The Sydney Opera House hosted a gathering of 5,200 nude people on Monday. The event was for a photo shoot by photographer Spencer Tunick. Tunick went on record regarding the Sydney event to say:"It was difficult to get the straight participants to embrace the gay participants and vice versa,"...
Earth Hour is set to be celebrated on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. The event started in Sydney Australia in March 2007 when over 2 million homes and businesses flicked their light switches and electronics to "off" to make a statement against climate change. The popularity of the event...
Hugh Jackman was Oprah's guest during a special filming of her hit talkshow in Australia this morning. Oprah and her 302 American guests went Down Under to promote tourism in Australia and meet the locals. Hugh Jackman was one of Oprah's first guests who made a crashing entry upon sliding down...
Australia is a land of deadly creatures that seem to take obscene joy in killing you — and not just Queenslanders hunting down anyone who's brown. No, the entire ecosystem seems specifically designed to kill, what with the horrible desert, deadly animals, annoying insects, and constant worry of...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will travel to Austrailia for the first time in UFC history for UFC 110. Fans will flock to Sydney's Acer Arena for a series of intense fights. The heavyweight fight between Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira. In addition, Wanderlei Silva...
Though it may sound unappealing, the Australian giant burrowing cockroach is not your average imported roach. "They are different to other insects in a lot of ways and are totally unrelated to the American or German cockroaches found in Australian households," Sydney University senior biology...
Margaritaville crooner Jimmy Buffett is recovering from an on stage fall during a Sydney, Australia, concert and was released from the St. Vincent hospital Wednesday. Upon Buffett's release, TMZ reported the sixty four year old singer is "doing well" despite suffering from an apparent head laceration...
The internet is the great playing field leveler. On the internet, no one knows you're a dog, right? But it turns out that we have a pretty good idea if you're a paranoid schizophrenic with persecution complex — because that's what your website tells us about you. These 13 people are all crackpots...
Plastiki sail successfully crosses Pacific. The sailboat constructed of over 12,500 recycled plastic bottles arrived in Sydney Harbour after a 128 day voyage across the Pacific. Plastiki is a 60 foot catamaran with a six person crew that left the San Francisco bay area on March 20, 2010...
The Social Security Administration just released statistics for the 100 Most Popular Girls Names for 2010. The baby name list was compiled from information collected through May of last year. Here are 2010's 100 Most Popular Girl's Names per the folks at NameLab: 1. Isabella2. Emma3. Olivia4....
