Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis Have Officially Split – After months of speculation Johnny Depp’s spokeswoman has confirmed that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star and his longtime girlfriend,Vanessa Paradis, have officially split up. [abcnews]

SA Fans Outraged At Lady Gaga Online Ticket Sales Fiasco – AFTER a disastrous first day of online bookings for US pop star Lady Gaga’s summer shows in South Africa, organisers finally gave in to pressure and reverted to the tried and tested method of selling tickets over the counter. Follow link to find out when to buy. [timeslive]

The US And Israel Developed The ‘Flame’ Computer Virus – The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort. Wow. Bond would be impressed. [washpo]

Peter De Villiers Beaten By ‘Mummy Porn’ – Interest in erotic romance is growing uncontrollably in South Africa. The ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy has been dominating book sales. This week, the books were at number one, two and four on Exclusive Books’ bestseller list. Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers’ Politically Incorrect was in third place. [timeslive]

Adidas Withdraws ‘Slave’ Shoes – Adidas has cancelled plans for a training shoe with a shackle-like ankle cuff after critics said it resembled a symbol of slavery. The JS Roundhouse Mid, a hi-top shoe with an orange plastic cuff, was made in collaboration with the fashion designer Jeremy Scott. [guardian]

WikiLeaks’ Assange Seeks Asylum At Ecuador Embassy – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations. [reuters]

Debt Crisis: Spain And Italy To Be Bailed Out In £600bn Deal – European leaders are poised to announce a £600 billion deal to bail out Spain and Italy, it emerged at the G20 summit on Tuesday night. [telegraph]

Latest Samsung Galaxy Phone Aims For Stars But Falls Short – The Galaxy S III is Samsung’s most ambitious smartphone yet, and it serves as a testament to the company’s growing stature as a premium handset maker. However, the S III isn’t quite an iPhone killer, nor does it dethrone the One X as the best Android handset. [wired]

Egypt’s Ex-President Mubarak ‘Close To Death’ – Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak is close to death, conflicting previous state news agency reports that he was “clinically dead.” The 84-year-old is said to have had a stroke and was moved from prison to life support in an army hospital, where he is believed to be in a coma and on life support, according to Egyptian military sources. [alarabiya]

Spotify Mobile Internet-Radio Service Will Challenge Pandora – Spotify Ltd., the music-streaming service, is adding a free radio feature in the U.S. that will compete with Pandora Media Inc. (P) for listeners on mobile devices. [bloomberg]

No R17m Beyoncé Deal: Sport – The sport and recreation department has denied paying R17m for United States singer Beyoncé Knowles to perform at the sports awards later this year. “No contract of R17m has been signed,” the department’s director general Alec Moemi said on Tuesday. “This is a fabrication.” [sport24]

Filthy Rich Tech Mogul Hosts ‘Let Them Eat Cake’-Themed Party Featuring Snoop Dogg – If you ask people in Silicon Valley about the dismal job market they’ll laugh and say, “What’s ‘job market’? A new mobile social networking app?” then pull a quick 360 on a Segway powered by seaweed smoothies. [gawker]

US Public Anxious About Drones – The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling US skies by the end of this decade is raising the spectre of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. [news24]

Alec Baldwin Punches Daily News Photographer – after obtaining marriage license in New York with fiancee Hilaria Thomas. ‘I knew he was going to attack me. I stepped back, and he kept coming,’ says News lensman. Click for pics. [dailynews]

Kony 2012 People Threaten To Sue Students – The makers of the viral Kony 2012 video have sent a cease and desist letter to a group of graduate students who created an online parody of the campaign. [cnews]

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