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Naomi Campbell Will Be Mopping Floors Instead Of Walking The Runway

Naomi hit her in the back of the head with a jewel-encrusted cell phone in her Manhattan apartment, causing an injury that required stitches. More...


Gorillas hold 'wake' for group's leader
December 8, 2004

One by one Tuesday, the gorillas filed into the Tropic World building where Babs' body lay, arms outstretched. Curator Melinda Pruett Jones called it a "gorilla wake." More...


Not Fit For Human Consumption

Meat by-products - Can include head, feet, intestines, heart, lungs... More...


Wacky World of Celebrities and Drugs

They are digging themselves an early grave and are beginning to look three times their age before they're even 25 years old. More...


Beauty Queen Stays Poised Despite The Pain Of Pepper Spray

Who would be so nasty as to play itchy tricks on lovely Miss Puerto Rico? Pepper spray and theft is a tough combo to ignore More...


The Tricky Problem Of Designer Embryos

Clients review information about the donors' physical traits and temperaments, their family and educational histories, and in some cases look at photos.
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Are We Ready For A World Where Life Can Be Created In A Lab?

The first artificial life form has been created. Question is: since we can barely deal with the life forms that already exist --do we need more? More...


Virtual Girlfriend For Suckers

All virtual girls will look the same - but each girl will behave differently - depending on how much money is spent on her. More...


Playmates Eager To Bend Over For Beckham

Even endless excursions to Rodeo Drive with Stepford Wife Katie Holmes, won't be able to quell Victoria's fears that The Playboy Mansion could be one stop hopping for her notoriously roving mate. More...


Chris Rock's phone

Chris and I had a very nice chat indeed. He was friendly, and genuinely interested in who I was as a person. (What do you do? Where do you live? Where are you from? How old are you? etc.) We talked for a while about a bunch of stuff. More...


A surprising roster of A-listers has gone interactive in recent months.
April 21, 2005

Sure to give conservative family groups a fit, gamers in the guise of Pacino's ruthless character must negotiate drug deals and smuggle contraband, all while avoiding underworld rivals ("cocka-roaches!") and DEA agents. More...


The Unbelievable Possibility That Paris Hilton Could Play Mother Theresa
Feb 12, 2006

The director said he was impressed when he read a report sometime ago in which the hotel heiress said she had refused to pose nude in Playboy magazine and decided then to shortlist her. More...


Brad Pitt's Mom Visits Jilted Jennifer Aniston And Crosses Jolie

When she's not being an Earth Mother icon Angelina Jolie is busy playing the jealous spouse. Her baser emotions aren't really in keeping with the Saint Angie persona she cultivates these days. More...


Video Mogul Pays High Price For Underage Girls Gone Wild

Prosecutors say the footage in question showed two under-age girls, both 17 years old, engaging in sexually explicit acts. More...


Interview with Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau
April 28, 2005

The fascinating couple has had the nation divided ever since their affair -- when he was a 12-year-old, 6th grade student and she was his 34-year-old teacher -- was made public in 1996. Mary was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison and is now a registered sex offender. More...


Archaeologists put humans in North America 50,000 years ago
November 17, 2004

Goodyear dug four meters (13 feet) deeper than the soil layer containing the earliest North American people and began uncovering a plethora of tools. Until recently, many archeologists did not dig below where Clovis artifacts were expected to be found. More...


Dolphins save swimmers from shark
November 2004

A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark, media reported on Tuesday.
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Sandra Bullock Weeps Over Dream Home Disaster
February 6, 2006

Bullock spent years designing the lakeside mansion in Austin, complete with towers and spires, a spa, library and cinema. But two nights after moving in she More...


From Maid To Bestselling Author

An Indian woman who used to sweep and mop other people's floors found her life transformed overnight when she became a bestselling author. More...


South Park Creators Parody Scientology And Infuriate Tom Cruise
March 19, 2006,

Parker and Stone are not taking this lying down. "So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun!" the two said in a statement that seemed to parody Scientology as science fiction. "Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. More...


Veterans At Risk From Stolen Personal Data
June 7, 2006

McHugh said the theft of personal information of current military members appears to be an unexpected consequence of efforts to increase data sharing between the Defense Department and the VA to better serve people. More...


