Lowry Laid Bare – Hunt For Nudes In The North

LS Lowry’s iconic paintings of industrial northern England are to be recreated – using nudes.
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Nut Crackers: Squirrels Go Mad For Coconuts

A pair of squirrels have taken their love of coconuts to a different level – by getting stuck into their favourite snacks. [Read More]

Legal Rights Sought For Yorkshire Puddings

Yorkshire pudding makers have launched a bid to gain European legal protections currently enjoyed by other regional delicacies such as Scotch whisky and champagne. [Read More]

Woof Justice: Vote On Lawyers For Animals

Polling projections suggest voters in Switzerland have rejected a plan to appoint special lawyers for animals that have been abused by humans. [Read More]

Kidnapped SA man returns home

Nick Greyling, the SuperSport sound engineer who was kidnapped in Nigeria, has arrived safely home, and is to spend the day with his wife and three daughters. [Read More]

‘Gatvol’ residents threaten mayor

About 5 000 frustrated residents of Oukasie outside Brits have marched against poor service delivery, asking the mayor to “please step down before we kill you”. [Read More]

KZN to curb king’s spending

King Goodwill Zwelithini will reportedly face cost cutting measures such as fewer trips and cars in an attempt to contain the runaway expenses of the Zulu royal household. [Read More]

DMX arrested again

DMX has been arrested for violating his probation by regularly using illegal drugs during the last nine months, authorities have said. [Read More]

Labels slam web musicians

Record industry bosses have hit back at the “myth” that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the internet can’t make them stars. [Read More]

24-hour security for SWC teams

England and other countries at this year’s Soccer World Cup have been promised 24-hour surveillance at their hotels. [Read More]

Tiger ‘working’ on his swing

Tiger Woods is working on his golf game with coach Hank Haney this week, according to Golf Digest and the Golf Channel. [Read More]

‘On’ wins condom design contest

An electric power button symbol has inched past other entries to win New York’s condom wrapper design contest, the city has said. [Read More]

Nasa needs more cash

Nasa’s space shuttle manager says it wouldn’t be hard to add more shuttle flights. The real issue is money. [Read More]

Google testing TV search

Google is testing a new television programming search service with Dish Network Corp, allowing users to search content. [Read More]

Bumper Weekend Extends Tom Dwan’s 2010 Profits To $1.7 Million

March 9th, 2010

Bumper Weekend Extends Tom Dwan's 2010 Profits To $1.7 Million Tom Dwan has pushed his winnings for 2010 up to $1.7 million, after a bumper weekend on Full Tilt Poker which saw him rake in a massive $856,489 profit.

Saturday kicked off Dwan’s winning run when he crossed paths with old nemesis Isildur1 across the $200/$400 Pot-Limit Omaha tables. After 413 hands of heads-up action, Dwan withdrew with a $81,000 profit and it wasn’t until eight hours later that he resumed play, this time against Patrik Antonius and PixKim at $300/$600 PLO.

A lengthy four-and-a-half-hour session saw Dwan add a further $624,000 profit to his winnings, mostly at the expense of Finnish pro Antonius. Dwan then sat down at a six-max $300/$600 PLO game alongside the likes of Isildur1, Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies, Hac “trex313″ Dang, and Patrik Antonius. Dwan didn’t fare so well this time, dropping $229,000 but Antonius did much worse losing $874,000 during the session. Isildur1 proved the main beneficiary of that particular game, and walked away with a $526,083 profit putting him in the black $915,000 for 2010 so far.

Tom Dwan then decided to round off his weekend, first with a heads-up match against LarsLuzak at $500/$1,000 Cap NLHE, where he lost $76,000 over 222 hands before facing off with Antonius at $300/$600 PLO. 344 hands later Dwan took $306,000 off his beleaguered opponent, who seems to have hit a major downswing after his $9 million upswing in 2009. In total, Antonius lost $960,000 during his weekend of play which now take his losses for 2010 down to a massive $2.8 million.

