2oceansvibe welcomes Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly Gets Some Airtime – Here at 2oceansvibe we feel we have been neglecting Jennifer Connelly. We feel she needs some more airtime and promise to pay more attention to her. She has a cool vibe and that’s what we live for. Welcome, Jennifer – you’re in! Make yourself at home.. [nicely]

How Julius Malema Makes His Millions – A Sunday Times investigation has found that, despite his claims to the contrary, Malema has benefited substantially from several lucrative tenders – and that most of them stem from his home province Limpopo, where he wields significant influence. A small engineering firm of his has profited from more than R130-million worth of tenders in just two years. [timeslive]

James Cameron’s Ex-Wife Cleans Up At BAFTAs – The Hurt Locker ran roughshod over the competition at last night’s BAFTAs, capturing best film, best director, and best original screenplay among its six trophies—four more than Avatar scored. “My heart’s beating so fast I can barely talk,” said Hurt Locker director Karhtyn Bigelow, whose rivalry with ex-husband James Cameron has been one of awards season’s juiciest subplots. [newser]

Banned From Using “Light,” Big Tobacco Turns To Colours – When it comes to new rules for marketing so-called light cigarettes, tobacco companies plan to honor the letter of the law – but to shade the truth, critics say. Come June, under the new federal tobacco law, cigarette companies will no longer be allowed to use words like “light” or “mild” on packages to imply that some cigarettes are safer than others. [nytimes]

Apple Nips Porn Apps In The Bud – Recently, Apple removed Wobble—an app that adds real jiggle to photographic boobies—from the App Store. Other removals followed. Now, a developer who talked to Apple has the scoop on the future of iPhone titillation, and it is bleak. Really bleak. Like no racy photos, no suggestive language, no bathing suits bleak. [gizmodo]

The Google CEO And His Mistress: The Tell-All Blog – Eric Schmidt has long campaigned for free-flowing information, and even against the very idea of secrecy. But we doubt the Google CEO loves disclosure so much he’ll approve of an indiscreet blog-cum-memoir by his sometime mistress. Schmidt parted ways with Bohner last summer, but that hasn’t kept him out of what a tipster in his ex-girlfriend’s social circle called her “pet project:” [gawker]

Mining Group Eyes Winelands – The mining industry is eyeing the heart of the Boland wine region as well as part of the Cape Town metropole. Wine farmers and land owners are upset about a government-controlled mining company applying for prospecting rights for the Bottelary area near Stellenbosch, as well as for the foot of the Tygerberg. Fair enough. [news24]

Gordon Brown hit by fresh bullying allegations – The cabinet secretary is under pressure to launch a formal investigation into Gordon Brown’s treatment of his staff after an anti-bullying helpline revealed it has received several complaints from people working at No 10. It follows publication of hotly-disputed allegations about Brown mistreating staff, including assertions that he swore at staff, grabbed them by lapels and shouted at them. [guardian]

Adobe Photoshop Turns 20 – The world most famous diet and health spa visit, Photoshop, has turned 20. To celebrate, we found a list of Lifehacker’s favourite Photoshop tips. Including how to make your own Andy Warhol pop art. I know, that’s basically all you want to do! Well off you go then.. [lifehacker]

Gay Porn Shown In Uganda Church – A pastor seeking to bolster Uganda’s anti-gay laws which already make homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment screened gay porn in a church in a bid to drum up support. “This one is eating another man’s penis,”he said, before going on – “Is this what Obama wants to bring to Africa?” he said. Wonderful! [news24]

Sean Penn Charged in Latest Photographer Dustup – Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has been hit with battery and vandalism charges stemming from an encounter with a photographer in October. If convicted, he could face up to 18 months in jail. The incident was captured by TMZ and shows Penn charging towards the photog, taking a punch and kick while shouting “get out!” and continuing his pursuit as the man keeps filming. [popeater]

£20m Lottery Winner Found In Concrete Grave – A lottery winner who repeatedly told his family “I’d have been better off broke” has been found buried five-feet deep under a concrete slab. American Abraham Shakespeare, 47, who scooped $31m (£20m) in 2006, vanished nine months ago, although he was not reported missing until November last year. [skynews]

The Cape Argus Cycle Tour Is Upon Us – “I’ve got to now mentally prepare myself to see grimacing individuals in cycling shorts and dodgy headgear on my roads, in my coffee shops and in my Italian restaurants carbo loading ahead of the Cape Argus Cycle Tour – I now know how legendary blogger Seth Rotherham from 2OceansVibe feels…” [sport24]

And Then, Just For Fun – Beast of Burden (LIVE) by The Rolling Stones

[thanks rudi, carryn]