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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Fabulous Friday trash wrap: the devout in trouble

Mel Gibson grassy knoll tale, Paris Hilton on why she’s swine flu immune and Gwyneth GOOPs it up with makeup.

Presenting the inaugural Crikey Logies lookalikes

Roll out the red carpet, and hold off nipping down to the milk bar to buy a copy of TV Week — Crikey presents our comprehensive Logies coverage.
Inspired by Channel Nine’s Tracey Grimshaw, who this year played the part of Grimace from McDonaldland, we’ve google imaged terms like “upholstered pedastal”, “eight-year-old in leotard”, “kitten” and [...]

Stuff we like: Just how many laws did Ferris Bueller break in his day off?

Sites and links we love today:
Bueller? Bueller? MetaFilter are compiling a list of crimes comitted by Ferris Bueller in cult film classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Who knows why, but it’s a fun read, and naturally, things are getting pretty technical:
Breach of contract could work, but Cameron has a good looking cause of action for [...]

The fabulous Friday trash wrap: Mr T does jury duty

Our favourite trashy news for the week:
How many starving African kids could celebrity engagement rings feed? A question I’m sure we’ve all pondered at some point – Cat Walk Cat Fight has a visual guide, and it’s both wonderful and depressing. Nicole Richie’s is quite modest, expensive enough for only 200 kids, while Beyonce could [...]