On the other hand, Tom Dwan who suffered a major downswing during 2009 has bounced back nicely and with his $856,489 winning weekend has extended his profits for the year to $1.7 million.

By end of November 2009, Dwan was stuck $6.8 million for the year but managed to recoup $2.7 million during December and has since been on a $4.5 million upswing. The upswings and downswings which are regularly experienced by poker players is taken as part and parcel of the game but can be hard to endure even for top pros. Dwan has emphatically shown he has the heart and stomach of a true champion in being able to deal with the huge ups and downs the game has thrown at him.

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Tittilating Tuesday Headlines

March 9th, 2010

Please don’t, begged shot woman

A Lydenburg woman pleaded desperately for her life before being shot dead at a birthday party by her friend’s estranged husband – who reportedly used to be a mercenary in Iraq. [Read More]

Truck crash disrupts N3 traffic

Traffic on the N3 highway in Pietermaritzburg is backed-up after a truck accident in which three construction workers were killed and several others injured. [Read More]

Four killed in reality star’s deadly dice

Two men dicing in their Mini Coopers – one of them a former Survivor SA: Santa Carolina contestant – are in custody after a crash in which four pupils died. [Read More]

The 10 Biggest Scoops From Karl Rove’s Memoir

Courage and Consequence hits stores today, and it’s full of insights into the inner workings of the Bush administration. The Daily Beast presents the 10 best revelations.
Washington is all buzzing with the publication of Karl Rove’s new memoir,… [Read More]

Best of the Oscars Red Carpet

Sandra Bullock glitters in a gold Marchesa gown, Zoe Saldana opts for purple, and Meryl Streep surprises in a gown from Chris March. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Click the Image to View Our Gallery of the Best of the Oscars’ Red Carpet

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Curtain up on F1 season to remember

The most competitive, exciting and, quite possibly, spectacular Formula One season for two decades will begin in Bahrain on Sunday.
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Boucher, Kallis fit for Pro20 final

Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher have recovered from injury and will be available to the Warriors for the Standard Bank Domestic Pro20 Final on Friday. [Read More]

Bodies of babies found after Nigerian massacre

Men wielding machetes leave up to 500 dead near Jos as Nigerian leader calls meeting with security chiefs. [Read More]

Zimbabwe’s Bennett wants terrorism charges dropped

Lawyers for Roy Bennett asked the Zimbabwe High Court on Monday to drop terrorism charges against him in a trial which has raised tension in Harare. [Read More]

Writer denies rip-off claims

Mark Boal has denied accusations that he stole the characters for his acclaimed Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker. [Read More]

Gorillaz release third album

Gorillaz have released their third album, Plastic Beach, with Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed and Bobby Womack among the eclectic list of guests featured. [Read More]

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Farewell to Gavin Dogwalker and his better half

March 9th, 2010

It’s a fond farewell to Gavin and Gigi as they head over to Ireland to make their fortunes. I am sure going to miss having someone to talk to in the park while I walk my hounds, and having a doctor on hand is always a good thing.

Hope everything runs smoothly, that you get to travel as much as you want and that you come home with oodles of cash!

Adios my friends

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Cl returns to the heat wave

March 9th, 2010

Well the Lizard is back from an awesome weeks skiing in France. Pretty big shock to the system to go from -8 when we left the slopes to 38 degrees when we landed in Cape Town. Not sure what I enjoy more….

A great time was had by all as the 4 of us (me, Mrs CL, Kid and Lucie) ripped up the slopes till we could rip no more. Very few accidents apart from Lucie tanning her nose and the odd mishap here and there, but we all managed to make it through the trip without a serious injury.

So it’s back to work which sucks, but it is nice to be home to see the hounds who dont appear to have missed us at all.

