Friday, December 7, 2007

Daily Links



  • Jack Black (who is barely recognizable these days thanks to modern day inventions such as bleach and razors) was apparently not thrilled about the gratuitous use of his ass in his new film, Margot At The Wedding. Source (Webster's Is My Bitch)
  • A teenage suspect who secretly recorded his interrogation on an MP3 player has landed a veteran detective in the middle of perjury charges, authorities said Thursday. Unaware of the recording, Detective Christopher Perino testified in April that the suspect "wasn't questioned" about a shooting in the Bronx, a criminal complaint said. But then the defense confronted the detective with a transcript it said proved he had spent more than an hour unsuccessfully trying to persuade Erik Crespo to confess - at times with vulgar tactics. Source (My Way)
  • Congress Creates Copyright Cops. Source (Slashdot)
  • A Citi Investment Research analyst warned Wednesday that Netflix Inc. could be hurt by a recommended surcharge on online media rental services, whose return mailers often require manual processing. Source (CNN Money)
  • With few clear signs that the five-week writers strike will end soon, the WGA faces the daunting prospect that the majors will lose patience with the slow pace of negotiations and make a take-it-or-leave-it offer as early as next week. Source (Variety)
  • Sen. Whitehouse Reveals Secret DoJ Legal Memos: Bush Determines What Is Constitutional. Source (Think Progress)
  • An Icelandic teen, MSNBC reports, figured out President Bush’s private phone number, and called it recently, leaving a message saying he was the president of Iceland and wanted him to call him back. Source (Big Head DC)
  • Simon Pegg is an Englishman in New York for his next comic adventure, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. Source (The Sun)

Finally, here's an old video, but it's a damn funny one. It's called "My New Haircut". The language in it is NSFW but 100% hilarious.



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