Facebook’s Video Ads Risk Alienating Users – Some advertisers rejoiced Tuesday when Facebook introduced long-awaited video advertisements. A bigger question is how users will react. [wsj]
Numsa To Consider Calling On Zuma To Resign – Metalworkers’ union Numsa has come out as the first alliance structure to say they should consider calling for the resignation of President Jacob Zuma over the Nkandla saga to preserve the late Nelson Mandela’s legacy. [cpress]
Colin Farrell Reveals ‘Romantic Relationship’ With Elizabeth Taylor – The Hollywood actor opened up to Ellen DeGeneres about his relationship with Elizabeth Taylor in the final years of her life. [grdn]
Tutu: Exclusion of Afrikaners Would Have Appalled Madiba – Desmond Tutu has slated the ANC’s exclusion of Afrikaners from Nelson Mandela’s funeral, saying it would have appalled Madiba. [m&g]
Peru Two Jailed For Six Years And Eight Months – Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid are sentenced to prison after admitting smuggling 11kg of cocaine. [sky]
Cape Town Media Protest Heats Up – A protest against the alleged removal of Alide Dasnois as Cape Times editor was hijacked on Tuesday by groups calling for media transformation. [n24]
Nigella Lawson Kept Rolled Up Banknotes, Makeshift Snorting Tubes And Mustard In Her Handbags – Nigella Lawson’s former personal assistant regularly found banknotes covered in white powder in the celebrity chef’s handbags, a London court heard on Tuesday as the ongoing fraud trial against two of Lawson’s former aides continued. [natpo]
German Parliament Confirms Angel Merkel For New Term – Angela Merkel has been confirmed as German chancellor for a third term, at the head of a grand coalition, by a vote in the Bundestag (parliament). [bbc]
Shane Warne And Liz Hurley Call It Quits – Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley have finally ended their relationship, it has been revealed. According to Hello! Magazine, they tried to make it work but there were just too many issues in the way. [dnai]
Beatles 1963 Rarities Released – Unreleased outtakes, demos and BBC sessions by The Beatles from 1963 have been released on iTunes. The 59 tracks have been released on iTunes to stop them falling out of copyright and into the public domain. [bbc]
A Pack A Day Habit Costs You R975 Per Month – Save R747 of this monthly cost with DigiCig and become part of one of the fastest growing industries world wide. Across the globe, electronic cigarette sales have increased from $50 000 in 2008 to $3,5 million in 2012. Get yours [here]
Obama Jabs Putin, Picks Openly Gay Delegates For Winter Olympics In Russia – President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his delegates to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. And, in what may be a thumb in the eye to Russian President Vladimir Putin over his crackdown on gay rights, two of Obama’s delegates are openly gay. [huff]
We Have A MegaMillions Lottery Winner! – Lottery officials said late Tuesday that winning tickets for the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot were sold in California and Georgia. [fox]
Brazil Will Not Grant Snowden Asylum – Brazil has no plans to grant asylum to Edward Snowden even after the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor offered on Tuesday to help investigate revelations of spying on Brazilians and their president. [ctrib]
Check Out Prince Harry’s MASSIVE New Polar Beard! – Prince Harry has grown a MASSIVE ginger beard during his trek to the South Pole – and was proudly showing it off during a visit to the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole station over the weekend. [beast]
Nirvana, Kiss Will Join Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame – Calling Dr. Love! Kiss is set to join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside other new inductees Nirvana, Hall & Oates, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens. [usat]
Russia Offers Cash Infusion For Ukraine – In a sharp rebuff to the West in the diplomatic wrangle over Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin said Tuesday that Russia would come to the rescue of its financially troubled neighbor, providing $15 billion in loans and a steep discount on natural gas prices. [nyt]
Charlie Sheen’s Three Most Loyal Advisors Quit – Not winning! Charlie Sheen’s world is crumbling around him, because as RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned, three of the actor’s closest and most loyal advisors have suddenly quit. [radar]
Pope Replaces Conservative U.S. Cardinal on Influential Vatican Committee – Pope Francis moved on Monday against a conservative American cardinal who has been an outspoken critic of abortion and same-sex marriage, by replacing him on a powerful Vatican committee with another American who is less identified with the culture wars within the Roman Catholic Church. [nyt]
Justin Bieber Says He Might Retire After Latest Album Released – Justin Bieber has claimed he is retiring. The “Heartbreaker” hit maker told radio station Power 106 in Los Angeles on Tuesday: “After the new album, I’m actually retiring man. I’m retiring.” [ctv]
NASA Orders Urgent Spacewalk To Repair Space Station – NASA has ordered up a series of urgent spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line at the International Space Station, a massive repair job that could stretch to Christmas Day. [nbc]
Bruce Jenner Wants To Get Rid Of His Adam’s Apple – Bruce Jenner is flattening his Adam’s Apple. Sources familiar with the situation have confirmed the Olympian met with a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon yesterday for a consultation for a procedure called a Laryngeal Shave — which smooths out the Adam’s Apple. [tmz]
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