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2010 Super 14 – Week 6 – Results

Running Wolf — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:15:28 +0000

The 6th week of the 2010 Super 14 tournament kicked off this past week Friday. The Bulls went into the weekend on the top of the Super 14 log and managed to keep the position. The Bulls narrowly beat the [...]

Aerial view of Cape Town City Bowl

Running Wolf — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:30:29 +0000

In 2009 I spent 7 days in December in Cape Town. We went up Table Mountain and spent about an hour and a half admiring the awesome aerial view of Cape Town and enjoying lunch on top of the mountain [...]

Tamzin Outhwaite

Running Wolf — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:00:02 +0000

Tamzin Outhwaite was born in 1970 in Ilford, Essex in the United Kingdom. She’s been an active actress since 1993. She starred on East Enders between 1998 and 2002. She’s also starred in various television shows, including Red Cap and [...]

Movie Trailers: Predators (2010)

Running Wolf — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:34:43 +0000

This film is aiming to reboot the Predator franchise. The third Predator film entitled Predators will be released in July 2010. Predator 2 (starring Danny Glover) was released in 1990 and Predator (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger) was released in 1987. Predators [...]

Crowd at Die Heuwels Fantasties at RAMFest 2010 Jhb

Running Wolf — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:52:12 +0000

A few weeks ago I attented RAMFest 2010 in Johannesburg. Afrikaans Electronic sensation Die Heuwels Fantasties played an absolutely amazing show which had the 10,000 strong crowd singing along to every word of their songs. They’re definately one of my [...]

Kasia Smutniak

Running Wolf — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:10:22 +0000

Kasia Smutniak was born in 1979 in Poland. This actress was recently cast in the 2010 Luc Besson movie From Paris with Love (a film which stars John Travolta). She speaks fluent Polish, Russian, English and Italian. Before she [...]

10 Facts: Port Elizabeth

Running Wolf — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:47 +0000

Port Elizabeth is situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The city is one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa (which kicks off on the 11th of June 2010). The newly [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Mascot

Running Wolf — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:30:47 +0000

Zakumi is the official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which takes place in South Africa. In spent 7 days in December in Cape Town in 2009 and I took this photo of a model of the mascot whilst [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Paraguay

Running Wolf — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Paraguay are currently ranked at number 29 on the FIFA rankings. Paraguay will make their 9th appearance in a FIFA World Cup tournament this year. They were one of the teams that competed in the inaugural FIFA World Cup tournament [...]

Jorja Fox

Running Wolf — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:30:44 +0000

Jorja Fox was born in 1968 in New York City in the USA. She’s most famous for her role as Sara Sidle in CSI. She’s starred in 195 episodes of this series since the year 2000. She also starred in [...]

10 Facts: Durban

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:19 +0000

Durban has been selected as one of the 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities in South Africa. The Moses Mabhida Stadium has been newly built for this event (next to the ABSA stadium which houses the Sharks rugby team). To [...]

British Houses of Parliament

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:30:19 +0000

In November 2004 me and my dad visited my brother in London in the United Kingdom. I took this photo of the British Houses of Parliament and the world famous Big Ben whilst standing across the Thames river from the [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: North Korea

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:59 +0000

FIFA, the Football governing body recognizes North Korea as Korea DPR. North Korea are currently ranked in 102nd place in the FIFA rankings. North Korea will be playing in its 2nd FIFA World Cup tournament this year. The country participated [...]

Natalie Portman

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:30:38 +0000

Natalie Portman was born in 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel. She’s one of the best Hollywood actresses around. She’s most for her role as Padme Amidala in the Star Wars prequels. She’s also starred in The Professional (also known as Leon) [...]

10 Facts: Pretoria

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:09 +0000

Today we’re covering the city I live in, Pretoria. The city is the administrative capital of South Africa. Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of South Africa (for those of you who did not [...]

Three Rondavels

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:30:29 +0000

The Three Rondavels are situated in the Drakensberg mountain range in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. I remember visiting this spot whilst on holiday with my family in one of the last years in high school. This is truly one [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Nigeria

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:08 +0000

Nigeria is currently ranked at number 15 on the FIFA rankings. Nigeria is the 2nd highest ranked African team in the world behind Egypt (who are ranked 10th by FIFA). The Nigerian national football team is nicknamed the “Super Eagles”. [...]

Marg Helgenberger

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:30:29 +0000

Marg Helgenberger was born in 1958 in Nebraska in the United States. She’s most famous for her role as Catherine Willows on CSI. She’s starred in 221 episodes of the popular Crime television series. She’s also starred in various other [...]

Fokofpolisiekar – Monoloog in Stereo (Unplugged)

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:10:20 +0000

In 2005 I attended Oppikoppi Wired. The same festival where I took the 2005 Oppikoppi Crowd at Fokofpolisiekar photo. That particular Fokofpolisiekar gig was quite a memorable one for me. The atmosphere was chilled out, not something one usually expects [...]

10 Facts: Johannesburg

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:04 +0000

Today’s topic for the 10 facts section on this blog is Johannesburg. This South African city is one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which kicks off on the 11th of June this year in South [...]

