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  • Does it have to be IMAX?

    08/17/2010 5:39:11 PM PDT · by Immerito · 7 replies
    Peoria Journal Star ^ | August 14, 2010 | John Sharp
    PEORIA — When Aziz Ansari, a star on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," walked into an IMAX Theatre in California last year to watch Star Trek, he was disappointed. Ansari took to his blog and lampooned the Canadian-based company for what he called false advertising since the movie theater screen is much smaller than a typical seven-story IMAX screen seen at museums and theme parks. It generated a buzz in the media, and a response from the company's CEO who said consumers embraced the smaller-sized IMAX screens and the experience it provides. The TV star's disappointment in IMAX underscores some of...
  • Kroger keeps a keen eye on teenagers and two-ply

    02/25/2004 9:17:12 AM PST · by sonsofliberty2000 · 113 replies · 947+ views
    Only 17 years old, Heather Hagemeier got busted when she tried to buy a 12-pack at Kroger. The thing is, she got caught not with beer, but toilet paper. That's enough to trigger a call to the law in Chillicothe, where they must take bathroom tissue very seriously. "Have you ever heard of anyone getting the cops called on them for trying to buy toilet paper?" asks her incredulous mother, Lori Hagemeier of Mossville. "It's kind of funny in the long run. But it kind of (ticked) me off. It's not like she was trying to buy beer or cigarettes."...