Internet photos of pretty pole vaulter Allison Stokke create unwanted attention
June 1, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
(CBS) Allison Stokke is one of the top high school pole vaulters in America.
The California state champion has broken five national records.
But in cyberspace, people think of the 18-year-old from Norwalk very differently, because of one misleading photo.
The shot, explains Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm, was taken at a track meet and posted on a sports blog. It’s made Stokke the latest Internet “it” girl.
In less than a month, a virtual slideshow of still photos has taken her image around the world. Read more
Damien Hirst covers skull cast in diamonds
June 1, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Damien Hirst, former BritArt bad boy whose works infuriate and inspire in equal measure, did it again on Friday with a diamond-encrusted platinum cast of a human skull priced at a cool $99020000.
The skull, cast from a 35-year-old 18th century European male, is coated with 8,601 diamonds, including a large pink diamond worth more than four million pounds in the centre of its forehead.
“It shows we are not going to live for ever. But it also has a feeling of victory over death,” Hirst said as the sparkling skull was unveiled to the public for the first time amid tight security at central London’s White Cube gallery. Read more
