iPhone Goes To Space

Father And Son Send iPhone Into Space And Record Incredible Video (VIDEO) – A father and son from Brooklyn, New York sent an iPhone into the stratosphere a few weeks ago to record a video of the earth’s curvature. The two spent eight months researching and testing their homemade craft, which was made of a weather balloon and a styrofoam case for the iPhone, before launching in Newburgh, NY. You gotta see this [huffers]

Justin Bieber releases ‘First Step 2 Forever: My Story’ – Pop star Justin Bieber’s autobiographical book “First Step 2 Forever: My Story” — which is stamped as “100 percent Official” right on the cover! — hit retailers Tuesday. And as you might imagine, it’s a riveting read, what with Bieber having 16 whole years of tales to spin — a full two of them in the music industry! [cnn]

Ejected Drunk Patrons Plough Car Into Doormen – Two men in Greater Manchester are being hunted by police after a car mounted a pavement outside a nightclub and ploughed into a crowd of revellers, injuring 14 people. They had been thrown out earlier, for being disorderly – so they stole a car and drove at the doormen. Not ideal. [skynews]

Twitter Ends Celeb-Tracker Partnership – Twitter has terminated its relationship with a Web site that will track the whereabouts of celebrities.On Thursday, after The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported the planned arrival of JustSpotted, Twitter said it did not license its data to JustSpotted, but to that company’s parent, a search engine called Scoopler. [adweek]

Jackass 3D Pulls $50 Million In Opening Weekend – Johnny Knoxville and his “Jackass” gang are even bigger hits in three dimensions. “Jackass 3D,” their latest big-screen collection of crazy stunts and antics, opened with a whopping $50 million, soaring past the debuts of their first two movies, according to studio estimates Sunday. [foxnews]

Cancer Is a Man-Made Disease, Controversial Study Claims – Is the common nature of cancer worldwide purely a man-made phenomenon? Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for roughly one in eight of all deaths in 2004, according to the World Health Organization. However, scientists have only found one case of the disease in investigations of hundreds of Egyptian mummies. [livescience]

Kate Moss Got Married Two Months Ago – Kate Moss reportedly tied the knot with her boyfriend Jamie Hince in a secret Italian ceremony two months ago. The supermodel is believed to have married Hince in an intimate service with only her closest friends and relatives on the island of Sicily on August 7. Kate, 36, wore a sheer white dress and went barefoot, while her eight-year-old daughter Lila-Grace was a ring bearer. [yeeeah]

Australia Gets Its First Saint – Australians in Rome have spent the night celebrating Australia’s first Catholic saint – St Mary MacKillop of the Cross.In St Peter’s Square, before an audience of around 50,000, Pope Benedict XVI anointed the woman who was born in Melbourne of Scottish migrant parents, and who went on to co-found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart order of nuns. [abc]

Limited Edition Tribute Vespa Inspired By Italian Mahogany Speedboats – The Limited Edition Tribute Vespa from Digital Veneer draws inspiration from the Italian mahogany speedboats of the ‘60s that were favored by the jetset of that era from St Tropez to Portofino. Promising a unique around-the-town riding experience, the limited edition Tribute Vespa scooter has been designed by skilled craftsmen as an authentic work of art. So beautiful. [bornrich]

Shia LaBeouf Throws Coffee At Paparazzi [VIDEO] – Shia LaBeouf was having a little hissyfit yesterday, so he threw a cup of coffee on the paparazzi and then took off running. And oh how he ran! He ran and he ran and he ran some more. This video is quite bizarre. [wwtdd]

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