Rare Steve McQueen Images emerge

Steve McQueen Never-Before-Seen & Nearly Nude Photos – In the spring of 1963, Steve McQueen was on the brink of superstardom, already popular from his big-screen breakout as one of The Magnificent Seven and just a couple months away from entering the Badass Hall of Fame with the release of The Great Escape. Intrigued by his dramatic backstory and his off-screen exploits, LIFE sent a photographertto hang out with the 33-year-old actor and see what he could get. [life]

Branson’s Space Plane Takes First Test Flight – Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo took to the skies for the first time yesterday over the Mojave Desert, an important step toward passenger flights in space in 2011. “This is a momentous day,” says Burt Rutan, who built the craft and its mothership for Richard Branson’s company. The combo flew for about 3 hours. [newser]

Schindler’s Actual List On Sale For $2.2 Million – One of only a handful of surviving copies of Oskar Schindler’s list, made famous in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film, is going up for sale for a whopping $2.2 million. The list, compiled by Schindler and Itzhak Stern, is reportedly dated April 18, 1945, is 13 pages long, and contains 801 names. [nydailynews]

Cipro: When Empowerment And Politics Screw Business – The sad story of the companies’ registration office, Cipro, is a classic tale of how government doesn’t work: those in charge are absorbed by grand, global issues while back in the office the actual work is ignored by a staff of stop-gap, job-hopping executives riding the black-empowerment whirlwind. [dailymaverick]

Bar Refaeli Does Russian Elle Magazine – It would be tricky to tell you exactly what they’re talking about in this article about Bar Refaeli in the March 2010 issue of Elle Magazine, but it’s all in Russian. What we can confirm is that she is not wearing a top and looks certifiably stunning in a nice pair of white shorts! [hotcelebshome]

Beginning Of The End For Maybach – Maybach 62 Landaulet could possibly become the very last model from Maybach, if Daimler decides to end the ultra-luxury line in the years to come. Daimler’s Vice-President of Design, Gordon Wagener, admitted that his department had not yet been asked to sketch design ideas for a new Maybach. [luxuo]

China Censors Google’s New Hong Kong Website – Google, the world’s largest Internet company, once viewed China, the world’s largest Internet market, as a bottomless well of opportunity with nearly 400 million Web users. But by directing search users in China to its uncensored search engine based in Hong Kong, they may have jeopardized their long-range plans. [nytimes]

From Productive Writer To Cocaine Addict, Just Add Grand Theft Auto – As a travel writer with an eye for politics and history, Tom Bissell has visited Uzbekistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan, but it wasn’t until his first forays into Vice City that he found himself lost. In his article “Video games: the addiction,” published Sunday in The Observer, Bissell discusses at length how his life changed with the introduction of the Grand Theft Auto series, which helped transform him into a cocaine-addled gaming addict. [kotaku]

High School Student Gets Dream Date To His Final Dance – “I hope I don’t wake up too soon,” said Conner Cordova, 18, seated at Jing Restaurant and on his way to his senior dance with Maxim model and Ultimate Fighting Championship ring girl Arianny Celeste, 24. Why would he wake up? He’s a senior at Dakota Ridge High School. She’s, well, Arianny. Cordova had a crush on her and, via YouTube, begged her to come to the dance. She said, “Yes,” and there she was Saturday night. [denverpost]

Ben Harper Recruits Ringo Starr For Next Album – Ben Harper and Relentless7 have just finished recording their follow-up to 2009’s White Lies For Dark Times. Titled Give Till It’s Gone, the self-produced album will be out in the fall and features some high-profile guests. “Not only are we excited about the songs, but Ringo Starr is playing on one of the songs and that’s just a huge deal for us. [rollingstone]

How the Tablet Will Change the World – Even though the iPad looks like an iPhone built for the supersize inhabitants of Pandora, its ambitions are as much about shrinking our laptops as about stretching our smartphones. Yes, the iPad is designed for reading, gaming, and media consumption. But it also represents an ambitious rethinking of how we use computers. No more files and folders, physical keyboards and mouses. Instead… [wired]

More Men Make Harassment Claims – Since the start of the recession, a growing number of sexual harassment complaints have come from men. Some 16.4% of all sexual harassment claims were filed by men in fiscal 2009. While male victims sometimes experience behavior like groping and unwanted sexual advances, employment lawyers say increasingly “locker room” type behavior like vulgar talk and horseplay with sexual connotations have been the subject of claims. Nice! [wallstreetjournal]

The Rarely Worn Sale – Is happening on Thursday from 4pm @ The Gallery, 8 Bree Str. All women’s never & ‘rarely’ worn exclusive clothing labels are on sale at bargain prices! All sizes from 6-16 available. Champagne & shopping with the girls while benefiting your community! There are some amazing prizes to give away in a charity raffle too!