Johannesburg  - South Africans have been invited to mourn deceased singer Miriam Makeba at a public memorial service in her native Johannesburg at the weekend, The Star newspaper reported Friday.

Makeba, Africa's first Grammy award winning singer and a leading anti-apartheid activist, died on Sunday in Italy after performing at a concert.

On Wednesday President Kgalema Motlanthe declared national days of mourning leading up to the funeral of the woman, known to her legions of fans worldwide as Mama Africa.

London, November 14: Famous for filming James Bond flicks, Pinewood Studios recently sent out an SOS after two small scorpions were spotted on the loose there.

Pest control experts captured the creatures alive in answer to the studio bosses’ request, say reports.

The scorpions are being examined to discover whether the species is lethal.

Media reports suggest that the scorpions were not used as props in the latest 007 film Quantum Of Solace, which was also shot at the 100-acre site in Buckinghamshire.

They are thought to be among properties used in a new fantasy film ‘Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time’ that were flown in from Morocco, where scorpions are plentiful.

London, Nov 14  German supermodel Heidi Klum has posed for America’s latest Got Milk? campaign with a milk moustache on her face.

With a white line bordering her top lip, the beauty has appeared on the ad to encourage public having healthier life by drinking milk, reports the Sun.

Recently, the model poked ‘naked’ fun at Hollywood actor Tom Cruise''''s air guitar scene from a 1980s movie ''''Risky Business'''' in a new commercial for Guitar Hero: World Tour.

Washington, Nov 14 : A small piece of James Bond star Daniel Craig''s wounded finger, which got sliced off during filming, will remain forever on the 007 soundstage at London''s Pinewood studios.

Filming of 007 movie ‘Quantum of Solace’ was suspended while cast and crewmembers scoured for the missing digit, but it was never found.

And Craig is glad that he left a part of him behind.

New York, Nov 14 : A southern California dental assistant who terrorized Sandra Bullock and dumped pieces of animal fur in the actress’ backyard has been placed on three years'' probation.

Marcia Valentine, 47, pled guilty to the misdemeanor charge of stalking the "Premonition" actress, reports the New York Daily News.

Bullock, who went to court in May 2007 and obtained a restraining order against Valentine, testified that Valentine had, on five separate occasions, left "weird signs" using palm fronds and "pieces of animal fur."

Valentine was arrested in April 2007 after police said she tried to run down Bullock''s husband, motorcycle mogul Jesse James, outside the couple''s home in Sunset Beach.