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Morning Headlines
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Friday Morning Spice
06 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
‘Godfather’ Prequel By Mario Puzo Set To Become Book – Mario Puzo, who wrote the novel upon which the films were based and helped write the first two screenplays, had another Corleone story in his pocket, it turns out, tracing in more detail Vito’s rise through the 1920’s and 30’s New York mob scene. The […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
05 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Facebook To Buy Skype? – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is talking to Skype about either buying the company or forming a joint venture, according to Reuters. One of the sources said Facebook is considering a buyout of Skype at a price of between $3 billion and $4 billion. [mashable] Shrien Dewani Will Get 5-Star Treatment – […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
04 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Bin Laden Is Fourth Man To Get Time’s Red ‘X’ Cover – The magazine said Monday that it will publish a special issue, to hit newsstands Thursday, on the death of the al Qaeda leader. The cover will feature an illustration by Tim O’Brien of bin Laden’s face with a red X across it, making […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
03 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Inside The ‘Situation Room’ – The people who gathered Sunday in the Situation Room know all about high-pressure situations. But this was something else. For 40 minutes, the President and his senior aides could do nothing but watch the video screens and listen to the operation and ensuing firefight on the other side of the […]
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Friday Morning Spice
29 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Digicape Selling Apple iPad 2 – The all-new thinner and lighter design makes iPad 2 even more comfortable to hold. It’s even more powerful with the dual-core A5 chip, with 10 hours of battery life. With two cameras, you can make FaceTime video calls and record HD video. And the iPad Smart Cover attaches magnetically […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
28 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Sony Playstation Network Hacked – Credit Card Details Lost – Sony has warned users of its PlayStation network that their personal information, including credit card details, could have been stolen. The company said that the data could have fallen into the hands of an “unauthorised person” following a hacking attack on its online service. [bbc] Obama Releases […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
26 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Human Cannonball Dies As Safety Net Fails – The accident happened during a show put on by Scott May’s Daredevil Stunt Show at the Kent County Showground in Detling on Monday. The 23-year-old man was flown by air ambulance to Maidstone Hospital, but later died from his injuries. A Kent Police spokesman said: “A man taking part […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
21 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Obama Gets Zuckerberg To Wear A Tie – President Obama was at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday to participate in a town hall meeting alongside the social media giant’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Greeted with one sign that read “Is Trump from Uranus?” and another that said “Zuckerberg-Sheen 2012,” Obama eventually made his way […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
20 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
John Cleese To Tour SA – British actor John Cleese who is well known for his role in Spud: The Movie is returning to South Africa with a comedy tour. The comedy legend will be hosting his Alimony Tour in various venues. Catch the intimate performances on the 21st and 22nd October at the Cape Town […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
19 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
William And Kate Boogie Down The Aisle For T-Mobile – Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is just a few weeks away now, but T-Mobile has stolen a bit of the royals’ thunder with this amusing video from Saatchi & Saatchi showing the bride and groom boogying their way down the aisle. [adweek] LA Times […]
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Monday Morning Spice
18 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
O, Jirra! Kama Sutra Translated Into Afrikaans – A team of four people, consisting of a writer and three artists are currently working on translating and illustrating the Kama Sutra, an ancient Hindu text offering advice on sex and spirituality into Afrikaans. The team hopes that the Afrikamasutra (as the project is officially known) will […]
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Friday Morning Spice
15 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Bill Clinton Recalls ‘Romantic’ Times Square Hooker Scenario – Asked if he had any memories of the area, Clinton said: “When I was 18 years in November of 1964, a freshman at Georgetown, I first went to Times Square. I saw a hooker approach a man in a grey flannel suit. Pretty heavy stuff for […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
14 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Catherine Zeta Jones Checks In To Mental Hospital – Catherine Zeta Jones has received treatment for bipolar disorder after dealing with the stress of her husband’s battle with throat cancer. Zeta Jones, 41, made a decision to check into a “mental health facility” for a brief stay, said her publicist. [bbc] New York Mafia Boss Tells […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
13 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Hugh Grant Secretly Records ‘News Of The World’ Features Editor – After a chance meeting with a former News of the World executive who told him his phone had been hacked, Hugh Grant couldn’t resist going back to him – with a hidden tape recorder – to find out if there was more to the […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
12 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Safes Packed With Money Wash Up In Japan – There are no cars inside the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters. Instead, hundreds of dented metal safes, swept out of homes and businesses by last month’s tsunami, crowd the long rectangular building. Any one could hold someone’s life savings. Safes are washing up along the tsunami-battered coast, […]
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Monday Morning Spice
