Kings Of Leon Coming To SA – Big Concerts posted a notice on Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday confirming that US rock band Kings of Leon are coming to South Africa. The enthusiastic post reads: “At last we can confirm that the Kings of Leon are coming to South Africa! For all the tour dates and ticket details catch the 5FM Breakfast Show on Thursday morning. Be sure to put this one your Christmas shopping list!” [channel24]

Interpol Releases ‘Red Notice’ For Arrest Of Wikileaks Founder – The international police organization Interpol has issued a Red Notice for the arrest of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, in connection with a sex crime investigation in Sweden. A Red Notice is kind of international wanted poster seeking the provisional arrest of a fugitive, with an eye towards extradition to the nation that issued the underlying arrest warrant. Interpol transmits the notices to its 188 member countries, including Britain, where Assange is believed to be located. [wired]

Richard Branson Launches ‘Project’ As “First Truly Digital Magazine For iPad” – “This is not a battle! This is not a war!” Richard Branson declared, guns blazing, at the launch in New York today of his new digital venture – a monthly interactive magazine custom-designed for the iPad.Fighting words from the Virgin tycoon, intended to squash reports that his entry into the exploding iPad applications market brings him head-to-head with Rupert Murdoch who is soon to launch his own digital-only iPad publication, the Daily. [guardian]

George W Bush Talks “The Facebook” And The iPad [Video] – Former U.S. President George W. Bush stopped by the Facebook headquarters this week to promote his new memoir, Decision Points. Bush revealed that he used to be a BlackBerry person but is now an iPad person. He also uses “the Facebook.” To be fair to Bush, President Obama has previously referred to Twitter as “the Twitter.” Being the leader of the free world apparently means you can apply definite articles to anything you want. [mashable]

MySpace For Sale – Could Google Buy? – Who would buy MySpace? When News Corp. bought the social network for $580 million five years ago, it was on top; now MySpace trails Facebook and isn’t trying to catch up. And News Corp is finally talking about selling.In an interview with Reuters, News Corp. COO Chase Carey said Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate was open to selling MySpace or taking on a new partner. [valleywag]

Johnny Depp Talks To Vanity Fair About Working With Angelina Jolie And Jack Sparrow – “Meeting her and getting to know her was a real pleasant surprise,” Johnny Depp tells rock legend Patti Smith, writing for Vanity Fair, of working with Angelina Jolie on their upcoming film, The Tourist. “You don’t know what she might be like—if she has any sense of humor at all. I was so pleased to find that she is incredibly normal, and has a wonderfully kind of dark, perverse sense of humor.” More.. [vanityfair]

US Refuses Talks With North Korea – The United States, South Korea and Japan are all balking at China’s request for emergency talks with North Korea over the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, as high-profile military exercises between South Korea and the United States in the Yellow Sea continued on Monday in a show of force. Obama administration officials said that a return to the table would be rewarding North Korea. [nytimes]

Keith Urban Thought Rehab Would Destroy Nicole Kidman Marriage – Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman were still newlyweds, married for about four months, when he checked into rehab for drug and alcohol addiction in October 2006. Urban, 43, worried that the time away would wreak havoc on their new union. But it was Kidman herself, plus a few close pals, who staged an intervention for Urban, who was hooked on cocaine and other substances. [usmagazine]

Playboy Releases Not-So-Discreet 250GB ‘Cover-To-Cover’ Hard Drive – Well, you can finally throw out that trunk in your grandfather’s garage. Hugh Heffner’s legacy has taken a cue from National Geographic — in an arguably non-horrifying way — and partnered with publisher Bondi Digital to release a (presumably Seagate-branded) 250GB external hard drive packed with every issue of Playboy released since 1953. Its $300 asking price is roughly four times what you’d pay for a fresh G-rated 250GB drive today, but compared to a 57-year subscription, the digital vault is certainly a bargain. [engadget]

Dolly The Sheep Is Reborn – The quads, nicknamed “The Dollies”, are said to be exact genetic copies of their predecessor, who was put down seven years ago. Dolly was plagued by health problems and suffered from premature arthritis. She was put down in 2003 after contracting lung disease. “Dolly is alive and well. Genetically these are Dolly,” Professor Keith Campbell, who keeps the Dollies as pets on land at Nottingham University said. [telegraph]

Julia Roberts Paid £1.14M For 45 Second Silent Ad – She held the crown of Hollywood’s highest paid actress for most of the last decade, but perhaps America’s Sweetheart Julia Roberts is attempting to claw back to the top spot, after agreeing to appear in a 45-second advertisement for Italian coffee house Lavazza – for the hefty fee of 1.2 million euros (£1.14 million). Lavazza bosses are seemingly so confident in Julia’s talent that she is not even required to speak for her role in the 45-second ad. [dailymail]

Warwick “Wok” Wright Is A Billabong Pro Surfer – He did the tour, travelled to pretty much every country that has a sea, surfed the best waves all over, made some good cash, met some mad people, partied all over this globe and did other shit that would make your head spin – Had groupies… lots of them. He now has a full-frontal portal that documents his anti-conservative, Cape Town ‘socialite’ existence. Check it out. [iamwok]

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