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Couch Lizard to change habitat

February 22nd, 2010

Yip the Couch Lizard is moving from his preferred hot and balmy weather, to a much colder climate in Europe. Yip we are off skiing with Kid and Lucie for a week in Morzine,France. Should be a blast!

As such the blog wont be updated until the 9th march!

Check out where we are going here:

http://www.morzine-avoriaz.com/

Catch you on the flip side.

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Monday Headlines

February 22nd, 2010

Bafana in training base fiasco

WITH only 108 days to go until Bafana Bafana plays the opening match of the World Cup, the national team has been forced to change its training base after the original venue was slammed by football authorities as being badly run down and unsuitable. [Read More]

Crime detection soars after call to higher power

london: When Inspector Roger Bartlett realised Barnstaple had one of the poorest crime detection rates in the area, he decided he needed help. [Read More]

Malema says his critics are using Mbeki era probe tactics

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has described his two homes, worth millions of rand, as “cheap” and has accused those who leaked stories about his lifestyle of employing strategies used by former president Thabo Mbeki. [Read More]

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Jon Voight Joins Jolie-Pitts In Venice For Family Reunion

Jon Voight and daughter Angelina Jolie have reunited.

The father-daughter pair was photographed in Italy on Sunday joining Brad Pitt and the couple’s brood for a ride down Venice’s Grand Canal.
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‘Growing Pains’ Star Reported Missing

Former “Growing Pains” star Andrew Koenig, who played Boner on the ‘80s TV show, has been reported missing.

“He went up to [Vancouver] to visit friends who last saw him on the 14th,” Danielle Koenig, his sister, told Zap2it.com. “Any information we can get on his whereabouts would be helpful.”
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Baftas 2010: British stars Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth triumph in best acting double

Colin Firth won best actor for his role in A Single Man, while Carey Mulligan took the best actress award following her part in An Education. [Read More]

Reunited: Angelina Jolie mends her long rift with father Jon Voight after Brad Pitt plays peacemaker

The veteran Hollywood actor finally gets to meet his six grandchildren after eight years of estrangement. [Read More]

Cheryl Cole ‘dumps Ashley by text’… as he faces fight for his future at Chelsea

Cheryl intends to return to the UK this week to announce the split, with a draft statement regarding the divorce already drawn up. [Read More]

The White Party

New York fashion week, ladies and gentlemen, is officially over. “That’s something to celebrate!” cheered Calvin Klein Collection’s
Francisco Costa at his post-show bash last night. “For me, though, the real party is tomorrow, when I sleep late and actually have a weekend.” The way the drinks were flowing, it didn’t look like anyone else was in the mood to wait to unwind.

The former studio of the late interiors guru Robert Isabell, a man known for his outlandish event schemes, was the party spot. “I wonder what this place looked like before they Calvinized it,” Visionaire’s Cecilia Dean said. “I would’ve loved to look at some of the things he kept in here.” Not a chance; in keeping with Costa’s spare collection, the decor consisted of nothing but fire pits, white couches, and stars like
Kate Bosworth,
Isabel Lucas,
and
Naomi Watts, all in the designer’s wares.
But the actress
Melissa George saw some possibilities. “Back home in Australia, we do this thing called a snowball, where the girls stay on the wall and the boys roller-skate past to pick them up,” she explained. “Do you think I could get the guys at Calvin Klein to do a party like that?”
—Derek Blasberg [Read More]

It’s All Over Now

Why does
L’Wren Scott like to throw a party on the final night of fashion week? Because that’s when the movers and shakers can really cut loose, of course. On Thursday night, all went according to Scott’s plan: Kenmare, the
Nur Khan and
Paul Sevigny hot spot that has been fashion party central all week, was elbow to elbow with industry A-listers getting down and drinking up, post-show fatigue be damned. “Actually, this is my first night out,” said model turned actress/director
Rie Rasmussen.
“I figured this would be a good one. I even got dressed up!” Indeed, Rasmussen was looking pretty on-trend in a high-neck Antonio Berardi blouse with slashed sleeves, though her miniskirt flew in the face of the longer hemlines that have been showing up on the Fall ‘10 runways.

