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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Media Hut Roundup (July 2 - July 6)

Top 5 Stories
 Box Office
  • Ted and Magic Mike top box office, set records for "R-rated" films last weekend [Hollywood Reporter
  • Naomi Watts is perfectly cast as Princess Diana [I Watch Stuff]
  • Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love", Katy Perry's "Part Of Me" and Savages battle it out for top spot [LA Times]
Entertainment
  • Alec Baldwin married a yoga instructor in New York City last weekend [FOX News]
  • The Chris Brown - Drake saga continues with Brown taking a to Drake in a new rap [Rolling Stone]
  • TV icon Andy Griffith died at the age of 86 [TMZ
  • Deena of "Jersey Shore" fame gets hit with a fine after failing to use the sidewalk [E!
  • Odd Future singer Frank Ocean is following Cooper's lead coming out as gay [Houston Chronicle]
  • Actress Claire Danes, musician Adele and actor Matthew McConaughey are pregnant [USA Today
  • And no, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez haven't separated [TMZ]
News
  • International co-operation minister Bev Oda is resigning from cabinet and MP member and is being replaced by Vaughn MP Julian Fantino [CBC
  • Police in Ontario launch criminal investigation into fatal mall roof collapse [CP24
  • Alberta man's arrest on cross-Canada charity run boots awareness of his cause [Gazette]
Other
  • CNN reporter Anderson Cooper comes out as gay [Daily Beast]
  • How to decide baking temperature when the recipe doesn’t mention it [Life Hacker]
  • The Worst Dad Ever left his family, including a son with cancer and a daughter with Down syndrome, to start a new life in the Philippines [IWIDK]
  • Please stop posting pictures of your debit card, people [Twitter]
  • The US Agency claims "mermaids don't exist" [Daily Mail
  • An Ohio restaurant owner died happy this morning, just hours after serving President Obama breakfast [Mediaite]
  • A mom is under fire for allowing her 5-year-old to swim with sharks in the Bahamas [Digital Journal]
Science
  • "God particle" was discovered according to European researchers [NY Times
  • Send a worm into space and he may actually live longer [BBC]
Sports
  • Former Marlins ace Dontrelle Willis retired at age 30 [Chicago Tribune]
  • Goaltenders Carey Price and Martin Brodeur locked up with their recent teams [NHL]
  • The UEFA Euro 2012 final match-up between Italy and Spain drew huge Canadian TV ratings [TSN]
  • Phoenix Suns signed and traded away Steve Nash to the LA Lakers [ESPN
  • Restricted free agent point guard Jeremy Lin agreed to a 4-year, $29M deal with the Houston Rockets [NY Daily News]
Video:
  • The BBC’s Olympic promo trailer is sweet — and controversial [Deadspin]
  • A six-year-old rapper's raunchy video for single "Booty Pop" is an online hit, but he's too young to watch it [Daily Mail]
  • Video of a 5-year-old swimming with a shark sparks online outrage [Digital Journal]
  • San Diego accidentally set off all of its fireworks at once [YouTube]
  • Orangutans at the Miami Zoo use an iPad to choose their lunch [Viral Viral Videos]
  • Here’s every goal score from the NHL playoffs [Slyoyster]
  • An Australian lawmaker is being criticized for failing to help a panelist who collapsed next to her on live TV [Arbroath]
  • This is what an animated font looks like [Buzzfeed]
  • Ever been asked to speak at a wedding? You’ll totally relate to this trailer for upcoming movie Speechless [Tumblr]