Phil Hartman Death Suit

Later, the comedian's wife allegedly complained of insomnia, diarrhea, and sensations like she was going to "jump out of her skin." More...


Is This The Beginning Of The Big Bank Run ?

The bank run is already starting. First it was Indymac, now WaMu...what's next...Bank of America? More...


Homeland Security Official Accused Of Being A Sexual Predator Of Children
April 5, 2006

According to the Polk County Sheriff's office, Doyle is accused of starting a sexually explicit conversation with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl whose profile was posted on the Internet. Doyle told the detective that he worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. More...


Vitamin Drink Helps Man Get It Up But He Can't Get It Down

A man is accusing a high energy drink of causing his manhood to stay stuck in the "up" position. More...


Strategic Chimp Planned Advanced Attacks On Zoo Visitors

People still have a hard time believing that apes have higher levels of consciousness. What will it take to prove it? More...


Obama Handles Pirate Stand-Off Quietly But Firmly

The rescue appeared to vindicate Obama's muted but determined handling of the incident. More...


Lindsay Lohan In Fast Lane To Disaster

Lohan may end up being remembered as just another Hollywood train wreck unless she gets serious about saving her own life. More...


Katie Holmes Puts Work On Cruise Control And Ditches Batman

Since hooking up with Cruise in the spring of 2005, Holmes has seemed content to focus on her high-profile relationship, while placing her professional concerns on the back burner. More...


I've been writing Brando's biography for more than a year, and he has steadfastly refused to see me.

Just before I hand in my manuscript, the financier Ken Lipper, a friend of Brando's, suggests I send a fax in care of his dog, Doctor Tim. "Marlon will definitely answer it." More...


Talking: One More Way That Men And Women Are Equal

It hasl long been said that women talk a lot more than men. A new study proves that this is just a myth More...


Did Sex Start From Outer Space?

Yet as any parent knows, sex is a rather inefficient way to make babies. Biologically speaking, the man spends nine months doing absolutely nothing productive while the woman does all the work More...


Teri Hatcher Helped Convict Sexually Abusive Uncle
March 7, 2006

Hatcher initially kept her involvement in the case, which never went to trial, a closely guarded secret, declining to include the experience in her upcoming book "Burned Toast," in part because she worried it might harm her career. More...


The Cannes Film Festival Is A Tribute To Movies And Sordid Shmoozing

Lurking under the glitter and glamour of the Cannes Film Festival is an ugly world of sex. drugs and exploitation. More...


Ben Underwood, The Amazing Real Life Bat Boy
Dec. 1, 2006

Ben Underwood's echolocation isn't a hoax, but it's not an unexplained mystery, either. Ben really can sense nearby objects with reflected sound waves. But so can you. More...


Early in the Afternoon of March 5th

After dining with Robert De Niro on Sunset Strip, he went to a show at West Hollywood's Improv, then dropped by a club called On the Rox, where he jammed with singer Johnny Rivers until 1:30 AM. More...


Hugh Hefner Film Will Bare It All About The Ultimate Playboy

Hollywood is hot for the true story of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The 81 year old godfather of the sexual revolution will soon have his life story made into a movie. More...


Nine die in Japan 'suicide pacts'

A small but growing number of suicide attempts are being made by people brought together through the internet. More...


A signed copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf fetched £23,800 at auction
June 27, 2005

A world-wide upsurge of anti-semitism has meant that sales of Mein Kampf are again booming. More...


Paris Hilton Will Have To Take Her Party To The Slammer

The socialite blamed her handlers for her being caught behind the wheel twice while her driver's license was suspended for a drunk-driving conviction. More...


Jackie Mason a Jew for Jesus? Oy Vey!
August 25, 2006

Jews for Jesus, which says it has a mailing list of 150,000 people, has launched an advertising blitz on New York subways and earlier this year handed out thousands of pamphlets with a cartoon drawing of Mason with a text saying, "Jackie Mason ... a Jew for Jesus?" More...