Angel Falls

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:30:19 +0000

Angel Falls is the world’s highest waterfall and is situated in Venezuela in South America. The falls are 979 metres (3,212 feet) high. They were spotted in 1912 by Venezuelan explorer Ernesto Sánchez La Cruz, but he did not publicize [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: New Zealand

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:00:10 +0000

New Zealand is currently ranked at number 79 on the FIFA rankings. New Zealand will be playing in their second FIFA World Cup tournament in 2010 in South Africa. The last time they featured in a FIFA World Cup tournament [...]

Eva LaRue

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:30:07 +0000

Eva LaRue was born in 1966 in Long Beach, California in the United States. She’s most famous for her role as Natalia Boa Vista in CSI: Miami. She’s also starred in All My Children since 1993. She has also appeared [...]

aKING – Know Your Bones (Unplugged)

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:27:09 +0000

South African Rockers aKING recently did this acoustic version of their song Know Your Bones (which was released on their 2nd studio album entitled Against All Odds. This video made its debut on the South African music television channel MK [...]

10 Facts: South Africa

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:07 +0000

This is the first installment of a new section entitled ‘10 Facts’ on Running Wolf’s Rant. Once in a while posts like this one will cover 10 facts about a chosen topic. Some of you folks out there might find [...]

Union Buildings

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:30:25 +0000

The Union Buildings are one of Pretoria’s most famous landmarks. The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa as well as the Department of Foreign [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Mexico

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:00:55 +0000

Mexico will be playing in its 14th FIFA World Cup. They made it to the Quarter finals of the FIFA World Cup in 1970 and 1986. Mexico hosted the FIFA World Cup tournament in 1986. The country has also played [...]

Emily Procter

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:30:35 +0000

Emily Procter was born in 1968 in Raleigh, North Carolina in the USA. She’s is most famous for her role as Calleigh Duquesne in the television series CSI: Miami. She actually starred in a few films before she moved on [...]

2010 Super 14 – Week 5 – Results

Running Wolf — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:40:02 +0000

The 2010 Super 14 tournament entered its 5th week this past weekend. The Cheetahs and the Blues were the teams resting this weekend. 6 matches were played this weekend. On Friday (the 12th of March 2010) the Chiefs faced New [...]

South Africa vs New Zealand 2006

Running Wolf — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:08:57 +0000

In 2006 my friends and I attended the Tri Nations match played between South Africa and New Zealand at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg. The Springboks narrowly beat the All Blacks in the match. This photo was selected as [...]

Hillary Rhoda

Running Wolf — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:00:11 +0000

Hillary Rhoda was born in Chevy Chase, Maryland in the United States in 1987. She has appeared in adverts for Balenciaga, Valentino, Belstaff, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Donna Karan, Gucci, Gap, Dsquared, Blumarine and Ralph Lauren. She’s also appeared in Victoria’s [...]

South Africa vs England 2009

Running Wolf — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:39:13 +0000

Before spending 7 days in December in Cape Town in 2009 me and my dad attended the first 5 day test cricket match between South Africa and England at Supersport Park in Centurion (near Pretoria, South Africa). It was extremely [...]

Samaire Armstrong

Running Wolf — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:32:39 +0000

Samaire Armstrong was born in 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. She lived in Japan for several years before moving to the United States. She’s an actress by profession. She’s well-known for her appearances in Party of Five, Dirty Sexy Money, Entourage [...]

Notable Events in 1976

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:45:45 +0000

It’s hard to believe that 1976 is already 34 years ago this year. It’s definately one of the most interesting years in history. Lots of things happened in 1976 in South Africa and around the world that are worth mentioning. [...]

Die Heuwels Fantasties on stage at RAMfest 2010 in Johannesburg

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:30:00 +0000

Last weekend me and someone special attented RAMFest 2010 in Johannesburg at Emmerentia dam. Afrikaans Electronic sensation Die Heuwels Fantasties were one of the best acts of the day. A crowd of more than 10,000 people made their way to [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Japan

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:23 +0000

Japan will be playing in their 4th FIFA World Cup Tournament in history. Japan played in their first FIFA World Cup tournament in 1998 in France. They were co-hosts with South Korea for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and made [...]

Lisa Martinaglia

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:52 +0000

Lisa Martinaglia is a South African model. She’s done advertising campaigns for Laltramoda, Sergio Rossi and Sephora. She’s also appeared on the cover of Deutsch in Germany. Lisa Martinaglia has been selected as the Daily Babe on Running Wolf’s Rant [...]

Quotes – Part 23 – Johnny Depp

Running Wolf — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:04:53 +0000

Johnny Depp is a famous American actor. He was born in 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky in the United States. The first film he ever starred in was A Nightmare On Elm Street (directed by Wes Craven) in 1984. After this [...]

View of Union Buildings from Loftus Versfeld

Running Wolf — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:30:26 +0000

A few weeks ago me and my dad went to watch the Bulls play against the Brumbies in the Super 14 tournament at Loftus Versfeld. I took this photo of the famous Pretoria landmark, the Union Buildings whilst standing on [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Italy

Running Wolf — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:48 +0000

Italy have qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Italy is currently ranked at #4 on the FIFA rankings. The country will be playing in their 17th World Cup Tournament in history in 2010. Italy have won [...]

Gulcan Karahanci

Running Wolf — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:30:24 +0000

Gulcan Karahanci was born in Germany in 1982. She’s a German TV presenter. Gulcan Karahanci is of Turkish decent. She placed 2nd in Maxim Magazine’s women of the year in television. She was at number 71 on FHM Germany’s 100 [...]

