Chinese company plans to sue producers of Transformers
A second Chinese company has said it will sue the producers of Transformers: Age of Extinction for breach of contract, the state media reported.
Huang Daosheng, the general manager of Chongqing Wulong Karst Tourism Co ltd, said the producers had failed to show its logo in the movie as promised. Calls to the company were unanswered.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the company paid an undisclosed sum to promote the scenic area it operates in southwest China and that it would file a suit at a court in Chongqing city against Paramount Pictures and a Beijing-based producer.
last month, a Beijing property developer said it had filed a lawsuit alleging that Paramount and two of its Chinese associates had failed to deliver on pledges to hold the movie premiere at its hotel and feature images of its property in trailers and movie posters.
(AP)
Drunk woman goes to rob store on horse
Christine Saunders, a 45-year-old woman from Dekalb County in Alabama, was drunk when she stole someone’s horse. She then used it to ride to the store she wanted to rob.Police believe she rode the horse to a store in Hammonds Crossroads. After responding to a call about stolen merchandise, they saw the horse tied up outside with a bag of Keystone light cans hanging from the saddle.
Saunders faces charges of public intoxication and illegal possession of a prohibited beverage, though the horse’s owner refused to press charges.
(UPI)
$20,000 potato salad Kickstarter project
An Ohio man, who created a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter to help him raise money for potato salad, has ended up with some serious bread. After beginning his potato salad project with a goal of just $10, Zack Danger Brown of Columbus has raised more than $22,000.
After quickly reaching his first goal, Brown has been updating the page with stretch goals including an idea to “rent out a party hall and invite the whole Internet to the potato salad party”.
With 25 days to go, Brown has more than 1,700 backers. As of now, a donation of $50 will secure potential potato salad enthusiasts an international potato salad recipe book, a thank you and, of course, a bite of Brown’s dish. He just can’t promise that it will be a delicious one. “It might not be that good,” he wrote in the risks and challenges section. “It’s my first potato salad.”
(UPI)
Man who took pics of woman's backside could be deported
A Texas car salesman who allegedly took a photo of a female customer without her permission could be deported.
A woman who was looking to purchase a vehicle from a used car lot in Brownsville allegedly heard the click of a camera shutter behind her as she looked at a car.When she spun around, the woman saw Pedro Zuniga-Martinez holding a cellphone.The 22-year-old admitted to taking the photo, according to Action 4 News, although it couldn’t be found on his phone.
Zuniga-Martinez was arrested on an improper visual photography charge and remains in custody on an immigration detainer.A Brownsville Municipal Court judge set his bond at $5,000.
(UPI)
Dolly Parton offers to adopt Dolly the dog
Dolly Parton wants to take an unlikely fan home. “Dolly” the dog was abandoned after the country music legend’s performance at the Glastonbury festival last month. The fluffy white lurcher was found after 150,000 revellers decamped the site in the southwest of England, and was being fostered by the Happy landings animal shelter.
Parton has pledged to adopt the dog, which staff at the shelter named in her honour.“I will take the dog home to America if nobody claims her,” the singer said in a statement.“Dolly” is being treated for an ear infection at Happy landings, which is near the festival site and is appealing for donations.
The shelter says in a statement that “Dolly” the dog is a “sweet-natured older lady” and that it is trying to determine her owner.
(Yahoo News)
Dom Dwyera gets Yellow card for taking a Selfie
It is a footballing record you wouldn’t really want. But player Dom Dwyera became the first professional player to get booked for taking a selfie with fans during a match.The 23-year-old posed with fans when he scored for Sporting KC against Chicago Fire in America’s MlS. The ref, however, didn’t see the funny side and gave him a yellow card.
He’s not the first, and we reckon he certainly won’t be the last, to get themselves into trouble thanks to a selfie.
(Mirror)