Actress Lupita Nyong'o’s Oscar dress, valued at $150,000, was reportedly stolen from her hotel room

Actress Lupita Nyong'o’s Oscar dress, valued at $150,000, was reportedly stolen from her hotel room Tuesday.

It's the high-fashion Hollywood heist that knocked California cops for a Lupita.

The stunning $150,000 pearl gown donned by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o for Sunday’s Academy Awards was pilfered from the actress’ hotel room at the chic London West Hollywood.

Detectives are sifting through security camera footage from the hotel, celebrity news website TMZ reported.

Nyong'o, 31, won the best supporting actress Oscar in 2014 for her role in 12 Years a Slave.She had a large entourage of people with keys to the room, the New York Daily News reported.

The dress was made from white Akoya pearls and was probably the heaviest on the red carpet. It was designed by Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein. 

Francisco Costa, the designer, said last week he had worked closely with the actress to create the dress. He said: “We decided to use natural pearls to create a truly modern, timeless dress that compliments her style."

British tank crashes into German couple's garden

A British tank swerved off the road and crashed into an elderly couple's garden fence in Germany, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.  

The armoured Warrior infantry fighting vehicle, which belongs to a nearby military driving school, stopped just before it hit a house owned by Ulrich Tilsner and his wife in Paderborn. 

The tank, which is owned by the British Army's Paderborn Garrison, was suffering from a 'mechanical fault' which caused it to veer off the road, the Army said. 

Mr Tilsner, 67, from Paderborn, said he had been left "in shock" after seeing the vehicle ploughing through his garden, the BBC reported.

His granddaughter, Stephanie Ney, told German newspaper Neue Westfalische: “My grandfather called me and said, 'I'm a bit late, I have a tank in the garden.'”

She then rushed to her grandparents' house, where she found “a tank in the middle of the hedge and soldiers everywhere, and our dog was barking furiously”.

A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence said that nobody had been injured in the incident, and that it was caused by a technical fault when “something came loose”.

Korean Air executive jailed in 'nut rage' case

SEOUL, South Korea — A former airline executive was jailed for a year on Thursday for violating aviation safety law after a trial that stemmed from her tantrum over how she was served macadamia nuts on a flight. 

Cho Hyun-ah, also known as Heather Cho, the 40-year-old daughter of Korean Air's chairman, achieved worldwide notoriety after she ordered the chief flight attendant off a Dec. 5 flight, forcing it to return to the gate at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. 

She was angered she had been offered macadamia nuts in a bag instead of a dish. A heated and physical confrontation with members of the crew in first class ensued. 

A district court in Seoul ruled Thursday that Ms. Cho had illegally forced the flight to change its route by ordering it back to the gate. Her conduct subjected the passengers to potential danger, the court said.

“She forced the plane to turn around as if it were her own private plane,” Judge Oh Seong-u said in announcing the sentence,

Cho is one of the richest women in South Korea and was the airline's head of cabin service at the time of the incident. 

Her father – who apologised for her behaviour – said in court that he "regrets that he didn’t raise her better".

Her high-and-mighty behavior, dubbed "nut rage," caused an uproar in South Korea, where the economy is dominated by family-run conglomerates known as chaebol that often act above the law.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 90, falls down steps

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 90, fell down steps from a podium after speaking to supporters upon his return from Ethiopia, say witnesses.

Information Minister Jonathan Moyo on Thursday cited examples of leaders who have stumbled, from Jesus to George W. Bush, in an attempt to deny Mugabe fell down the stairs at Harare airport Wednesday.

Mugabe appeared to miss a step and toppled when he left the raised lectern at the airport Wednesday afternoon, according to several witnesses, who insisted on anonymity because of security concerns.

Mugabe, who turns 91 on Feb. 21, was addressing supporters after returning from Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, where he was appointed chairman of the 54-nation African Union. He missed a step as he walked down from the podium and immediately fell down," said a witness.

His aides quickly helped him up and escorted him to his limousine which sped away, they said.

Some press photographers who captured the fall said they were forced to delete their pictures by security personnel.

The Zimbabwean leader has repeatedly insisted that he is "fit as two fiddles." Mugabe takes annual vacations every January to Asia, including Singapore where he has visited specialists for checkups on his eyes, according to Zimbabwean officials.

Mugabe has been in power since Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980.