Heidi Klum Says Goodbye

Heidi Klum Hangs Up Her Wings – After more than a decade of representing one of the sexiest and well-known brands on the planet, supermodel Heidi Klum is hanging up her angel wings. Klum will no longer be one of the faces of lingerie giant, Victoria’s Secret. “All good things have to come to an end. I will always love Victoria and never tell her secret. It’s been an absolute amazing time!” recalled Klum, who became a Victoria’s Secret model in 1997. [popeater]

Andre Nel Tries To Kill Himself – Afrikaans newspaper Rapport said that Nel tried to take his own life on Friday. Nel’s pregnant wife, Deanne Weitz, who is expecting their first child, confirmed on that doctors had been called to the couple’s swanky home in Irene outside of Pretoria. Weitz has moved in with her parents in Benoni after it came to light that Nel had visited a Pretoria prostitute four times since November 2007. [timeslive]

Tiger Woods Sex Tape SOLD! – The hooker who claimed she was Tiger Woods’ 15th mistress says she has a 62-minute sex tape with the golfer and has sold it in a deal she expects to earn her millions. “We made a deal with a DVD production company,” said Devon’s husband, Nick James. “We’re going to sell the video online and we get half the profits of all sales.” Excellent. This is just excellent. [radar]

Doctors To Freeze Patients Before Surgery – Surgeons are pioneering a method of inducing extreme hypothermia in trauma patients so that their bodies shut down entirely during major surgery, giving doctors more time to perform operations. The technique helps to reduce the damage done to the brain and other organs while the patient’s heart is not beating. It also reduces the need for anaesthetic and life support machines. [telegraph]

Smartphone Smackdown: Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Handsets – In a sneaky late Friday legal filing, Microsoft hit Motorola with a lawsuit over the latter company’s line of Google software-based Android smartphones, which Microsoft claims are in violation of nine patents. Microsoft manufactures Windows-based software for smartphones. The handset maker says it plans to vigorously defend itself. [fastcompany]

Paris Hilton To Show Her Real Life In New TV Show – Paris Hilton is headed back to television — this time in what is billed as a behind the scenes look at the life and friends of the jet-setting socialite and model.The Oxygen television network, which is aimed at young women, has given the go-ahead to a reality series that brings “an all-encompassing look at her life, friends, family, and relationships, all that’s not represented every day.” Look out, Kardashians! [abcnews]

Vatican Condemns Silvio Berlusconi For ‘Deplorable’ Jokes – Never known for his sensivity – and already in trouble for telling a gag about Hitler – the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was today condemned for more ‘deplorable’ jokes.The Italian prime minister was filmed cracking jokes to members of the public which depicted Jews as money-grabbers, mocked the appearance of a female opposition MP and used the Italian language’s most offensive religious oath. Aaah, Silvio.. what a joy you are! [guardian]

16 Year Old Internet Addict Beaten To Death In Chinese Boot Camp – After refusing a direct order, 16 year old Chen Shi was beaten to death at a boot camp for troubled youth in China. And it’s not the first time this has happened to teenage internet addicts. Some boot camps employ the use of electric shock treatment, while others enjoy beating their students with a plastic pipe, a wooden baton, and handcuffs. And parents pay thousands of dollars for this. [gizmodo]

Lady Gaga Getting Married – Lady Gaga wants to tie the knot at a fairytale Christmas wedding in a British castle. The oddball singer has told members of her crew she will get hitched to boyfriend Luc Carl in the UK when her world tour returns in December. And it’s also been claimed the couple want their wedding bands to be like Elvis Presley’s horseshoe ring, and for Dita Von Teese to spring from a cake. Obviously. [thesun]

Russian Company To Build Space Hotel – A Russian company plans to launch a comfortable space hotel for tourists who up to now have shared cramped accommodation with astronauts. The company, Orbital Technologies, plans to launch the first module of the hotel in 2015-16, its chief executive Sergei Kostenko told RIA Novosti news agency. A cosy fit, the first module will measure just 20 cubic metres (706 cubic feet) and have four cabins, designed for up to seven passengers. Nice and snug. [luxuo]

Trump Associate Arrested in Prostitution Bust on World’s Seventh Largest Yacht – The incredible 446-ft. Savarona (follow link), the seventh largest yacht in the world, was the site of a dramatic helicopter raid by police off the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey the other day. New York-based property developer Tevfik Arif, a sometime business partner of Donald Trump, is being questioned by Turkish police as a suspected organizer of an international ring of high-priced prostitutes that operated on the yacht. Yes! [luxist]

Princess Eugenie’s Wild Facebook Page Goes Public – Unlike many royal portraits, these snaps of Princess Eugenie are unlikely to find their way into the National Gallery. But then the younger daughter of the Duke of York has never been what you might call a traditional princess. Whether hamming it up for the camera with her friends or downing shots of spirits on yet another raucous night out, 20-year-old Eugenie is revelling in her reputation as a party animal. [dailymail]

[thanks henk]