2oceans Vibe

Parking is a well-known bugbear for the citizens of the greater Cape Town Metropole, some might even say the situation is reaching a critical mass. But the men and women of of the Northern Suburbs are putting on a masterclass of guile and smarts in the parking department. Thanks to Mike and Mike’s brother for sending in the evidence.

Angels After McQueen..

Hells Angels Sue Alexander McQueen – The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is suing the Alexander McQueen fashion house claiming it infringed the club’s trademark. It is also suing Saks Fifth Avenue, the luxury store, and online retailer Zappos for selling what the Hells Angels regard as offending merchandise. According to Fritz Clapp, an intellectual property lawyer for the Hells Angels, the items in question included a four finger ring that used the club’s winged skull logo. [telegraph]

Charlie Sheen’s Hotel Drug Fiasco Date Revealed – The woman Charlie Sheen was, er, entertaining at the Plaza Hotel on Monday night has refuted rumors that she’s a prostitute, but there’s no denying her lengthy career as a porn star. TMZ reports that Sheen’s guest at the swanky Manhattan hotel was none other than Capri Anderson, an adult film star the actor met earlier in the evening. [popeater]

The New Age Announces New Editor – Former Sanef deputy chair Henry Jeffreys was announced as the new editor of The New Age newspaper on Thursday, following the controversial walkout of the fledgling newspaper’s top five editors.His appointment will come into effect from December 1, taking over from Jeremy Shepherd Smith, the acting editor, who ran the newspaper in the tumultuous days since the former editor left. Has this thing even launched yet? [mail&guardian]

Mimi Is Pregnant – Mariah Carey is four months pregnant with her first child — a boy! — a source close to the star tells HollyBaby.com. The Grammy award-winning singer and her husband, Nick Cannon, have been tight-lipped about her pregnancy, but she is expected to make an official announcement in the next couple of weeks. Not sure what is more amazing – the fact that someone is having a baby with her, or the fact that “hollybaby” exists. [hollybaby]

Sponsorless Semenya Turns To Facebook – While her rivals battled for Commonwealth Games gold, and soaked up the acclaim in New Delhi, Caster Semenya was left fretting over her finances and wondering if she can afford to keep running. A gender test controversy and the ensuing 11-month layoff from competition has robbed the 800-metre world champion of more than just time on the track. [timeslive]

Berlusconi Paid Teen For Sex – Just five months after Silvio Berlusconi’s wife divorced him over his alleged affair with an aspiring teenage model, Italy’s prime minister has been accused of getting intimate with yet another young catwalk wannabe.According to reports in the Italian press, a Moroccan model known only as “Ruby” has told police that she had sex with Berlusconi at his villa in Arcore, near Milan, in return for a “cash gift.” Jeepers, this guy is unstoppable! [aolnews]

NASA Sending Astronauts On One-Way Ticket To Mars – The mission is to boldly go where no man has gone before – on a flight to Mars. The snag is that you’d never come back. The U.S. space agency Nasa is actively investigating the possibility of humans colonising other worlds such as the Red Planet in an ambitious project named the Hundred Years Starship. The settlers would be sent supplies from Earth, but would go on the understanding that it would be too costly to make the return trip. Nice one. [dailymail]

Scientists Will Soon Be Able To Record Dreams – A US researcher has said he plans to electronically record and interpret dreams. Writing in the journal Nature, researchers said they have developed a system capable of recording higher-level brain activity. “We would like to read people’s dreams,” says the lead scientist Dr Moran Cerf. Umm, ja, small divorce issue on your hands after you launch that puppy. [bbc]

George W Bush’s Favourite iPad App – President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush may be BlackBerry addicts, but Apple’s iPad is their new must-have gadget. In an interview for Yahoo’s Newsmakers series, Laura Bush said her husband “loves” his iPad. “He reads the Wall Street Journal on it in the morning before the paper even is thrown,” she noted. And his favorite app? [huffpo]

Google Is Now Providing Servants to Its Employees – So much for the war on Googler entitlement. Amid heated competition for engineers, Google is trying a remarkable new perk: free use of “runners” to clean apartments, take out trash, cook dinner, run errands—whatever is needed.Googlers are being provided with credits on TaskRabbit, an online service that brokers odd jobs in five major cities. [gawker]

Original Darth Vader Costume Goes On Auction – Calling all the Star Wars fans! An original Darth Vader costume from the “The Empire Strikes Back (1980)” is expected to sell for between £160,000 and £230,000 ($250,000 and $365,000) at a sale of pop culture memorabilia on November 25, 2010 in London. Christie’s Auction House has received the jet black helmet, mask and armor worn by the space villain from an anonymous private American collector. [bornrich]

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We promised we would get it to you first, and we weren’t lying! This video has taken things to the next level. I don’t know what the guy who made it was smoking, but it looks like it might be pretty expensive stuff! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the new Goldfish music video – GET BUSY LIVING!

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – 27 October 2010: Shereen Barnes joined hundreds of protestors and members of the media in a march from Kaizergracht to Parliament to protest against the proposed Protection of Information Bill and the setting up of media tribunal in Cape Town, South Africa on 27 October 2010. Protestors also marched to show their support of the Right to Know (R2K) campaign. (Photo by Gallo Images/Foto24/Felix Dlangamandla)