Isabella Rossellini: Actress, Model, Creator of...Bug Porn?!

Isabella Rossellini, the daughter of famous actress Ingrid Bergman, has decided to create a series of shorts based on insect copulation. Rossellini is the male insect in these videos, and shows watchers how bugs get it on, whilst wearing crazy costumes. The fly costume is exceptionally disturbing due to the semi-realistic...vomit. The shorts are named Green Porno, which the actress admits is purely to generate viewings through search engine results of the keyword "porn" These videos are intended to target those who watch videos in iPods or other devices, and therefore are only a few minutes long. It shows the impact that online videos has created. I think it's a peculiar idea, but admittedly very original-whether or not that's a good thing I don't know. Also, I think the reason she decided to be the male insects was to make sure viewers thought she was in control of the situation, and it could be a feminist projection. Either way, I think this WILL get a lot of viewers, out of sheer curiosity. I think the Rossellini doesn't care what people will think of this, and I guess you have to hand it to her for being bold and maybe a little crazy.

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Coming Soon to a Cellphone Near You: Isabella Rossellini Mounting a Housefly

MPAA Wrongly Accuses College Students for the Majority of Piracy

The Motion Picture Association of America has recognized a "human error" in the 2005 study they commissioned, which found 44% of domestic industry loss from piracy was by college students. They now state that college students make up only 15% of the loss. The industry has been targeting college students and forcing universities to crack down on their students. Now with these results, the vice president of the American Council on Education has said "colleges will continue to take the problem seriously, but more regulation isn't necessary" I don't think the impact of this study will effect college students much, but hopefully there will be less pressure from the MPAA on schools. The MPAA is so concerned about eliminating piracy, but that's impossible at this point. Overseas is where they are suffering from the most, because of governmental and political issues in countries such as China. The U.S. can't really regulate overseas. They need to reevaluate their strategy for thriving as an industry. Controlling piracy is getting too difficult and costly.

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MPAA Admits Mistake on Downloading Study

Tired of Myspace?

A lot of people are getting fed up with Myspace. Case in point? Wednesday, January 30th was International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. People are getting tired of Myspace's abundant advertisements, flashing banners, and spam accounts. I think the end of Myspace's reign as the key internet social networking system may soon be over. Although the site has millions and millions of users, people are just waiting for the next site to come along that has all the benefits of Myspace without the problems. Younger people are deleting their accounts and sticking with Facebook, due to less ads and creepy stalkers. Myspace's only real value over other social networking sites is the fact that so many people have accounts. Myspace has a dilemma here-the same reason people are closing accounts is what keeps them free and running. The advertisements are necessary, although Facebook makes millions and they keep their advertising much more subtle and user friendly. If this is the end of myspace, I surely will not miss it!

Fed Up With MySpace? Join the Club and Delete Your Account