11 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Ahoy! Gaddafi Accepts Peace Roadmap, According To Zuma – Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday after leading a delegation of African leaders at talks in Tripoli. “I have some commitment which is compelling me to leave now, but we have completed our mission with […]
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Friday Morning Spice
08 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
SA Photographer Taken Hostage In Libya – A South African photographer who worked at The Star newspaper, Anton Hammerl, has been taken hostage by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the GlobalPost news site reported on Thursday. Hammerl was taken hostage with three other foreign journalists while reporting on the outskirts of Brega. [news24] […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
07 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Coca-Cola Drops Rooney – Wayne Rooney’s foul-mouthed tirade has cost him roughly R7 Million, as Coca-Cola have pulled their partnership with the Man United ginger-ninja. Rooney, a mere child at 25, was seen by millions screaming the F-word into a camera after scoring a dramatic hat-trick against West Ham. I can relate – once I […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
06 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Ferrari Reveals The World’s Most Expensive Book – Supercar maker Ferrari has published the world’s most expensive new BOOK – which costs a mind-boggling £155,000. The diamond-encrusted ‘Official Ferrari Opus Enzo Diamante’ costs £10,000 more than the company’s cheapest car, the 193mph California. Just one copy will be sold in each country worldwide, making it […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
05 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Charlie Sheen Gets Standing Ovation At Second Show – fter being heckled and booed in Detroit, Charlie Sheen made some changes to his road show Sunday night – and this time, it ended with a standing ovation. Sheen used a talk show-style format at his Chicago show, with a master of ceremonies asking the actor […]
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Monday Morning Spice
04 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
India Wins Cricket World Cup – Not even Hollywood’s DreamWorks studios could have dreamt up a more fitting final to a dramatic world tournament than Saturday’s tense clash between two of the finest cricketing nations in the world – India and Sri Lanka – climaxing in a towering six and more than a billion delirious […]
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Friday Morning Spice
01 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2oceansvibe Broadcasting Live From Table Mountain Today -2oceansvibe Radio’s premier show is broadcasting live from the lofty heights of Table Mountain today! Hint: It has something to do with liberating one fortunate Capetonian from the hell of Friday afternoon work hours. Tune in for all the fun! [2ovFM] Ballem Asked To Stand Down – The […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
31 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Murdoch’s Youngest Son Primed As Successor – James Murdoch is moving from London to New York to become deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation. Murdoch Jr will also become chairman and chief executive of News Corp’s international businesses, retaining his responsibilities for Europe and Asia. The move confirms that the youngest of Rupert Murdoch’s three […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
30 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spot the axe murderer Ex-Blue Bull held for axe murders – The 34-year-old suspect, who’d played for the Blue Bulls in both the Vodacom Cup and Currie Cup, was arrested at a home in Durban. Police refused to name him. The team investigating the murders in Umbilo, Lamontville and Yellow Wood Park confiscated an axe […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
29 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Is Gaddafi Going To Pull A Great Escape? Italy Plots Escape Route For Gaddafi – Efforts appear to be under way to offer Muammar Gaddafi a way of escape from Libya, with Italy saying it was trying to organise an African haven for him, and the US signalling it would not try to stop the […]
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Monday Morning Spice
28 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Elizabeth Taylor Artwork Discovered – Vanity Fair is proud to offer the exclusive first image of a lost masterwork recently discovered in a cellar of the building formerly occupied by Chasen’s restaurant in West Hollywood, California: Elizabeth Taylor Ascending to Heaven Accompanied by the Angels Michael Jackson and Richard Burton, artist unknown, date unknown (circa early […]
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Friday Morning Spice
25 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
LOL, OMG And ♥ Added To The Oxford Dictionary – The stalwart bastion of language, the Oxford English Dictionary, will now include ♥ and LOL as real words worthy of etymological recording. Other words added include the formidable OMG. As they say, ‘words” like these “are strongly associated with the language of electronic communications,” and have […]
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Mind The Bus
24 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
While walking is not always the most practical way of getting around, with troublesome Mercury turning retrograde in a few days’ time, you may want to try staying off trains, planes and other forms of mechanical transport for a little while. As evidenced by a tragic public transport collision in China earlier today.
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Thursday Morning Spice
24 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
That’s How Gaddafi Rolls.. How To Become One Of Gaddafi’s Virgin Bodyguards – Moammar Gaddafi counts on protection from a unique bodyguard corps he’s been training for decades — an all-female, gun-toting posse of virgins. About 40 lipsticked, bejeweled bodyguards surround the Libyan dictator at all times. They wear designer sunglasses and high heels with their […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
23 Mar 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Silvio Berlusconi Rocks The ‘Bunga Bunga’ Parties Highly Anticipated Pictures From Silvio Berlusconi’s ‘Bunga Bunga’ Parties Emerge – This “policewoman” is among the first photographs to emerge from Silvio Berlusconi’s infamous “bunga bunga” parties.. The pictures were discovered on laptops and cameras seized by prosecutors from dozens of female guests as part of their investigation […]
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