Tiger Woods and family – when he wasn’t banging cocktail waitresses
Tiger And Elin Finalise Their Divorce – After months of speculation, the marriage between sex robot Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren Woods is officially over: The couple were present on Monday for the execution of their divorce agreement. The settlement was undisclosed, but varying reports have suggested that Elin, 30, could receive anywhere from $100 million in assets to as much as five times that figure. They share custody of their two children. [people]
The Stig Is Ben Collins – According to the British Sunday Times, Top Gear’s The Stig has been confirmed to be Ben Collins. This, based on his company’s financial records. Apparently when the new white Stig made its first appearance on the show, Ben Collins’ company, Collins Autosport, registered a cornerstone year. The new funds in Ben Collins’ company have been justified as received for driving services offered to the BBC, and mainly for its show, Top Gear. [zercustoms]
The Taiwan Company That’s Turning News Into Cartoons – We’ve all heard the story by now. Fed up with his job as a JetBlue flight attendant, Steven Slater yelled obscenities over the p.a. system, grabbed two beers from the beverge cart, activated the emergency inflatable chute and slid out of his job and into his 15 minutes of fame. But the only people who witnessed it were on the plane. One Taiwan-based news service is out to change that. [time]
Mexican Drug Gangs Hang Bodies From Bridges – Police in Mexico say they have found four bodies hung from a bridge in an affluent town south of Mexico City. The four men had been decapitated and mutilated before being hung by their ankles from the bridge outside Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos. A message had been left with their heads warning that anyone supporting Edgar Valdez would risk a similar fate. [bbc]
Gender Storm Brewing Amongst Caster Semenya’s Competitors – Caster Semenya continued her comeback with an extraordinary 800 metres victory over a top-class field at the World Challenge meet on Sunday, but a backlash is taking root among her beaten opponents. One complained that they were “literally running against a man”. [telegraph]
Brad Pitt Suggests Death Penalty For BP Execs – Brad Pitt has waded into the Gulf oil spill controversy with an extraordinary veiled attack on BP. The Hollywood actor said he would consider the death penalty for those to blame for the ruptured well that gushed millions of gallons of oil into the ocean. Asked about the people responsible for the crisis, he said: ‘I was never for the death penalty before – I am willing to look at it again.’ [dailymail]
PetroSA CEO Fired – The board of South Africa’s national oil company, PetroSA, said on Monday it had terminated the contract of chief executive Sipho Mkhize following a disciplinary hearing.”The board of directors of PetroSA hereby confirms that following the outcome of a disciplinary process in respect of the CEO, Sipho Mkhize, his contract of employment has been terminated, with immediate effect,” the company said in a statement. Spicy! [fin24]
Famous Internet Artist Makes Fortune Selling On eBay – No Sotheby’s or Christie’s for artist Michel Keck. In early 2006, she became a Platinum Power Seller on the shopping website, with sales of her paintings, collages and their inkjet reproductions netting more than $40,000 in one 30-day period. Keck developed such a following that she was able to leave the website and its aggressive fee structure to start her own online store. Now, after a three-year hiatus, eBay’s millionaire painter is back. [dailybeast]
Topless Protest In Los Angeles – More than 200 people, including about two dozen topless women, marched on the Venice Beach boardwalk Sunday afternoon to protest state laws that bar women from going bare-chested in public.Participants obtained a permit in advance and agreed to obey the law by covering their nipples with red tape, Band-Aids and other makeshift pasties. Go girls! [latimes]
10 Classic PC Games That Have Found New Life On The iPhone – Apple’s iPhone may mark a second golden age of computer gaming for a lot of reasons. The open marketplace means anyone can create a game; from major companies to just a couple of talented people in a garage. The result is a new boom in innovation, the likes of which we haven’t seen in about 20 years. [mashable]
Lady Gaga Is Officially The Queen Of Twitter – Britney Spears is feeling the agony of twe-feat. This weekend, Lady Gaga dethroned her as the celebrity with the most followers on Twitter.Though Spears, 28, had a slight lead as of Friday, Gaga, 24, has officially taken the top spot, according to social-media tracker FameCount: At press time, she had an army of 5,720,931 little monsters while Spears slipped to 5,699,039. [cnn]
Cassini Royale – By the time he died, in 2006, designer Oleg Cassini had seduced the “top top girls” of his day, from Grace Kelly to Marilyn Monroe to Anita Ekberg, married Hollywood stunner Gene Tierney, and shaped the look of the absolutely toppest girl of all, Jacqueline Kennedy. But, for all Cassini’s success with women, the battle over his estate, between his daughter Tina and his last (and secret) wife, Marianne Nestor, suggests a chilling calculation behind the dashing image. [vanityfair]
Release Your Inner John Mayer – The guys at OneDayOnly are at it again. Right now, it seems like they’re selling Canon photo printers for almost nothing, and to add insult to injury they might be selling some semi-acoustic guitars for about half a grand tomorrow! Surely you’ve subscribed to their mailing list by now, right? Wait, I can sense another word coming through. “iPad”. Could it be? [onedayonly]
2oceansvibe Radio Is Giving Away A Sheep Today – Hang on to your work desks my lovelies – we have a stacked show lined up for you today! Braai Master Jan Braai, the brains (and the tongs) behind the braai4heritage initiative is in studio with us to talk about the perfect rump, braai etiquette, and braaing for heritage on the 24th of September. Oh ja, small detail, we’ll be giving away a a SHEEP for your spitbraaing pleasure, so keep us on speed dial. Wrestlerish is also swining by! [2oceansviberadio]
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