Qaddafi Goes To Hollywood – Libya’s business ties are coming under scrutiny today during a new hearing over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. But it seems the Qaddafis have even grander aspirations, making films starring Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, and Mickey Rourke. In the same way that the U.S. has been drawn to Libya for its most wanted export, Libya now wants a piece of America’s most undeniable commodity: Hollywood movies. [dailybeast]

Iranian “BlogFather” Gets 19 Years In Prison – Iranian-Canadian Hossein Derakhshan, 35, nicknamed “the Blogfather” and credited with launching a blogging revolution in Iran, has been held in prison in the Islamic state since 2008 on what the media has said are suspicions of spying for Israel. “We were surprised that Derakhshan has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for co-operating with hostile countries, spreading propaganda and insulting religious figures,” said a human rights activist. [telegraph]

‘Penis Cops’ Sentenced To 205 Years – Two former policemen found guilty of murder in an apparent argument about genitals have been sentenced on Wednesday to 205 years in prison by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court. On September 10 2008 the Steven brothers shot dead Shawn Strydom, 32, Nic Jansen van Rensburg, 47, Rory Menzies, 41 and Bruce Edwards, 57. There had apparently been an argument over the size of a patron’s genitals at the Merseyside Pub in Umbilo. [news24]

Study Finds Athletes Fast Approaching Peak Performance – At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, swimmers set 25 world-record times while dominating the pool. By comparison, only five world records changed hands during the track and field events. But many of those swimming records fell only as a result of newly instituted bodysuit technology, relative advances that aren’t applicable to runners, high-jumpers, and shotputters. Have humans reached their peak athletic performance? [wired]

Cops Claim Possible Break In Maddie Jonbenet Ramsey Cold Case – Boulder Police detectives recently met with Burke Ramsey, the brother of six year old JonBenet Ramsey, to talk with him about his sister’s murder. JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her family’s Boulder home in December of 1996. Burke was 9 years old at the time. He is now 23 and recently graduated from college. [kwgn]

Facebook and Skype Readying Deep Integration Partnership – Facebook and Skype are poised to announce a significant and wide-ranging partnership that will include integration of SMS, voice chat and Facebook Connect. The move by the pair–which have tested small contact importer integrations before–is a natural one for the social networking giant, which is aiming to be the central communications and messaging platform for its users, across a range of media. [allthingsdigital]

Oprah Lands Interview With Mel Gibson’s Ex – Mel Gibson’s ex, Russian gold-digger singer Oksana Grigorieva, will sit down with the daytime diva to talk about her rocky relationship with the 54-year-old actor, with whom she has a baby daughter, Lucia. Winfrey, 56, whose 25th season ends this year, had been battling 60 Minutes for the sought-after sit-down. Nice one, Oprah. Please grill that peace of trash. [ismagazine]

Pay Less For Cableway Tickets Online – Buy your Table Mountain Cableway tickets online from October 1, 2010 and pay less until September 30, 2011. Visitors pay less for both return and one-way tickets purchased online, than those bought at the ticket office at the Lower Station. Buy your tickets online at www.tablemountain.net and only pay R170 adult return, R90 one-way; and R80 for children under 18 years return, R40 one-way. [tablemountain]

Claudia Schiffer To Launch Fashion Line – Claudia Schiffer is following in the footsteps of fellow supermodel Eva Herzigova and launching her own line of clothes. At the Salvatore Ferragamo show during Milan Fashion Week, Claudia Schiffer told WWD that she will launch her own fashion line at an event next month. Few other details were released except that her debut collection will launch in time for winter 2011. [luxuo]

TechCrunch Sold To AOL – Mike Arrington is selling his five-year-old blog company TechCrunch to AOL. And he’s sticking around for at least three years to keep running the site. Arrington made his announcement on stage at his Disrupt conference in San Francisco. No financial terms were disclosed — initial reports are $25 million to $40 million — but Arrington said TechCrunch’s editorial freedom would be preserved under terms of the deal. [gawker]

It’s David Bowie Time – For more than four decades, David Bowie has adopted personas the way most of us adopt internet handles. No one — from Marilyn Monroe clones like Madonna to Madonna clones like Lady Gaga — has been able to replicate the complicated process with as much artistic integrity. This gallery charts Bowie’s postmodern manifestations. Watch, and be more like Bowie. [wired]

Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? When you’re not tuned in to the 2OV Radio set? Today Dean Fuel is visiting the studio, along with Peter Sarstedt, oh yes he is. I see that you don’t believe us, I tell you its the honest truth. Come down to Shop 107, Cape Quarter, and watch us chill in the glass booth! [2oceansviberadio]

[thanks barry]