Ryan Reynolds Is Tapping Charlize Theron - All year long, Hollywood watchers have wondered which starlet would snag newly single Ryan Reynolds. Mystery solved! A source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out Wednesday) that the Green Lantern star, 34, and Charlize Theron, 35, “have been dating — for months! They’re exclusive, and it’s very hush-hush.” [usmagazine]
News Corp Pulls Out Of BSkyB Bid – Rupert Murdoch’s media group News Corporation bowed to pressure from the public and parliament on Wednesday and withdrew its bid to take full control of pay-TV company BSkyB. All three main political parties were poised to call on News Corp to abandon its offer in a vote in the House of Commons later on Wednesday. [guardian]
Murdoch’s Troubles Spread To The US - The phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed News Corp. and Rupert Murdoch, its billionaire chairman and CEO, has definitely crossed the pond. U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have begun calling for inquiries into whether the unsavory reporting practices of the company’s British newspapers have broken U.S. law and affected U.S. citizens, signaling the possible beginnings of the kind of political pile-on that forced News Corp. [politico]
Former News Of The World Journo Admits To Making Up Stories – A former staffer describes for THR how she was sent with a tiny “pen cam” with orders to catch Mike Tyson in a “cocaine orgy”; finding none, editors embellished her story with “three-way sex and other activities I had not witnessed.” [hollywoodreporter]
US Drones In Pakistan Kill 42 In 24 Hours – Four United States missile strikes in northwestern Pakistan in less than 24 hours killed at least 42 people, Pakistani intelligence officials said Tuesday. The United States refuses to publicly acknowledge the drone attacks, but officials have said privately that the strikes have killed senior officials for the Taliban and Al Qaeda. [nytimes]
Angola’s Luanda Is World’s Most Expensive City - If you think New York is expensive, try Luanda, Angola where you’d pay $28 for a CD and about $20 for a club sandwich and a soda, according to an annual survey on the cost of living around the globe by consulting firm Mercer. Costs are so high in Luanda that Mercer deemed it the most expensive city in the world for the second year in a row. See how the others weigh up. [cnn]
Stinky Socks Help Fight Malaria – What do mosquitoes like more than clean, human skin? Stinky socks. Scientists think the musky odor of human feet can be used to attract and kill mosquitoes that carry deadly malaria. The Gates Foundation announced on Wednesday that it will help fund one such pungent project in Tanzania. [associated]
Charlie Sheen Is Alive - Checking your feeds today and wondering if Charlie Sheen is dead or alive? Chatter on the web would imply that the actor has died, but don’t believe everything you see online. Sheen confirmed he’s still breathing — and tweeting — just yesterday.. [mashable]
Teacher Accused Of Sex With Five Students Pleads Guilty By Reason Of Insanity – A former high school physical education teacher accused of having sex with five male students is changing her plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity. 33-year-old Stacy Schuler allegedly had sexual relations at her home with the five students, mostly football players at the high school, on five separate occasions from August to December of 2010. That shit never used to happen when we were at school. Especially not with the female teachers.. [huffpo]
Elton John Wakes Up International Space Station Crew – The astronauts making NASA’s last shuttle flight turned into moving men and garbage haulers Wednesday with no time to dwell on their place in space history, after enjoying a special salute from the original “Rocket Man,” Elton John. [msnbc]
Edward Norton Lining Up For Role As Bourne Villain – Edward Norton is in negotiations to play the villain in “The Bourne Legacy” opposite Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz. Tony Gilroy will direct from a script he wrote. While plot details are under wraps, it’s known that Jason Bourne will not be featured — Renner will play another assasin trained in the same program. [variety]
Five Insane Vehicles That Go Like Hell - There are vehicles that help you get around every day—the sensible sedan, the commuter ferry, the sturdy city bike. And then there are machines that double down on technology and design to get from one place to another faster than you can imagine. We’ve collected five insane vehicles, all of which combine engineering and aesthetics to do one thing: go like hell. [wired]
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