PM Harper Makes 'Murdoch' Cameo

Prime Minister Stephen Harper always has been concerned about law and order, but he takes it literally with a cameo appearance in a new episode of Murdoch Mysteries, airing July 20 on Citytv.

On Murdoch Mysteries, which is set in Toronto in the 1890s, Harper plays Desk Sergeant Armstrong, a hardcore hockey fan. However, Armstrong also is seemingly imperceptive, as he ironically doesn’t recognize Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier when he walks into Station 4.

Wouldn’t Armstrong have recognized Laurier from the Canadian 5-dollar bill? Oh wait, that wouldn’t have happened yet, never mind.

The Prime Minister’s scene was shot on Oct. 15, 2010, and directed by Yannick Bisson, who plays Detective William Murdoch in the series. In a Citytv release, Harper is quoted as saying Murdoch Mysteries is his “favourite program.”

This isn’t Prime Minister Harper’s first foray into scripted primetime TV. In 2007, Harper played himself in a very funny scene on CTV’s Corner Gas, where he was forced to choose sides in the raging gophers-versus-prairie dogs debate.

Check out this exclusive behind the scenes look below.

Mark Zuckerberg Doesn't Want You to See Who's Following Him on Google+

The most popular people on Google+ just got a little more mysterious. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have all activated privacy settings on their Google+ profiles so the number of followers they have can't be tracked.

Before today, it was clearly visible to all that Zuckerberg was the most-followed person on the new social network, followed pretty closely by Brin and Page. But as of today those profiles don't display any information about their "Circles"—what Google+ calls friend groups—or how many people are following them.

The change amounts to a slight privacy tweak that any user can do. Clicking on Settings and selecting the Privacy tab lets you select what information about your circles is displayed on your profile. Clearly, Zuckerberg and the others all opted to make circle information private. Why they did so all at about the same time is unclear, however.

The change affects the rankings, kept by the site socialstatistics.com, of the most-followed people on Google+. Until the change, Zuckerberg was the clear leader, with thousands more followers than Brin or Page. The list now puts tech blogger Robert Scoble at the top of the Plus heap, who coincidentally was the person who confirmed that the Zuckerberg profile on Google+ is genuine. Before he went private, Zuckerberg had in the neighborhood of 35,000 followers.

Google+ is said to now boast over 10 million members, and that user base is expected to climb rapidly. Since its debut on June 28, Google has added more features to the Google+ experience, and is slowly integrating it into its various other services. Zuckerberg recently commented on the rival service at a Facebook event.

Female Marine Asks Justin Timberlake To The Marine Corps Ball

When the news broke that Justin Timberlake was the one who encouraged Mila Kunis to be a marine's date at the Marine Corps Ball in North Carolina, it was just a matter of time before someone made J.T. own up to it too. Corporal Kelsey De Santis wants J.T. to come with her to the ball in Washington, D.C. in November.

Video is posted on her YouTube channel, here.