Movie Trailers: Green Zone (2010)

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:44:57 +0000

Green Zone tells the story of an U.S. Army Officer who discovers covert and faulty intelligence. This causes him to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region (Iraq). The film is “credited as [...]

The Narrow on stage at RAMFest 2010 Johannesburg

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:53 +0000

The Narrow played an absolutely brilliant gig at RAMFest 2010 Jhb. They got the crowd going at Emmerentia dam. Shortly after their appearance on the stage the front part of the crowd turned into a moshpit. It was one of [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Honduras

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:30:14 +0000

Honduras are currently ranked at number 35 on the FIFA Rankings. Honduras will be playing in their 2nd FIFA World Cup in history. The last time they competed in the FIFA World Cup was in 1982 when the tournament [...]

Super 14 Teams: Western Force

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:52 +0000

The Western Force a Super 14 rugby team based in Perth, Australia. The Western Force franchise was established in 2005. The team is the youngest team in the Super 14. They will be robbed of that title in 2011 when [...]

Natasha Henstridge

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:30:16 +0000

Natasha Henstridge was born in August 1974 in Canada. She’s a fashion model turned actress. She’s most famous for her performances and Species (in 1995), Maximum Risk (in 1996), The Whole Nine Yards (in 2000), The Whole Ten Yards (in [...]

Movie Trailers: Legend of the Guardians (2010)

Running Wolf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:36:50 +0000

Animal Logic, the same digital visual effects company that brought us the movie Happy Feet in 2006 are working on a new film called Legend of the Guardians The film is scheduled to be released in September 2010. Legend of [...]

BOO! on stage at RAMFest 2010 in Johannesburg

Running Wolf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:02 +0000

One of the coolest South African bands, BOO! have returned to the music scene in 2010. They played at RAMFest 2010 Jhb this past weekend at Emmerentia dam. They are still as good as the last time I saw them [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Greece

Running Wolf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:30:45 +0000

Greece will be playing in their 2nd FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa in 2010. Their last appearance was in 1994 at the FIFA World Cup tournament (which was held in the USA). They were knocked out in the [...]

Super 14 Teams: Waratahs

Running Wolf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:14 +0000

The Waratahs are a Super 14 rugby team based in Sydney, Australia. They represent the New South Wales region of Australia in the Super 14 tournament. Chris Hickey is the current coach of the team. Phil Waugh is the current [...]

Roxanne McKee

Running Wolf — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:10 +0000

Roxanne McKee was born in 1980 in the United Kingdom. She starred as Louise Summers on Hollyoaks between 2005 and 2008. She got this role after winning a competition on the British television station Channel 4. She won the Digital [...]

2010 Academy Award Winners

Running Wolf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:57:18 +0000

The 82nd annual Academy Award ceremony was held in California in the United States yesterday. The Hurt Locker was awarded with 6 Academy Awards this year much to the disappointment of Avatar fans. Avatar was only awarded the Oscar in [...]

RAMFest 2010 Jhb

Running Wolf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:05:59 +0000

This past weekend I attended RAMFest 2010 in Johannesburg. It’s the first time in the 4 year RAMFest history that the music festival had a Johannesburg show. The RAMFest 2010 festival was held over 3 days near Worcester in the [...]

South Africa vs England 2007

Running Wolf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:01 +0000

In 2007 I attended the rugby test match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria between the Springboks and England. It was an overcast day. Me and my dad were sitting at our usual spot on the main stand. This photo was [...]

Super 14 Teams: Stormers

Running Wolf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:30:19 +0000

The Stormers are a Super 14 rugby team based in Cape Town, South Africa. The team draw players from Cape Town, the Cape Winelands and West Coast regions of South Africa. Their home matches are played at Newlands stadium in [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Germany

Running Wolf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:45 +0000

Germany is currently ranked at number 5 on the FIFA rankings. The German national football team will be playing in it’s 17th FIFA World Cup this year in South Africa. Germany has won the FIFA World Cup 3 times, in [...]

Isabeli Fontana

Running Wolf — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:30:10 +0000

Isabeli Fontana was born in 1983 in Curitiba, Brazil. She’s a model by profession. She has modelled for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, Marie Claire, ELLE, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Numéro, i-D, Arena and many others since 1999. She has done [...]

2010 Golden Raspberry Award Winners

Running Wolf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:34:47 +0000

The Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held yesterday in Los Angeles in the United States. The awards recognize the worst that the world of film has to offer and is commonly referred to as “The Razzies”. This award ceremony is [...]

2010 Super 14 – Week 4 – Results

Running Wolf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:20:14 +0000

The 4th week of the 2010 Super 14 competition kicked off on Friday this past weekend. The Bulls and Western Force did not participate in this weekend’s matches because they were the 2 rested teams for this weekend. On Friday [...]

2010 MK Award Winners

Running Wolf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:56:42 +0000

The MK Award ceremony was recently held at the Teatro at Monte Casino in Johannesburg (on the 28th of February). The event showcased the best that South African music has to offer. Judging by the nominees the standard of South [...]

Oppikoppi 2005 Aerial View

Running Wolf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:00:05 +0000

In 2005 I attended Oppikoppi Wired. We walked to the bar on the koppie to watch Bacchus Nel perform. I walked up close enough to the fence to take this picture.This photo has been selected as the Daily Cool Photo [...]

