in an interview with bild zeitung robert pattinson, in munich promoting the second twilight film, new moon, is asked by the editor-in-chief (who one would think had better things to do than to interview an actor. but whatever) if he was in love with kristin stewart. and if he was with kstew as in ‘together – together.’

Sind Sie verliebt? (are you in love)

Er lacht durch den Rauch: „Ich bin Single!“ (he laughs through the smoke: i am single)

yesterday evening the german national football team, including oliver bierhoff and michael ballack, along with robert enke’s widow, attended a memorial for robert enke, the goal keeper of the german national team who committed suicide on november 10. enke, who suffered from depression had driven his car onto train tracks. earlier in the day he had left a suicide note for his wife. you can watch video of the memorial here which includes images of the 35,000 people who attended a memorial march in hannover.

robert enke, goal keeper for germany’s football team (that’s soccer to north americans) committed suicide on november 10. oliver bierhoff, manager of the the team, shed more than a few tears during the press conference. more information with photos and video can be found on the berliner zeitung website.

the bbc reports that some hackers have figured out a way to take over some iPhones and have created a risk astley worm which takes over your phone and creates a rick astley wallpaper on your phone. you’ve been rick roll’d:

there are those in the united states who are excited about the possibility of universal healthcare. but have any of these people examined the fine print, a 1900 page document? the government doesn’t bring healthcare to the masses, it brings the masses to healthcare. healthcare is half way to being mandatory in the united states.

the bill that’s just passed the house of representatives, headed by nancy (i’m a rich radical from northern california) will require REQUIRE all americans (and residents) to have health insurance. that means, you have to pay for it. the same way you’re required to have auto insurance if you have a car. the difference is, if you can’t afford car insurance, then you just don’t get a car. but you can’t just decide to not get health insurance. because come april 2013 (conveniently just 5 months after the presidential elections), you will be slapped with a fine of 2.5% of income. that will be attached to your IRS bill. what say you now?

these fines raise around $33 billion (yes, billion) windfall for the government –paid by you, the tax payer.

is the twilight franchise swiftly aging kristen stewart and robert pattinson? here’ kristen’s got dark circles under her eyes and while she’s only slightly speaking as if she’s jonesing for some seeed (here’s kristin stewart smoking a bong), she definitely looks about 30 or 31. or barely younger than gwyneth paltrow.

u2 has erected a wall around the brandenburg gate for their so-called, free concert in berlin. well, it is free. but either u2 or mtv or a combination of the 2 decided that they would only make tickets available online and only issue 10K tickets. some people mistakenly believed they could hang out on unter den linden and catch a glimpse of the show. but the brandenburg gate, one of the most popular landmarks in the city has been walled off for tonight’s concert.

the rumor mill starts. which one. actor bill burke has betrayed that he was actually (perhaps) a goth in his youth. as he says one of the members of his favorite bands in the 80s makes a cameo appearance in twilight 3 (eclipse) directed by david slade. is it peter murphy? you can watch the video billy burke goth child

of the trio that is accused of killing the british university student meredith kercher, rudy guede, who had a fast-track trial last year in italy, has been convicted. in court a taped telephone call was produced in which guede is heard saying that amanda knox had nothing to do with the murder. but during the same conversation, he also said he was not guilty. if you’ve got babel fish, you can try to translate this article on bild zeitung.

according to the times –not that times, the real times. you know, the one in london, called the times. anyway this newspaper reports that versace is letting go a whole lotta folks.