Baby falls under train in Oz. Survives – Melbourne, Australia : A 6-month-old baby has miraculously survived a train hitting his stroller, which rolled onto the tracks when his mother let go for an instant. Camera footage shows the three-wheeled stroller plunging off a station platform just as the commuter train pulls in, and the mother’s panicked lunge to grab it. Quite a vibe. [yahoo]
Jensen Button wins Formula Oner World Title – Jenson Button has secured his maiden Formula One world championship for Brawn GP in the penultimate race of the season as Red Bull’s Mark Webber won the Brazilian grand prix. Button took fifth place as his team-mate and rival Rubens Barrichello finished eighth and Sebastian Vettel, the only other driver capable of winning the crown, finished fourth. [guardian]
World’s Fastest Convertible: 253 MPH Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport – The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is officially the fastest road legal production convertible. That is, if you consider a 223 MPH top-down jaunt across the French countryside road legal and you consider 150 units a “production” model. [jalopnik]
Sienna Miller Ditches the Tabloids for Broadway – Lots of people know Sienna Miller for her very public and very scandal-inducing relationships over the years. Because of that, many people forget she’s one of Hollywood’s most critically-adored and respected young actresses. The gorgeous British actress is looking to put her past behind her and get back to basics in Broadway’s ‘After Miss Julie.’ [popeater / nytimes]
The Grand Daddy’s Pink Flamingo Cinema, officially opens to the public on 22 October 2009 – Set in the world’s only rooftop trailer park hotel, The Pink Flamingo celebrates the silver screen in a silver setting – right beneath the night sky. The cinema (heated in winter and cooled in summer) is set in the middle of seven vintage Airstream trailers, reinvented as hotel rooms by local artists. [pinkflamingo]
Balloon Boy Media Hoax – “I Helped Richard Heene Plan a Balloon Hoax” – For the first time, 25-year-old researcher Robert Thomas reveals how earlier this year he and Richard Heene drew up a master plan to generate a massive media controversy using a weather balloon. To get famous, of course. [gawker]
George Clooney Discusses Getting Older – Unlike most mature film stars who originally found fame through their charm and good looks, George Clooney contemplates his graying hair and onset of middle-age with equanimity. “I’m old,” the 48-year-old actor said with a laugh. “It’s an interesting thing to watch yourself grow older on screen. [telegraph]
Fly Artist Creating A Real Buzz – An artist dubbed Flychelangelo is creating a buzz by using dead flies and other insects to create his work. Click through to see more of his high-flying art. [skynews]
Black Eyed Peas “I Got a Feeling” has officially become the official song of all official South African social engagements. it was the first song at a wedding I went to last weekend and the first song at the launch of ReyJeane Salon/Spa I went to on Thursday night in de Waterkant. But then I saw what they did at Oprah’s 24th Season Kickoff Party. Yu! [freelivevideostreaming]
Trapped in an Elevator for 41 hours – September 14, 2009 On October 15, 1999, Nicholas White became trapped in an elevator in New York City’s McGraw-Hill building for 41 hours. Here is a condensed look at his ordeal, as captured by the building’s security cameras. Radical vibe. [wired]
Rupert to Internet: It’s War! – Rupert Murdoch is going to battle against the Internet, bent on making readers actually pay for online newspaper journalism—beginning with his London Sunday Times. History suggests he won’t back down; the experts suggest he’s crazy. Is he also ignoring his industry’s biggest problem? [vanityfair]
A-List MENSA Members – Saturday was testing day for the high IQ society. From Geena Davis and Quentin Tarantino to Sharon Stone and porn star Asia Carrera. Check out this gallery of MENSA’s most famous A-list brainiacs. [dailybeast]
Khanyi Mbau’s breasts went from “sagging tea bags” to “rock-hard jugs,” according to Sunday Times’s Fred Khumalo. Other local celebrities nailed for plastic surgery in his column include Felicia Mabuza-Suttle and Angelina Jolie. [sundaytimes]
Controversial Cape Town Portofino Restaurant Article entitled “Portofino Restaurant Attacks Customer” which documents an email exchange between the restaurant owner and a potential customer, has become an internet sensation; as the debate within the comments section hit the 120 mark after only a few days. [portofino restaurant cape town ]
Tomorrow’s SuperEna Lottery has a £69,000,000 jackpot – With that kind of money you could buy Guiness heir Henry Channon’s nine-bedroom Thameside home on Chayne Walk. It costs R300 million. So you’ll have half a billion Rand change. I’m fine with that. [playsuperena]
[thanks gavin, alison, robbie, michael]
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