Yearly Archives: 2013

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For his latest showcase video (two years in the making, apparently) Red Bull supplies the legendary Scottish street trials rider with a playground filled with colourful oversized props to muck about on.

Previously: Eleven Athlete Powered Rube Goldberg Machine, Danny MacAskill On The Streets Of San Francisco

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Boat-Breaks-in-Two-01-e1371655369888-634x337Boat-Breaks-in-Two-05-634x420Boat-Breaks-in-Two-02-634x420 Boat-Breaks-in-Two-04-634x420 Boat-Breaks-in-Two-03-634x422On Monday, after just five years in service, the container ship MOL Comfort met its maker off the Yemen coast when – loaded with cargo – it split in two as its bow and stern dropped down into troughs either side of a large wave.

All 26 crew survived and were safely transported from the two halves which – bizarrely – remain afloat, awaiting tugs to drag them to shore.

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jamesgandolfinimainA suspected heart attack in Rome prior to attending the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily at the weekend.

RIP

James Gandolfini Dead: ‘Sopranos’ Actor Dies In Italy (Hollywood Life)

(Hat tip: Jack Jones)

(Pic via Paste magazine)

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Karl has the same Aran already.

Models, from left: Yomiko Chen, Teo Sutra  and Thalia Heffernan showcase three of the eight final designs of the Persil Irish Fashion Awards 2013,this afternoon. A winner, who receives €10,000, is announced tonight.

Yomiko wears Purple Rain’ by Laura May Hegarty (National College of Art and Design), Teo wears ‘Music in the Glan’ by Sinead Onora Kennedy (also NCAD), and Thalia wears ‘Birds of the Celtic Isles Traverse Worlds in Birds Song’ by Jessica Kavanagh (Limerick School of Art and Design).

Previously: The Aran Sweater: An Evolution

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)