Ask Kate Moss: It Is Better To Look Good Than To Feel Good

February 21, 2006

Her triumph in the poll by Grazia magazine marks what must be one of the quickest and most stage-managed comebacks of all time. In only a matter of weeks, she has gone from languishing in a rehab clinic in Arizona to being the toast of the London Fashion Week parties.
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Tom Cruise infuriated Redstone's wife and got the boot
August 25, 2006

Cruise's behaviour in public in recent months has also become increasingly erratic. He became the butt of jokes after declaring his love for Miss Holmes in his infamous couch-hopping appearance on America's Oprah Winfrey Show. More...


Why The Bad Acting?

A good director just doesn't yell "cut!" A good director does more than give actors lines to read and a place to stand. A really good director gets a good performance from an actor every time. More...


JIM CARREY TELLS '60 MINUTES': MORE GOD, LESS PROZAC
Nov 18 2004

During the interview at his home, he invited 60 MINUTES cameras to one of his most beautiful and private spots, his "center of the universe," More...


Are We All Ready To Have A Meltdown?

Climate change is by far the scariest occurrence of our time but until it is turned into a popular and lucrative videogame it will most likely be swamped by a deluge of more entertaining stories. More...


Ryan O'Neal And Sons In Juicy Hollywood Drama

Allegedly Ryan O'Neal returned from a birthday party for Farrah Fawcett to find his son Redmond tied up in a dog run by his brother Griffin O'Neal. More...


Ads Push Unhealthy Junk Food Directly At Kids

Half of all ad time on children's shows was for food products - a higher proportion than for any type of show. More...


Dustin Diamond aka "Screech" makes "Dirty Sanchez" a household word
September 27, 2006

You don't even have to be a Child of the '80s to remember Screech. He played the assistant principal on "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" in the early '90s. That means a whole lotta twenty-somethings have to be grossed out by this too. More...


Raising levels of good cholesterol

October 16, 2005

“We have reached a turning point in the prevention of coronary heart disease from an emphasis during the last 15 years on lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol levels to an emphasis in the next decade on raising levels of HDL (good) cholesterol”.  
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Kid Rock Blocks Sex Tape
February 22, 2006

The trailer park rap-rocker scored a legal victory Tuesday when a federal judge temporarily blocked an online porn peddler from hocking a steamy sex video featuring the Kid and former Creed crooner Scott Stapp receiving oral sex in a 45-minute lovefest with four female fans. More...


Stephen Colbert Is Quickly Becoming A Viable Candidate

Colbert started his candidacy as a joke but considering the state of politics maybe he's just what this race needs. More...


Cop Pays Up For Forcing Teen Into Topless Jumping Jacks

The officer put the 16-year-old girl and 19-year-old man into his police car and threatened to arrest them for lewd and lascivious behavior. More...


All Oceans Everywhere Are Poisoned Or Sick

It's official: humankind has managed to dirty every part of the the Earth's oceans. Yet another sign of an impending ecosystem collapse More...


Rich Mature Women Want Young Boy Toys

Times have changed. Now that women have their own earning power and status they are borrowing a page from their male counterparts and turning to lovers who are young and hot More...


Paramount Pictures promoted gun violence near schools and it paid off
October 29, 2005

The billboards depict the rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, holding a gun in his left hand and a microphone in his right. At least two were near schools. More...


John Travolta Gets Coy About His Sexuality

John Travolta was recently interviewed in W magazine and had all sorts of interesting things to say. He agrees with Tom Cruise about psychiatry, for one-- and dodges questions about gay rumors More...


13 Americans Electrocuted In Iraq Due To Shoddy Work By KBR

Defense contractor KBR is to blame for the deaths of 13 American in Iraq. Mothers of two of the dead soldiers testify in front of Congress. More...


75 Year Old Porn Star Gets Down One Last Time

This Japanese sex god is over seventy and giving up the whips for a quieter life. More...


1,000 Exxon-Mobil Employees Injected With Fake Flu Shots
Oct 28, 2005 Ê

Preliminary tests indicated the syringes were filled with purified water and patients were injected with fake flu vaccine. More...


