Venice is f**ked long term

Might be marketed as the "romantic city", however, I just think they have a small water problem.

Gerry is talking shit

RETAILER Gerry Harvey is warning some of the stores in his Harvey Norman empire will close during the next six months because of the economic slowdown.

"We're looking at closing not a lot of stores, but some stores between January and June (2009),'' Mr Harvey told ABC Radio.

But he also admitted the retailer was looking to open new stores as well.

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Nice one Gerry. Using the economy as the reason to cut less profitable stores that you have been wanting to shut down for the past 2 years. You are still making heaps of cash.

Another one bites the dust.......

This is starting to not be funny at all!!!

Is this the economy or were newspapers headed this way anyway??

US media giant Tribune files for bankruptcy

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MP tries to sell photo of protestor burning himself alive

Did you read about the silly MP who tried to sell the photo of the protestor who was going to burn himself alive?

http://www.news.com.au/comments/0,23600,24747582-2,00.html

I like this reader comment about the MP the best:

Looks like he got burnt....

Posted by: matthew of Parra 8:53am today
Comment 57 of 102

Some dude's Flickr photo used in Iron Man

This is a great story. Check it out.

From AICN:

Seems There's A New SPEED Project Zooming Around Out There...And It May Not Be A Remake!?!?

Merrick here...

In some elusive past I can't seem to access with search engines, we heard rumblings that Fox wanted to drag the SPEED franchise out of retirement;. Do two films constitute a "franchise"?.

It was generally assumed this would be accomplished via re-imaginings, remakes, and so forth - 'cause that's pretty much the way stuff like this shakes out these days.

However, an AICN reader sent us a brief message (adequately contextualizing how he came across the following information), offering a tantalizing clue as to how Fox wants to get up to SPEED again. And...it may NOT be a remake?

I should probably give said informant a code name, but I'm too frickin' tired to think of one at the moment. Sorry about that...nothing personal.

Here's what his message said:

There's a scriptment floating around that reintroduces Jack Traven. So the studios are hoping to get Keanu back on board.

For those who've forgotten (or never cared enough to remember), the "Jack Traven" character originated by Keanu in the first film did not appear in SPEED 2; Reeves was replaced by the relentlessly bland Jason Patric (starring in a new role).

While it's impossible to quantify the boneheaded lameness advanced by SPEED 2, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the first film. Do I want to see another SPEED? Not really. But I hope they use the original movie as a stylistic/tonal template if this moves forward.

I'm seeing a pattern here: Keanu as Klatu in Fox's DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL remake. Keanu (theoretically) returning as Jack Traven for SPEED. And now Fox is talking about a new APES film? Keanu as CAESAR? You know it...

This is just a thought/suspicion...nothing more. That I know of, at least.