Star ice skater Sam Attwater promoted this year’s Celebrity Dancing On Ice competition in an interview that included talking about using gaffers tape to fix his skates Attwater told the Scunthorpe Telegraph about using the “fix all” tape to repair his skates when the stitching broke. You can read the interview here. Tapenews.com is your […]
Australian football team, The Demons, had to use gaffers tape to black out the logo of former sponsor Energy Watch after the company withdrew their sponsorship. The players took the initiative to hide the logo when the ceo of their ex-sponsor was forced to step down after making a series of racist and sexist remarks […]
There have been a number of stories in the news about parents and care givers being arrested after restraining children with duct tape. Chinese performance artist presented a performance art piece on the street by wrapping herself in tape and cloth. She finished the performance by trying to escape the tape bonds while blindfolded. For […]
Harmon Leon, a San Francisco comic, is currently appearing in his one man show Who Killed Smile Time, as Abraham Lincoln. Leon’s costume includes a beard made of gaffers tape which he wears while delivering Lincoln’s famous speech. You can read more about his show here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s […]
Britian’s Got Talent, the hit tv show, is set to return to English television this week for its 2012 season. Hidden among a long list of fairly useless facts related to the production of this years epidsodes, we found this gem: 221 rolls of gaffers tape were used throughout the tour. Tapenews.com is your source […]
British Newspaper The Guardian recently interviewed well known designers about what they thought were the greatest design creations. Noted English designer James Dyson (Dyson vacuum cleaners) chose the Mini auto, architect Richard Rogers chose a bicycle made by Bompton, and industrial designer Ron Arad’s choice was a lamp created by George Carwardine. Our favorite was the […]
Stars walk the red carpet at the Oscar Ceremonies but gaffers tape is the winner. Hollywood stylists revealed some of their Oscar night styling secrets to The Hollywood Reporter. Apparently, gaffers tape is a favorite among the fashionistas for making sure that nominees gowns look fabulous. Other favorites include cut up panty hose, wads of […]
MS NBC in its “The Royals” segment reports that British Royal Family newcomers Kate and Pippa Middleton have pushed Lady Gaga out of fashion’s top spot in the new year. It appears that Gaga’s gaffers tape dress has fallen from the top of the charts in what MSNBC has dubbed as the “duchess effect”. Tapenews.com […]
Apparently, you just thought you got an eyeful of Teri Hatcher in the third episode of “Desperate Housewives“. According to Hatcher, who recounted details of the shoot to the Winnipeg Free Press, her introduction to the cast and crew involved some strategically placed gaffers tape before completion of her “naked in the bushes” scene. You can […]
Rebecca Black, columnist for UK music magazine NME includes Cher’s 1989 hit “If I Could Turn Back Time” on her 50 worst ever list. Ms. Black specifically references Cher’s “tush-tattoo-flashing gaffer-tape-and-fishnet” costume in her pan of the hit song. Click here and decide for yourself. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit […]