Celebrities

1 Comment Posted on August 24, 2011August 23, 2011 by Steve Murray Link-Off

Wednesday Link-Off: Psychic Benefits

Let’s kick off these links with Chrissy Teigen who is working her magic near the stove. Did you know that she has a food blog?

As often as we link articles about how much Grantland sucks, it does occasionally come through. For example, Malcolm Gladwell finally gets his first Grantland story up about how owning an NBA team isn’t about making money so the lockout is basically pointless. (Grantland)

Is the middle class dead or is it still possible to save them? (The Atlantic)

I’m sure you’ve seen the epic brawl between Georgetown and the Chinese professional team by now. But have you seen the world’s best breakdown of the fight and its winners and losers? (SB Nation)

After the jump, hockey fight club for kids, a Dell vs. HP slap fight and Healthy Meal Time. Continue reading →

2 Comments Posted on August 12, 2011August 4, 2011 by Steve Murray Entertainment

Creepy Celebrity Fan Art That Looks Like It’s Made By Stalkers

When I floated this idea out on Twitter, I was half joking. But I thought I should just go ahead and see what sort of weird fan art and images are floating around online. I’m shocked nobody has compiled these sooner because there are definitely some fan artists out there who should be monitored at all times by police. So here are twelve of the creepiest/stalkery-est examples of “fan art” that are on the internet. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on August 9, 2011July 30, 2011 by Steve Murray Man Lab

Man Lab: The Many Meanings of Pretty

One of my all time favourite shows is the classic NBC sitcom NewsRadio. On one episode, the women of WNYX debated the many variations of the word “pretty.” Pretty means just pretty but there are several other words that mean pretty but don’t mean exactly the same thing.

So to make sure that you use the right word to describe a woman, here are the various definitions of words meaning pretty and visual examples of each definition. Continue reading →

2 Comments Posted on May 20, 2011May 19, 2011 by Steve Murray Entertainment

Celebrity Gossip Stories We’ll Miss If The World Ends

I haven’t been paying too much attention to the latest apocalypse talk but I keep hearing that the world is going to end on Saturday. I’m still banking on 2012 being the end of the world but I did realize that if the world does end tomorrow, we’re going to miss out on a lot of potential fun with celebrities.

So just in case the world does end, I’ve taken the liberty of telling you some of the better celebrity gossip stories that you’ll miss out on over the next 12 months. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on April 17, 2011April 16, 2011 by Steve Murray Link-Off

Sunday Link-Off: A Profile

Since we’ve got a lot of people searching the blog for her, let’s start with Jennifer Lawrence.

I think I’ve mentioned this before but this year is the five-year anniversary of the creation of Twitter. So here’s the behind the scenes story of how Twitter was founded. (Business Insider)

And on that Twitter note, Simon Pegg tells the story of how he ended up on Twitter. (New Statesman)

The NBA playoffs started this weekend. Instead of your typical video game based simulation, though, SB Nation is using crappy 1990s video games to pick each series winner. (SB Nation)

After the jump, the history of SNL celebrity jeopardy, the story of Chris Kanyon, and Norm MacDonald’s return to TV. Continue reading →

7 Comments Posted on February 8, 2011September 4, 2011 by Steve Murray Entertainment

Inexplicable Celebrity Hookups

As Valentine’s Day nears, now is a good time to remember that playing out of your league is an inexplicably common occurrence. Despite how often that happens, when a guy lands an impossibly hot woman, I’d still call that a statistical outlier in the grand scheme of life. However, there are many examples of the supermodel or Maxim Hot 100 topper ended up with an ugly or otherwise ordinary guy. So here are some examples of odd celebrity couples and a reminder that it is possible to land a supermodel. It’s just extremely unlikely. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on November 23, 2010November 21, 2010 by Steve Murray News

Not News of the Week

If it’s not worth talking about, then it must be the Not News of the Week.

It’s not often that a Hollywood celebrity finds themselves in the Not News but not every celeb has a tale like Dick Van Dyke. A couple of weeks ago, he went on the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson and told this story: “I went out once and fell asleep on (a surf) board. I did. And I woke up out of sight of land, and I looked around and I started paddling with the swells and I start seeing fins swimming around me, and I thought, ‘I’m dead.’ They turned out to be porpoises. They pushed me all the way to shore. I’m not kidding.” He’s 84 years old. Could that be the senility kicking in? Continue reading →

1 Comment Posted on November 17, 2010November 16, 2010 by Steve Murray Link-Off

Wednesday Link-Off: Discipline

Let’s kick off these links with Canada’s own Jessica Lowndes who celebrated her 22nd birthday with cupcakes.

With the CFL regular season in the books and division finals coming up this weekend, here’s a look at the five best and worst moments from this season. (55-Yard Line)

In the midst of a labour relations case that the NHL is involved in, several emails from Colin Campbell were made public. In one of them, he refers to one of the players he coached as a “little fake artist.” So who is this guy he loathes so much? (MC79 Hockey)

And speaking of NHL discipline, here’s Sean Avery cheapshotting Ladislav Smid. Doubt he’ll get suspended because Campbell likes the Rangers. (Tirico Suave)

After the jump, Brett Favre’s hypothetical benching, everybody does the Dougie and the return of DJ Steve Porter. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on October 28, 2010October 27, 2010 by Steve Murray Podcasts

Lowdown BlogCast: October 26, 2010

It’s the third anniversary episode of The Lowdown. On October 30, 2007, The Lowdown went on air in London, Ontario from the campus of the University of Western Ontario. Today’s BlogCast may no longer be on air at the U of WO but both episodes are about roughly the same thing. The show starts with a look at the suspension of Rick Rypien and the inconsistent “supplementary discipline” handed out by the NHL. From there, it’s on to entertainment which contains two of Jackie’s singles of the week, It Came from YouTube and a familiar Worst of Music. Then the show gets sidetracked when Steve takes over talking about celebrities outkicking their coverage and the hypothetical trade of a heart attack for sex. Our series premiere and this episode are both NBA season previews. The boys talk about LeBron and Bosh taking their talents to South Beach. They also look at the Vegas over/under lines for all 30 NBA teams. This special third anniversary episode of The Lowdown is over two hours long. It’s the longest episode ever and is more that worth a listen.

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Leave a comment Posted on September 24, 2010November 3, 2011 by Steve Murray Columns

The Humanoids: Beta

Sorry for the misleading title. This post is not about the old videocassette format known as Beta-Max. I realize that a post about the history of Beta would be infinitely fascinating but today’s post is about the technology sort of beta. Beta, near as I can piece together, is the stage of production where something is mostly but not completely done. For example, the new Internet Explorer (though I think it’s more Alpha [early build] than Beta). So today’s targets are all things that aren’t done yet but are getting there. Continue reading →