Cameron’s Dad’s House Is For Sale – You may remember the amazing Ben Rose home from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” The scene: Cameron has a breakdown when he returns his dad’s Ferrari and discovers that hundreds of miles have been added to the odometer. The car ends up crashing through the beautiful, glass-enclosed, mid-century garage and is destroyed.Now, the infamous Highland Park home is for sale–and the garage is good as new. [huffpo]

‘Baker Street’ / ‘Stuck In The Middle’ Singer Gerry Rafferty Dies – Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty has died at the age of 63 after suffering a long illness. His career high came in the 1970s and included the anthemic Baker Street and Stuck in the Middle with You, recorded with his band Stealers Wheel. Rafferty had battled a drink problem and spent time in hospital in Bournemouth with liver failure. Having begun his musical career as a busker on the London Underground, his hit song Baker Street was reputed to have earned him £80,000 a year in royalties. [bbc]

Internet Surpasses Television As Main News Source For Young Adults – The Internet is now the main national and international news source for people ages 18 to 29 in the US, a study from the Pew Research Center reports. In 2010, 65% of people younger than 30 cited the Internet as their go-to source for news, nearly doubling from 34% in 2007. The number who consider television as their main news source dropped from 68% to 52% during that time. [mashable]

Romeo Beckham: The Most Stylish Eight-Year Old In Britain – Jude Law might need to up his game, while Prince William didn’t stand a chance: both have been ‘up-styled’ by eight-year-old Romeo Beckham in GQ’s 50 most stylish men in Britain list. The sartorial statements made by the young Beckham over the past year meant he firmly landed on GQ’s style radar, who celebrated him as: “A frighteningly tuned-in (and well-connected) eight-year-old.” [telegraph]

More Birds Fall From The Sky In The US – The second unexplained mass bird death within a week has been discovered in the southern United States, this time in the state of Louisiana, officials said on Tuesday. The latest incident affected about 500 birds which were discovered dead in Pointe Coupee Parish. An investigation was underway into the cause of the deaths, which occurred just a few days after thousands of birds were discovered dead in neighbouring Arkansas. [news24]

Justin Bieber Gets Vanity Fair Cover – “I’m crazy, I’m nuts,” Justin Bieber tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson. “Just the way my brain works. I’m not normal. I think differently—my mind is always racing. I’m just … nuts. But I think the best [musicians] probably are.” – Every kid thinks they’re so much more different and special than any other kid. You are not a unique snowflake. [vanityfair]

New Airline Seeks Licence To Operate In Local Market – A NEW airline flying between Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg may grace SA’s skies this year, adding to competition in a sector traded by at least three budget airlines and South African Airways. Very little is known about the backers of Durban-based Velvet Sky, however, there is the website www.velvetsky.co.za that proclaims, “The countdown has begun” [businessday]

Taylor Swift And Jake Gyllenhaal Are Overs – Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal are starting 2011 single. “They’re over,” a source said about the short-lived relationship. “It ended last month.” No reason was given for a split, and the stars reps didn’t have immediate comment, but the two spent the holidays – and their birthdays – apart. Swift, 21, rang in 2011 in Nashville, solo, at a party, while Gyllenhaal, 30, was in New York. Hmm, 30 and 21… Could that be the issue? [people]

Thieves Steal SIM Cards From Traffic Lights – The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) suspects that a syndicate is stealing SIM cards from the city’s hi-tech traffic lights, and using them to run up phone bills. More than 400 of the city’s 600 hi-tech traffic lights — which use a SIM card, modem and GPS system to send and receive information — have been damaged. I wonder what network they’re on.. [mail&guardian]

Australian Floods Have Further Element Of Danger – Residents of an Australian city cut off by some of the country’s worst flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the water, and not just because of the risk of being swept away: Debris, snakes and even crocodiles could also pose a danger. Large parts of the coastal city of Rockhampton were under water Tuesday. The waters were still rising, with the 75,000-strong population bracing for the floods’ expected peak in the next 24 hours. [abcnews]

F1’s New Drivers With Money – Jarno Trulli believes wealth is becoming too important as the remaining spaces on the Formula 1 grid fill up for 2011.For the coming season, the likes of Nico Hulkenberg and Nick Heidfeld are facing the prospect of sitting on the sidelines, as respected teams including Williams and Sauber opt instead for race drivers with significant financial backing. So you’re saying there’s a chance? [wheels24]

Hugh Hefner Responds To Jive-Talking Bunnies – Engaged to be married again, Hugh Hefner faced complaints from an ex-girlfriend. He talks about his Viagra habits, his aversion to condoms—and his love for his bride-to-be. “Self-serving semi-fiction!” says Hefner. He’s talking about a former girlfriend’s tawdry memoir of life in the Playboy Mansion, splashed this past weekend in London’s Daily Mail just as Hef, 84, was happily announcing plans to marry his current flame, a nubile 24-year-old named Crystal Harris. [dailybeast]

Man Pays R3 Million For Croissant – A Taiwan scam victim paid 12 million Taiwan dollars for a croissant which he never got to eat, a newspaper said Tuesday. The company executive, identified by his last name Chiu, fell for an internet ad promoting ‘French bread which is so delicious that it will make you cry.’ The photo showing a crispy croissant convinced Chiu to transmit 99 Taiwan dollars ($3) to the ‘bakery’ through a cash machine. That’s when things started going wrong. [beijingnews]

Did Michael Jackson Kill Himself? – Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s personal doctor will argue that he killed himself with a drug overdose, prosecutors claimed ahead of a pre-trial hearing Tuesday into the pop icon’s death. The case centres on the role of Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist who faces charges of involuntary manslaughter over the June 25, 2009 death of the “King of Pop.” [timeslive]

Meg Ryan And John Mellencamp, Sitting In A Tree.. – The new year brings new beginnings for Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp. The pair have spent time together on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City in recent days, enjoying a fresh romance just as Mellencamp has announced his separation from wife Elaine after 18 years of marriage. Sometimes love don’t feel like it should – you make it hurt so good. [people]

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