Rachel Perry

Running Wolf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:30:18 +0000

Rachel Perry was born in 1976 in Brockville, Ontario in Canada. She’s a TV personality and actress by profession. She’s starred in episodes of CSI: New York and Heist. She frequently narrates programs on VH1. She worked at Canadian-based MuchMusic [...]

Crowd at Goldish gig at La Med in December 2009

Running Wolf — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:00:25 +0000

I spent 7 days in December in Cape Town in December 2009. During this holiday me and my brother went to La Med in Clifton to watch a performance by South African dance sensation Goldfish. The venue was packed to [...]

Jenny Frost

Running Wolf — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:30:51 +0000

Jenny Frost was born in 1978 in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England in the United Kingdom. She started her musical career in 1998 in the group Precious. Jenny Frost moved on by replacing Kerry Katona in Atomic Kitten in 2001. After [...]

Andrew W.K. – Party Hard

Running Wolf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:28:10 +0000

Andrew W.K. is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and entertainer. Party Hard was released in October 2001. This song was included on his 2001 album I Get Wet and was also his first mainstream hit. Party Hard reached number 14 on [...]

aKING on stage at Oppikoppi 2009

Running Wolf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:00:09 +0000

I attented my 11th Oppikoppi festival in 2009. aKING was one of the best acts at Oppikoppi 2009 Smoorverlief in my opinion. They played a very energetic gig on the main stage. They got the crowd very involved. Everyone in [...]

Super 14 Teams: Sharks

Running Wolf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:30:25 +0000

The Sharks are a Super 14 rugby team from South Africa. They’re based in Durban in Kwazulu Natal. Their home ground is the ABSA Stadium (also known as Kings Park stadium and “The Shark Tank”) in Durban. The Sharks draw [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: France

Running Wolf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:00:38 +0000

According to FIFA France is currently ranked as the 7th best team in the world. France will be playing in their 13th FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa in 2010. Lilian Thuram is the most capped player in French football [...]

2010 SAMA Nominations

Running Wolf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:48:03 +0000

The nominees for the 16th annual MTN South African Music Awards (SAMAs) were announced last night. The award ceremony will be held on the 17th of April 2010. The South African Music Awards recognizes outstanding achievement in the South African [...]

Catrinel Menghia

Running Wolf — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:30:45 +0000

Catrinel Menghia was born in Iaşi, Romania in 1985. She started her modelling career in Bucharest in Romania when she was 16. Since then she’s moved to Milan, Italy. She’s done campaigns for major houses. She was also one [...]

Die Heuwels Fantasties – Pille vir Kersfees (Unplugged)

Running Wolf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:23:15 +0000

Now this is something refreshing. In late 2009 Afrikaans Electronic sensation Die Heuwels Fantasties released an accoustic version of their hit single Pille vir Kersfees (translated as “Pills for Christmas”) on the internet. This definately is one of my favorite [...]

Pendulum – Slam

Running Wolf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:30:36 +0000

I must admit that I’m not a huge fan of electronic music, but there are exceptions. Pendulum are an Australian-British drum and bass influenced electronic rock / drum ‘n bass production group and live band. They are originally from Perth [...]

2009 Oppikoppi crowd at Koos Kombuis

Running Wolf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:14 +0000

Koos Kombuis is one of the must-see artists if you ever attend the Oppikoppi music festival (near the town of Northam in the Limpopo province of South Africa). This photo was taken last year at Oppikoppi 2009 Smoorverlief at the [...]

Super 14 Teams: Reds

Running Wolf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:30:26 +0000

The Reds are also known as the Queensland Reds. They represent the state of Queensland in Australia. They are one of the 3 original teams from Australia that took part in the Super 12 tournament between 1996 and 2005. The [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Denmark

Running Wolf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:07 +0000

Denmark has qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. They gained entry into the tournament by beating rivals Sweden on the 10th of October 2009. The Danish National Football team is currently ranked at #16 on the FIFA [...]

Elize Du Toit

Running Wolf — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:30:59 +0000

Elize Du Toit was born in 1981 in Grahamstown, South Africa. Her family immigrated to the United Kingdom when she was 14 years old. She’s an actress by profession. She has starred in the British soap opera Hollyoaks between 2000 [...]

Gareth Wilson Interview

Running Wolf — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:15:43 +0000

I saw Southern Gypsey Queen perform in 2009 at the STRAB festival in Mozambique. Their sound could be described as a little bit of AC/DC mixed with a little bit of Bob Dylan and Neil Young. The band is originally [...]

Aerial view of Cape Town Stadium

Running Wolf — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:02 +0000

I recently spent 7 days in December in Cape Town in 2009. During this trip me and my family went up to the top of Table Mountain via the cable way. I took this photo of the recenty completed Cape [...]

Super 14 Teams: Lions

Running Wolf — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:30:47 +0000

The Lions are formerly known as the Cats. The team is based in Johannesburg and have always been centered around the Gauteng Lions union. The Lions draw players from that union since the inception of the competition as the Super [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Côte d’Ivoire

Running Wolf — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:36 +0000

Côte d’Ivoire have qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. At the moment the country is ranked at #19 on the FIFA Rankings. Vahid Halilhodžić (a former Yugoslav footballer) is the current coach of the Ivory Coast [...]

Natalie Denning

Running Wolf — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:30:02 +0000

Natalie Denning was born in 1983 in Worcester, England in the United Kingdom. She first gained fame on the British reality TV series Poor Little Rich Girls. Since then she has appeared in Nuts, ZOO, Loaded and Maxim. She had [...]