Coke And Kate: Drugs Are Entrenched In the Fashion Biz
Sep 18, 2005

Kate Moss, who once said "I never do class A", is said to be distraught at having been photographed cutting and taking cocaine while with her boyfriend, the singer and drug addict Pete Doherty. She has yet to comment, despite reports suggesting that she had been "carpeted" by her modelling agency Storm and was considering entering a drug rehabilitation programme. More...


Mother Kept Daughters Prisoner For Seven Years In House Of Horrors

When they were released, the three victims had white skin and could not endure natural light. More...


Electoral shock
September 30, 2003

The vote in 1999 was the closest yet - the suffrage bill was defeated by only two votes. Dr Ebtehal Ahmad, a lecturer in literature at Kuwait University, says: "I cried like a baby when the proposal was thrown out the last time." More...


Man on Quest to Visit 1,000 Bars
May 30, 2005

The Brooklynite set out Jan. 1 to visit 1,000 bars in a single year, a cocktail lounge quest that began with one scotch and soda in Mike's Pelham Grill. More...


Humans Face Great Danger Of Disease As Earth Continues to Change

One of the most arresting potential consequences of biodiversity loss is the likelihood that animal diseases will cross the species barrier and begin infecting humans faster than ever More...


Shia LaBeouf Drunk Driving Scare Means Trouble

Shia LaBeouf may or may not be to blame for crashing his car but how will the incident affect his career? More...


The Sad Ending of River Phoenix

A few minutes before 1:00 am River had been in the bathroom doing drugs with some drug dealer friends when someone offered him a snort... More...


Age Doesn't Stop You From Getting It On

Sexuality still plays a role in lives of older Americans. The healthier you remain, the more you nookie you get. More...


Sex Workers Strut Their Stuff In Rio Fashion Show

Hired models and prostitutes walked a makeshift catwalk in an alleyway in Rio's red-light district, throwing condoms to an animated crowd More...


New E-Book Device Could Take Off Or Crash

Amazon.com has revealed a new device that is like an ipod for books. Readers might rejoice or reject it. More...


Paul McCartney has vowed never to perform in China
11-27-2005

The film shows animals being thrown from a bus, and into boiling water. More...


Talking Toilet

Anyone who smokes, uses too much toilet paper, leaves the toilet seat up, or fails to flush is promptly reprimanded by the computer. More...


Smoking Will Kill You But It Will Keep Your Brain Healthy

A health related irony has emerged from a recent study on smoking. It seems that tobacco actually helps protect you from getting Parkinson's disease. More...


Anna Nicole Smith Gives Birth to Daughter And Loses Only Son
Sep. 11, 2006

According to a report in Nassau Guardian, Daniel Smith suffered a massive heart attack. But police and hospital officials refused to confirm the report, saying the cause of death remains under investigation and an autopsy is being performed. More...


Slow-Light Will Speed Up The Arrival Of Futuristic World

Taming light could hasten the arrival of an era in which computers and other devices will process information on optical beams More...


STAR TURN: Halle’s Catwoman Has a Price

Catwoman fans are aware, there’s been a preproduction controversy, ever since Catwoman fanciers got a hold of a script... More...


Britney's Parties

Jenna Jameson revealed she and Spears had a special connection after the pop star told a mutual friend she was a fan of the actress' steamy movies. More...


A Penny Brings A Threat To An Elderly Blind Woman

Here's the perfect example of bureaucratic stupidity. The cost of the stamp on a letter threatening to fine and punish an elderly, blind woman far exceeds the overdue penny the woman owes. More...


NASA Warns Of Asteroid Menace Now Hurtling Toward Earth

Nasa has estimated that an impact from Apophis, which has an outside chance of hitting the Earth in 2036, would release more than 100,000 times the energy released in the nuclear blast over Hiroshima. Thousands of square kilometres would be directly affected by the blast but the whole of the Earth would see the effects of the dust released into the atmosphere.
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Down Syndrome Now Detectable In 1st Trimester
November 10, 2005

A first-trimester screening test can reliably identify fetuses likely to be born with Down syndrome, providing expectant women with that information much earlier in a pregnancy than current testing allows, according to a major study being released today. More...


