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August 12, 2004

Thursday News Wrap

Naomi Campbell, no stranger to having her temper talked about, has apparently indulged in a violent quarrel with her maid. Naomi’s personal assistant has jumped to her boss’s side, claiming that Naomi was simply defending herself - but then, the assistant would say that, wouldn’t she? She’s probably frightened of being pulverised by the fist-happy supermodel.

Britney’s finally met fiancé Kevin Federline’s kids (well, one of them) which is handy considering she’ll be their step-mamma quite shortly. Britney seems amused and entertained by the novelty of having a small child and a puppy in the same room, but only time will tell whether Britney embraces changing the nappy of her future hubby’s bubs with quite as much enthusiasm and child-like delight. (via stereogum)

Also in The Sun, news that a serial rapist - currently serving a life sentence - has won £7 million in the national lottery. As The Sun points out, “While most lags have just £6 a week to splash out, he can afford 17.5 million Mars bars, 700,000 phone cards or 1.5 million packs of cigarettes.”

Meanwhile, while many refer to Queensland’s Bribie Island as a Mecca for the elderly retirees of Australia, it would appear that if you’re a elderly toker, it’s best to head straight for Perth. An elderly couple have been caught with an elaborate hydroponic system in their house, not to mention a healthy stash of marijuana. This follows on from an incident a few months ago where David and Florence Davies, another elderly Perth couple, were charged after police discovered 19kg of marijuana stored in their ceiling. They claimed not to know anything about the greenery in their roof, but Florence did admit to enjoying the odd toke from her own personal stash kept hidden in an ice-cream container under her bed. Bless.

Finally, I am very much in love with the new song from the Oasis-like (okay, the band is made up of three brothers, so they’re even more Oasis-like than Oasis) Evermore. It’s called “It’s Too Late” and you can hear it when you visit their official website - it’ll start automatically. Love the guitar, love the drums, love the keyboards - and I can personally vouch for the fact it’s the perfect soundtrack for a bus journey to work on a cold winter morning. Favourite part - the “hold on, you’re moving too fast” bit (which I probably misheard and they could be saying something completely different). All in all, the tune gets ausculture.com’s revered Three Thumbs Up using our patented Chernobyl rating system. Oh, and fans of The OC might recognise this song from Tuesday night’s episode where it was played over the ad for next week’s installment.

And that’s all I can be bothered investigating on this delightful Thursday afternoon so off you go - hurrah!