Julius Malema sings Miley Cyrus – Corruption in the RSA

Running Wolf — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:26:33 +0000

I discovered this earlier this week. Julius Malema (leader of the ANC Youth League) has been getting a ton of media attention in recent times. Julius Malema has made a lot of controversial statements and his lavish lifestyle and business [...]

Bianka Ferreira Interview

Running Wolf — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:30:48 +0000

Bianka Ferreira was born in 1990. She is a South African model and student best known as one of the six “vixens” on the Vuzu reality television series Vixens in 2009. When cast on Vixens she was 18 and living in Louis [...]

Sea Point Sunset

Running Wolf — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:30:15 +0000

I spent 7 days in December in Cape Town in 2009. During this holiday I took this photo of the sun setting over the Atlantic Ocean at Sea Point. Cape Town truly is one of the most beautiful cities I’ve [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Cameroon

Running Wolf — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:00:45 +0000

Cameroon have qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The Cameroon National football team is nicknamed “Les Lions Indomables” (meaning The Indomitable Lions). FIFA currently ranks Cameroon at number 20 on their rankings. Cameroon will play in [...]

Super 14 Teams: Hurricanes

Running Wolf — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:00:36 +0000

The Hurricanes are the team previously known as the Wellington Hurricanes. This professional Super 14 rugby represents the regions of East Coast, Poverty Bay, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa-Bush, Horowhenua, Kapiti & Wellington on the North Island of New [...]

Rhian Sugden

Running Wolf — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:30:30 +0000

Rhian Sugden was born in 1986 in Bury, Greater Manchester City, England in the United Kingdom. She’s a glamour / page 3 girl by profession. She appeared as the page 3 girl in The Sun in August 2006 for the [...]

Movie Trailers: How To Train Your Dragon (2010)

Running Wolf — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:23:02 +0000

This animated feature promises to be one of the best films of the year. How To Train Your Dragon is scheduled to be released at the end of March 2010 in the United States. The film is brought to the [...]

South Africa vs Australia 2005

Running Wolf — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:05:49 +0000

Me and my dad have been season tickets holders at Loftus Versfeld (in Pretoria) for the past 5 years. On the 30th of July 2005 we attented a Tri Nations test match played between the Springboks and Australia. The Springboks [...]

Super 14 Teams: Highlanders

Running Wolf — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:00:29 +0000

The Highlanders were formerly known as the Otago Highlanders. This New Zealand team is based in Dunedin. The team draws players from the South Island regions of Otago, North Otago and Southland in New Zealand. Jimmy Cowan is the current [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Australia

Running Wolf — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:30:18 +0000

The Australian National Football team is nicknamed the “Socceroos”. They will be playing in their 3rd FIFA World Cup in 2010 in South Africa. Australia played in their first FIFA World Cup in 1974. Australia reached the round of the [...]

Misa Campo

Running Wolf — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:14 +0000

Misa Campo was born in 1987 in Montreal, Canada. She’s a model by profession and has appeared in Sport Compact Performance Magazine, D Sport Magazine, Version C Models Magazine, Uno Magazine, DragSport Magazine, Maxim, Super Street Magazine, Drift Secret and [...]

2010 Super 14 – Week 3 – Results

Running Wolf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:47:27 +0000

This past weekend 7 matches were played in the 2010 Super 14 tournament. In Christchurch, New Zealand the Sharks played against the Crusaders. The visitors were unable to beat the hosts. The Sharks were complete outplayed and only manage to [...]

20 most read blog posts of February 2010

Running Wolf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:59:28 +0000

Today is the last day of February 2010. This truly was an interesting month. Running Wolf’s Rant has grown to well over 600 posts in the last month. I’ve also introduced the Daily Cool Photo section which features a photo [...]

Chris Chameleon on stage at Oppikoppi Easter 2006

Running Wolf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:58:42 +0000

In 2006 my friends first introduced me to the April version of the Oppikoppi music festival. This truly was one of the most memorable festivals I’ve ever been to. The line-up for the weekend included Fokofpolisiekar, The Narrow, The Parlotones, [...]

Super 14 Teams: Crusaders

Running Wolf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:00:09 +0000

The Crusaders Super 14 team was formerly known as the Canterbury Crusaders. This New Zealand team is based in Christchurch. The Crusaders are the most successful team in Super rugby history. Before the Super 12 was expanded to include 14 [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Argentina

Running Wolf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:30:07 +0000

Argentina is currently ranked at number 8 on the FIFA rankings. The Argentinian national football team is currently coached by former star player Diego Maradona (sometimes the subject of controversy off the pitch) who took up the job in 2008. [...]

Kiira Korpi

Running Wolf — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:00:51 +0000

Kiira Korpi was born in 1988 in Tampere, Finland. She’s a figure skater by profession. She is the 2007 European bronze medalist and the 2009 Finnish National Champion. She’s currently ranked 11th in the world. And she has the looks [...]

2005 Oppikoppi Crowd at Fokofpolisiekar

Running Wolf — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:30:21 +0000

In 2005 I attended Oppikoppi Wired. After spending the one morning wandering around we finally arrived at one stage where Fokofpolisiekar were promoting their Monoloog in Stereo album and doing an accoustic gig. My one friend and I were enjoying [...]

