Pick of the Month

“The 22-year-old star will host the event tonight, two years after her controversial semi-naked twerking with Robin Thicke”

“The 23-year-old singer claims it’s the most ridiculous story she’s ever heard after the bizarre tale, written by an anonymous fan, appeared online a few years back. … The former Disney star finally mentioned the ‘incident’ during promo for her new single Cool For Summer, when she was asked by a fan what the most ridiculous thing she had ever read about herself is.”

“Despite it probably being a headache for Demi at the time, rapper pal Iggy Azalea thought the whole tale was hilarious and tweeted: ‘I can’t lie ‘delete it fat’ and ‘vagina flick’ are now parts of my official vocab.’”

“The American starlet has been thrown out of the house after Channel 5 bosses investigated comments made by Tila two years ago regarding the Nazis. In 2013, Tila published a blog post sympathising with Adolf Hitler, and Photoshopped an image showing her wearing a swastika armband. Calling Hitler a ‘sweet kid’ in the post: ‘Why I sympathise with Hitler Part 1: True History Unveiled’”

“Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas has been forced to put a Nicki Minaj waxwork under guard and fence it off after photos of people taking explicit selfies with the model emerged. They were forced to take action after being made aware of a number of photos appeared on Instagram, one of which shows a guest ‘behaving so inappropriately’, they were forced to take action.”

“Using data from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, author Mona Chalabi looks at orgasm data from masturbation, oral, vaginal and anal sex, both given and received. Some of the data is enlightening—as men we’re woefully inadequate when it comes to fingerblasting our lovers, as 64% of the 199 respondents report achieving orgasm. Even muffdiving, supposedly our best chance to help women climax, had a rate of return of just over 80%. The only sex act during which women kept pace with men in terms of orgasms (i.e., a rate of over 90%) was receiving anal. In fact, women are likely to orgasm when receiving oral sex than men are when giving it.”

“Jeff Koons is a former Wall Street commodities trader who left the financial world to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. … Some have called his work lively and playful, while others refer to it as ‘childish’ and ‘banal’, but for millions of his fans, his work stands out. Koons’ stainless steel sculpture, Balloon Dog (Orange), was sold at an auction for $58.4m, turning him into the most expensive living artist of all time.”

“Residents had believed the 2.5-acre Tropicana site, a former lido, was being turned into a film shoot in a cover story maintained by the local council. A sign reading ‘Dismaland’ was erected across the front of the building and stewards wearing pink tabards with ‘Dismal’ on the back began working there. … Banksy described the park as ‘a festival of art, amusements and entry-level anarchism’, adding: ‘This is an art show for the 99% who’d rather be at Alton Towers.’ The Bristol-based artist was inspired to create the park after peeking through a gap in the fence at the Tropicana site in January. ‘It’s not a swipe at Disney,’ he said. ‘I banned any imagery of Mickey Mouse from the site. It’s a showcase for the best line-up of artists I could imagine, apart from the two who turned me down.’”

“Google started as a company that built a search engine, but over time it’s become a lot more than that. The Mountain View, California, company has created a number of other hugely popular internet products, including Android, Chrome and Gmail. More recently, the company has begun pouring resources into projects like self-driving cars, anti-aging technology, and balloon-powered internet access.

“Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of the collapsed bitcoin exchange MtGox, was arrested Saturday by Japanese police over his alleged connection with the loss of bitcoins worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Authorities said that the 30-year-old French-born is suspected of manipulating the company’s computer system to falsify its outstanding balance, Reuters reported.”