Slow moving traffic, Friday evening, Military Road,TBK (Tamboerskloof).
This, just days after pigs were spotted roaming the streets of Cape Town.
Sent in by Stewart H
Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with prostate cancer – Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, 61, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, it has been disclosed. His spokesman said in a statement that the condition was currently in its very early stages. “Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year,” it said. [bbc]
‘Crash’ Director Paul Haggis Ditches Scientology – “I am only ashamed that I waited this many months to act. I hereby resign my membership in the Church of Scientology.” Over the past few days, a remarkable letter was published. In the letter, written to Scientology’s current national spokesman, Tommy Davis, ‘Crash’ director Paul Haggis explains why he is leaving Scientology after 35 years. [villagevoice]
Hershelle Gibbs Reveals All – This is a man who has played 90 Tests for South Africa at an average of 41.95, scored 175 off 111 balls in the famous “438 Game”, and hammered six sixes in a row off some unfortunate Dutch bloke at the last World Cup. He’s also the man who served a six-month ban for match fixing, got kicked out of the Proteas for a seven-hour drinking binge the day before a game, got arrested for drunk driving and spent a month in rehab. The interview. [GQ via iol]
U.S. Demands Polanski’s Extradition – American authorities formally demanded the extradition of Roman Polanski late Thursday, setting in motion the next legal struggle for the Oscar-winning film director over his flight in 1978 from sentencing for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. [nytimes]
Gaddafi says sorry – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi apologised for the first time for the killing of a British policewoman shot from the Libyan embassy in London in 1984, in an interview out on Monday. However, he also said that the killer had not been identified, in an interview with Britain’s Sky News television. [news24]
Vanity Fair editor, Graydon Carter Jets to Bermuda While Layoffs Hit VF – Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumors were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Well; the part about Vanity Fair, at least, was wrong. [gawker]
Madoff Billionaire Found Dead in Palm Beach Swimming Pool – The man who made $7 billion in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, Jeffry Picower, was found dead in his Palm Beach, Fla., swimming pool Sunday. Picower had no pulse when fire rescue workers arrived at his oceanfront mansion after his wife called 911. She and his housekeeper pulled his body from the pool shortly after noon. Shame, our hearts bleed. [abc]
Celebrity Wedding Registries – Ivanka Trump wants a $1,300 Tiffany bowl for her nuptials today. Christina Hendricks is hoping for barware. And Zooey Deschanel needs an avocado tool. Then there is Kendra, Jaime Pressly, Heidi Montag and more! Check out these A-list gift lists. [dailybeast]
Great Odds Challenge Hots Up – Minutes of the meeting of the eight contestants involved in the Great Odds Celebrity Charity Challenge. Present: Corné Krige, Kevin McCallum, Kurt Darren, Seth Rotherham, Darren Scott, Nick Feinberg, Tank Lanning and Dan Nicholl. Meeting chaired by a bikini-clad Kirsti Lyall, heading up the PR team for the challenge. [iafrica]
Biker Brad Pitt Has Run-In with Parked Car – Brad Pitt got into an extremely minor traffic accident on Saturday when his motorcycle clipped a parked car, sending him gently to the asphalt. I can relate – given my little tumble in Camps Bay last week (photos on 2oceansvibe Twitter). Follow link for photos of Brad and his spicy bike. [popeater]
Planning for retirement at any age – The path to retirement is as clear as ever. Sure, there are some bumps to maneuver: the job market is tough right now, and your near-term career advancement and earnings power may have been curbed by the recession and a whole bunch of under-saved 60-somethings staying at work longer to make ends meet. But these are short-term issues that will disappear in time. [time]
Right to ‘Erotic Services’ Upheld By Federal Judge – A U.S. district court judge has rejected an Illinois sheriff’s bid to shut down Craigslist’s erotic services category. You can’t spank the website, the judge ruled, for the actions of some naughty, naughty prostitutes. [gawker]
Michael Jackson’s Final Dreams Come to Life in “This Is It” Film – Our first look at the documentary that captures the King of Pop’s last rehearsals for his historic London comeback shows. Plus, explore Jackson’s life in photos and stories from the Rolling Stone archives. [rollingstone]
Kim Jong Il Provides On-site Field Guidance to Salmon Breeding Institute – He made the rounds of an artificial insemination room, a room for spawn growth, a laboratory, a feed processing room and other places of the institute to acquaint himself in detail with its construction and researches there. He highly estimated the laudable feats performed by soldier-builders, expressing his great satisfaction over the fact that they have successfully built the modern fish breeding institute in a matter of one year. [kcna]
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