New Cristiano Ronaldo Armani Jeans Commercial – It’s quite funny to see that he spends most of the ad in his jocks, with the actual jeans only featuring at the very end. But such is the power of Cristiano’s body, apparently. I’m sure I will be made to do the same thing, following my underwear exposure exercise I could be made to endure – depending on you, of course. I can’t imagine the call from Armani coming in too long after that.. [ronaldo]

The World’s Most Expensive Home Sells For R2.2 Billion – The most expensive three bedroom flat in history has been sold for almost £200m – despite a dark history involving a murder in its main reception room. Reclusive British property developers Christian and Nick Candy are thought to have made a profit of at least £190m from La Belle Epoque penthouse in Monaco, on the French Riviera. They bought the 17,500 sq ft flat from Englishwoman Lily Safra in the early 2000s. [dailymail]

Swaziland King Will Use Strange Torture On Protesters – Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of Swaziland, is threatening pro-democracy protesters with “sipakatane,” an elaborate method for beating feet that often renders the victim unable to walk. How utterly charming! More about this terrible torture method—and King Mswati—after the jump. [gawker]

New York Fashion Week – SA’s most celebrated street fashion blog, Pop Ya Collar has done the necessary and given us her top picks from New York Fashion Week, which is currently happening. You knew that, right? Very emboerrissing if you didn’t. It’s only, like, fashion’s biggest week! Anyway, check it out – she also tells us why she likes each designer. [popyacollar]

Chilean Miners Get Ciggies And Electricity – The miners trapped for more than a month in Chile are getting a light in more ways than one. The 33 men have received a power line that will allow them to install electric lights in their shelter 2,300 feet underground, mining officials said Saturday. Officials are also granting the miners’ longstanding request for cigarettes. Rescuers are sending down two packs a day to be split between the miners who want to smoke. [cnn]

Rain Pushes US Open Men’s Final To Monday – For the third year in a row, the U.S. Open men’s final has been postponed to Monday because of inclement weather. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who played a gruelling five-setter against Roger Federer in the semifinals, must have learned that rain dance. “I don’t know the rituals how to invite the rain, but . . . an extra day would be great, actually,” Djokovic said after his win over Federer on Saturday. [montygaz]

Kim Clijsters Wins US Open – If ever there were a defining indictment of women’s tennis in the modern era, it surely arrived at Flushing Meadows when Kim Clijsters beat Vera Zvonareva in a minute less than an hour to win her second successive US Open final. In 15 years this event has not produced a three-set final. Not since Chris Evert beat Evonne Goolagong 6-3, 6-0 in 1976 has the tournament witnessed a more lopsided title decider. [guardian]

iPad Due For Front-Facing Camera? – The redesigned iPod Touch stole the show at Apple’s fall music event, but the Cupertino company may have a bigger trick up its sleeve in the coming months: an updated iPad.The tablet may be refreshed with a built-in video camera and support for FaceTime by the first quarter of next year, according to Apple Insider. [pcworld]

New Cowboy Seats Makes Economy Class Look Luxurious – Think your seat in coach is cramped? Take a look at the SkyRider. The new airplane seat, to be unveiled next week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo Americas conference in Long Beach, would give passengers an experience akin to riding horseback. They’d sit at an angle with no more than 23 inches between their perch and the seat in front of them. Even if you get a spare seat next to you, you can’t stretch out. Not my vibe. [usatoday]

Rupert Murdoch And The Future Of British Media – When Rupert Murdoch appeared on his own Fox News Channel last week and was, astonishingly, asked about the News of the World phone-hacking scandal – “the story that was really buzzing around the country and certainly here in New York”, as the anchorman put it – Murdoch cut him off with the words: “I’m not talking about that issue at all today. I’m sorry.” [guardian]

Becks And Posh Ad Gone Too Far? That’s what Vanessa Raphaely reckons. “This week, the world has been diverted by the giant Football cock-up that is Brand Rooney. A football fabel, if there ever was one, to warn against making idols out of players. That they are sporting heroes goes without question. On the field they are due all our admiration and respect. It’s a different story when playas take their clothes off.” Check out the ad in question – saucy! [hurricanevannesa]

GoDaddy.com Puts Itself Up For Sale – Internet domain name registry GoDaddy.com has put itself up for sale, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The privately held company could fetch more than $1 billion in an auction, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. GoDaddy is the world’s largest domain name registrar. The company was founded by Bob Parsons in 1997, and says it has more than 43 million domains under management. [msnbc]

Arnold Schwarzenegger Mocks Sarah Palin On Twitter – While flying to Asia last night, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took some time to poke fun at Sarah Palin via Twitter. As you can see from his tweet below, Schwarzenegger flew over Anchorage, Alaska and failed to see Russia, which Palin infamously said she could see from her house* during the 2008 presidential election. [huffpo]

Sofia Coppola Wins Top Honours At Venice Film Festival – Quentin Tarantino presented Sofia Coppola with the award Film director Sofia Coppola has taken the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion, for her film Somewhere. The film tells the story of an actor whose aimless life is transformed when his young daughter comes to stay. Coppola, 39, based Somewhere on her own upbringing as the daughter of film director Francis Ford Coppola. Which is handy. [bbc]

You Watched Idols Last Night, Right? You didn’t? That’s totally cool, neither did we. But we’ve got our man on the inside, Badu Adams in the studio to give us the Idols latest. That’s right, we do a lot of things so that you don’t have to over here at 2OV Radio, like chatting to international comedians and sex therapists, and playing amazing music on vinyl. Tune in to convenience. [2oceansviberadio]