Trending News: September 15

TRENDING TODAY: September 15, 2015

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 Malcolm Turnbull Beats Abbott For Leadership in #LibSpill 2.0

Unless you’re living under rock somewhere sheltered from the media, you’d know the past 12 hours have seen some big changes to the country’s leadership. We got a new PM and all.

Turnbull struck Abbott shortly after 4pm yesterday afternoon and by his ‘bed time’ he’d scraped over the leadership line, winning 54 votes to 44 votes from his fellow Liberal peeps. He will likely be sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia later today.

Turnbull Prime Minister

The internet responds to the news of new leadership

Malcolm Turnbull LibSpill Leadership MemeAs to be expected, the internet was flooded with reaction memes in wake of yesterday’s developments. With #putoutyouronions still trending today as a ‘tribute’ to the fallen former leader.

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Ben Foster Took Drugs for Lance Armstrong Biopic

On a different note, the entertainment biz is a chatter about Ben Foster’s method acting claims. The actor revealed in an article with The Guardian that he took performance enhancing drugs in preparation for his role as the cyclist in the new film ‘The Program’. Apparently they really messed with his body #noshit.

Mount Aso, Japan’s largest active volcano, erupts

Mount Aso erupted yesterday, sending up ash over 2000m in to the air and cancelling flights in the region.