Stars and God: Kabbalah Fever Sweeps Hollywood

But what would a kabbalah wedding ceremony be like? More...


Jessica Alba Sues Playboy Over Reputation And Big Bucks
March 3, 2006

A Playboy spokeswoman said Alba was placed on the cover after being chosen "sexiest star of the year" by its readers. She was included inside the magazine in an article on the top 25 sexiest celebrities as chosen in an online poll. More...


Suicide party

"Do you think of suicide?" the stranger asked. "Do you want to die with others," he went on, according to the instant message transcript. More...


Zoo Animals Find Cicadas Finger-Lickin' Good

Hordes of cicadas are a yummy boon for Midwestern zoo animals. They can't get enough of the crunchy, chewy creatures. More...


Hot Fashion Designer Accused Of Sexual Assault Insists He's Innocent

"They came to his apartment, under his name, they slept with him. No one forced them to do anything," Richards said.
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Killer Nurse Charles Cullen Sentenced To 397 Years In Prison
March 3, 2006

Christopher Hardgrove of Somerville was only 38 when Cullen injected him with a fatal dose of heart medication Aug. 10, 2003. His daughter Melissa Hardgrove, 18, described the pain and suffering her family has endured over his violent death. At one point, she broke down, and Armstrong told her to take a few minutes to regain her composure. More...


Hoping to Pass at 35th Attempt

Shyoram Yadav, from the village of Tasing in Rajasthan, has been trying to pass the exam since 1969. More...


40 million-year-old fossil whale found in Egyptian desert
April 2005

Wadi Hitan is a remote valley in which hundreds of fossil whale skeletons are being exposed by the wind. More...


Pravda Dishes Up Tasty Mind Candy

In translation, Pravda's features have a wonderful and unusual tone that renders English more oddly descriptive than the usual American fare. A perfect example is the contrast between the standard and uninspiring Britney headline, "Is Britney Pregnant? Kevin Federline Speaks!" and this Pravda gem "FHM Rating Turns Goddess Into Countryside Slut". More...


George Clooney Does It For Big Bucks

George Clooney has a price. You only need $350,000 to lock lips with the hunky star. More...


Warning! FDIC May Not Come To Your Rescue

We are witnessing a top to bottom shake-up of America's financial system. Is your money safe in the bank? Well, don't rely on the FDIC to cover your assets More...


Ewan McGregor’s ‘Star Wars’ Depression Led to Boozing
Celebrity News: 22nd August 2003

Ewan McGregor has admitted to bingeing on alcohol in order to cope with the depression brought on by his role in the Star Wars prequels.... More...


For the Love of the Game

The football pundit Ron Atkinson has resigned from ITV Sport after making racist comments following Tuesday night’s game between Chelsea and Monaco. More...


Don't Be Fooled By The Benefits Of Smoking

Smokers felt better when a study said cigs keep Parkinson's at bay. But another study says smoking increases your chances of becoming demented. More...


The United States fell 20 places from the previous year to stand at 44

The United States fell an astonishing 20 places from the previous year to stand at 44 More...


Whitney Houston, "I make too much money to ever smoke crack."
December 4, 2002

First of all, let's get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. Okay? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack. More...


Suicides Rise As Financial Woes Deepen

Stockbrokers might not be jumping out of buildings this time around - maybe because they're being bailed out. But some folks are taking their lives because of financial worries More...


Brad Renfro Treads Familiar Hollywood Path Of Substance Abuse
February 25, 2006

When asked how long he would remain in rehab, Renfro said, "It's undetermined," before his attorney interrupted him with a raised hand and a curt "No comment." More...


Gay Cage Fighting! Bruno Strikes Again!!

Sacha Baron Cohen of Borat fame may be at it again. Did he dupe a bar full of guys in Arkansas into thinking they were going to get drunk and watch so good cage fighting? More...


Sharon Stone Bares All With Pride In Basic Instinct 2
March 13, 2006

I wanted to do the nudity in a way that’s quite brazen. I wanted her to be very masculine, like a man in a steam room, and I wanted the audience to have a moment where they realize she’s naked and then realize she’s a fortysomething woman and naked.”

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