Andrew Morton’s Explosive Book Hits Shelves

Andrew Morton’s “Angelina” Book Hits The Shelves – Finally you can buy the book by Andrew Morton, entitled “Angelina.” Shame, he’s not going to make any cash from that, hey? No-one’s going to buyt that, hey? Good Lord – small paycheck on it’s way for Andy. And the reviews are already out about Andrew Morton’s take on her wild teen years, Mick Jagger’s infatuation with her, and other revelations from this explosive bio. [dailybeast]

Prosecutor Wants Selebi In Jail For 15 Years – The prosecutor in Jackie Selebi’s corruption trial has asked the court to jail the former top cop for more than 15 years. Judge Meyer Joffe postponed proceedings in the South Gauteng High Court on Monday afternoon to 12pm on Tuesday, when he will given judgement on Selebi’s sentencing. This is going to be very interesting. I really think he’s gonna go down. He’s got to. [mail&guardian]

Lawrence Fishburne’s Daughter Releasing Her Own Sex Tape – When Montana Fishburne, 19-year-old daughter of Emmy and Tony award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne, felt her own Hollywood career wasn’t taking off with sufficient expedience (darn kids and their attention issues) she apparently decided to blaze the fast track to attention Kardashian style — by releasing a sex tape later this month. Jeepers, Morpheus won’t be pleased about that! [salon + nsfw stills)

Rupert Murdoch Might Buy Himself A Baseball Team – Rupert Murdoch is able to fund an economically irrational NYC newspaper war thanks to the fact that News Corp has tons of cash. (They made Avatar, you know!) What to do with these mounds of money? Buy a baseball team. The New York Post reports that News Corp is likely to bid on the bankrupt Texas Rangers, which are up for auction this week. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it!! [gawker]

Chinese Billionaire Bids For Liverpool – Kenneth Huang, a Chinese billionaire, has made a direct offer to the Royal Bank of Scotland to buy Liverpool’s £237 million debt and oust the club’s current owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks. In an effort to delay RBS accepting the offer, Gillett has presented Syrian businessman Yahya Kirdi as a viable bidder for Liverpool. Gillett, fearful of a non-profit exit, informed RBS last week that he was in advanced negotiations with Kirdi. [telegraph]

Second Free State University Video Surfaces – A second initiation video has surfaced at the University of the Free State, this time with white students as the “victims”. It shows four white students at the predominantly black Villa Bravado men’s residence having water thrown at them. They are made to stand on one leg and say something inaudible, and later crawl around in the water on the floor in front of other students. No mention of urine this time. Nor poo. [news24]

Social Networking Dominates Our Time Spent Online – Social networking now eats up twice as much of our online time as any other activity. According to new stats from Nielsen, sites like Facebook and Twitter now account for 22.7% of time spent on the web; the next closest activity is online games, which make up 10.2%. And Nielsen are pretty good, they’re the same guys that did the 2oceansvibe demographics report. [mashable]

20 Films That Make Men Cry – I’m not gonna lie, I have cried in the odd movie. Some of them very obvious, others not. Like Sex And The City – I watched that on the plane and had a little cry. I’m not sure if other men had the same reaction – I guess I just get caught up in the vibe sometimes. Different men get caught up in different movies and we have found a list of 20 other films that make men cry. Hilarious – check it out. [bbc]

Sarkozy Orders EUR176 Million Plane – French President Nicolas Sarkozy ’s dream of having a presidential jet to rival Air Force One of the United States is about to come true. “Air Sarko One,” a $241-million Airbus has made its first test flight in Bordeaux. Although not quite as big as the Boeing 747-200 that is Air Force One, the French A330-200 will be at least ten metres longer and two metres higher that the aircraft used by other European leaders. Quite mean! [luxuo]

The Train Wreck Is Out Of Jail – After serving 13 full days in a solitary cell, Lindsay Lohan was freed from a Lynwood, Calif., jail in the wee hours of Monday morning.”She was released at 1:35 a.m.,” Los Angeles Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said outside the jail. “She has been sent directly to her next destination, which is a treatment center. And she will now be under the supervision of the L.A. County probation department. Ja, I bet she will. [people]

Quintessentially One: One-Of-A-Kind Luxurious Floating Membership Club – Quintessentially One, a luxury lifestyle membership club on a superyacht, is offering a one-of-a-kind experience aboard its 220-meter luxury superyacht that operates as a floating destination. Taking cruising to a whole new level, Quintessentially One is selling residences on the luxury vessel for between £8 million and £12 million. But wait till you see what you get on board.. [bornrich]

A Universe Could Exist Inside Every Black Hole – Scientists are finally agreeing with what I have maintained for a number of years, the fact that it was possible for a whole new universe to exist inside every black hole, which could mean that our own universe could be inside a black hole as well. Using an adaptation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, Nikodem Poplawski, of Indiana University, Bloomington, finally listened to me and analysed the theoretical motion of particles entering a black hole. Duh! [telegraph]

Justin Bieber (16) Is Publishing His Memoirs – God help us all. In October, Justin Bieber’s releasing his illustrated autobiography, Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story. After reading N.Y. Magazine’s profile, we’re expecting more profound ruminations on life like, “It’s definitely amazing to me that I have such amazing fans.” [jezebel]

Marshall Music Opens In The ‘Burbs! – It’s not every day South Africa’s largest musical instrument retailer opens a mind-blowing megastore in your backyard! But this is it – it’s happening! The people behind 2oceansvibe Radio’s awesome sound has opened up in the burbs! Get there, bru! What’s more, they’re having a birthday sale from 5 to 7 August! Complete madness! Whether you’re pro, beginner or hack, there is simply NOTHING like the feeling you get when you walk into a Marshall Music store. Fact! [marshallmusic]

[thanks rich]