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Today on the list: Cell phone companies conceal a health warning, Michelangelo’s David the way it was meant to be seen and Hollywood doesn’t care about poor people—or old people. On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies. The links below open in a new window. Newer ones are on top. There’s a new side job for the aspiring actor: bedbug buster New York’s Pest Infestation Spells Opportunity for Thespians; ‘It’s Like Hanging Out’ Spillcam, vuvuzela are top words of 2010 “Spillcam” and “vuvuzela” were the top words of 2010, reflecting the global impact of the months-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the noisy South African horns at the World Cup soccer tournament, according to a survey released on Sunday. Hollywood’s Vanishing Have-Nots NIGEL COLE, the British director of 2003’s “Calendar Girls,” was only half joking when he said, “In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy.” < href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/11/14/why_flops_matter/?page=full" target="_blank"> Why flops matter to the cinema An era’s great flops serve countless functions in pushing the art and industry of filmmaking forward. They introduce technological innovations. They help filmmakers and actors — those that manage to work again, at least — learn how to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. And for the people involved in them, flops are something more than a wake-up call: They can even rescue a career. GREAT MOMENTS IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Scenario : You are applying for a job via e-mail – is it a good idea to attach a smiley?