L’Oréal’s Julia Roberts And Christy Turlington Ad Campaigns Banned – L’Oréal has been forced to pull ad campaigns featuring Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington, after the advertising watchdog upheld complaints by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that the images were overly airbrushed. [guardian]

SA Population Tops 50 Million – South Africa’s population has passed the 50 million mark, according to latest mid-year population estimates released by Statistics SA on Wednesday. The agency estimates the country’s population has now reached 50.59 million people, based on the 2001 census. [news24]

The Internet Is “Just As Bad As Cigarettes” – A study which challenged adults to go without the Internet for one day shows that 53 percent felt “upset” when they couldn’t access the Internet for a period of time. A small UK behavioral research firm, Intersperience, conducted a study on how humans deal with the absence of the “I” word, and found that without the Internet, 40 percent of participants felt “lonely.” [ibtimes]

‘Entourage’ House Sells For $4.2 Million – The gated Tuscan Villa that was the TV home for Vincent Chase and the boys on Season 7 of the hit HBO show “Entourage” has been sold for $4.2 million, according to public records. The 9,010-square-foot house first came on the market in 2010 at $5.75 million before taking a haircut to $4.85 million. [aol]

The Man Without A Facebook – Everyone knows that if you’re not friends on Facebook, you ain’t friends in real life. Well, everyone aside from the emotionally stunted, that is — which is the message behind parody trailer, The Man Without a Facebook. The mini film is an obvious play on The Man Without a Face. Check it out. [mashable]

The Final Amy Winehouse Interview – In March this year, I did what turned out to be the last interview with Amy Winehouse. We didn’t talk about drugs, or rehab, or her unhappy love life, or cancelled tours and interrupted recording sessions. It wasn’t about her well-publicised troubles at all. It was about music, about jazz and singing, the things that really motivated her, the things that made her great. [telegraph]

President Of Bolivia Worried About US Cocaine Setup – Bolivia’s president told CNN en Español Wednesday that he remains afraid that the United States government is plotting against him. “The United States, as a global power, has all the experience of creating setups,” President Evo Morales said. He said he was worried U.S. authorities would plant cocaine on his presidential plane while he attended the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York. [cnn]

Paris And Lindsay Are Friends Again – First they were friends. Then they were enemies. And now, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are party partners again! Just last weekend, Paris invited Linds to her Malibu beach bash and L.L. accepted. Guests at the soiree were very surprised to see her. So why did the girls kiss and make up? Bet you can’t wait to find out!  [eonline]

French Palace Website Hacked – Under the formal banner introducing the site, a cartoon image of the French president was pictured on a go-kart heading towards the gates of the palace. For each click on a Facebook ‘like’ button beside the game, the French leader moved one step closer out into the street. The instructions to the game read: “The more you click, the faster we can get little Nicolas out!” [telegraph]

Teenage Girls In Cameroon Get Their Breasts Ironed – A nationwide campaign is under way in Cameroon to discourage the widespread practice of “breast ironing”. This involves pounding and massaging the developing breasts of young girls with hot objects to try to make them disappear. [bbc]

Remains Of Man Missing For 27 Years Found In Bank Chimney – Joseph Schexnider, who was 22, disappeared from the town of Abbeville in January 1984, after missing a court hearing over charges of possessing a stolen vehicle. Human remains were discovered with a pair of gloves, a cigarette lighter, a watch and a wallet in a chimney during renovations carried out to Abbeville National Bank. [telegraph]

Vogue Italia Names Rihanna ‘Woman Of The Year’ – Vogue Italia wants Rihanna to feel like the only girl in the world. The magazine has named the 23-year-old “S&M” singer Woman of the Year, calling her the “undisputed best contender to the role of queen of pop” in a blog post last week. “Her career has always been based on the cunning use of sexiness and provocation,” the fashion mag said, lauding her for being “independent and energetic” role model. [nydailynews]

Denise Richards Dishes On Lesbian Experience – Playing to a lot of people’s fantasies, “Wild Things” star Denise Richards dished on her lesbian experience on an appearance on Howard Stern Tuesday night. The ex-wife of Charlie Sheen goes into details about the affair in her new tell-all book, “The Real Girl Next Door.” “I just met her through friends and work and stuff… I was just curious. We were curious,” she tells Stern. [huffpo]

Thursday Is “Vote For Table Mountain” Day – Table Mountain is at the bottom of the final 28, in the running to be one of the new seven wonders of nature. Table Mountain needs YOU to vote at least every Thursday. We need 30 million votes to make the final 7.  You can vote on the website or by SMSing the word ‘table’ to 34874 (SMS cost R2). You can vote once on the website and as many times as you want on SMS. come on, gang, let’s do this thing!  [votefortablemountain.com]

Cape Royale Hotel “30 Days Of Giveaways” – Three Days Left! – Cape Royale Luxury Hotel and Spa is offering all Facebook members a chance to win prizes in their daily giveaways. Prizes include spa treatments and products, dinners, accommodation and even a helicopter flip! In order to enter the competition all you have to do is “like” their Facebook page and see what our daily competition entails.  [facebook]

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