Downstairs, Scott herself could be found shaking a leg with her beau,
Mick Jagger,
as the likes of
Michael Stipe and Olivier Zahm looked on. Jagger continued to grind his famous hips as Scott, beacon-like in a metallic sheath, addressed the potential logistical hazards of long skirts. “Sure, they might drag on the ground and get dirty,” she acknowledged between dance steps, “but that’s why you have a good dry cleaner! And you can always hold up the skirt,” she added, pretending to gather a few folds of fabric in her hands, “and do one of these…” At that, Scott gave her pretend dress a little shimmy, a move that earned her an approving grin and a shoulder shake from Jagger. Moral: It doesn’t matter what you’re wearing, as long as you’ve got a good dance partner.
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Costume Drama

Last night’s Vogue-hosted party for the new Quicktake: Rodarte exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum offered further proof of
Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s
magnetic pull: They had lured a sizable contingent of their downtown followers into really uncharted territory, i.e., all the way up to 91st Street.

Among the well-wishers was
Natalie Portman,
who recalled wowing her The Other Boleyn Girl co-star Scarlett Johansson the first time she wore Rodarte. “I remember at the premiere she looked at the dress, and she’s like, ‘Oh my God, that’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,’ ” Portman said.
Kirsten Dunst,
another devoted fan, got turned on to the sisters well before Portman. “We started a friendship via letters and random, whimsical little gifts and packages—birds on strings, little fairy villages to put together,” she recounted. Opening Ceremony’s Humberto Leon, a classmate of the sisters at UC Berkeley, recalled the Mulleavys watching horror movies, studying art history, and working student jobs at the science building. “What I like about them is that it really was never about fashion specifically. It’s always been about a greater idea,” he said.

“I don’t think our maturity level has progressed at all since college,” Kate Mulleavy added. “It’s good to stay true to who you are. In order to be creative, you can’t lose that.”
—Darrell Hartman [Read More]

Space shuttle Endeavour returns

Space shuttle Endeavour lands in Florida after delivering the last major component of the International Space Station. [Read More]

US school accused of web spying

Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops. [Read More]

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Tiger Woods Apologises

February 20th, 2010

What a load of absolute garbage came out of Tigers mouth last night. He had been prepared well by his PR people but lacked the sincerity he needed to pull it off. His long pleading stares into the camera just made him look like a toss pot.

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Saucy Saturday Headlines

February 20th, 2010

Tiger Woods Apology: Live-blogging the event

Update: Thanks for joining us for the live blog portion — a clip of Tiger’s complete statement is below, along with the transcript of the live blog. — 12:35 p.m. ET — Tiger Woods is scheduled to make his first public statement since being rocked by scandal today at 11 a.m. ET from TPC Sawgrass golf course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Join the Post’s Paul Farhi, who has been writing about the Tiger Woods story since it broke in November, and me as we live blog Woods’s announcement. We’ll be getting started around 10:45 a.m. ET and will be here throughout the event — which will also be streamed live in the player above. Immediately following the announcement, we’ll shift gears — and venues — to take your questions and comments in a live reaction chat, joined by Post sports writer Sally Jenkins and Slate sports editor Josh Levin.

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Tiger Woods preps for presser; Elton John says Jesus was gay

Chris Brown and Usher sit courtside at the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics game on Thursday in Los Angeles. (AP) Headlines: Tiger Woods expected to make public apology at today’s press conference… Woods to return to therapy, says PGA official; could return to golf next month… Golf writers vote to boycott press conference… Elton John envisions Jesus as a gay man… Simon Cowell says neither Howard Stern nor Madonna could replace him on “Idol”… Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban to fund school in Haiti… Robert Pattinson talks life beyond “Twilight”… Should John Mellencamp or Kendra Wilkinson be tapped to take over Indiana Senate seat?… Lisa Rinna apologizes for Heidi Montag surgery remarks… Montag designs clothes for her new body… Octo-mom Nadya Suleman to make “View” appearance next week… J.K. Rowling to fight plagiarism charges… Judge says Chris Brown complying with probation… Ditto for Lindsay Lohan. Crime Watch: Judge

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Tiger Woods Apology: Will Tiger join the shame hall of fame?

