News you can digest in 5
This week’s news in a nutshell:
- After German tabloid Bild published a NSFW photo of Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge has reportedly hired a butt bodyguard to prevent this sort of incident from happening again. We say, just invest in a couple of good slips.
- Singaporeans, more than 1,500 SingPass accounts were hacked so it’s a good idea to change your passwords, even if you didn’t receive the password reset notifications.
- Move over, Sports Illustrated. Swimsuits for All’s new swimsuit calendar proves that swimsuit sexy doesn’t have to be a perfect size 4. Featuring plus-sized supermodel Robyn Lawley, this plus-sized e-tailer hits out at society’s obsession with super-slim summer bodies.
- Tens of thousands of people joined the candlelight vigils held in Hong Kong on 4 June 2014, which marked the 25th anniversary of China’s horrific military crackdown on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen. The protest remains a taboo topic in Mainland China.
- Hot on the heels of the guy who spent $100,000 on plastic surgery trying to look like Justin Bieber, there’s a Brazilian student of European descent who’s undergone more than 10 surgical operations to look Korean. Funny world we live in.
- This is the year of Lupita Nyong’o – she’s joining the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII with Gwendoline Christie (of Games of Throne fame).
