All posts in: Big Day Out

15 Nov 2011

In the News…

Fashion

photo courtesy of Vogue.com

– Charlize Theron covers Vogue’s December issue. [Source]

– Co-founder and chief creative officer Tamara Mellon is leaving Jimmy Choo along with CEO Joshua Shulman. [Source]

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, daughter of former editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld, is preggers! [Source]

Music

photo courtesy of CBS News

Apple is recalling the first generation iPod nanos due to a possible safety risk caused by the batteries. [Source]

Lady Gaga and well-known choreographer Laurieann Gibson are no longer working together. [Source] “Honey” used to be one of my favorite dancing films and Laurieann did the choreography for every single part of it.

OFWGKTA were dismissed from New Zealand’s Big Day Out festival lineup because of their offensive homophobic and misogynistic lyrics.[Source]

Jay-Z says Kanye is obsessive-compulsive plus Jay-Z highlights some odd behavior as described in GQ. [Source]

Television

MTV will bring back their hipster television series, “I Just Want My Pants Back” on Thursday, Feb. 2nd 2012. [Source] I was hooked after their teaser episode in early fall!

Seattle

Seattle’s Intiman Theater will reopen in 2012 with a summer festival. [Source]

Other

– A nearby rave event caused Shadow, the dolphin, to become stressed out by the music. As a result, the dolphin became so distressed by it that he died. [Source]

– The recent updates of porn on people’s Facebook newsfeeds are terrifying users that are not used to seeing content that is usually seen over at www.hdtubemovies.xxx on their social medias. [Source]

– A new magazine devoted entirely to the news of reality television stars called Reality Weekly will debut next year. [Source]

Evelyn Lauder, beauty mogul and breast cancer activist, passed away this weekend at age 75. [Source]

– I was disgusted and almost nauseous reading this interview with Penn State’s accused defensive coordinator Jerry Sandursky. [Source] Note: this contains disturbing content.

Pippa Middleton is a single lady! [Source]

Kendall Jenner got a range rover for her sweet sixteen. [Source]

29 Sep 2011

Big Day Out 2012 Lineup Released

Kanye West
Soundgarden
Kasabian
My Chemical Romance
Foster the People
Odd Future
The Living End
Girl Talk
Hilltop Hoods (Aus Only)
Battles
Mariachi el Bronx
Parkway Drive (Aus Only)
Royksopp
The Jezabels (Aus Only)
Architecture in Helsinki (Aus)
The Getaway Plan (Aus Only)
Cage the Elephant
Frenzal Rhomb
Boy & Bear (Aus Only)
Best Coast
Tony Hawk
Cut Off Your Hands (NZ Only)
Gin Wigmore (NZ Only)
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (NZ Only)
David Dallas (NZ Only)
Beastwars (NZ Only)
Ghostwave (NZ Only)
MayaVanya (NZ Only)

Source

This may be somewhat of a smaller lineup than we are used to seeing at music festivals, but this lineup looks AWESOME.