Super 14 Teams: Chiefs

Running Wolf — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:00:32 +0000

The Chiefs were previously known as the Waikato Chiefs. This Super 14 team is based in Hamilton, New Zealand. They were incorporated as the 5th New Zealand team in the Super 14 in 2006. They also competed in the Super [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Algeria

Running Wolf — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:30:35 +0000

Algeria will play in their 3rd FIFA World Cup tournament this year. They previously participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. On both occasions they were knocked out of the [...]

Elin Nordegren

Running Wolf — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:00:20 +0000

Elin Nordegren was born in 1980 in the Swedish capital Stockholm. She’s married to Tiger Woods, the professional golfer. This blonde is definately worthy of being mentioned on Running Wolf’s Rant as the Daily Babe for the 27th of February [...]

Table Mountain

Running Wolf — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:00:43 +0000

Table Mountain is situated in Cape Town, South Africa. Thanks to a cable way (which was upgraded in the late 1990s) visitors can be transported to the top of the mountain. The mountain is part of the Table Mountain National [...]

Super 14 Teams: Cheetahs

Running Wolf — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:45:03 +0000

The Central Cheetahs is a South African Super 14 rugby union franchise. It encompasses the Free State, Griffons, and Griquas Currie Cup unions. Due to sponsorship reasons they are known in South Africa as the Vodacom Cheetahs. They play their [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Chile

Running Wolf — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:30:07 +0000

The Chilean Football Association is the 2nd oldest South American Football federation (founded in 1895). Chile is one of the original 13 national teams that competed in the inaugural 1930 World Cup in Uruguay. Chile will be playing in their [...]

Rachel Hunter

Running Wolf — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:00:54 +0000

Rachel Hunter was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1969. She began modelling when she was 17 years old. She drew attention after posing as a Sports Illustrated model in 1989. She’s appeared on numerous magazine covers, incl Cosmopolitan. She [...]

Belgrade Skyline

Running Wolf — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:15:22 +0000

Belgrade is the capital of Serbia (formerly part of Yugoslavia). Belgrade lies on 2 international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. It’s the third largest city in South Eastern Europe behind Istanbul (In Turkey) and Athens [...]

Super 14 Teams: Brumbies

Running Wolf — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:52 +0000

The Brumbies rugby team is based in the Australian capital city of Canberra. They are formerly known as the ACT Brumbies. The Brumbies respresent the Australian Capital Territory and Southern New South Wales in Australian rugby. The team was formed [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: England

Running Wolf — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:30:15 +0000

England is one of only 7 nations who have won the FIFA World Cup. They did so in the 1966 when the tournament was hosted by them. Since then England have only managed to reach the semi-finals of the 1990 [...]

Débora Nascimento

Running Wolf — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:00:17 +0000

Débora Nascimento was born in 1985 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She’s an actress and model by profession. She starred in the 2008 version of The Incredible Hulk and in Budapest in 2009. She’s starred in a few television shows, including [...]

Tendulkar gets highest score in ODI cricket

Running Wolf — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:16:01 +0000

Sachin Tendulkar (the Indian cricketer) has scored the highest score in One Day International cricket today. He scored 204 runs from 148 balls in a match played between South Africa and India in Gwalior, India. He managed to achieved this [...]

Eiffel Tower

Running Wolf — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:22:16 +0000

The Eiffel Tower is one of Paris’ world famous landmarks. The 324 meter (1,063 feet) landmark needs no introduction. The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889 and is the tallest building in Paris. Since it’s construction The Eiffel Tower has [...]

Michael Sembello – Maniac

Running Wolf — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:26:02 +0000

Michael Sembello was born in 1954 in the United States. He’s a Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award nominated musician. Maniac is taken from 1983 Bossa Nova Hotel album. The song was also used in the 1983 film Flashdance (which starred [...]

Super 14 Teams: Blues

Running Wolf — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:50 +0000

The Blues were originally known as the Auckland Blues. This New Zealand team is based in Auckland, New Zealand. The Blues represent the Northland, North Harbour and Auckland unions in New Zealand Rugby. When the Super 14 was still the [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Teams: Brazil

Running Wolf — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:30:02 +0000

Brazil is the most successful nation in the history of the FIFA World Cup. Brazil will be playing the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. They’re the only country that’s play in every single FIFA World Cup since the [...]

Anna Torv

Running Wolf — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:00:14 +0000

Anna Torv was born in April 1979 in Melbourne, Australia. She’s most famous for her role as Agent Dunham in the television series Fringe. Before she landed the leading role on Fringe she starred in various TV shows, including McLeod’s [...]

Turisas – Rasputin

Running Wolf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:56:11 +0000

Turisas are a Finnish folk metal band from Hämeenlinna in Finland. This song received extended airplay on a local rock station (Tuks FM) in 2009. Rasputin is a cover of the 1978 Boney M song of the same title. Turisas [...]

Super 14 Teams: Bulls

Running Wolf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:55:00 +0000

The Bulls are based in my hometown (Pretoria) and they play their home matches at Loftus Versfeld. The Bulls are centred around the Blue Bulls Rugby Union (which covers the Pretoria region and the Limpopo Province of South Africa), but [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Peter Mokaba Stadium

Running Wolf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:30:54 +0000

The Peter Mokaba stadium is situated in Polokwane (formerly known as Pietersburg) in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Polokwane is about 3 hours drive from Pretoria / Johannesburg. The Peter Mokaba Stadium is named after one of the sons [...]

