Marvel Studios is setting Matthew Vaughn to direct Thor, based on the Marvel Comics character. Marvel is aiming for a pre-strike production start this winter.

Vaughn’s deal is closing just as Paramount releases the Vaughn-directed Stardust today.

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This review is courtesy Boingboing

1) Most comfortable coach I’ve experienced on any domestic carrier. Roomy, well-designed seats, nice leg room, seats sit at a pitch that maximizes stretch space.

(2) Obscenely comfy white leather seats (with “massage” feature) in first class. Pretty reasonable first class fares (I suppose they’ll be higher later, but they’re comparatively quite low right now). Read the rest of this entry »

The game looks sweet

I kid you not, it looks quite effective to for the exercise routine

Last week it was Filipino prisoners. Today Bollywood takes thriller on step further.  Definitely some hot energetic moves there, lord help us.

More than a few athletes have been accused of doping over the years — but the competitors at the “Texas Redneck Games” might just be dopes.

These competitors forgo the shotput for the “Mattress Chuck” — in which two-man teams heave a mattress from the back of a pickup truck as far as they can. And if you aren’t planning on heading to Beijing for the next Olympic Games, there’s always the ugly “butt-crack contest.” Read the rest of this entry »

A Mexican tipping the scales at 560 kilograms (1,234 pounds) will be listed as the world’s fattest man by the Guinness Book of Records, while a loss of 200 kilos (440 pounds) may make him the man who lost the most weight.

I’m glad to be in the Guinness Book as the fattest man. I am also happy to have lost 200 kilos,” Manuel Uribe, 41, told AFP.

Uribe was able to leave his home in Monterrey, northern Mexico in March aboard a trailer to celebrate his weight loss.

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