Oil baron Brandon Davis detained at Sydney airport

IT'S a cruel world for the rich and famous sometimes - just ask Brandon Davis, the trust fund kid dating Cronulla model Cheyenne Tozzi. Jetting into Sydney early on Saturday, the grandson of American oil magnate Marvin Davis and former conquest of Paris Hilton is understood to have been unceremoniously detained by Customs officials for having too much money on him. Loaded with US dollars, the 28-year-old was delayed for more than two hours, while his pin-up girlfriend became increasingly agitated while waiting in the arrivals area. "She was pacing around the whole time, with her mobile phone at her ear, trying to look anonymous," a witness told The Daily Telegraph.

"With her sunglasses on inside, everyone was looking at her." A Customs spokesman declined to comment on individual passenger details for privacy reasons yesterday, but said travellers were required to declare if they were carrying more than $10,000 or the equivalent in foreign currency. Davis, who began dating the younger of the two Tozzi sisters last year, was finally allowed through to meet a waiting car and driver about 10.30am, after arriving on an 8am flight from the US. By that time, Tozzi had been collected by friends in another vehicle, leaving her wealthy beau behind. Sources said Davis then drove straight to Kings Cross where it's believed he cleaned out one exchange bureau of Aussie dollars, before moving on to another. The couple were reunited later at his Park Hyatt suite, before joining Cheyenne's sister Tahyna and her boyfriend, Bra Boy Koby Abberton and friends at the Blue Room nightclub at Darlinghurst on Saturday night. Davis and his Shire babe caused a sensation when they began dating, while she was still linked to Australian surf champion, Taj Burrow. The wave rider described seeing photos of the pair cavorting in the waters off Miami beach last July as "the worst moment of my life" and effectively ended his long-term relationship with the Sydney model.

Online Dating

Online romances or relationship dating has been more and more common in recent years. In older days men and women met in clubs, restaurants, bars, at work as well as simply taking a jog or walk. Newspaper and magazine classified ads took over and now the internet has become one of the biggest markets for love and relationships. I don't know how many dating websites there are out there, but if the number exceeds five digits, it doesn't surprise me at all. In todays busy society, online dating is an easy and convenient way to link couples together and even though this may seem like an unromantic way to date, an amazingly large number of dates are done this way and the online dating industry is growing rapidly as well. So there must be something positive about it.
Yes, there are many positive aspects with dating on the internet. Statistics however, tell that many relationships created through the internet are broken. So what should we be aware of in order to utilize this way of romance as well as possible and which mistakes in the online relationship building process should we avoid?
Have you ever chatted with Madonna? Or Britney Spears? Or maybe George Clooney? Are you the most careful and tolerant person on earth; is that the image you try to give of yourself. What if the relationship became serious and you were caught in such a simple lie? My advice is that you should not pretend to be another person than you are but be honest from the very first meeting if your purpose is to build a serious love relationship.
Another mistake many people dating online make is to meet in person too soon. You don't know the person you date online, and you should exchange several emails or chat for an extensive period of time before you even consider meeting. For example this male person can be violent and even abuse you, even though he made the total opposite impression. You should also do some phone calls before you meet. The point, is that you should do all you can to know each other before you meet. This way, the safety issue has been more properly taken care of.
When you meet for the first time, do it in a neutral place, like a restaurant, cafe or other places where people meet. During the first weeks of the relationship, always tell family members or friends when and where you are going to meet the potential partner, whether this is in the partners home or other places. If something should happen, they'll know where you are, and the chances are better for avoiding a tragedy. When your network of friends and family has been introduced to your partner, and you start to feel sure that this is a really promising relationship, then you should go to the next level.
It's all about confidence, so don't jump into it in the beginning, give time for getting to know your potential partner before your engage seriously and the relationship is much more likely to become a real romance and a great and long lasting relationship.

Michelle Rodriguez serves 17 days of 180-day jail term

Michelle Rodriguez has been released from prison after serving just 17 days of her 180-day sentence.The former 'Lost' actress - who received the jail term for violating the terms of her probation after she was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) - was released from California's Lynwood County Jail at 7.50pm on Wednesday night (09.01.08) due to prison overcrowding.The problem with the excessive number of inmates means it is standard for prisoners to be freed after they have served only 10 per cent of their sentence.Superior Court Judge Daviann L. Mitchell had ruled the 29-year-old actress should not be given early release, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department had no other option but to free her.It is not the first time Michelle has been behind bars.In May 2006, the 29-year-old actress served just four hours and 20 minutes of a two-month sentence at Lynwood for violating probation terms of a DUI arrest in Hawaii dating back to December 2005.Again she was released early due to prison overcrowding, and served just over two days in a Honolulu jail for the same offence.