Newsflash: August 29, 2012

Paperblog.com

Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins

This morning more than 30 trucks filled up with coins of 5 cents arrived atApple’s headquarters in California. Initially,  the security company that protects the facility said it was diverted to the wrong place, but minutes later, Tim Cook (Apple CEO) received a call from Samsung CEO explaining that  they will pay $1 billion dollars for the fine recently ruled against the South Korean company in this way.

the funny part is that the signed document does not specify a single payment method, so Samsung is entitled to send him to the creators of the iPhone its billion dollars as they deem best.

GMA News.com

Pinoy fashion blogger Bryan Boy: 'Next Top' judge

Another Filipino is on the path of international stardom — Bryan Yambao, more popularly known as “Bryan Boy,” was selected as a judge for the reality show "America’s Next Top Model" (ANTM) Cycle 19.

In a post on his Facebook account, Bryan Boy, 27, said he was excited about becoming a judge in the popular American show.

The host and producer of the show, supermodel Tyra Banks, even tweeted that she was with “Pinoy Fashion Blogger” Bryan Boy, who signed a contract with ANTM on May 25.

GMA News.com

Model, TV host Joey Mead King to judge Asia's Next Top Model

Model and TV personality Joey Mead-King will be a judge and mentor for Cycle 1 of "Asia’s Next Top Model" (Asia’sNTM) which will be aired late 2012.

Asia’sNTM is a spinoff of the reality model search series on TV, "America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) which will give young Asian women the chance to experience the high-stakes world of international modeling.

Mead-King will be joining Asia’sNTM host Nadya Hutagalung and co-judges fashion director Daniel Boey and fashion photographer Todd Anthony Tyler.

Reuters

LL Cool J fought and detained burglar at his house, police say

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy-winning rapper and TV actorLL Cool J fought a burglar in the kitchen of his Los Angeles house early on Wednesday and held him there until officers arrived to take the man into custody, police said.

The 58-year-old prowler, whom LL Cool J caught in his house shortly before 1 a.m., appears to have been homeless, said Los Angeles police spokesman Richard French.

"There was a brief physical confrontation between the two," he said.

Afterward, LL Cool J called police and the prowler, whose name has not been released, was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital, French said.

He will be charged with burglary, French said. The extent of the man's injuries were not immediately clear.