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Australia’s New First Daughter, Staci Child

Australia’s New Step-Daughter May Have An Issue Or Two – Here’s Staci Child, the step-daughter of the new(ish) PM of Australia, Julia Gillard, who decided to mark the occasion of her Dad’s newish chick’s triumph, by shooting an editorial for ZOO magazine. “The 31-year-old Staci lives in New York, where she’s a sought-after stylist – but she flew to Oz last week to shoot for ZOO, just as the election was to be decided. Excellent decision! [hurricanevanessa]

George Michael Goes To Club Tropicana Jail For Eight Weeks – George Michael has been given an eight-week sentence for crashing his car while under the influence of cannabis. He was also fined £1,250 at a Magistrates Court in London and given a five-year driving ban. This after driving his Range Rover into a branch of photographic store Snappy Snaps. [bbc]

Piggs Peak Vs Gauteng Gambling Board: The Showdown Looms – Online casinos are temporarily back in business after appealing a High Court ruling that banned online gambling in South Africa. In the Gauteng Gambling Board, however, they have a tough opponent; one that is unlikely to relent. And their target isn’t just online casinos, but everyone who helps facilitate online gambling, including banks, advertisers and internet service providers (ISPs). Yu! [dailymaverick]

Naomi Campbell Zimbabwe Holds Secret Diamond Auction – The auction on Saturday and Sunday was supervised by the monitor from the international Kimberley Process watchdog. The Kimberley Process is charged with preventing the sale of blood diamonds used to fuel armed conflicts, but in November the regulator banned sale of the gems after its investigators found soldiers had beaten nearby residents and forced them to mine the stones. Stunning. [mail&guardian]

Silvio Berlusconi Is On Top Form – Old Silvio has been asked to apologise after making an inappropriate Hitler chirp, as well as comments about how amazing he is in the sack and his suggestions that young women should marry rich. He even went as far as telling them that his own daughter was single. My goodness! Hey I never knew that he used to be an entertainer on a cruise ship? Awesome! [guardian]

They Found All The Oil – Remember when BP were claiming that a humungous amount of the oil which they pumped into the ocean, had disappeared? Just like that? Well would you believe it, they were wrong. Far beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, deeper than divers can go, scientists say they are finding oil at least two inches thick – about a mile beneath the surface. Under it was a layer of dead shrimp and other small animals. Of course there was. Murderers. [associated]

Oprah Sends 300 Audience Members To Australia – They shrieked, they gasped, they cried, they hugged — and that was before Oprah Winfrey’s studio audience got a trip to Australia. Winfrey kicked off her 25th and final season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Monday with promised surprises. After teasing the 300 audience members with a suggestion she might take them on a trip to New York, Philadelphia or Los Angeles, she said her last season merited something “bigger.” [yahoo]

Rand Looks Set To Break Through The R7 To US$ Mark – Rand ends the day R7.05 to the dollar The rand looks set to break through the R7 to the USD mark and reaches a two year high against the US currency in Johannesburg trade. The Rand was trading at R7.05 to the dollar, that’s almost half a percent up on the day and close to breaking through the R7 level. The negativos will struggle to explain this one.. [businessday]

Facebook Movie Portrays Founder As Insecure Jerk Who Screws People Over – It’s hard to feel sorry for a billionaire. But here I am, feeling bad for Mark Zuckerberg. If you see the “The Social Network” you’re probably going to feel bad for him, too – it’s just as rough on the Facebook CEO as his people feared it would be. Not because of scandalous scenes involving sex and drugs, but because the film portrays him as an insecure jerk who screws over people and becomes a much-richer insecure jerk. [mediamemo]

Lady Gaga Completes Minister Course – Lady GaGa has reportedly almost finished her course to become a vicar. The singer, who last night picked up eight awards at the MTV VMAs, was recently reported to be training to become a minister in order to perform marriages for her gay fans. She sees this as a way of repaying the love her fans have shown her. Yes. Yes. Of course she does. [digitalspy]

Penelope Cruz Has A Bun In The Oven – Recently, pregnancy rumors have been circling around Penélope Cruz and now we can put those rumors to rest! “Penélope is 4 1/2 months pregnant with my child,” Cruz’s rep confirmed. Penélope married fellow Academy-Award winner Javier Bardem earlier this year in July. The intimate wedding ceremony was held at a friend’s house with only family members attending. Oh well that’s just bloody great! [etonline]

British Teen Banned From America After Sending Obama Rude Email – A British teenager has been banned from America for life for sending Barack Obama an abusive email, in which he calls the President a ‘prick.’ Luke Angel, 17, insulted Mr Obama while drunk after watching a programme about the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. Angel was reprimanded by police on both sides of the Atlantic after firing off the message to the White House. [dailymail]

Brandon Flowers : Gambling Solo – Something unexpected happened to the notoriously impressionable Brandon Flowers after a half-decade spent pursuing a big, important career like those of his heroes: Bowie, Bono, and Springsteen. He finally became … Brandon Flowers. Flamingo, the Killers front man’s solo debut, perfects the haunted, shimmering quality of the Vegas quartet’s 2008 international hit, Day & Age. [vanityfair]

The Future Of Social Media In Journalism – The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, is becoming social and personalized. [mashable]

John Mayer Quits Twitter – Most Twitter users would be happy to have a following more than 10,000, and a million or more is definitely outside the reach of most people, even public figures. Pop singer John Mayer, however, does not care much for big numbers: He decided to shut down his Twitter account with more than 3.7 million followers. [mashable]

Lingerie Models, Rock n Roll And Sport – That’s basically what we’re dealing with this morning at 2oceansvibe Radio. We’ve got 10 Triumph models joining us in studio (watch on the webcam) as well as G-Man, who will be giving us today’s lesson in his School of Rock! We’ll fill up the rest of the time with killer tunes and general chatter about things you really talk about! What a revelation!. [2oceansviberadio]

[thanks jonty]