Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 at 3:37 pm

Fascinating Flashes: Starring Miss South Africa Megan Coleman, Laila Ali, Jennifer Connelly, and Justin Timberlake

-This would be enough to drive Miss America to drink and back into rehab all over again: Miss South Africa 2006, Megan Coleman, will be handed the keys to a brand new Land Rover Freelander 2 when it becomes available here in April. That’s what you get when you are the reigning queen of a country perfect for bundu-bashing and running taxis off the road. Via M-Web Motoring News.

-Why would someone pay a middleweight American woman R3,5 million to come to our lovely land to beat up a local mother of five when we can see that sort of thing happening for free any day of the week (but especially on weekends) in, say, Boksburg? Via IOL.

-Jennifer Connelly, who also stars in that bloody diamond movie, said that while filming on location in Africa, she - surprise, surprise - wanted to adopt an orphan. However, in an awesome display of originality, she says she didn’t in the end, because her relationship with her biological son Kai prevented it. Sure, blame your heartlessness on your innocent child! Via Celebrity Nation.

-Justin Timberlake blames his being a tightwad on his stepfather and Wal-Mart. Not, as we logically thought, because Wal-Mart is even cheaper than Timberlake and therefore it was the only shop his family could afford to buy stuff from, but because his stepdad bought him some shares in the company when he was 10. Yes, we know. It made us go “huh?” as well. Via Exposay.