Australia’s Next Top Model Presenter Announces Wrong Model As Winner – It’s one of those moments that thankfully does not happen a lot, but on the live final of Australia’s Next Top Model, after a celebratory speech they realise they have announced the wrong winner! See video above. “Oh my God, i don’t know what to say right now”, says the presenter as shock descends over her face as producers tell her she has announced the wrong winner. [atv]

Our Dear Leader Makes Son A General – North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s youngest son, Kim Jong-un, has been appointed a general, amid rumours he is being anointed as successor. State television said the elder Kim had been re-elected as leader, at the start of a meeting of the ruling party. The Workers’ Party has not met for decades and observers believe Kim Jong-il may be cementing the family dynasty. Hmmm… do ya think? [bbc]

PigSpotter Plays ‘Open Cards’ And Hires Lawyer – Twitter’s South African traffic celebrity PigSpotter has hired a lawyer and approached the Director of Public Prosecutions to have charges against him dropped. The Twitter user, who faces trouble with the law for warning motorists about speed traps, is being represented by lawyer Karl Schuler. Take him, Karl Take hiiiiim! [mail&guardian]

Blackberry Launches iPad Rival ‘Playbook’ – The company behind the BlackBerry phone has unveiled a tablet computer it hopes will rival Apple’s iPad. The PlayBook, which was showcased at developer Research In Motion’s annual conference, has a 7in screen and two cameras. Like some models of the iPad, it comes with WiFi connectivity. However, it needs to be hooked up to a BlackBerry smartphone to access 3G networks. [skynews]

Ed Rooney (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) Pleads Guilty To Sex Offender Charges – Jeffrey Jones has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2003 sex offender case. Jones, who played Principle Rooney in ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,’ admitted to failing to update his sex offender registration, TMZ reports. As a result of his plea, he’s been sentenced to three years formal probation and 250 hours of community service. Charming! [popeater]

Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Is Lightest Lamborghini Ever – Till now we have seen the watchmakers taking their design cues from autos for their car-themed timepieces, this time it’s the other way round with the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition. The Italian brand has teamed up with the world-renowned watchmaker for this special edition racing car which will make its debut at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. [bornrich]

Jesse Eisenberg (Not Michael Cera) Plays Mark Zuckerberg In Facebook Movie – The 27-year-old New Yorker with the fiercely intelligent blue eyes, frenetic energy, and slouched shoulders is far more like the self-conscious and too-smart kid he’s played in nearly 20 films than the leading man of what may be the biggest movie of the year. Which actually makes him ideal to play Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s least CEO-like CEO. [dailybeast]

Barack Obama’s Rolling Stone Interview – Rolling Stone had interviewed Barack Obama twice before – first in June 2008, a few days after he won the Democratic nomination, and again that October, a month before his election. This time I sat with the president in the Oval Office, flanked by busts of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. The conversation stretched on for nearly an hour and a quarter. The president began by complimenting my multi-colored striped socks. “If I wasn’t president,” he laughed, “I could wear socks like that.” [rollingstone]

Eiffel Tower Evacuated After ANOTHER Bomb Scare – Police evacuated tourists from the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Tuesday after the second bomb alert this month at one of the world’s most visited sites. The latest alert came amid official warnings that France faces a serious threat of imminent terrorist attack and just a day after a major Paris train station was evacuated after a bomb alert that proved to be a false alarm. [timeslive]

George Clooney’s Bird Keeps Her Clothes On During Dinner – George Clooney led the way for Elisabetta Canalis after dinner at Nobu in Milan last night. They were joined by Roberto Cavalli, who stopped by the amfAR gala to pose with Heidi Klum on the red carpet earlier in the evening. Elisabetta has stripped down to almost nothing as a model for Cavalli Underwear, and she’s been close with the designer for some time. George also accompanied Elisabetta to the Georgio Armani show yesterday where he couldn’t keep his hands, or face, off her. [popsugar]

Mexican Mayor Stoned To Death – A small-town mayor and an aide were found stoned to death Monday in a drug-plagued western state. The Michoacan state Attorney General said the bodies of Tancitaro Mayor Gustavo Sanchez and city adviser Rafael Equihua were discovered in a pickup truck abandoned on a dirt road near the city of Uruapan. The spokesman said initially that the victims were hacked to death with a machete, but the attorney general said they were killed with stones. Much better. [associated]

The Plans For Steve Jobs’ New House – After nearly a six years of detailed cost comparisons, environmental impact surveys, court appeals, and unrelenting legal kung fu with state and local preservationists, it appears the 1920s Woodside mansion Jobs bought in 1984 will finally have its date with the bulldozers. In its place, the Apple CEO plans to erect a brand new $8.45 million single family home. You gotta see this thing. [wired]

The South Of France Uncovered – Cap D’Agde in the South of France is just like any other holiday village, except that the holidaymakers there wear no clothes. A curious Deirdre Morrissey got her kit off and joined the nudists, the swingers, the hedonists and those who are simply trying to spice up their sex lives. It was to be a holiday she would never forget. [independent]

Lindsay Lohan Is Back In Rehab *Yawn* – Four days after a judge briefly detained her for failing court-mandated drug tests, Lindsay Lohan has entered a live-in rehab facility in Southern California to seek help for substance abuse, TMZ is reporting. No other information is given in the report, other than that the train wreck will likely stay at the facility until her next court date on Oct. 22. [popeater]

Massive Meteor Crater Found On Google Images – The Kamil crater, which is 16 metres deep and 45 metres wide, is deep within the Egyptian desert, and was unknown until it was found using the search engine’s satellite images. Caused by a 10 ton mass of iron travelling at more than 12,000kph, it is one of the best preserved sites ever found. The impact would have generated a fireball seen more than 1,000 kilometres away. Scientists believe it is relatively young – less than a few thousand years old. A spring chicken, you might say. [telegraph]