Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time on his hands to think about the violent unrest that his crude 14-minute YouTube video, Innocence of Muslims, caused, and he has no regrets. Nakoula, who's stewing in a Los Angeles jail because he violated the conditions of his probation stemming from a fraud conviction unrelated to the movie, told the New York Times in an interview "that he would go to great lengthys to convey what he called 'the actual truth' about Muhammad.' more »
Also in Wednesday afternoon's round-up of news briefs, Willie Nelson throws support behind the Weinstein Company's Lawless, and production on Iron Man 3 is suspended after Robert Downey Jr. injures his ankle. more »
What is this strange retro fascination the kids have these days with watching old crappy horror movies on -- what was it called again? V-H-S? The New York Times investigates. "I like putting it in the VCR and rewinding and pausing and fast-forwarding," said Lunchmeat founder Josh Shafer. "The best way to watch is to know nothing about how it was created, like it was a tape that was found buried in a ditch or was found unmarked at a Goodwill," explains Drafthouse Films' Evan Husney. See kids, once upon a time there were these things called videotapes... that you rented from video stores... before the internet existed. Yes, I know. That's a lot to digest. Let the nice Gray Lady explain it to you. [NYT]
