Friday, 8th September 2006 at 10:17 am

Fascinating Flashes: Tanit Phoenix in lingerie!

And now that we have your attention… ha ha, just kidding.

-South African model Tanit Phoenix is a real snake charmer. Oh, stop sniggering, will ya? We didn’t mean it like THAT. Check out Minki van der Westhuizen and other South African hotties modelling lingerie at a recent fashion show hosted in Cape Town by Cosmopolitan magazine. Via News24.

-The one other thing celebrities seem to do faster than making money and babies, is getting arrested. This week’s drunk driving arrest was kindly brought to you by the erratic late-night driving of celebutart Paris Hilton. While being patted down by the arresting officers early yesterday morning, Ms. Hilton exclaimed: “Oooh, this is the most action I’ve had since recently breaking my year-long vow of abstinence with Travis Barker!” Via Playfuls and The Bosch.

-For the last decade or so, South Africa has been a hot holiday destination for working stiffs from abroad. Now it’s becoming a hot destination for just plain stiffs. We heard that the cremated remains of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, who was gunned down in Las Vegas a decade ago, is being brought to Soweto where it will remain for the rest of time. African ashes to African dust. Via Mail & Guardian.

-Oh, what a difference a week makes. Last Friday, Ellen had an accident with her two favourite rides: Her Porche and her Portia. This Friday, she hears she’s been employed to host next year’s Academy Awards. Dare we even ask what next Friday might bring? Will she perhaps exchange her Portia for a younger model? Via The Washington Post.

-Lindsay Lohan can barely keep her wits about her when she is in her usual habitats of the beach in Malibu and in Hollywood. She really shouldn’t have been trusted to travel with jewellery outside of the United States. Via Toronto Star.