Zuckerberg Cracks TIME Magazine Person Of The Year – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Time magazine’s Person of the Year, and, predictably, the internet has some thoughts about it. Many in the tech blogosphere say it’s hard to argue with the Time distinction, while others cited all the attention Facebook received this year for its privacy flaps, its efforts to spread its features to other areas of the Web and the hit movie “The Social Network.” [cnn]

Julian Assange Freed – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released after being granted bail at the High Court. He spoke outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court after being let out, following an unsuccessful appeal against the decision. “It’s great to smell the fresh air of London again,” he said. The Australian is wanted for questioning over alleged sex offences committed in Stockholm while he was visiting the city in August. [skynews]

Ukraine Feminists ‘Urinate’ On Male Cabinet – Dozens of Ukrainian feminists staged an unusual protest against the country’s all-male cabinet, pretending to urinate to show the government had turned into nothing more than a men’s room. The members of the Femen group – known for its brazen feminist stunts – squirted bottles of water and yellow liquid from their groins outside the government headquarters. Sounds like a good night at Mavericks.. [iol]

Winona Ryder Tells Of An Anti-Semitic Homophobic Mel Gibson – In an interview with GQ, the 39-year-old actress tells the tale of a 15-year-old encounter with Mel at a Hollywood party: “He was really drunk. I was with my friend, who’s gay. He made a really horrible gay joke. And somehow it came up that I was Jewish. He said something about ‘oven dodgers,’ but I didn’t get it. I’d never heard that before. I was like, ‘He’s anti-Semitic and he’s homophobic.’ No one believed me!” [newser]

Diver Plunges 100m Unassisted On One Breath – World Record – William Trubridge on Monday accomplished what had long been regarded as an impossible feat: swimming to a depth of 100 meters, or 328 feet, on a single breath and with only hands and feet for propulsion.The New Zealander did not use swim fins; he wore no weights and required no heavy sled during the descent. Nor did he use an inflatable airbag to swiftly reach the surface after his dive. [grintv]

’40 Year Old Virgin’ Actor Sentenced To Life In Prison – Shelley Malil, the actor best known for playing an electronics store clerk in ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin,’ was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the attempted premeditated murder of his ex-girlfriend, Kendra Beebe, RadarOnline.com reports.Malil was found guilty of attempted premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon in September. [popeater]

Royal Wedding Won’t Be That Lavish – The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be inspired more by the Queen’s post-war “austerity wedding” than his parents’ lavish ceremony in 1981, royal aides indicated today.The couple are said to be looking to the 1947 union of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten to set the tone for a royal wedding during hard economic times. [eveningstandard]

Grace Mugabe Sues Paper Over Wikileaks Story – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s wife is suing a newspaper for $15-million for publishing a WikiLeaks cable saying she benefited from illicit diamond trade. Last week, the Standard newspaper quoting a cable sent by United States ambassador James McGee to Washington in 2008, reported that Grace Mugabe gained millions of dollars from illegal diamonds mining, in the Marange district of eastern Zimbabwe. Weird. [mail&guardian]

Facebook Expecting $2Billion Sales For 2010 – Facebook Inc., the world’s most popular social-networking service, is likely to generate 2010 revenue of about $2 billion, a larger sum than projected earlier. Sales will more than double from 2009 – Facebook had $700 million to $800 million in sales last year, and the 2010 figure was previously expected to be closer to $1.5 billion. [bloomberg]

US Government Sues BP – The United States Government has filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against BP, following the oil spill disaster in the Golf of Mexico. The lawsuit seeks damages from both the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and Clean Water Act. “Legal experts have said BP’s $40 billion estimate for the total cost of the oil spill could double if the U.S. Government managed to convince the court that BP had been grossly negligent.” Shame. [therecordive]

US Teens Smoke More Pot Than Cigarettes – After nearly a decade in decline, marijuana is making a strong comeback among teens, with more high school seniors reporting that they had recently smoked pot than cigarettes, according to a government survey. This year, 21.4% of high school seniors said they had used marijuana in the last 30 days, while 19.2% reported smoking cigarettes in the same time period. Good times. [latimes]

December. Beach. Surf. Atlantic. Freezing? Well the guys at OneDayOnly thought it appropriate to end their 2010 offers off by bringing you a Billabong Foil wetsuit at about a third of the normal retail price. Billabong? BillaBANG! [onedayonly]

Kevin Spacey Talks Gay Rumours – Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, long the topic of rumor and innuendo regarding his sexuality, spoke — or refused to speak — about whether or not he is gay, in a new interview with The Daily Beast.The interviewer, Kevin Sessums, is openly gay, and said the community has long welcomed Spacey as one of them — but asks Spacey why he, a noted gay marriage advocate, has not come out and returned the favour. [huffers]

Airwaves Web Series Plays On Charlie’s Angels Theme – The new web series launched last week by Airwaves chewing gum, featuring two women and one very short man, seems to be going one step further. The campaign’s new website is offering South Africans the chance to ‘Airwave’ their mates, and literally get a wall of water poured over their head. On film! Quality. [thatsabitextreme]

Seth Rotherham At The Helm This Morning – It’s Friday and that can only mean one thing. That’s right – you’re in for a roller-coaster ride of fun and killer tunes today on 2oceansvibe Radio, as Seth Rotherham and Bruce Good give it to you the way you like it. Hard. Tune-in to 2oceansvibe Radio this morning and find out why it is South Africa’s #1 Mainstream online radio station. [2ov.fm]

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