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Raja Gosnell, best known for bringing "Scooby Doo" to the big screen, has signed on to direct a live-action movie based on the "Smurfs", a popular cartoon created by Belgium’s Peyo. 

The plot of the movie is being kept a secret, and the film is being produced by Jordan   Kerner (Charlotte’s Web). The screenplay is being written by J. David Stern and D avid N. Weiss, as well as Audrey Wells.

The "Smurfs" movie is due to be released on the 17th of December next year and is being distributed by Columbia Pictures/Sony Animation.

Source: news.yahoo.com

Please for the love of….no!!!

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary wants passengers to STAND on the budget airline’s flights — in a bid to pack in more people and boost profits.

Passengers would pay less to huddle next to what have been described as “bar stools”, with seatbelts around their waists. O’Leary has already held talks with US plane manufacturer Boeing about designing a jet with standing room. He is now hoping to get the go-ahead from the Irish Aviation Authority before ordering a new fleet. A Ryanair spokesman said: “If they approve it, we’ll be doing it.” O’Leary got the idea from Chinese airline Spring, which put forward similar plans — estimating they could pack in up to 50 per cent more passengers and slash costs by 20 per cent. The controversial Ryanair boss is always looking for ways of saving money. Earlier this year he announced that he intended to charge passengers a pound to spend a penny on board. He also unveiled plans for planes with just one toilet instead of three, which he said would allow six extra seats to be crammed in.  There was more outrage when O’Leary considered introducing a “fat tax” for overweight passengers.

And you thought US domestic air travel was bad!! This guy is crazy!!

 

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Would you trust a glass floor suspended 103 stories in the air?  The Sears Tower is offering a new way to push your fear of heights right over the edge. Sears  Tower officials say the inspiration for the balconies came from the hundreds of forehead prints visitors left behind on Skydeck windows every week. “The Ledge,” as they’re collectively called, hangs 1,353 feet in the air. With transparent walls and ceilings, visitors say its like floating in the sky, and the view is, of course, spectacular. Don’t worry, those glass floor can withstand five tons, but just to be safe, jumping up and down is probably not a good idea. [AP]

 

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