What news events caught the eye of The Tomboy Tirade crew? Hosts of Asia’s biggest and only all-female comedy chat podcast, Persis and Raven from the Tomboy Tarts give their ten prickly picks for the month of January.
PRICKLY PICK #1: Extreme Puffy Pout
Wowza! Khole Kardashian had sported gigantic new lips when she landed at LAX before Christmas. Except nobody cared that her pout had swollen to the size of an air balloon. Like how dare Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds go dying together and take all the spotlight away from her?
PRICKLY PICK #2: China Gives Donald Trump The Bird
Lo and behold – a Chinese shopping mall in Shanxi is ringing in the year of the rooster with a multi-storey tall sculpture of a chicken that looks suspiciously like Donald Trump. That’s right, the scowling fowl and China’s latest internet sensation come complete with an orange comb over and tiny wings parroting US president-elect’s favourite gestures. Trump’s crowing tweets which include egged on attacks on China’s economic and foreign policy have hatched him few fans in China. So it comes as no surprise that the Chinese internet wants to flip the bird at the strutting new American leader.
PRICKLY PICK #3: Supergirl ends her marriage.
Marriage was the real kryptonite as the caped crusader Melissa Benoist filed a divorce from her former Glee co-star Blake Jenner after only 21 months of marriage. Even that was lightning fast by Supergirl’s standard.
PRICKLY PICK #4: New Year, New Kim K Scandal
Boobs alert! Kim Kardashian flashes her cleavage once again to distract from her rumoured cheating scandal with NFL Marquette King. Just when as we are enjoying an alternate timeline without Kim, the hermit finally made her return to social media three months after a self-imposed exile following the Paris attack. She ever hinted a possible split by changing her name but then added Kardashian West back after a grand total of five seconds. Were the sweet family posts were a half-hearted attempt to get out of the Kayne house of horrors?
PRICKLY PICK #5: George Michael’s Companies Were Bleeding Cash Before His Death
Careless whisper or not, George Michael’s companies were losing millions in the months leading to his death as the singer banked on a comeback that never materialises. At least he now has the freedom to keep his money for next Christmas, if not his heart.
PRICKLY PICK #6: Singer Richard Marx comes to the rescue as unruly passenger attacks staff aboard Korean Air flight
Who knew that the 80s heartthrob will be “Right Here Waiting” to save us from violent passengers? Even on mid-flight. Marx may not be widely viewed as an expert on the best practices in workplace safety but after the incident, the singer went to criticise the incompetence of the Korean Air staff who “Should’ve Known Better” to handle a “Hazard” situation and how their current inflight safety training “Don’t Mean Nothing”.
PRICKLY PICK #7: Rihanna Unfollows Jennifer Lopez On Instagram
If you are pop royalty, an ‘unfollow’ never goes undiscovered by your vast army of devoted Instagram devotees. So why does RiRi suddenly unfollow J.Lo on Instagram? Did she watch Gigli over the recent holiday weekend and realise she couldn’t get those two hours of her life back? One can only guess RiRi’s snub has more to do with Lopez’s rumoured fling with her ex. Looks like Barbados native is NOT thrilled with Jenny from the Block for breaking the girl code and dating the ex. Girlfriend you break the rules, you pay. But at least we don’t have to be subjected to Rihanna and Drake’s on-and-off relationship drama any more – the two came together and break up so often that it’s as dull as watching an insomniac hits the bed light.
PRICKLY PICK #8: Larry Faces Mew Competition In 2017
As we all know, Larry has been in the position of pawer longer than any of the leaders from the main political parties. Yet this time last year, Dave Cameron was his butler, Brexit was not even a word and arch rival Palmerston was just plain old Leonard from the block. With four whippersnappers muscling into his territory, can Larry still retain his title as UK’s top cat in 2017 or there be fur flying in yet another political struggle?
PRICKLY PICK #9: Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot Can Now Chase You Down Even On Rough Grounds
The world comes closer to Skynet with the invention of a new robot that can basically chase you down anywhere. At this point, it seems like the evolution of humanoid robots is well into the concerning stage. Yet there’s no need for worry, they say, because there’s absolutely no way that humanoid robots can turn on humans like the neo-noir dystopian plot of I, Robot. Clearly the creators are not brought up on a diet of apocalyptic sci-fi movies to be aware of how a trigger-happy cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger could be programmed to terminate the entire human race.
PRICKLY PICK #10: Arnold Schwarzenegger is the new host of Celebrity Apprentice
Speaking of the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger is true to his “I’ll be back” tagline and has never failed to return to the spotlight whether it was governing California or shackling up with his housekeeper. Now the Governator has joined the reality television, taking over from Donald Trump to “terminate” famous contestants on the latest season of celebrity apprentice. The last time a celebrity became the host of The Apprentice, he actually ended up as The President of the United States of America. So is this a freaky foreshadowing of things to come? Imagine he on the other end of the desk saying, “USA, you are terminated.”
