Anna Sorokin: Fake German Heiress Sentenced To Up To 12 Years In Prison – A judge has sentenced the fake German heiress Anna Sorokin to four to 12 years in prison for defrauding hotels, restaurants, a private jet operator and banks out of more than $200,000. [guardian]

ANC Holds Slim Majority In Gauteng, KZN – The African National Congress (ANC) has a fight on its hands in the key provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal where by late Thursday night it held a slim majority in each. [iol]

Michael Jackson’s Final Days To Be Explored At Trial Beginning Next Week – A lawsuit brought seven years ago by the singer’s mysterious ex-manager, Tohme Tohme, finally gets tested at trial. Among those scheduled to testify are John Branca, John McClain, Katherine Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, and Tom Barrack Jr. [hollyrep]

US Seizes North Korean Coal Vessel Accused Of Violating Sanctions – US officials allege the ‘Wise Honest’ vessel violated US and UN sanctions by illicitly shipping coal from North Korea. [alja]

Facebook Co-Founder, Chris Hughes, Calls For Facebook To Be Broken Up – The latest call to break up Facebook looks to be the most uncomfortably close to home yet for supreme leader, Mark Zuckerberg. [tc]

Facebook Gets Petulant After Co-Founder’s Call To Break Up The Company – You see, executives at the company awoke this morning to the most unpleasant of news. Specifically, the company’s co-founder Chris Hughes published a thoughtful piece in the New York Times calling for U.S. regulators to break up the company on anti-trust grounds. And, well, Facebook didn’t like that one bit. [mash]

David Beckham Banned From Driving For Using Mobile Phone – David Beckham has been given a six-month driving ban for using his mobile phone while behind the wheel. [bbc]

Hear What Michael Cohen Said On Secret Tapes About Trump – President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen confided a sense of isolation and anger to actor Tom Arnold weeks before the estranged Trump organization fixer reported to federal prison. CNN’s Jake Tapper reports. [cnn]

New Hipster Trend Looks To Be Replacing Herb Gardens – These days, it seems like everyone has a potted herb or two kicking about on their balcony. A new hipster trend is muscling in on that turf, though. [here]

Massive Weapons Cache Seized From Home In Upscale Los Angeles Neighborhood – A massive collection of more than 1,000 firearms were seized from a home in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood on Wednesday. Aerial images showed a large variety of weapons poured across the home’s driveway in Holmby Hills, CBS Los Angeles reported. [cbs]

Ed Sheeran Tops Adele As Stormzy Joins Sunday Times Rich List – Ed Sheeran has doubled his wealth in the last year to rise above Adele with a total worth of £160m, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. [bbc]

Conan O’Brien Joke Theft Lawsuit Settled Before Trial – Alex Kaseberg alleged that ‘Conan’ writers took material posted in tweets and on his blog. [hollyrep]

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature, Review: He’s Desperate To Shock, But Where Are The Laughs? – The sweet smell of super-success hovers around Ricky Gervais at the moment. There was a period, earlier in the decade, when it looked as though perhaps the glory days of Britain’s most successful comedian were behind him. [tele]

Mukesh Ambani Buys Iconic British Toy Store Chain Hamleys – The Hamleys acquisition is the latest in a string of purchases in Ambani’s push into consumer business & will add heft in battle with Amazon & Walmart. [tp]

A Sharp Jump In Mobile Internet Prices Shows The True Value Of Zimbabwe’s Troubled Currency – Zimbabwe’s second biggest mobile operator Netone also hiked its data tariffs to match with the US$:RTGs rate with its popular one fusion for RTGs$10 offering just 180 MB of data. Netone said it price increases have been approved and regulated by Potraz. [qz]

Apple Could Release AirPods 3 Later This Year. Here’s What We Know So Far – It feels like only yesterday that Apple released its second-generation AirPods, and already the rumor mill is going into high gear over another version possibly launching later this year. [mash]

Schick Owner To Buy Shaving Start-Up Harry’s In $1.4bn Deal – Edgewell Personal Care, owner of razor brands Wilkinson Sword and Schick, is to buy shaving start-up Harry’s in a $1.37bn deal as competition intensifies in the male grooming sector. [ft]

Blue Origin: Bezos Company Aims To Take People To Moon By 2024 – The Amazon CEO’s aerospace company is developing rockets for short space tourism trips and satellite launch contracts. [guardian]

Today’s History Lesson – Who Actually Invented Pizza? – Certain great invention stories have a simpler tale – Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone, or Thomas Edison and the light bulb – but the question of who invented pizza is a little more complicated. [here]

Hailey Baldwin Kisses Justin Bieber On The Streets Of New York – After her sister Alaia revealed the couple are ‘very up and down’ with their wedding plans. [dm]

Couple Film Sex Scene Inside Self-Driving Tesla Model X  –  A couple have shot an explicit sex scene while cruising down the highway in a self-driving car. [metro] What a time to be alive..

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