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To Die For, Darling! – As unashamed fans of Cape Town’s own Pop Ya Collar, we simply couldn’t ignore the above photo. How stunning of those two ladies? As yesterday’s fads become today’s trends, the watchful eye of Pop Ya Collar’s camera lens doesn’t miss a beat, while the term “fashion victim” takes on a whole new meaning! [popyacollar.co.za]

Cape Town’s Portofino Restaurant Closes – Controversial restaurateur, Cormac Keane, has decided to close his Cape Town restaurant, Portofino. Cormac and his restaurant became the talk of the town in October 2009, when an email exchange between himself and a customer fell into the public domain. This resulted in an explosion of online commentary – both positive and negative. [food24]

The Man Playing South Africa’s Death Card – A number of 2OV readers enjoyed the article on the whole Eugene kill the Boer debacle the other day. With that in mind, I thought you might find this interesting. Sometimes it is so frightening to read things from an English perspective and Rian Malan is so insightful and eloquent. “As white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche is buried, the dangerously charismatic Julius Malema threatens the country’s future..” [telegraph]

George Michael’s Quest for Random Sex Reaches the Internet Age – The pop singer, famous for getting arrested cruising for sex in a public toilet, is now on Grindr, a location-based iPhone app that allows gay men to meet up via their phones. And he’s terrorizing Australia’s gays with it. On a recent vacation down under, it appears Michael logged on to the service under the profile “Back for Wood” and contacted several men. [gawker]

Vatican Makes Peace With The Beatles, John Lennon’s Jesus Comment – The Vatican has finally made peace with the Beatles, saying their drug use, “dissolute” lives and even the claim that the band was bigger than Jesus are all in the past – while their music lives on. It’s the right thing to do, I mean if you compare smoking a joint vs. kiddie fiddling, they are coming from *cough* behind. [huffers]

The Cult Of The Amateur – Digital utopians have heralded the dawn of an era in which Web 2.0 — distinguished by a new generation of sites like MySpace and YouTube, which emphasise user-generated content, social networking and interactive sharing — ushers in the democratisation of the world: more information, more perspectives, more opinions, more everything, and most of it without filters or fees. But Web 2.0 has a dark side as well. [nytimes]

Twitter Acquires Tweetie, The Best iPhone Twitter Client: What’s Next? – The news came this weekend that Twitter has agreed to acquire Atebits, the cleverly named company behind Tweetie, a Twitter client for Apple’s iPhone and Mac platforms. This is a huge step, and a glaring indicator, for Twitter as a company–how it’ll manifest itself for Twitter the service isn’t quite so clear. [fastcompany]

Ferrari’s 458 Italia Launches In The UAE – Ferrari’s new supercar, the 458 Italia, has been cheap ambien pharmacy officially launched in the UAE. Producing 570bhp from its 4.8-litre V8 engine, the 458 is packed with technology and features honed by Ferrari’s success in motorsport, particularly F1. The two-seater sports car features an F1-inspired steering wheel that houses controls such as the indicators, washers and a ‘mannetino’ switch for adjusting the car’s throttle and suspension settings. Nice. [automiddleeast]

Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief – The plane slowed and leveled out about a mile aboveground. Gerald Blanchard looked down, checked his parachute straps, and jumped into the darkness. He plummeted for a second, then pulled his cord, slowing to a nice descent toward the tiled roof. If it kept cooperating, Blanchard would touch down directly above the room that held the Koechert Diamond Pearl. [wired]

Miley Cyrus Is Moving Out – The news didn’t come out until this week but last April, she bought a 4,045 square-foot Spanish hacienda-style home in Toluca Lake — just a few doors down from her parent’s house — for $3.4 million. Sitting on an acre of land, the home features 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a 4-car garage, a tennis court, expansive lawns, and a separate guest house. Shame. [celebslam]

Conan O’Brien Chooses TBS Over Fox – US talk show war heads will be interested to note that exiled late-night talk-show host Conan O’Brien has revealed he will be joining the TBS lineup starting in November. This follows months of speculation that O’Brien would relocate to Fox, following his exit from NBC and The Tonight Show. Instead, O’Brien and his legions of fans will make the jump to basic cable. God I hope this comes to SA. [rollingstone]

Getting Off On Facebook – Are guys using Facebook as G-rated smut? (umm, yes). Amanda Marcotte on men who ogle pictures of their female “friends” on the social networking site. “On Facebook you can stare as long as you want to—nobody’s going to get mad because it’s not them, it’s just a picture.” [dailybeast]

Doutzen Kroes Dark & Seductive For Numero – Since Doutzen Kroes has been putting all her time into Victoria’s Secret, we haven’t seen very much of her in the pages of magazines. Finding her way back out into the world of print pictorials for Numero Tokyo’s May 2010 issue, we’re faced with a shoot that’s all black and darkly sexy. It’s nothing new – but with leather and elements of bondage, it does show a side of Doutzen we rarely get to see. [fashionising]

A Week In Provence (6) – “Easter Monday is the only day of the Easter weekend that is a holiday in France – strange where over 95% of the population are reputedly to be Catholic. It was a quiet day. We had a barbeque in the pool area. What they call here a FLFL (f-king long French lunch). [livingstylishlywell]

[thanks dave, jonathan, doc, jeroen, rob, hanneli]