Demi Moore Announces Divorce From Ashton Kutcher – Demi Moore is ending her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, she told The Associated Press on Thursday. Moore, 49, and Kutcher, 33, were wed in September 2005. The couple’s relationship became tabloid fodder in recent months as rumors swirled about Kutcher’s alleged infidelity. [associated]

Ashton Kutcher Tweets About Divorce – Following the news that Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are getting divorced, Ashton took to twitter – where he wrote “I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK.” This newly-single guy is going to have a field day in Hollywood. [chime]

Erection Pills And Condoms Found In Deceased Judge’s Robe – Erection tablets and a box of condoms were found in a pocket of a dead judge’s court robes, the Western Cape High Court heard on Thursday. Joy Ely-Hanslo, secretary to acting Judge Patrick Maqubela, told the court of her shock when she found the pills and the condoms whilst emptying the pockets of the robes. [news24]

Cape Town Loses Saracens Heineken Cup Game – English rugby club Saracens says it will no longer hold a Heineken Cup rugby match in Cape Town in January. The club said in a statement on Thursday that the game would be played in London after conflict arose between the Western Province Rugby Union and the City of Cape Town. Well done, guys. [iol]

Branson’s Virgin Buys UK Bank Northern Rock – Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Money is to buy Northern Rock for £747m, the first sale of a British government bank holding since the 2008 financial crisis. Virgin Money will pay nearly £400m less than the sum invested by the UK government in Northern Rock. The sale price is lower than the bank’s book value of £1,1bn at the end of June. [bizday]

White House Slams Benetton Kissing Ads – The White House yesterday slammed a new Benetton advertising campaign showing US President Barack Obama kissing Chinese and Venezuelan leaders smack on the lips. “The White House has a longstanding policy disapproving of the use of the president’s name and likeness for commercial purposes,” spokesman Eric Schultz told AFP, speaking of the adverts which have also triggered a protest from the Vatican. [ecotimes]

Maharaj Accuses Mail & Guardian Of Invoking Fears Of Censorship – Following the Mail & Guardian’s forced suppression of a report about presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj, he released a brief statement on Thursday night accusing the paper of seeking “to hide its complicity in criminal acts by raising the spectre of a threat to media freedom and invoking fears of censorship”. [mail&guardian]

LA Sheriff Re-Opens Natalie Wood Drowning Case – Hollywood icon Natalie Wood, star of “Splendor in the Grass” and “Rebel Without a Cause,” ended up drowning in the Pacific Ocean in the middle of the night in 1981 under what many believe was suspicious circumstances. Now, Los Angeles police believe they have enough information to reopen the investigation into her death. [cbsnews]

LVMH Launches Luxury Yacht Business In India – LVMH Group’s yacht-building firm Princess has announced formal entry into India and is aiming to sell up to five luxury boats in the next year. Smallest of these yachts cost INR40million ($790,000) while at the higher end, the price can go up to INR300million ($6,000,000). [luxuo]

Skype Adds Facebook Video Chatting To Software – Internet phone service Skype said Thursday that it will let users of its software make video calls to their Facebook friends and receive them, too. The free feature, released Thursday in a “beta” test version of Skype’s software for Macs and PCs, expands on an existing partnership between the companies. [msnbc]

Markets Slide Further On Eurozone Fears – Share prices in the US and Asia have slipped further on anxiety at the seemingly unsolvable eurozone crisis. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was down 1.6%, while South Korea’s Kospi fell 2%, following a sharp sell-off on Wall Street overnight. On Thursday, Spain’s borrowing cost at an auction of 10-year bonds was almost 7% – a level seen as unsustainable. [bbc]

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