While You Were Sleeping, The Justin Bieber Post-Coital Sex-Tape Plot Thickened

That Video Of Bieber Sleeping Wasn’t Filmed By A Prostitute:

Her name is Tati Neves, and although one report claims she described herself as a ‘VIP Companion’ on her Twitter account (which has since been taken down), most are saying she was not an escort; the original YouTube — ‘Justin Bieber Sleeping With A Girl In Brasil’ — was re-uploaded by different accounts, who switched the word ‘Girl’ with ‘Prostitute’ after a misleading post on Reddit.

Instead, Neves — a 26-year-old pin-up model and actress — was one of a group of Brazilian women who were allegedly forced to sign a confidentiality agreement and hand over their phones and cameras before “eating chicken nuggets, crisps and chocolate” (sure) with the pop star at his hired mansion. When Bieber fell fast asleep, presumably from all the snacking, she snuck into his room and filmed him… Or so the story goes.

For a guy who relishes any opportunity to take his shirt off, the tank-top he’s wearing could attest to the fact that perhaps he did not have sex with that woman. Here is Bieber’s official response to the fiasco, posted yesterday evening.

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Here’s A Nice Thing:

Do you like time-lapse videos, makeover montages, nice old men and United States Army vets? Then this is the viral video for you!

Jim Wolf is an ex-army guy who has struggled with poverty, homelessness and alcoholism for decades. Degage Ministries is a non-profit organisation that helps “transform the lives of homeless veterans”. Jim Wolf volunteered to have the following timelapse clip made of his makeover.

Don’t worry: he gets more than just a nice suit and haircut.

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Watch David Bowie In Louis Vuitton’s Short Film:

Ah, “the fashion film”: pretentious, opaque, unrelateable, and, for the most part, French.

This one is called L’Invitation Au Voyage, and was directed by Romain Gavras — the guy behind M.I.A.’s brilliant clips for ‘Born Free’ and ‘Bad Girls’. It  stars American fashion model Arizona Muse and David Bowie, who performs ‘I’d Rather Be High’ from The Next Day on a harpsichord while looking longingly at the side of her head. It is set at some kind of elaborate ye olde ball. Also, The Louvre, Venice and a hot air balloon.

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Phew, what was happening there? Here, watch this one instead.

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Where Do All The Swear Words Come From?

Here’s a thing that is completely useless but strangely fascinating: web developer Martin Gringras has developed The F-Bomb map, which scans Twitter in real-time for use of the word ‘fuck’, and drops a pin in the shape of a bomb on the city from which it came.

The map begins empty when you load the page, but it only takes a few seconds for it to fill up. Apparently people don’t swear so much in the morning.

Read more about the map and its origins here.