Rihanna as Slash

Rock’s Wildest Photos – Rihanna pays tribute to collaborator Slash in her new video “Rockstar 101,” (which features guitar work from the man himself). Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst and Wes Borland bring their Nineties revival act to Rock on the Range in Ohio and loads more. Check out this gallery of awesome music industry imagery – over 100 shots. [rollingstone]

Cellphone Number Suspended After Everyone Who Owns It, Dies – A mobile phone company has suspended the number 0888 888 888 – after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years. Now phone bosses are said to have suspended the number for good. Callers now get a recorded message saying the phone is “outside network coverage.” [telegraph]

U2 Postpones Tour For Bono Surgery – U2 frontman Bono left a hospital in Germany on Tuesday after undergoing emergency surgery on his back, but the injury has forced the Irish band to postpone the entire North American leg of its world tour. It also means the band will not be appearing at Glastonbury, one of the biggest live music events of the annual pop calendar. [msnbc]

Hollywood’s Billionaire Scandal – Welcome to one of the ugliest divorce cases Los Angeles has seen in years. In one corner, the eccentric heir to a reported $2.5 billion oil fortune, with Bob Dylan-like curls and a penchant for knitting. In the other, his charismatic, soon-to-be ex-wife, a stylist and costume designer, whose close friends include Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman. [dailybeast]

The CIA’s Plot To Make Osama And Saddam Into Gay Porn Stars – Washington Post’s SpyTalk blog offers a most unusual revelation: The CIA faked a video of Osama bin Laden bragging about “conquests with boys,” and wanted to “flood Iraq” with a fake sex tape of Saddam Hussein banging a young boy. Interesting. [gawker]

North Korea Prepares For War – North Korea is to cut all relations with South Korea, Pyongyang’s official news agency reports. KCNA said the North was also expelling all South Korean workers from a jointly-run factory north of the border. The move comes after an international report blamed North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship. Why must you push Our Dear Leader to this point? [bbc]

Murdoch Blocks Search Engines From The Times – The Times and Sunday Times’ upcoming paid sites will not allow their articles to appear in search engines like Google. That was one nugget gleaned during a preview of the attractive forthcoming relaunches Monday night. Times Online has relaunched as two separate editions and will go paid within about four weeks. But the sites will only show their homepages, not articles, to search engines. [pcontent]

The Voice Against Certain Cyclists Builds – “If you peruse cycling literature, you’ll soon see that cyclists feel their relationship with everyone else is uncommonly adversarial. Needless to say, they mostly blame everyone else. Perhaps they should take a look at themselves. They’ll find the very people who create this animosity in the first place by their threatening reaction to any perceived slight, criticism or joke.” [thedailymaverick]

The Hoff In Hospital After Three Day Bender – Troubled star David Hasselhoff is back in hospital following a three-day drinking binge, according to reports. The former Baywatch star, who has been hospitalised more than five times in five years, was taken to hospital in LA by his 17-year-old daughter Hayle. The 57-year-old ‘had been drinking alcohol for three days before being hospitalised Sunday. What a legend! [monsters&critics]

Victoria’s Secret Model To Take Over Megan Fox’s Transformer Duties – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will take over as the leading lady in upcoming blockbuster Transformers 3. The Victoria’s Secret model has been offered the role in the threequel after Megan quit last week. Rosie has not got any acting roles behind her. Not that we have a problem with that. On the contrary, this is possibly the greatest news this year. [thesun]

Lufthansa Unveils New First Class – Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa, has lately received its first Airbus A380 jetliner, and they claim its cabin to be the “world’s quietest first class.” The First-Class bathroom features wide vertical mirrors and a five-star hotel-style vanity area. The bathroom is fitted with separate wash, changing and toilet areas. “There’s a leather banquette seat in the changing area, for heaven’s sake,” [luxuo]

TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO – Edward Anatolevich Hill singing on a Communist-era Russian television program. It’s important that you see this. [trololololololololololo]