Supermodel Pulls In $45 Million – Gisele tops the annual list with an estimated earnings of $45 million. Heidi Klum comes in at number 2 with an estimated earnings of $20 million and Kate Moss earned an estimated $13.5 million which places her in the number 3 spot. SA’s own Candice Swanepoel came 10th with $3 million. Bless! [fashionist]
Djokovic Stuns Clay King Nadal In Madrid Final – A relentless Novak Djokovic dethroned clay king Rafa Nadal on the Spaniard’s home soil and maintained his extraordinary season when he stunned the world number one 7-5 6-4 to win the Madrid Masters title on Sunday. The Serb records his 32nd consecutive win of a defeat-free 2011, the best season start since John McEnroe’s 42-match streak in 1984. [reuters]
Osama Bin Laden’s Women – Osama bin Laden had six wives and 20 children. He married his first wife, Najwa, when he was 17. She was 14. His second wife was nine years older than him and they got divorced in the mid-90s. Then the most recent wife (wife #6) is the one who allegedly jumped in front of the gun when they killed him. Osama got her when she was 15. As a gift. No spice. [thedaily]
‘Terrorist Nelson Mandela’ To Be Portrayed In Film – Peter Kosminsky, the British writer and director who made The Promise, a controversial Channel 4 drama serial about the history of Israel, is to risk fresh criticism with a feature film about Nelson Mandela’s early life as a leader of the ANC’s terrorist arm in South Africa. [mail&guardian]
David Beckham In LA Car Crash – Authorities say David Beckham was behind the wheel of a car that rear-ended another vehicle on a Southern California freeway. The California Highway Patrol said Saturday the soccer great was not hurt in Friday morning’s crash, but the other car’s driver was hospitalized after complaining of neck pain. Of course he was. Get your cheque book, Dave. [huffers]
Four Injured In iPad Brawl – A brawl broke out in Beijing Saturday as tech-hungry Apple fanatics waited anxiously on line to get their hands on the iPad 2, state news reported. The incident is being blamed on a “foreign” Apple store employee. Please click the link and check out the photo. I was going to make this the main headline today, but Gisele’s power overrules most images. [nydailynews]
Radio Producer Gets 24 Hours To Prove He Is Not An Illegal Immigrant – Kaya FM producer Thabo Shole-Mashao’s nightmare started on Thursday when he went to the home affairs offices in Roodepoort to apply for a new passport. Instead, an official allegedly told him that according to the records, he was an illegal immigrant. He was then given 24 hours to prove that he was a South African citizen or be jailed. [news24]
What Kind Of A Student Was Donald Trump? – Donald Trump has been aggressively questioning Barack Obama’s academic record, suggesting that the president was a “terrible student” who did not deserve to get in to Columbia University and Harvard Law School. While Trump has no evidence to back up these claims, there are strong indications that Trump has repeatedly inflated his own academic record — and that he used family connections to gain admission to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. [salon]
52 Years And $750 Million Prove Einstein Was Right – In a tour de force of technology and just plain stubbornness spanning half a century and costing more than $750 million, a team of experimenters from Stanford University reported on Wednesday that a set of orbiting gyroscopes had detected a slight sag and an even slighter twist in space-time. [newyorktimes]
Christians And Muslims Go Head To Head In Cairo – Egypt’s justice minister has warned that those who threaten the country’s security will face “an iron fist”. Abdel Aziz al-Gindi was speaking after 12 people died and more than 180 were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo. [bbc]
Pentagon Release Osama Bin Laden Home Videos – The Pentagon has released home videos of Osama Bin Laden, seized at the secret Pakistani compound where he was shot dead by US commandos. The tapes show him watching himself on television, and preparing a video message addressed to the US. [bbc]
Jemima Khan Denies Intimate Jeremy Clarkson Photographs Existence – The identities of public figures who obtained draconian gagging orders to hide details of their extra-marital affairs and private lives was disclosed on Twitter. It claimed Miss Khan had taken out a super-injunction to prevent intimate pictures of her and Clarkson emerging. But Miss Khan vehemently denied that either the pictures or any injunction existed. [telegraph]
Is Kerzner’s Empire For Sale? – Rumours are rife in the local hospitality industry that Kerzner International might be looking for a buyer for its One&Only hotels, including the ultra-luxury resort near the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. [businesslive]
Worshippers Get ANC Promises – ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe advised worshippers in the Eastern Cape on Sunday to vote for ANC in the local government elections if they want to receive water, electricity, free houses, tarred roads and street lights. “I am asking you to pray for the ANC as we go towards the election on May 18,” Mantashe said during a packed church service. [news24]
Jaguar Puts Its £900,000 C-X75 Hybrid Supercar Into Production – After Porsche, British luxury marquee Jaguar has now announced it will put its C-X75 hybrid concept supercar into production, and it will be the brand’s most expensive and greenest model to date. The super car (developed with Williams F1) that turned heads at the 2010 Paris auto show will be built as part of a limited edition run of 250 models between 2013 and 2015. [bornrich]
Pizza Delivery Drug Ring Busted – Authorities in suburban Chicago say they’ve charged 19 people in connection with a cocaine ring that operated out of pizza restaurants. They say pizza delivery vehicles were used to distribute drugs out of pizza restaurants. Police say five pounds of cocaine, and other drugs including Vicodin and Ecstasy were distributed with a street value of $160,000. [foxnews]
Mind-Boggling Model Airport Is World’s Largest – The world’s largest miniature airport is now open to the public in Hamburg, Germany. This $5 million masterpiece, six years in the making, captures every detail of the real thing. You have to watch this video to believe it. In what must be the world’s most intricate and detailed gadget, the model includes realistically crafted and painted airplanes that appear to be landing and taking off, cars, trucks and buses parking and driving around, and lit-up runways that look almost real. [mashable]
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