Alleged Marilyn Monroe Porn Film Up For Auction – One of the only two known copies of an alleged porn short film starring a yet unknown Marilyn Monroe will be offered at auction in Buenos Aires, EFE reported Wednesday. With a starting price of half a million dollars, the item will be the highlight of the first Buenos Aires Film Collecting Fair, which will take place between on August 6th and 7th at the Borges Cultural Centre. [hollywoodreporter]

Atlantis Lands To End Space Shuttle Era – With Commander Chris Ferguson at the helm, Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m. on a cloudless, windless morning. When the orbiter’s wheels stopped a minute later, NASA saluted 30 years of triumph and tragedy for a shuttle program that has kept the United States at the forefront of manned space flight since 1981. [latimes]

William And Kate Mentioned In Rap Song – Britain’s Prince William and Duchess Catherine have received a mention in Dappy from N-Dubz’s debut solo single ‘No Regrets’. Britain’s Prince William and Duchess Catherine have received a nod in a new rap track. Dappy says: “I’m a prince and, yes, Will got the crown – Kate stays in my dungeon when her sister’s round.” [femalefirst]

Tiger Woods Fires Caddie Of 12 Years – Tiger Woods fired caddie Steve Williams on Wednesday, leaving his good friend stunned and ending a 12-year relationship in which he won 72 times worldwide and 13 majors. Woods did not say who would replace Williams — one of only two caddies he has employed on a regular basis — or when he might return to golf. “Needless to say, this came as a shock,” Williams said in a statement posted on his own website. [espn]

Tiger Woods Caddie Lost Respect For Him After Sex Scandal – New Zealand caddie Steve Williams said Thursday he is disappointed and shocked that he was fired by Tiger Woods, especially after his loyalty to the golfer during his sex scandal. “Given the fact of my loyalty and the way that I stood by this guy through thick and thin …” Williams told CNN affiliate Mediaworks in New Zealand. “And the timing of it is very poor, from my perspective.” [cnn]

US Justice Department Prepares Subpoenas For News Corp – The U.S. Justice Department is preparing subpoenas as part of preliminary investigations into News Corp. relating to alleged foreign bribery and alleged hacking of voicemail of Sept. 11 victims, The Wall Street Journal reported in its Friday edition, citing a government official. The issuance of such subpoenas, which would broadly seek relevant information from the company, requires approval by senior Justice Department leadership, which has not yet happened, the person said. [foxnews]

James Murdoch Accused Of Misleading Parliament – James Murdoch was accused on Thursday of misleading Parliament about his knowledge of phone hacking at the News of the World by the paper’s former editor and top lawyer. Colin Myler, the former editor, and Tom Crone, the former lawyer, issued a statement on Thursday contradicting one of Murdoch’s key claims in his testimony before Parliament on Tuesday. [huffpo]

Google Doodle Celebrates Alexander Calder – A piece of kinetic art took the place of the usual Google logo to celebrate the 113th birthday of American artist and sculptor Alexander Calder. Friday’s Google doodle shows a mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture that was invented by Alexander Calder. Mobiles take advantage of the principle of equilibrium and have objects hanging from rods. Kinetic art uses motion for an artistic effect. [ibnlive]

Matt Daaaaamon Shaves His Head – That’s quite the look, Matt Damon! The hunky actor was seen making a quick trip to the post office in Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon, where he showed off this striking new ‘do. The 40-year-old actor stepped out in a green t-shirt, a pair of jeans — and a completely bald head. Follow link for pic. [celebuzz]

Al Qaida Plans Cartoon To Recruit Kids – An al-Qaida affiliate says it plans to roll out what some have called a Disney-like animated cartoon aimed at recruiting children to the terror network. Scenes from the proposed short film show young boys dressed in battle fatigues and participating in raids, killings and terror plots. [associated]

Dewani’s In-Laws Beg Court For Closure Through Extradition – The family of Anni Dewani, who was murdered while on honeymoon in Cape Town, has begged a British court to “get us closure” on her death. Speaking outside court, Anni’s father, Vinod Hindocha, 62, told the UK’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “We’re really asking the court here, ‘Finish this, get us a closure so we can move along with our lives.’ [timeslive]

Beatles Photos Sell Big At Auction – Photographs of the Beatles’ first concert in the United States brought in a big haul at Christie’s in New York this week. The auction house said it sold 50 silver gelatin prints made from negatives by photographer Mike Mitchell for $361,938. The images, plus photos from another Beatles concert later the same year, had been estimated to bring in $100,000. [ocreg]

OS X Lion Downloads Top 1 Million Downloads In 24 Hours – Mac OS X Lion has been downloaded more than one million times in its first day of release. Lion is the first Mac OS X release to be available exclusively through the Mac App Store. According to Apple, OS X Lion is selling faster than any other OS release in Apple’s history. [mashable]

Microsoft Sets Quarterly Revenue Record – Consumers may be drifting from the PC software that has long been core to Microsoft’s business, but enterprise sales appear to be going strong. Boosted by an appetite for the tech giant’s business desktop products, the Redmond, Wash. company reported record quarterly and annual revenues on its earnings call Thursday. [adweek]

Heads Of Europe Back Broad Plan To Rescue Greece – After years of resistance, European leaders agreed Thursday to reduce Greece’s debt burden in a last-ditch effort to preserve the euro and stem a broader financial panic. The pact, negotiated in Brussels, is part of a rescue package of 109 billion euros, or $157 billion, for Greece, the most troubled economy in the euro zone. [nytimes]

Fake Apple Store In China Even Fools Staff – Chinese counterfeiters have had a field day pumping out knockoffs of Apple Inc’s best-selling iPhones and iPads, but one appears to have gone a step further — a near flawless fake Apple Store that even employees believe is the real deal. [reuters]

Baby Monkey Plays With iPhone [Video] – Nala the baby Capuchin monkey has never seen an iPhone before, but that’s not going to stop her from owning you at Angry Birds. Seriously, not only is this little lady not a human, but she’s a baby. You’d think that would be a double handicap, but in this case she seems to be a natural. And an adorable one at that. [huffers]

Cape Royale Hotel “30 Days Of Giveaways” Reaches Half-Way Mark! – Cape Royale Luxury Hotel and Spa is offering all Facebook members a chance to win prizes in their daily giveaways. Prizes include spa treatments and products, dinners, accommodation and even a helicopter flip! In order to enter the competition all you have to do is “like” their Facebook page and see what our daily competition entails.  [facebook]

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