Ivana Bozilovic

Running Wolf — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:00:28 +0000

Ivana Bozilovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia) in 1977. She’s a model and actress by profession. She has appeared in 100 Girls, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder and Wedding Crashers. She also starred in a an uncredited [...]

2010 BAFTA Award Winners

Running Wolf — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:22:34 +0000

The 63rd annual BAFTA (British Academy for Film and Television Arts) Award Ceremony was held yesterday (the 21st of February 2010) at the Royal Opera House in the United Kingdom. The awards are the British equivalent of the Academy Awards. [...]

Magdalena Wróbel

Running Wolf — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:00:27 +0000

Magdalena Wróbel was born in 1975 in Sopot, Poland. She’s a former spokesmodel for Wonderbra and Victoria’s Secret model. Magdalena Wróbel started her modeling career with Eastern Models in Warsaw before moving to Paris and finally the United States. She [...]

2010 Super 14 – Week 2 – Results

Running Wolf — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:00:01 +0000

This past weekend was an interesting one in the world of rugby in the Southern hemisphere was an interesting one. The 2nd week of the Super 14 kicked off this past weekend. On Friday the Blues held on against the [...]

Elena Dementieva

Running Wolf — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:00:46 +0000

Elena Dementieva was born in 1981 in Moscow, Russia. She’s a professional tennis player by profession. She’s currently ranked as the 7th best female tennis player in the world. She won the Olympic Gold medal for Russia in the women’s [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Mbombela Stadium

Running Wolf — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:27:42 +0000

The Mbombela stadium is one of the newly-built stadiums for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Mbombela stadium takes it’s name from the local municipality which incorporates the city of Nelspruit in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Mbombela means [...]

Rachel McAdams

Running Wolf — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:53:31 +0000

Rachel McAdams was born in 1978 in London, Ontario in Canada. She starred in Sherlock Holmes (which was directed by Guy Ritchie), The Time Traveller’s Wife and State of Play (which starred Russell Crowe) in 2009. She also starred in [...]

AC/DC – Highway to Hell

Running Wolf — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:45:17 +0000

30 years ago today, on the 19th of February 1980, the former lead singer of AC/DC Bon Scott was found dead in a car in outh London in the UK. The Scottish born Australian musician had been left there so [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Coca Cola Park

Running Wolf — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:30:54 +0000

Coca Cola Park is also known as Ellis Park Stadium. It’s situated near the Johannesburg CBD (Central Business District). This stadium was first built in 1928 to be used for rugby. In 1982 it was rebuilt for the same reason. [...]

Paulina Rubio

Running Wolf — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:00:22 +0000

Paulino Rubio was born as Paulina Rubio Dosamantes in 1971 in Mexico. She’s a singer and actress by profession. She has sold over 20 million albums in her career. Paulino Rubio has released 9 studion albums between 1992 and 2009. [...]

SHAMELESS

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:14:44 +0000

SHAMELESS is brought to you by The Woods and Slymedia. For ONE NIGHT ONLY at The Woods all pride is flung aside and Joburg’s biggest names in DANCE bust out their most OUTRAGEOUS, dance floor shaking DJ repertoire. While this [...]

Movie Recommendation: Stars Wars (1977)

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:00:22 +0000

Nowadays (thanks to prequels in more recent years) this film is called Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and is generally referred to as the first Star Wars movie by the geeks out there. The film was originally known [...]

Movie Trailers: Get Him to The Greek (2010)

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:00:14 +0000

This film promises to be one of the funniest films of 2010. Get Him to The Greek tells the story of a record company intern who is hired to accompany an out-of-control British rock star, Aldous Snow to a concert [...]

Nerdgasm

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:50:23 +0000

There’s probably a ton of male (and maybe female) Science Fiction fans that have all kinds of fantasies about Megan Fox (star of the Transformers movies). Recently a photo was taken of her wearing a Star Wars t-shirt. This prompted [...]

Jesse Clegg – Today

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:30:35 +0000

Jesse Clegg was born in 1988 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He’s the son of the famous South African musician Johnny Clegg. When he was only 6 months old he went on tour with his father. Between 1988 and 1994 he [...]

Lisa Gleave

Running Wolf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:00:47 +0000

Lisa Gleave was born in 1976 in Queensland, Australia. She is the cover model for the 2006 Maxim calendar and has been featured in Maxim and FHM at least 5 times in 3 different continents over the last 5 years. [...]

2010 Brit Award Winners

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:10:17 +0000

The 2010 Brit Awards ceremony was held on the 16th of February at Earls Court Exhibition Center in London. This was the 30th edition of the British Phonographic Industry’s annual pop music awards. The first Brit Awards ceremony was held [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:00:50 +0000

The Royal Bafokeng Stadium is situated 12 km outside the city of Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa. The Royal Bafokeng stadium is only a 30 minute drive from Sun City and the Pilanesberg. The stadium has [...]

Movie Trailers: The Last Airbender (2010)

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:30:49 +0000

The Last Airbender is an upcoming adventure-fantasy film. It’s based on the 1st season of the highly successful animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (which was on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008). This series was influenced by Asian art, [...]

Rita Pereira

Running Wolf — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:20 +0000

Rita Pereira was born in 1982 in Carcavelos, Portugal. She’s an actress, singer and model by profession. She’s appeared in various television shows on Portuguese television. She’s also appeared in advertising campaigns for many brands including Vodaphone, McDonalds and others. [...]

