Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini Stars In Nature Porn – Since starring in Blue Velvet, Isabella Rossellini has earned a living as a model and actress famed for her exotic beauty. In Green Porno, Sundance Channel’s new series of cellphone-friendly short films, Rossellini singlehandedly re-enacts mating rituals of the dragonfly, spider, bee, praying mantis, worm, snail and housefly by getting it on with cardboard cut-outs. Respect. [wired]

New Zuma Sex Scandal: Just In Time For World Cup! – As the country prepares to welcome a global audience this week for the start of soccer’s World Cup, the media are filled with allegations and gossip of messy affairs in the presidential family.The storm this time centers around the polygamous Zuma’s second wife, Nompumelelo Ntuli, who reportedly became pregnant by her bodyguard. Nicely. [latimes]

Steve Jobs Unveils iPhone 4 – Two months after a prototype for an unreleased version of Apple Inc.’s iconic iPhone went missing in a California bar and wound up on a popular technology gadget blog, Apple’s chief executive finally unveiled the latest iPhone. Dubbed iPhone 4, it contains more than 100 new features, including video calling capabilities, a technology the company is calling “FaceTime.” [financialpost + videos]

State Calls Selebi A “Lying Witness” – The police intercepted the “email” that former chief of police Jackie Selebi showed to convicted drug dealer Glen Agliotti, the state told the South Gauteng High Court on Monday afternoon during closing argument in Selebi’s marathon corruption trial. [mail&guardian]

Drogba Back In The Mix After Surgery – Ivory Coast have received a boost after Didier Drogba underwent successful surgery on his broken arm. Drogba’s hopes of taking part in the World Cup looked to be in peril after he sustained the injury colliding with Japan defender Tulio in a friendly on Friday. [skysports]

Cape Quarter Makes The World Cup A Doddle – Cape Quarter’s position on the Fan Walk, less than 1.5km from the action between soccer teams in the stadium, means that it is the perfect place to start your sporting day, or even book a restaurant table and stay to catch the action on the field while relaxing with a cup of coffee or mug of beer in front of one of the plasma screens. Feel the vibe on their facebook page! [capequarter]

Bernie Madoff Is A Hit In Prison – From the day Bernard Lawrence Madoff, prisoner No. 61727-054, arrived at the softer of Butner’s two medium-security facilities in handcuffs and shackles, his over-the-collar hair shorn close, his rich man’s paunch diminished, he was a celebrity, even if his admirers were now murderers and sex offenders. [nymag]

Gizmodo Rates Cape Town Stadium – Hey, check it out – one of the world’s most respected gadget/tech sites, Gizmodo, has done a feature on Cape town’s World Cup stadium. Why, you ask? Probably because we’re awesome, but also because the stadium holds the world’s largest glass ceiling. No spice! [gizmodo]

The Third Apple Founder – Doesn’t Have A Yacht – That agreement gave him a 10 percent stake in Apple, which would be worth more than $22 billion today if Ron Wayne had held onto it. But he didn’t. Afraid that Jobs’ wild spending and Wozniak’s recurrent “flights of fancy” would cause Apple to flop, he bailed out after 12 days and he agreed to take $800 for his shares. [chicagotribune]

The Sound Of The Biggest Vuvuzela In The World – So you know that big blue vuvuzela which is positioned on thebridgethatendsinthemiddleofnowhere? Ja well they gave it a blast the other. No, I’m not kidding you. Cereal. They played it loud and proud to the whole of Cape Town. No-one recorded it on video. Just kidding, obviously they did, otherwise I wouldn’t have mentioned it. [youtube]

Nokia Unveils Bicycle Powered Phone Charger – The Nokia Bicycle Charger Kit, which can be attached to any bicycle, powers up from the pedaling motion of the bike’s rider. A dynamo–the electricity generator–is powered by the front bicycle wheel as a rider pedals and transfers electricity to a charger attached to the handlebar, which a phone plugs into. Rad. I guess. [cnet]

Two Cape Town Golden Oldies, Gaaning Aan – A reader sent in a link to this lovely website called Crabby Shack. It seems to feature two guys, Jeff and Alf, in their 60’s who call themselves “House Husbands.” The blog takes the form of an ongoing conversation between the two. It’s pretty damn hilarious. They mention the likes of Cape Talk’s John Maytham, so it must be local. [crabbyshack]

Obama Wants To Know Whose “Ass To Kick” – President Barack Obama bluntly defended his administration’s response to the undersea gusher fouling the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, telling an interviewer he has met with experts to learn “whose ass to kick.” [cnn]

Afghanistan Is Officially America’s Longest War – Vietnam was 103 months. U.S. forces attacked Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. On June 7, the war will complete its 104th month. President Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to the war, saying “it is absolutely critical that we dismantle that network of extremists that are willing to attack us.” [usatoday]

[thanks faheem, damien, frans]