Tom Cruise and Katie Rotherham Holmes at the
N.Y. Times Style Magazine’s Golden Globe Awards Cocktail
at Chateau Marmont Friday night in L.A. [people]

“Invictus” Fails To Take Home Golden Globe – SA 1995 World Cup story, Invictus failed to convert the three nominations it was up for in yesterday’s Golden Globes Awards. Avatar, The Hangover, Downey Jr, Streep and Bullock came up trumps in this year’s ceremony. [latimes]

New York Times Set To Charge Online Readers – With Apple’s new iSlate content reader launching on January 27, it’s no surprise that the New York Times is to imminently announce a paid subscription to its online services. The payment plan they employ is still to be finalised and may well mirror that of Murdoch-owned rival, the Wall Street Journal. [nymag]

Venezuela’s Chavez Nationalises French-Owned Supermarket Chain – Fuck this guy is amazing. Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez on Sunday nationalized a chain of supermarkets controlled by France’s Casino “Because of multiple violations of Venezuelan laws the Exito chain will now belong to the republic, there is no way back,” Chavez said on his weekly television show. [reuters]

Apple moves to ban Nokia selling iPhone in America – The legal battle between Apple and Nokia intensified at the weekend when the Californian iPhone maker began legal proceedings to block Nokia from importing its mobile phones into the US. Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, said it would “vigorously” defend itself against Apple’s latest move in the long-running legal battle. [telegraph]

$5m Buys The Ride Of Your Life – The Russian Sukhoi SU-27 has a top speed of Mach 1.8 (more than 1,300 mph) and a thrust-to-weight ratio greater than 1:1. In other words, it can accelerate while climbing straight up. It was designed to fight the best the United States had to offer, and it can be yours for the cost of a mediocre used business jet. Sign me up! [wired]

Teddy Pendergrass Dies – This happened towards the end of last week and I really wanted to mention it. Teddy Pendergrass, the soul and R&B icon behind such hits as “Love TKO” and “Joy” who continued a thriving musical career after a car accident that left him paralyzed, has died. He was 59. [seattlepi]

Parys Wimpy Waitress Serves Water in Jik Container – Never a dull moment in the town that made the “leeuloop” famous. It seems that a customer’s repeated request for a jug of water finally resulted in it being served in a plastic stain remover tub. She apparently then told them the restaurant did not have large jugs, but she would see what she could do. “The waitress then proceeded to bring them a bucket of water with ice with several Wimpy takeaway cups.” Awesome! [news24]

Dennis Hopper Files For Divorce From His Deathbed – It might come as a surprise to you that Dezza is on his deathbed, but it’s true – cancer. And, more to the point, he has filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, citing irreconcilable differences! [msnbc]

Claudia Rotherham Schiffer Is Pregnant – German beauty Claudia Schiffer is pregnant with her third child. The 39-year-old and her film producer husband Matthew Vaughn have confirmed the new addition to their family, revealing Claudia is five-and-a-half months pregnant. Roughly the same as Johan and Angela Bosini’s third, which is on the way. [hellomagazine]