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One Good Pig Deserves Another – We published a headline on Friday, about these “Mircro Pigs.” The above photo was considered as the main photograph for that morning’s headlines, but a pic for the World Cup stadiums headline was used instead. I was worried you might have missed it, so here it is again! Click link for more info on these tiny porkers. [dailymail]

Boyzone Singer Dies – Spanish police investigating the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately in Majorca. The 33-year-old Irish pop star and actor was on holiday with his long-term partner Andrew Cowles in Majorca when he “tragically died” in his sleep on Saturday. Just like that? [ skynews]

Readers Dismay At Newly Opened Cape Town Restaurant, “Portofino” – Following the widespread circulation of an email exchange between the owner of “Portofino” restaurant, Cormac Keane and a potential customer; the feedback from Cape Town society has been overwhelming. [2oceansvibe]

Why SA’s “Mr. Apple” prefers fine wine to bloggers – The executive director of Core Group, who is known by most people simply as “RJ”, emigrated to SA almost by chance in the late 1990s. He says he’s since fallen in love with the country and, though he still travels extensively to Europe and West Africa on business, he says he has no intention of living anywhere else. [techcentral]

Gavin Rajah’s Clothing Range Gets Mocked by Mavericks Strippers – as Mavericks owner and Rajah go head to head. It was an unlikely business venture to start with – an acclaimed fashion designer and the owner of a raunchy gentlemen’s club. Gavin Rajah and Mavericks strip club owner Shane Harrison have a long way to go to iron out their differences. [sundaytimes]

Cristiano Ronaldo will be the new official worldwide spokesmodel for Emporio Armani Men’s Underwear and Armani Jeans starting from Spring/Summer 2010. He will be replacing David Beckham who has been the spokesmodel for Emporio Armani Men’s Underwear since January 2008. [luxuo]

Puff Adder Relocation in Cape Town – It’s summer time in Cape Town and Stu Hoy from LifeStruckTV was enjoying a cup of coffee catch up with Wild Child Braam Malherbe. The catch-up session took an unexpected turn as Braam was called in to remove a Puff Adder snake from a home in Tamboerskloof. Luckily Stu had his video camera handy [cracker]

Madonna Drops Celebrity Trainer – Madonna’s drama with ubertrainer Tracy Anderson has come to a head. Anderson, who also trains Gwyneth Paltrow and opened a $900/month gym in Tribeca earlier this year, will no longer help the material girl sculpt her famous arms. [huffingtonpost]

The World’s Best Companies – A commitment to innovation, diversified portfolios, aggressive expansion, strong leadership, and a clear vision for the future—these are just some of the strategies employed by the best companies to get to the top of the World’s Best Companies/Global Top 40 list compiled for BusinessWeek by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney [businessweek]

Adrien Brody to take lead role in Predator remake – Adrien Brody is doubtless still best known for evading Nazi capture in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist – a part for which he won an Oscar in 2002. But he’s had such a strikingly eclectic career since (soulful savant, Gulf war veteran, private eye, King Kong-battling writer) it oughtn’t to have come as a big shock that he’s now been cast as the (human) lead in Robert Rodriguez’s Predators reboot. [guardian]

Hungary pageant for surgically enhanced beauties – It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye. [asspress/pics]

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize – The announcement drew gasps of surprise and cries of too much, too soon. Yet President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday because the judges found his promise of disarmament and diplomacy too good to ignore. [huff]

Petra Nemcova comes dangerously close to a nipslip. No spice. [egotastic]

[thanks gaynor, john, michael, brett, julez]