Top News Stories –

Calvin Klein says Kate Moss was ‘difficult’ –
Klein, recalling the time he cast Moss and Mark Wahlberg in a series of advertisements in the Eighties, says she was, while “a great model,” a “difficult” person to work with. “It didn’t go too well. She didn’t like him at all. I have worked with so many women, great ones, and Kate was always difficult.” (See Video of the Day and List of The Day) [Daily Telegraph]
Kate Moss with photographer Mario Testino

Sarah Palin caught with crib notes on her hand –
Sarah Palin mocked President Barack Obama as ‘a charismatic guy with a Teleprompter’ during a speech only to be photographed with crib notes written on the palm of her hand. A close examination of the former vice-presidential candidate speaking at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville at the weekend revealed she had the words “Energy”, “Tax,” and “Lift Americans Spirits” scrawled in ink on the inside of her left hand.
“Budget cuts” was written and then crossed out. She surreptitiously glanced at the words during a question and answer session afterwards when she was asked what should be the top three things a Republican majority in Congress would focus on. [Daily Telegraph]
Sarah Palin

Consumers ‘unconvinced’ by Apple iPad, study shows –
The number of people who are not interested in buying an Apple iPad has increased after the tablet’s unveiling, according to shopping website Retrevo. Just over a quarter of those questioned ahead of the Apple event last month said they had heard that Apple might launch a tablet-style computer, but were not interested in buying one. That figure increased from 26 per cent to 52 per cent in the days following the unveiling last month. And the number of people saying they would definitely buy an Apple iPad increased by just two per cent, from three per cent before the announcement to five per cent after the tablet computer had been unveiled. The number of shoppers who were undecided remained almost the same before and after the announcement, up from 18 per cent who said they might buy one, to 19 per cent. [Daily Telegraph]
Steve Jobs with the iPad

Video of the Day –

Kate Moss YSL commercial 2009

List of the day –

Top earning models in 2009 – [List from Forbes.com]
1. Gisele Bündchen
$25 Million

2. Heidi Klum
$16 Million

3. Kate Moss
$8.5 Million

4. Adriana Lima
$8 Million

5=. Doutzen Kroes
$6 Million

5=. Alessandra Ambrosio
$6 Million

7. Natalia Vodianova
$5.5 Million

8. Daria Werbowy
$4.5 Million

9. Miranda Kerr
$3 Million

10. Carolyn Murphy
$3 Million

11. Emanuela De Paula
$2.5 Million

Other News Stories –

• Sudan‘s President Omar al-Bashir could still face charges of genocide in Darfur. (BBC)
• Dr. Conrad Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter in pop singer Michael Jackson‘s death.(BBC)
• The sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is halted after his lawyers attempt to have the judge removed. (Bernama) (Al Jazeera) (UPI)
• Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to win the 2010 presidential election, with 98% of the ballots counted. (Kyiv Post) (The New York Times) (The Hindu)
• At least 17 Indian soldiers are killed in an avalanche in Kashmir. (Indian Express) (BBC)
• Space Shuttle Endeavour launches successfully from Kennedy Space Center at 4:14 EST, marking the beginning of STS-130, a two-week mission to the International Space Station. (UPI)
• The World Health Organisation confirms that a cholera outbreak which has spread along the north coast of Papua New Guinea has hit more than 2,000 people, killing around 50 of them. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• A colony of Galapagos Islands sea lions relocate 1,500 kilometres, the first time they have set up a colony outside the islands. (BBC)
• The Boeing 747-8 takes its maiden flight, lasting just under four hours.
• A series of avalanches at the Salang tunnel in Afghanistan is presumed to kill 64 people, with at least 400 injuries reported. (The New York Times) (Toronto Sun)
• Reform of the banking system was one of the key themes at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. European Parliament Vice-PresidentSilvana Koch-Mehrin said “There was general disapproval of the disproportionate self-rewarding in the banking sector”. (Gov Monitor)

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