Kate Moss on the cover of Vogue
Kate Moss Gets Her 29th Vogue Cover! – Kate Moss is pretty much as close as you’ll get to a runaway train in human form. She came back after the scandals, even bigger than before, and it didn’t stop there. April brings in her 29th appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine as the mag hits shelves in the UK and wordwide this week. Look, it’s not the Mango Airlines in-flight magazine, but it’s impressive nonetheless! [hurricanevanessa]
Mexican Tycoon Beats Bill Gates As”World’s Richest” – The Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim Helu has been named the world’s richest man, with a net worth of $53.5 billion (£36 billion), the first time since 1994 that the No 1 spot has been held by a non-American. He beat Bill Gates by $500 million, even though the Microsoft owner increased his fortune by $13 billion to $53 billion. Ooh, sorry now! [timesonline]
German Publisher In Row With Apple Over iPhone Pin-Up App – The International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP) is considering making a complaint to Apple over the computer firm’s request that German publisher Springer censor the naked girls on one of its iPhone apps. Springer-owned tabloid Bild’s “Shake the Bild Girl” app allows iPhone users to undress a model. Each time the user shakes the phone, the girl strips an item of her clothing. Rad! [guardian]
Madonna To Launch Teen Fashion Line – Madonna just signed a giant fashion deal that will enable her to have hands in multiple existing brands as well as start new ones. Along with her manager, Guy Oseary, she forms MG Icon with brand-management firm Iconix, which owns labels like Candie’s and Rampage along with stakes in other labels, such as Ed Hardy. [nymag]
Times Up For Jack Bauer – Dammit: The clock’s about to run out for “24.” Nothing’s official yet, but Fox has all but decided to make the current season of the Kiefer Sutherland thriller its last, according to people familiar with the network’s decision. Fox and 20th Century Fox TV have begun end-of-life conversations and a formal announcement that season eight will be the last could come as soon as this week. [thewrap]
Tiger Woods Mistress Contest Winner Announced – Jamie Jungers leaving took first place in a Miss Tiger Woods contest (on Howard Stern’s Show) against Jaime Grubbs and Loredana Jolie by apparently describing his penis in the most detail. Ironically, this is the same Jamie Jungers who claims she doesn’t want to be remembered as Tiger Woods’ mistress, and isn’t a prostitute. That being said, she’ll just go ahead and cash this $75,000 for all that sex she had with him. thesuperficial]
Man Marries Pillow – True love can take many forms. In this case, it has taken the form of a Korean man falling in love with, and eventually marrying, a large pillow with a picture of a woman on it. ‘He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere,’ said one friend. ‘They go out to the park or the funfair where it will go on all the rides with him. Then when he goes out to eat he takes it with him and it gets its own seat and its own meal,’ they added. Excellent! [metro]
Veil Lifts Slightly on Apple’s Secret Plan to Control the Universe – The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe. Much has been written anecdotally about the Apple app-approval process. But the letter of the agreement was a matter of pure speculation until the Electronic Frontier Foundation had the clever idea of making one developer an offer he couldn’t refuse. [wired]
Conan O’Brien Twitter Buddy Shows Some Class – When Conan O’Brien picked Sarah Killen at random to be the person he’d follow on Twitter, it wouldn’t have been a huge surprise if she milked her fame and turned into a real douche. And while Killen has indeed become a bit of a media darling and even raked in a new iMac and other pieces of swag, she’s also used her celebrity to raise money for breast cancer and help a charity that feeds children. [newser]
Alexander McQueen’s Last Show – The sixteen dresses that Lee Alexander McQueen left behind before he hanged himself in February are a testament to a man of deep emotion and accomplishment. They paint a final picture of the English designer in serene and beautiful tones. Unveiled on Tuesday and Wednesday to small groups of editors in separate presentations in gilded salons in Paris, it was hard not to see the clothes as a window into McQueen’s mood in his final days. [dailybeast]
Warren Buffet Bets On Baby Boomers Drinking Wine – Looks like Warren Buffett is bullish about U.S. wine. He’s buying a niche wine distribution company and it looks like he payed up to get it. A subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has struck a deal to purchase Atlanta-based Empire Distributing, which has operations in Georgia and North Carolina. Wait until he cottons on to tequila! [businessinsider]
The 10 Most Expensive Internet Domain Names – Sex.com, one of the most expensive domain names in history, is up for auction, with bidding starting at $1 million. The domain name was last bought in 2006 for a reported $14 million, but what are the others in the top 10? Like Vodka.com and Insure.com and Beer.com and casino.com? These should all have great value, no? Apparently 2oceansvibe.com is worth like a billion Rand. [telegraph]
Julius Malema Something Something Something – ANC Youth League President Julius Malema blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah, blah blah blah. [mail&guardian ]
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