Weinstein Accuser Asia Argento Made Deal To Pay Her Own Sexual Assault Accuser, Bombshell Report Says – Actress Asia Argento, one of the first prominent women to accuse disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, agreed to pay $380,000 to an actor who accused her of sexually assaulting him when he was 17 years old, The New York Times reported Sunday night. [fox]
Kofi Annan Dead At 80: Former UN Secretary-General Dies – Tributes are flowing for Kofi Annan, who rose through the ranks of the UN to become its first black African secretary-general, after his death. [newsau]
Michael Cohen Is Reportedly Being Investigated For Over $20 Million In Bank Fraud – Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, is being investigated for more than $20 million in bank fraud, according to a New York Times report Sunday evening. [busins]
Omarosa: Trump Wants ‘A Race War’ – “He had his agenda and that agenda did not include advancing and uniting the African-American community.” [huff]
Imran Khan Ditches Hundreds Of Servants As Part Of Pakistan Austerity Drive – In first speech to nation, new PM urges rich to pay taxes and to help wean country off loans and foreign aid. [guardian]
Saudi PIF In Talks To Invest In Aspiring Tesla Rival Lucid – PIF, the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund that Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk has said could help him fund a $72 billion deal to take his electric car maker private, is in talks to invest in aspiring Tesla rival Lucid Motors Inc, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. [reuters]
Failure To File Your Taxes Could Land You A Criminal Record – Last moth SARS drew a line in the sand, publicly shaming 10 tax offenders. Turns out they can do a lot worse. [here]
Elon Musk, In A 2:30 Am Tweet, Tells Arianna Huffington He Can’t Slow Down – One entrepreneur to another, Arianna Huffington has some advice for Elon Musk. But he’s not buying it. [cnn]
Commission Of Inquiry In To State Capture To Begin – The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture is scheduled to begin on Monday and many key witnesses expected to testify. [n24]
Kevin Spacey Film Billionaire Boys Club Makes Just R1,833 On Opening Day – The veteran actor was last year accused of sexually assaulting dozens of young men in the US and the UK since the 1980s. [sky]
New York Art Dealer Who Bought “A Bunch of Junk” Strikes Gold – If you’ve ever watched ‘Storage Hunters’, you’ll know that snapping up someone’s junk comes with risk attached. Sometimes, though, you come out smiling. [here]
Violent Crime Spikes By 50% On Hot Days, New South African Research Shows – A new study shows a strong link between hot days and violent crime. [busins]
Priyanka Chopra And Nick Jonas’ Engagement Party Photos Will Give You Serious FOMO – Nick Jonas is in India right now with his fiancée, Priyanka Chopra, celebrating their engagement. Following yesterday’s romantic engagement ceremony, Chopra and Jonas partied the night away with their closest friends and family, and the photos will give you serious FOMO. [harp]
‘Dumb Phone’ Sales On The Rise As Smartphone Users Hope To Switch Off – Mobile handsets that simply make calls are being marketed as an escape from constantly being connected to social media and apps. [sky]
Just a note for everyone who uses the phrase/acronym FOMO as they have above – this in incorrect. How can you have ‘Fear Of Missing Out’ After the event? Perhaps SAHMO would make more sense – Sad Having Missed Out? THINK, people!
Sacha Baron Cohen Tries To Convince Howard Dean Hillary Clinton Has A ‘Penis’ – In the penultimate episode of ‘Who Is America?’ there was no sign of Sarah Palin, but we did get some awkward interactions with liberals Jill Stein and Howard Dean. [beast]
British Woman ‘Lucky To Be Alive’ After Falling From Cruise Ship And Surviving 10 Hours In Adriatic Sea – A British woman has said she feels lucky to be alive, having been rescued 10 hours after falling from a cruise ship into the sea off Croatia. [tele]
Hailey Baldwin Flaunts R7m Engagement Ring – As she cuddles up to fiance Justin Bieber. [dm]
Crazy Rich Asians Tops US Box Office In Weekend Debut – Crazy Rich Asians beat expectations to take the top spot at the US box office on its opening weekend. [bbc]
The 10 Most Beautiful Destinations On Earth – By The World’s Greatest Photographers – Billions of pictures swirl around the world every minute of every day. It takes patience, skill and experience, as well as a creative mind and a good eye, to take incredible photos that stand out from the digital maelstrom and make people stop and look. [tele]
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