Kebble Hitman – Mikey Schultz
Kebble Murder Trail Begins – Glenn Agliotti’s advocate cornered boxer and hit man Mikey Schultz in the South Gauteng High Court on Monday afternoon, forcing him to admit that he had no direct knowledge of Agliotti’s involvement in the murder of Brett Kebble. Schultz testified that all his instructions and knowledge on the Kebble murder and other matters Agliotti is charged for came from Clinton Nassif, Brett Kebble’s former chief of security. [mail&guardian]
Awesome Manhattan Restaurant Brawl [Video] – Look, no one really enjoys a fight in a restaurant, but you gotta love how things escalate from nothing. Here we see a verbal argument in a New York Mexican restaurant, turn into a full-on brawl, with chairs and fists flying. Oh, and a chain – the one okes is winding a big thick long chain. No spice. Reminds me of my experience dealing with the checkout at Incredible Connection. [huffers]
Tycoon Spends $2.6m On Champagne In St. Tropez – In what could be called as a lavish fight, a pair of rival billionaires set a new world record at a French nightclub to see who could order the most champagne. Zhen Low – the younger brother of big-spending Malaysian billionaire Jho Low – squared off against Winston Fisher of the prominent New York real-estate family Thursday night at Les Caves du Roy nightclub in St. Tropez. The bill? A staggering 2 million euros, or $2.6 million, according to an announcement made at the club. [luxuo]
iPad Owners Are ‘Selfish Elites.’ Critics Are ‘Independent Geeks.’ – Consumer research firm MyType conducted the study, in which opinions of 20,000 people were analyzed between March and May. The firm’s conclusion was that iPad owners tend to be wealthy, sophisticated, highly educated and disproportionately interested in business and finance, while they scored terribly in the areas of altruism and kindness. In other words, “selfish elites.” Nice! [wired]
Crowdsource Your Relationship Issues – So you and your honey are fighting yet again: he won’t take out the trash; she hates your parents; he grinds his teeth; she doesn’t like Chinese food and you LOVE Chinese food and she’s being so selfish because you SO wanted Chinese food for dinner. You know, the usual. These fights rarely have a winner – but we all would love a final independent decision! That’s where CouplesSpark comes in. Pure genius. [mashable]
Jon Bon Jovi Pissed Off He Didn’t Make Forbes List – Jon Bon Jovi is furious that he failed to make it onto two widely followed 2010 Forbes magazine top celebrity lists. The singer was left off the much-publicized “Power 100” roster of the world’s most powerful celebrities in June topped by Oprah Winfrey. Then he was aghast when he didn’t make it onto the “Musicians’ Rich List,” led by rival rockers U2 last week. [nypost]
Fellow Inmates Taunting Lindsay Lohan – Calling Her ‘FireCrotch’ – Lindsay Lohan reportedly threw a hissy fit and was placed in isolation after several inmates taunted her. “Some of the inmates in our ward, some of the tougher ones, were yelling ‘fire crotch’ at her,” a prisoner released from the Lynwood, Calif., lockup told Britain’s Daily Mirror. “They just started chanting it at her. Lindsay didn’t say nothing. She was crying though.” [nydailynews]
Meteorite Lands On Cricket Pitch During Match – When two spectators standing on the boundary at a cricket match saw an object hurtling down from the sky, their first instinct might have been to applaud.. However Jan Marszel, 51, and Richard Haynes, 52, were not witnessing a six, but an extremely rare meteor strike. The rock, a few inches long and believed to be up to 4.5 billion years old, broke in two when it hit the ground in front of them close to the pitch. Baking! [telegraph]
Conrad Black Is My Hero – If I were a novel-writing sort, I would consider Black as a worthy character—not because of his fall, but because, even at 65 (in a sense, because he is only 65), he is bound to start again. Now Black is not a sympathetic figure (he and I have, on occasion, exchanged public insults and invective—without, I assume, actual rancor). Foolish, pompous, comical—even his supporters titter behind his back—he was one of the greatest social climbers of our time. [michaelwolff]
Button Has A Go At Ferrari’s Team Orders – Jenson Button has joined the growing chorus of criticism regarding the team orders at the German grand prix, which may yet result in severe sanctions being taken against Ferrari. The incident saw coded messages being passed to Felipe Massa, which eventually resulted in him slowing to allow his team-mate Fernando Alonso to pass and claim victory. Naughty. [guardian]
Rolling Stones Embark On Last World Tour Ever – The Rolling Stones will start their farewell world tour next year, bowing out after half a century of rock ‘n roll, the Sun newspaper reported today, citing an unidentified person. The band, formed in 1962, is in talks with promoters Live Nation about the tour, the newspaper said. The performances are set to last into 2012, it said. [bloomberg]
Top 20 iPad Apps – What made the cut for DB’s Best iPad apps list? Our panelists were quick to highlight apps that help users up their productivity, including a system to make sure you can save and find every bit of digital information you need – let alone the iPad’s usefulness as an e-reader. But most strikingly, many selections tilted toward games and fun – and we even learned about apps that can speak to your spiritual side! [dailybeast]
Scarlett Johansson Chops Off Her Hair – From Marilyn Monroe-blonde to auburn colored tresses, curly to straight, updos to long and flowing, we have seen this movie star look stunning no matter what her hair looks like.The 25-year-old actress debuted a new bob haircut this weekend when she appeared on the Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: The First Avenger” panel at Comic-Con. [stylelist]
Oliver Stone In The Dwang Over Hitler Comments – Oliver Stone found himself the catalyst of an online brush fire on Monday after he made comments published in The Sunday Times of London that were interpreted as anti-Semitic. In an interview with The Times to promote his documentary “South of the Border,” which is about South American politics, Mr. Stone defended Hitler. [mediadecoder]
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