Lisa-Marie Presley And Michael Jackson
Lisa-Marie Talks About Jackson To Oprah – “I didn’t understand my relationship with him,” Presley admitted of how she felt when she was with the King of Pop from 1994 to 1996.She realizes now why people though their relationship was a sham.. “To some degree, he was a master at manipulating a little bit with the media. I understand that nobody really knew who I was. They just assumed I was going along with something he would be doing.” [popeater]
Barrack Obama And Steve Jobs Shoot The Breeze – President Obama met Thursday with Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, said. Mr. Obama met with Mr. Jobs right at his hotel outside San Francisco, just after landing in the Bay area on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Gibbs said Mr. Obama had been interesting in talking with Mr. Jobs about the economy and a number of other issues, including education, innovation and technology. I bet he did. [newyorktimes]
Burberry Reaches Two Million Fans On Facebook – Burberry crossed a social media threshold this week: earning two million fans on Facebook.The British company has invested heavily in its online platforms and digital marketing strategy and has quickly risen to become luxury’s digital darling. Burberry regularly posts product announcements, photos, and even acoustic performances on the social networking site. [luxuo]
Watch NASA Build The Next Mars Rover – Space enthusiasts can now watch a Mars rover being built at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory thanks to a well-positioned webcam. The “Curiosity Cam,” which is located in the viewing gallery above the clean-room floor where the rover is being assembled, launched this week. Technicians wear head-to-toe white smocks, aka “bunny suits,” complete with boots, facemasks and gloves. It’s the real deal. [wired]
Federer Level With Sampras – Roger Federer won the 64th trophy of his glittering career Sunday, levelling with Pete Sampras in the title Pantheon after a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Florian Mayer at the Stockholm Open. The victory in 63 minutes was particularly pleasing for the Swiss world number two, who now has a few days off before tackling the outside duties which come with his position as top seed from November 1 at his home Swiss Indoors in Basel. [afp]
Ferrari Wins In Korea – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso won a rain-drenched and chaotic Korean 2010 GP to seize the F1 championship lead on Sunday after both his Red Bull rivals failed to finish.In an inaugural race that was delayed by a downpour, started, stopped again and then re-started behind the safety car after a 48-minute wait, the Spaniard could scarcely believe his good fortune. [wheels24]
Matt Damon Welcomes Daughter Number 4 – Luciana and Matt Damon confirmed that they welcomed daughter number four, Stella Zavala Damon, on Wednesday in NYC! She joins big sisters Gia, Isabella, and Alexia, and according to Matt’s rep, “Mom and baby are both healthy. . . The whole family is thrilled.” Hah – one-up on the Woods, Wolffs and Weixelbaumers! [popsugar]
Baby Think Twice – Twins For Celine Dion! – The singer, 42, gave birth to fraternal twin boys on Saturday at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. “Celine, René and their son René-Charles are thrilled,” says her rep. One of the babies weighed in at 5 lbs., 4 oz., with the other at 5 lbs., 10 oz. We should all play her song Think Twice as loud as possible. All week. It’s the right thing to do. [people]
Google Grabbed Emails, URLs And Passwords – Google has publicly acknowledged that the WiFi data collected by its world-roving Street View cars contained entire emails, URLs, and passwords. On Friday afternoon, with a blog post, senior vice president of engineering Alan Eustace also said – yet again – that most of the data is “fragmentary,” and that the company intends to delete the data “as soon as possible.” [theregister]
Shock Claim About 1994 Vote – The results of South Africa’s first free election were tampered with to boost the tally of three opposition parties, including apartheid’s last rulers, excerpts of a book published on Sunday said. Birth: The Conspiracy to Stop the ’94 Election, by former electoral commission official Peter Harris, details the untraceable breach as South Africa waited on the edge of violence as the poll results trickled in. Surely not? Shock. Horror. [news24]
Woman Marries Herself – Chen Wei-yih has posed for a set of photos in a flowing white dress, enlisted a wedding planner and rented a banquet hall for a marriage celebration with 30 friends. But there is no groom. Chen will marry herself. Uninspired by the men she’s met but facing social pressure to get married, the 30-year-old Taipei office worker will hold the reception next month in honor of just one person. [reuters]
Katy Perry And Russell Brand Are Married – After reports surfaced weeks ago that Katy Perry and Russell Brand were planning to marry in India, the wedding of Perry and Brand finally took place on Saturday in a private ceremony at India’s Amaan-i-Khas resort. According to Reuters, Katy Perry and Russell Brand were married on Saturday in a traditional Hindu ceremony. Apparently there were elephants and all sorts of shit went down. [thedeadbolt]
Liam Neeson Replacing Mel Gibson In The Hangover – Liam Neeson will replace Mel Gibson as the tattoo artist in The Hangover Part II. Gibson was cast then let go from the part, described as “pivotal” to the movie by those who have read the script. Gibson’s casting, when made public earlier this week, triggered an internal backlash at the studio and on the film set. [hollywoodreporter]
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