TDQ Investigates: The “News Of The World” Hacking Scandal

Murdoch made us do it.

the murdocH Everyone Loves :P

Why in the world is everybody coming out of the woodworks and piling on the greatest journalist of our time, Rupert Murdoch? Everybody knows that great journalists get their tips and their news from various sources and various means. And as the owner of the largest-selling English language paper in the world, he had to make sure that his reporters had the best access to stories.
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Kodak Close To Developing Still Pictures That Move, Look Like 3-D Like In “Harry Potter” Films

Early Test Sample

An early moving picture test sample from Cameron Eastman Kodak labs.

Rochester, NY—The Eastman Kodak Company has announced they are moving closer to technology that make still pictures move. Similar to photographs seen in the “Harry Potter” series of films, these new photographs will move, revolutionizing the photo industry.

“Similar to how we now look at old black and white photos and Polaroids, we expect regular still photos to soon be just antiques,” said Kodak spokesman Lloyd Swaggerty. Continue reading

“I Don’t Give A Crap What You Had For Lunch:” A TDQ Q&A With Actor Andre Gower

Andre Gower

Andre Gower

This week we caught up with Andre Gower, star of the cult classic “The Monster Squad” and an acting/media coach. Andre spoke to us about chopping down a tree with Mr. T, his thoughts about Twitter and the rigors of being a teen heartthrob. Here is this week’s TDQ Q&A with Andre Gower:

The Daily Quarterly: How did you hear about thedailyquarterly.com?

Andre Gower: Spam actually. Not the lunch meat, the e-mail kind.
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“I’ll Do Business With You, But The Fact Is That I Despise Your Masquerade,” G.D. Spradlin Dies

GD Spradlin

Film maker Brian DiMaio (center) with G. D. Spradlin (right) promoting RECOiL.

San Luis Obispo, CA—Character actor Gervase Duan “G.D.” Spradlin, best known for his portrayal of corrupt Nevada Senator Pat Geary in some movie called “The Godfather: Part II,” died Sunday of natural causes. He was 90.

Spradlin served in the Army Air Forces inChinaduring World War II and worked as a lawyer before he became rich in the oil business and turned to acting in his forties.
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Source Says Playboy Will Team Up With Major Coal Company To Sponsor Sprint Cup Car In 2012

Playboy Magazine & Richard Coal Extraction

Smut peddler Playboy Magazine teams up with soot peddler Richard Coal Extraction.

Los Angeles—It seems “Playboy” founder and hall of fame ladies man Hugh Hefner has found something to occupy his attention since being jilted by his fiancee Crystal Harris last month. Rumors are flying out of Los Angeles that “Playboy” will be teaming up with Richard Coal Extraction out of Richard, West Virginia to sponsor a NASCAR Sprint Cup car next year.

A source close to Hefner with intimate knowledge of his business dealings said the gentleman’s magazine is very close to closing a deal with the coal company.

“They’re like, days away from saying something,” the source said on the condition of anonymity. “It will be soooo cool. I’ve ridden in one of those NASCAR cars before, and it was really, really hot. I don’t remember the driver’s name, but he was pretty cute.”
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