Kevin Costner Will Save BP

BP Turns To Kevin Costner For Help – Now there’s a headline I bet you thought you would never see. Enjoy this, Kev has spent years and millions of dollars perfecting a device that cleans oil from seawater. Costner’s high-speed centrifuge (good word) machine is called “Ocean Therapy.” And now, following their disastrous oil spill and desperate for ideas, British Petroleum gave the okay to test six of Costner’s gizmos this week. [nydailynews]

Fellow Cyclist Says Lance Armstrong Was Involved In Doping – Disgraced cyclist Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after testing positive for testosterone, has admitted to doping and has also accused his former teammates, including cancer survivor Lance Armstrong, of doping, according to two sources close to the situation. Precisely why I stick to running on the promenade. You don’t get these kind of accusations. [nydailynews]

Google Launches Google TV – Google Inc. wants to bring the Internet to your television screen. The Internet giant unveiled a new platform called Google TV that it says “will change the future of television.” Google is putting its Android software and Chrome Web browser on television and other home entertainment devices in an attempt to succeed where others have struggled: in merging television and the Internet. Don’t tell them about Apple TV. [latimes]

Malawi Couple Get 14 years For Being Gay – A judge in Malawi has imposed a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison with hard labour on a gay couple convicted of gross indecency and unnatural acts. The judge said he wanted to protect the public from “people like you”. Steven Monjeza, 26, and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, 20, have been in jail since they were arrested in December after holding an engagement ceremony. [bbc]

Picasso, Matisse Stolen in $635M Paris Heist – Five paintings—including masterpieces by Matisse and Picasso—were reported missing from the Paris Museum of Modern Art this morning. Staff discovered that a window and padlock had been broken, and security footage shows a person climbing in through the window. The works are worth an estimated $635 million. Experts say the well-known paintings would be impossible to sell openly, and speculate they may have been stolen to order. [newser]

Courtney Love Had Fling With Kate Moss (And Chavez) – In an explosive interview, even by her own uninhibited standards, with Hot Press, controversial rock star and actress Courtney Love has spoken about her past lovers Gavin Rossdale, Billy Corgan and Edward Norton, as well as her relationship with supermodel Kate Moss and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Love also talks about her time working for Hot Press as a photographer in the early 80’s. [hotpress]

Australian Ninjas Foil Mugging – Five Sydney ninjas went to the aid of a commuter as he was being robbed of his mobile phone in a Sydney alleyway. The 27-year-old German medical student had been confronted by three thugs as he sat alone on a late-night train earlier this week. But their assault was brought to a sudden stop when they looked up from kicking their victim and saw the ninjas, dressed completely in black, running toward them. [timesuk]

Megan Fox Dropped From Transformers – Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that Fox’s option was not picked up for part three in the blockbuster Michael Bay series. Fox, notorious for making attention-grabbing comments to the media, engaged in a public spat with director Bay around the release of part two last summer. But Bay later defended her and said he looked forward to working with her on part three. Looks like he changed his mind again. [thetvrealist]