body, causing his organs to fail.
Check out the mode of locomotion - something i've never seen before. If any one can help me ID this animal or knows someone who could help can you please contact me. I have found a few of them under logs in New South Wales, Australia.
The target, a surveyor, was returning to his car in the remote town of Barrow, Alaska, when he saw the great white beast. With no time to unlock the door of his vehicle and climb inside, he tried to duck out of sight. After a few laps of the car the bear almost caught up, managing to land a few heavy swipes on his prey. The man eventually managed to take refuge in a neighbouring truck which was unlocked. His back and head were covered in more than 100 deep scratches where the massive claws had managed to rip through his thick winter clothes and padded coat.
Berry sued her former paramour Mark C. Dawson in Hillsborough County Circuit Court today, saying he tried to extort, humiliate and hurt her by showing the photographs to her mother and friends and posting them on MySpace.com without her permission.
Over the weekend, Butler, who has been charged as an adult, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the deaths of 24-year-old Christopher Umpierre on Dec. 19 and 22-year-old John Hopkins-Drago on Dec. 21. She was being held without bail Monday. Police say Sharrell Butler and others stabbed Hopkins-Drago at an apartment in the Bronx, perhaps as many as 40 times. A superintendent found the dismembered body stuffed in a garbage can outside a building the same day he was killed.Butler, whose nickname is Lady Red and an alleged gang member, is charged with second-degree murder. Butler's lawyer, Xavier Donaldson, who denied allegations that Butler was involved in the Bloods gang said,
She's a 15-year-old girl. She's scared. She's just a kid.Other links:
Merseyside Police is investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport. At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street. Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault, on Lord Street.Gerrard's wife Alex Curran was seen near the police station but didn’t answer any questions.
As far as I know he comes here regularly and it was just a normal night at the bar. I don't know anything about what happened last night.[via RightFielder]
1. Michael PhelpsThe runner-up for Miss Paraguay 2006 is also a model.
2. Leryn Franco
3. Serena Williams
4. Kobe Bryant
5. Shawn Johnson
6. Jennie Finch
7. Misty May Treanor
8. Ronaldinho
9. Alicia Sacramone
10. Nastia Liukin
When customers leave an erotic toy shop, they are usually equipped with shopping bags that are intended to look inconspicuous. Therefore the agency designed shopping bags that deal with the subject sex openly and playfully, thus deliberately provoking people and attracting great attention. The shopping bags very soon became cultic objects. Condomi customers turned to walking advertisements and attracted interest which produced an influx of many new customers.
Spec ads, unofficial and proposed advertisements to ad agencies, restore our faith in the little guy in the big bad world of advertising -- the creative, "regular dude" who sits down to his or her computer and bangs out an ad so much better than anything the suits could dream up.1. iPod Touch: Nick Haley's ad for iPod Touch, "Music is My Hot Hot Sex"
129k miles. Two owners. All in all it’s a great car with a few minor mechanical and cosmetic issues:
The alternator needs to be replaced because it’s not charging the battery. My mechanic says it will cost around $250(parts and labor) to replace.
The body has a few small scratches and minor dings. No rust.
Singapore retailer TANGS apparently hasn't forgotten about it and the company's virtual store will open its digital doors come March 2009. Visitors will be able to browse and purchase items to dress up their avatars using the MetaCard that acts as virtual currency. It's still not possible to shop in virtual TANGS and have items shipped to your real home, though the retailer did say it is exploring e-commerce options. When that happens, it'd be a great excuse to vegetate before the PC and live a virtual existence. Now, pardon me, while I go revive my alter ego.
Snowzilla, the giant Alaskan snowman who had become a famous annual attraction in Anchorage is no more, after city officials decided to ban his building this year.
Snowzilla started in 2005 when Anchorage local Billy Powers decided he wanted to build something special for Christmas. The giant snowman, originally 16 feet (5m) tall but slightly bigger in following years gained national, then international attention, bringing camera crews from as far away as Japan and Russia to film Snowzilla in the wild.
Michael Jackson is not suffering from any life threatening diseases. Everyone can relax. Reports of his ailing health have been extremely exaggerated. Reports over the weekend that Jackson has some newly revealed sickness requiring a lung transplant are totally hokum, I can assure you. Yesterday I spoke to one of Jackson's regular insiders who reported that the kooky former King of Pop is just fine, playing with his kids, and living large in a house he can't afford in Beverly Hills.According to Mom Logic, Michael Jackson's official and sole spokesperson Dr. Tohme Tohme has issued the following statement,
Concerning this author's allegations, we would hope in the future that legitimate media will not continue to be exploited by such an obvious attempt to promote this unauthorized 'biography.' The writer's wild allegations concerning Mr. Jackson's health are a total fabrication. Mr. Jackson is in fine health, and finalizing negotiations with a major entertainment company & television network for both a world tour and a series of specials and appearances.
