3am.co.uk, a British tabloid gossip site speculates that only fabulous celebrities like Kate Winslett can wear white dresses, because they need assistants carrying a roll of gaffers tape and a little bleach in order to instantly eradicate blemishes. Here’s their story. Pictures too! Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. […]
Dutch artist Johan Jijpma has created a time lapse animated film showing rolls of tape unfurling. The piece is called “Tape Generations” and can be viewed by clicking here. Jijpma apparently spent six months completing the project. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news […]
Sam Wills, the comic known as “The Boy With Tape On His Face”, has turned a simple strip of gaffers tape into a career. Wills, a New Zealander, is working to bring mime back to contemporary comedy with a gaffers tape across his mouth. There’s more about this refreshing comedy act here. Tapenews.com is your […]
We love duct tape, but that’s not the sort of love that tape was shown at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. BBC blogger Jonathan Overend nominated an attempt to repair a soggy court with duct tape as “The worst moment of the tournament”. Tournament officials used towels, their feet, and finally duct tape in an […]
The Vans Tudor Duct Tape Invitational surfing competition is set to kick off tomorrow in Malibu. If you know why this is called the Duct Tape Invitational, please let us know. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the […]
Sebastian Vettel’s million dollar McLaren race car had to count on lowly gaffers tape in order to take the pole in this years’ Belgian Grand Prix. Vettel collided with Pastor Maldonado of the Williams Team during one qualifying session and needed tape to bandage the front wing of his car in order to complete qualifying. […]
British Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox’s tweet about having to watch a movie with subtitles enraged the hearing impaired community in England. The BBC personality was unhappy about having to watch the film “Bridesmaids” with subtitles and tweeted that if she had been wearing glasses, she could have just put black gaffers tape across the […]
We told you about Duck Brand gaffers tape scholarship contest a few weeks ago in a posting on one of our other blogs. This contest offered scholarships to high school students who designed prom wear from duct tape. Duck Brand duct tape has announced the winners of its “Stuck At The Prom” scholarship contest. Click […]
The Hall of Fame Weekend celebration at the Baseball Hall of Fame gave a “tip of the hat” to masking tape. Ex-New York Yankee Ron Blomberg explained that he had always put a piece of white masking tape on his batting helmet for luck. Read the story here. Click here to get your own good luck. […]
St. Louis Today reports that a tiny piece of clear adhesive tape that came back from the moon with Neil Armstrong covered with moon dust has been reclaimed by NASA before it was set to be auctioned off later in the month. The tape was purportedly stolen by a NASA employee, sold to a collector […]