Fan Filmed Brushing Teeth During Chelsea vs Manchester United Game – No Spice! This simply has to be seen to be believed. The supporter was caught on film cleaning his pearly whites during the Barclays Premier League game and the clip was promptly posted on video-sharing website YouTube. Within hours more than 1,000 people had viewed the bizarre entry, which was posted by several different users. [telegraph]
Rupert Murdoch Could Block Google Searches Entirely – Rupert Murdoch says he will remove stories from Google’s search index as a way to encourage people to pay for content online. In an interview with Sky News Australia, the mogul said that newspapers in his media empire – including the Sun, the Times and the Wall Street Journal – would consider blocking Google entirely once they had enacted plans to charge people for reading their stories on the web. [guardian]
UK’s Biggest Ever Lottery Winners Named – Remember that lottery jackpot I told you about? A group of IT workers and a couple from South Wales become the UK’s biggest ever Lottery winners, after scooping £91m between them. The married couple from Newport and a syndicate of seven or eight people from Liverpool each won £45.5m after matching the numbers in Friday’s Euromillions draw. [sky]
Shock! Horror! The DA is Getting it’s Act Together – Against the odds, against the prevailing orthodoxy, without significant press support, a very strange thing is happening to the Democratic Alliance. It’s working. To say the DA is getting it right is an almost certain invitation to be accused of bias. Yet consider the evidence. [dailymaverick]
Eskom Saga a “complete Disaster” – The latest developments at Eskom are a “complete disaster”, analyst Adam Habib said after Eskom chairperson Bobby Godsell resigned on Monday and CEO Jacob Maroga returned to work after his own apparent recent resignation.”Now we’ve clearly got a public crisis at the level of Eskom,” [mail&Guardian]
Wall Street Bonuses Through the Roof – Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co., survivors of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, are set to pay record bonuses this year. The three biggest banks to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program will hand out $29.7 billion in bonuses. That’s up 60 percent from last year and more than the previous high of $26.8 billion in 2007. [bloomberg]
Cadbury Rejects $16.7 Billion Takeover Bid – Kraft Foods will likely have to up the ante if it hopes to acquire British confectionery and chocolate maker Cadbury, producer of the iconic Dairy Milk bar and Trident gum. [businessweek]
Fort Hood Shooter Tried to Contact al Qaeda Terrorists – U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News. [abc]
Four Humiliating Moments from Andre Agassi’s 60 Minutes Interview – Lucky Katie Couric scored the tell-all interview timed to coincide with Andre Agassi’s tell-all memoir, where the ex-tennis star cops to ruining his career with a meth addiction and to wearing a toupee at the French Open. [gawker]
New PC Virus Frames Users For Child Porn – Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses – the malicious programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it’s your reputation that’s stolen. [kcby]
First iPhone Worm Discovered: Rickrolls Jailbroken iPhones – Jailbreakers in Australia are being infected by a worm that changes their wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley. And while that sounds kinda funny, it’s another reminder to make sure you’ve changed the default password on your jailbroken iPhone. [gizmodo]
The Dubai Fountain – Set on the 30-acre Burj Dubai Lake, the fountain shoots water jets as high as 500 ft (150 metres), equivalent to that of a 50-storey building. The fountain is 900 ft (275 metres) long and has five circles of varying sizes and two central arcs. It has been designed by the creators of the Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas. You need to watch the fountain dance to Time to Say Goodbye. Trust me.. [youtube]
More Than McCardell – “Resort clothing” collections (think LaLesso) have become such a big part of the fashion scene , almost losing their original purpose, that I was struck by the novelty of Caroline Rennolds Milbank’s new book, “Resort Fashion, Style in Sun-Drenched Climates.” This is VERY much how we roll.. [nytimes]
Italian fashion house Prada has released a new book, simply titled “Prada” – The 706-page retrospective tome, looks back at 30 years of innovation in the world of fashion, architecture, art, communications, and cinema. The veritable style bible is teeming with visually arresting photos, comprehensive timelines, and ad campaigns from the past thirty years. [luxuo]
Pink Martini Sips Sweet Indie Success – For the mini-orchestra Pink Martini, taking the slow but steady independent route has paid off during its 15-year career. The group’s newest release, “Splendor in the Grass,” debuted during the week ended November 1 at No. 45 on the Billboard 200 and No. 10 on Top Independent Albums with 12,000 copies sold. I’ve been listening to this group for a while – highly recommended.. [billboard]
Eva Mendes Nipple Slip Pictures – Whoopsie! Eva Mendes was at the premiere of Bad Lieutenant last night, and the story isn’t about what she brought, but rather, what she forgot to bring: Her bra. [egotastic]
[thanks charlie, dave]
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