And so the Tiger hype machine rolls on… The Post’s Paul Farhi this afternoon writes about what we should expect from Woods at Friday’s press conference: [Woods's tight control of the event] means a few million TV viewers will likely see only what Woods and his managers want them to see: a contrite superstar, surrounded by friends and supporters, vowing to live up to his former image as a family man. Will it be enough to restore Woods’s pre-tabloid image? And, to put things in proper historical context, Farhi also ticks off a shame hall of fame with this video review of high-profile celebrity apologies — from David Letterman’s apology for sleeping with a staffer to Jimmy Swaggart’s “I have sinned against you, my lord” to Bill Clinton’s “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” In case you missed it, read the transcripts of today’s earlier chat with

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Iggy Pop and Stooges prepare for “Power” play
(Reuters)

Reuters – For Iggy Pop and the current incarnation of the Stooges, plans involve “a three-year cycle” that will include the expanded re-release of 1973’s seminal “Raw Power” album, touring and likely some new recording.
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Ke$ha sings, raps, smack-talks her way to the top
(Reuters)

Reuters – If you want insight into a celebrity’s self-image, you could do worse than watch one make the brief walk from the star’s chosen chariot to the red carpet before an awards show.[Read More]

Hilary Duff engaged to NHL player
(AP)

AP – Here’s something for “Gossip Girl” to talk about.
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Elin never hit me, says Woods

An emotional Tiger Woods has lashed out at reports his wife, Elin, “hurt or attacked” him over revelations of marital infidelity that have put the superstar’s golf career in limbo.[Read More]

Woods ‘treated like criminal’

Kutilda, Tiger Wood’s mother, has lashed out at the media for portraying her son as a criminal and says she remains proud of her son.[Read More]

Microsoft offers browser choice

Millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe will get the chance to change their web browser from 1 March.[Read More]

US school accused of web spying

Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops.[Read More]

Tiger Woods’ Apology Speech: Verbatim

A verbatim of Tiger Woods’ apology speech… after the jump.
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Kris Jenner & Scott Disick Sort Out Their Differences: ‘She Kind Of Is Like A Dream Mother’

Things have been tense between Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner and her daughter Kourtney’s baby daddy, Scott Disick, for a while now and it appears E! got involved with the reality stars to sort out the tension.[Read More]

Access Star Sightings: February 12 – 18, 2010

Justin & Jessica hit New York Fashion Week! Plus, Gaga storms the Brit Awards, Rihanna takes Australia & more!
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Funky Friday Headlines

February 19th, 2010

Most Cape Grade 6 pupils can’t count or spell, test shows

ONLY 17.4 percent of the Western Cape’s Grade 6 pupils have the required numeracy skills for their grade level, and only 48.6 percent are reading and writing at the required level.[Read More]

Hawks in torture probe after heist

A MAN arrested for the Absa Bank robbery on Adderley Street at the weekend claims that Hawks police unit members tortured him.[Read More]

Strauss in ’seclusion’

Andrew Strauss is taking a break from the pressures of the England cricket team captaincy, Australian media have reported.[Read More]

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Alleged sex addict Woods going back to rehab

A letter has revealed that Tiger Woods will have a second stint in rehab to be treated for sex addiction, starting after he makes his public statement today.[Read More]

No happy ending for Smith’s tourists

The truth, writes Stuart Hess, is that South Africa did not deserve to beat India in the final Test, but their effort, particulary Hashim Amla’s, should be commended.[Read More]