Monaco Insists Charlene Is Not A Runaway Bride – Monaco’s palace went into P.R. overdrive on Tuesday, squelching rumors that princess-to-be Charlene Wittstock had turned into a runaway bride. French newspaper L’express printed a story last week claiming that Wittstock tried to flee the country and head home to South Africa. [huffpo]

Google Launches Facebook Rival – Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook, which now claims more than 500m users. Google+ allows individuals to share photos, messages and comments but also integrates the company’s maps and images into the service. [bbc]

Christine Lagarde Named IMF Chief – Christine Lagarde has become the head of the International Monetary Fund, its board confirmed following a meeting in Washington. The French finance minister is the first woman to hold the post. She takes over from Dominique Strauss-Kahn, beginning her five-year term on 5 July. [guardian]

Sharapova Through To Wimbledon Semis – For exactly one hour of excellence, Sharapova played—and sounded—exactly the way she did when she was a teenager, when it seemed nothing could stop her. Simply put, Sharapova dominated 24th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time since 2006. [mb]

Shia LaBeouf Was Tapping Megan Fox On Transformers Set – The actor refuses to go into great detail about the much-rumoured romance and has no idea if Fox was dating her now-husband Brian Austin Green at the time – but he has revealed that something was going on behind the scenes on the first two action blockbusters. [smh]

Microsoft Enters The Cloud – Microsoft Corp made its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of “cloud” computing on Tuesday, taking the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office software suite. [yahoo]

Malema Is Right, You Know – The reaction to Malema’s land-grab and nationalisation rhetoric during the ANC Youth League’s recent congress was predictable. With a few notable exceptions, it has also been wrong. Because Malema is quite right. [dailymaverick]

Farmville / Angry Birds Creators Expected To Make Billions – Online social game company Zynga plans to raise $1.5 billion to $2 billion in an initial public offering and could file paperwork with U.S. regulators as soon as Wednesday, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. [reuters]

David Duchovny And Tea Leoni Split – David Duchovny and Tea Leoni have separated, a rep for the actress confirms to Gossip Cop. This is not the first time Duchovny and Leoni have separated. Around the time the “Californication” star entered rehab for sex addiction in 2008, it was revealed the two had gone their separate ways. [gossipcop]

Hackers Take Down Mastercard – Hackers have attacked MasterCard’s website in protest of the company’s blockade of WikiLeaks. “MasterCard.com DOWN!!!, thats what you get when you mess with @wikileaks @Anon_Central and the enter community of lulz loving individuals :D,” tweeted @ibomhacktivis. [mashable]

Thatcher Handbag Goes For £25,000 – A handbag that once belonged to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was sold for £25,000 at auction at Christie’s in London Monday. Thatcher frequently used the black Asprey bag on important occasions, such as summits with then US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during her 1979-1990 premiership. [luxuo]

The Quentin Tarantino Toe-Sucking Sex Email That Will Haunt Your Dreams – A young woman who works in show business emailed 15 friends last week with a tale about meeting director Quentin Tarantino at a party. She made out with him, took sexy pictures in a photo booth, and watched him whip out his “short,” “fat,” “nub-like” penis. She then had foot fetish quasi-sex with him, she claims. [gawker]

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