Welcome to 2010, little embryo..

Baby Born From 20-Year-Old Frozen Embryo – Cryopreservation was once the domain of sci-fi novels and B-rate movies. (Think Encino Man.) But it’s increasingly real, as the recent birth of a healthy boy from a frozen embryo created 20 years earlier shows. The birth, which is reported in a study in the online edition of the journal Fertility and Sterility, sets a record. Until now, no embryo frozen for this long has resulted in a live birth. Go science! [popularscience]

Two Porn Companies Postpone Filming After HIV Tests – An actor’s positive HIV test has caused two of the US adult film industry’s largest studios to postpone filming. Wicked Pictures and Vivid Entertainment told The LA Times that production had stopped as a precaution. The unnamed actor was a member of the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation. Oh God, please don’t say it’s Rocco Siffredi! [bbc]

21st Miner Met By Mistress, Not Wife – Yonni Barrios’ piece on the side, Susana Valenzuela, was there to greet him when he came out of the mine, while his wife, Marta Salinas, was not. Marta and Susana nearly came to blows in the camp’s kitchen area. Neither are hot and while this may all sound quite scandalous, you should follow the link to read about the others. One guy has a wife he has not divorced, his current live-in girlfriend, a third woman who claims to have had his son and another who says she is having an affair with him. These guys are true rock stars! [dailymail]

Study Reveals That Pigeons Like To Gamble – Birds given the chance to play a pigeon ”fruit machine” could not resist the lure of the jackpot – even when the odds were stacked against them. They appeared to be psychologically hooked in much the same way as humans who buy lottery tickets and visit casinos. Researchers set up an apparatus to test pigeon gambling tendencies with similarities to human slot machines. The rest is fact! [telegraph]

Joan Collins Reckons Jennifer Aniston Is Average – Joan Collins has warned that the age of the classic Hollywood beauty is over. She said now the public were ‘starved of gorgeous people’ compared to the golden age of film which was dominated by beauties such as Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly. “I mean, there’s Angelina Jolie and there’s… Angelina Jolie. ‘Jennifer Aniston is cute, but I wouldn’t call her beautiful.” Lag! [dailymail]

ANC Youth League Child Loses His Bodyguards – Police bodyguards assigned to African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema have been withdrawn following a new threat assessment, police spokesperson Colonel Vishnu Naidoo said on Wednesday. Good. [mail&guardian]

Chile Mine Rescue Gives The World ‘Super Mario‘ – Jubilation may have met the first man pulled from the collapsed Chilean mine shaft, but it was the second man rescued whose image was splashed across news websites. Wearing sunglasses and looking more like a rock star than a miner, Mario Sepulveda, 39, punched the air after being winched up. He embraced a clearly elated Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and led the crowd in rousing chants. Welcome, Super Mario! [cnn]

Paris Hilton Gets Another Intruder – Paris Hilton’s security team was tested once again after a man managed to sneak past the guarded gate of her Los Angeles home and proceed to her front door on his bike. He took his 10-speed up to the front door of the heiress’ home and proceeded to knock on the door. James Rainford is being held on $20,000 bail. His bike was a 10-speed, you say? [cbsnews]

Mosque Defaced With Bacon – A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the FBI to investigate a possible bias motive for the defacement of a South Carolina mosque with bacon, a food prohibited to Muslims. Someone defaced the Florence Islamic Center on Sunday by using slices of bacon to spell out the words “PIG CHUMP” on the walkway of the mosque. Not ideal. [kansascity]

Apple Patents Anti-Sexting Device – Yesterday the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent Apple filed in 2008, which, get this, prevents users from sending or receiving “objectionable” text messages. The patent’s official title? “Text-based communication control for personal communication device” which actually doesn’t use the pretty ridiculous noun/verb “Sexting,” but come on, we all know what they mean. [techcrunch]

Humpback Whale Swims 6,200 Miles, Breaks Mammal Migration Record – It wasn’t love. It could have been adventure. Or maybe she just got lost.It remains a mystery why a female humpback whale swam thousands of miles from the reefs of Brazil to the African island of Madagascar, which researchers believe is the longest single trip ever undertaken by a mammal – humans excluded. Quite mean. [huffers]

David Arquette Banged Someone Else And It Made Him Feel ‘Manly’ – After the sad news that David Arquette and Courteney Cox have split comes a surprising admission from the Friends star’s partner. David phoned up a radio station to discuss the separation, and told the host he had been intimate with waitress and aspiring actress Jasmine Waltz (pictured below). It happened “maybe one time, maybe twice… (it) made me pretty feel manly,” he told US DJ Howard Stern. [hellomagazine]

The Arts Become Monaco’s Newest Luxury Goods – A new opera and a couple of new exhibitions in spanking new museums have opened here in recent days, evidence of Monaco’s latest bid for cultural prestige. The opera was mostly a private venture, but the museums belong to the principality, where lately Princess Caroline, a longtime champion of culture, has settled again and is making the arts a priority. [newyorktimes]

Purple Is In – Deal With It – “I am in love with purple- If I had an oscar event to attend this week and was in need of a dress it would definitely be Purple! It’s not the hottest colour for Aut /Winter 2011 but it definitely is the colour for 2010. Naturally we have two months to play around with it girls, I intend to make the most of it!” [popyacollar]

A Week In Provence – Autumn ’10 – “Winter is on its way. The walnut trees are shedding their fruit and then their leaves. We are starting to wade through piles of leaves. The vines are turning different shades of green as they progress towards a bright yellow and then baldness. We’re back. The houses and gardens have survived the season with some routine maintenance to do and bunker down for the long winter ahead.” [livingstylishlywell]

[thanks carryn]