Movie Trailers: Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:00:30 +0000

Alice in Wonderland promises to be one of the best movies in 2010. The film is directed by Tim Burton (who also directed Beetlejuice in 1988, Batman in 1989, Sleepy Hollow in 1999 and Corpse Bride in 2005). The film [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Free State Stadium

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:30:25 +0000

Free State stadium is situated in the city of Mangaung / Bloemfontein in the Free State Province of South Africa. The Free State province is situated in the central part of South Africa. The province borders the Northern Cape, Eastern [...]

Rebeka Dremelj

Running Wolf — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:31 +0000

Rebeka Dremelj was born in 1980 in Brežice, Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia). She’s a singer, model, fashion designer, actress and TV presenter by profession. She sang the song for Slovenia in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. She’s definately worthy [...]

YouTube turns 5 years old

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:00:40 +0000

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the popular video-sharing website YouTube on it’s 5th year of existence. One day after it was registered the “www.youtube.com” domain was activated on the 15th of February 2005 (5 years ago [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:47:51 +0000

The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium is set on the shores of the North End Lake, located in the Port Elizabeth area in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The stadium is named after South Africa’s first democratically elected president, [...]

Oxana Fedorova

Running Wolf — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:00:58 +0000

Oxana Fedorova was born in 1977 in Pskov, Russia. She was crowned as Miss Universe in 2002. She was first Miss Russia in history to win the title. She was dethrowned of this title after rumours were circling around that [...]

2010 Super 14 – Week 1 – Results

Running Wolf — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:28:32 +0000

The 2010 Super 14 Tournament kicked off on Friday the 12th of February. 7 Super 14 games were played over the course of the weekend. In Auckland, New Zealand the Blues led the opening game against the Hurricanes at half [...]

Lera Koryt’ska

Running Wolf — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:00:07 +0000

Lera Koryt’ska was born in the Ukraine in 1986. She has made Cape Town her new home after falling in love with the city’s people. She was first introduced to South Africa by her agent in 2004. She has graced [...]

Die Heuwels Fantasties – Klein Tambotieboom

Running Wolf — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:32:33 +0000

Judging by the amount of posts I’ve done about Die Heuwels Fantasties all of you reading this post have probably come to the conclusion that I’m one of their biggest fans. That assumption would be correct. Maybe it’s because they [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Soccer City Stadium

Running Wolf — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:14:51 +0000

Soccer City stadium has long been considered as the home of South African Football / Soccer since it was first built in 1987. Soccer City is situated in the South Western part of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South [...]

Dominique Piek

Running Wolf — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:51:22 +0000

Dominique Piek was born in 1985 in Somerset West in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. She has appeared in advertisements for Aqua Blue, Carpisa, Daminian, Kookaï, Playtex, Samsung, Speedo and Zoom. She appeared on the cover of GQ magazine [...]

1995 Springbok Rugby World Cup Victory

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:49:09 +0000

I recently watched Invictus (a film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matt Damon & Morgan Freeman). The film brought back memories of the 1995 Rugby World Cup (which was held in South Africa). I have fond memories of this [...]

Google Buzz: The Lowdown

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:27:37 +0000

Earlier this week, the internet giant Google launched a social media service called Google Buzz. It’s integrated into their mail service Gmail (which has more than 140 million monthly users worldwide). This effective turns Gmail into a communications hub and [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Moses Mabhida Stadium

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:30:06 +0000

This Moses Mabhida stadium was completed in late 2009. It’s located in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban which is situated in the Kwazulu Natal province of South Africa. In late 2006 the old Kings Park Soccer stadium was [...]

Elena Santarelli

Running Wolf — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:00:23 +0000

Elena Santarelli was born in 1981 in Latina, Italy. She’s a TV presenter, actress and model by profession. In 1999 she won the prestigious Elite Model Competition which served as a jump start for her modelling career. Since then she [...]

Nelson Mandela Release Video

Running Wolf — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:10:04 +0000

On the 11th of February 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from the Victor Verster prison (now called the Drakenstein Correctional Centre) in South Africa. He had been jailed for 27 years. After the African National Congress (ANC) won first ever [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Cape Town Stadium

Running Wolf — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:00:52 +0000

Cape Town Stadium was completed in December 2009. It’s situated in the coastal city of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The new stadium stands on the site of the old Green Point Stadium. The Cape [...]

Eva Herzigová

Running Wolf — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:18 +0000

Eva Herzigová was born in 1973 in the Czech Republic. She won a beauty contest her country’s capital Prague in 1989. After this she started her modelling career. She was married to the drummer of Bon Jovi (Tico Torres) from [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Stadiums: Loftus Versfeld

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:00:48 +0000

Loftus Versfeld is one of the 10 stadiums selected to be venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The stadium is situated in the heart of South Africa’s capital city, Pretoria. The stadium was first known as [...]

Movie Trailers: Shutter Island (2010)

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:00:24 +0000

Shutter Island is set in 1954. US Marshall Teddy Daniels (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who has escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote [...]

Eva Habermann

Running Wolf — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:14 +0000

Eva Habermann was born in 1976 in Hamburg, Germany. She’s an actress by profession. She’s most famous for her role as Zev Bellringer in the Science Fiction TV series Lexx in 1997. She’s also starred in other television shows and [...]