Tag: Popular Culture
Bigwigs take flight from Flemington's Birdcage
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The financial crisis has hit the Melbourne Cup, with many big names absent from the exclusive Birdcage marquee.[MORE]
Wall St women wanted for Playboy
Lads mag Playboy wants laid-off Wall Streeters to bare all for an upcoming issue.[MORE]
Jolie, Pitt top Hollywood power league
Move over Tom Cruise. Brangelina are the most powerful celebrities on the planet.[MORE]
Bring your own light sabre: Uni launches Jedi course
Belfast uni hosts the UK's first Jedi course teaching personal development through a Star Wars syllabus.[MORE]
Facebookers unhappy with new look site
Facebook's new look has become mandatory in a shift to what the popular social networking website says is a faster, streamlined and more spam-resistant format that has some devotees in a state of rebellion.[MORE]
Marilyn Monroe 'sex sofa' up for sale
Marilyn Monroe and Glenn Ford's supposed sex sofa is to go under the hammer.[MORE]
Mattel awarded $116m in Bratz doll dispute
Mattel, maker of the ever-popular Barbie doll, has been awarded $US100 million ($116 million) in damages after a jury last month found MGA Entertainment in breach of contract for making the rival Bratz doll.[MORE]
Nightclub attacker awaits sentence
A Hobart man has been found guilty of an attack at a Salamanca nightclub which left a successful musician with a brain injury.[MORE]
Crown Prince Frederick locked outside in Tas
Future king of Denmark Crown Prince Frederick has arrived in Hobart to spend quality time with his family.[MORE]
Campaign to remove graffiti
The Tasmanian Government and the Launceston City Council are clamping down on graffiti in the city.[MORE]
Facebook overtakes MySpace as social network king
Industry figures available today show Facebook has dethroned MySpace to become the world's most popular social networking website.[MORE]
Rolling Stone magazine shrinking
Rolling Stone magazine has unveiled plans for a major design overhaul, scaling down its signature large format pages to a more traditional magazine size in a bid to bolster sagging sales.[MORE]
Maoists scrap Miss Nepal pageant
A contest to choose the next Miss Nepal has been cancelled after Maoist female lawmakers denounced the beauty pageant.[MORE]
Hilton enters election race with spoof ad
Socialite Paris Hilton is "like, totally ready to lead" the United States of America.[MORE]
Brangelina babies revealed on net
People publishes the first pics of Brangelina's babies Knox and Vivienne on the net.[MORE]
Officials consider ways to curb paparazzi
Officials from around Los Angeles, joined by celebrities such as singer John Mayer, met today to discuss how to fix what some see as a growing problem of paparazzi dangerously hounding Hollywood stars.[MORE]
'World's oldest joke' traced back to 1900 BC
The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humour was as popular with the ancients as it is today, British academics say.[MORE]
Obama is just like Britney, Paris: McCain
Barack Obama is accused of being just another vapid celeb like Britney or Paris.[MORE]
Superhero fans flock to Comic Con
Like wannabe Dark Knights answering the call of the 'bat signal', throngs of grown men wearing tights and capes converge this week to revel in all manner of superhero lore and merchandising at the 39th annual Comic Con Convention in San Diego.[MORE]
NY museum explores fashionable superheroes
A New York museum is delving into the influence comic book costumes have had on modern fashion.[MORE]
Comedian George Carlin dies in Los Angeles at 71
George Carlin, famed for his Filthy Words routine, has died after a history of heart problems.[MORE]
National Trust considers heritage listing for graffiti
A prorposal to consider heritage listing some of the graffiti in Melbourne's famous laneways has provoked an angry response.[MORE]
Walk of Fame honour for Jackman
Australian actor Hugh Jackman, cartoon character Tinkerbell, Iron Man's Robert Downey Jr and actress Cameron Diaz are among a diverse group of 25 stars named overnight to join the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[MORE]
Brangelina buzz engulfs French village
Brangelina and the paparazzi play cat-and-mouse in French village of Correns.[MORE]
Oprah nabs most powerful celebrity title
Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity for the second straight year and for the fifth time.[MORE]
