In any case, this means that before settling on A Good Day to Die Hard, Rothman and Fox must’ve rejected any number of “die” title puns, which may or may not have included:
•Die Hard Another Day
•Live and Let Die Hard
•2000 Ways to Die Hard
•Romeo Must Die Hard
•Die, Die, Die Hard My Darling
•To Die Hard For
•Funny or Die Hard
•Get Rich or Die Hard Tryin’
•John Tucker Must Die Hard
•The Quick and the Die Hard
•Things to Do in Denver When You’re Die Hard
•The Die Harder They Come
•Die Hard Ticket to Hawaii
•Damn, Girl, You’re Gettin’ Me So Die Hard Right Now
•To Live and Die Hard in LA
•Boys Don’t Cry Hard
•Pie Hard
•Schindler’s Die Hard
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A year after their harrowing rescue from the San José mine near Copiapó, Chile, the 33 miners are a varied lot. Some have returned to mining, some face unemployment and continued psychological fallout. None have found fame and fortune.
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It takes an incredible amount of lock to win a lottery jackpot, and still greater fortune to win on a ticket you didn’t even intend to purchase. A Georgia woman who was looking for a job won out on both fronts when she won on a ticket a clerk gave her by accident.
According to the AP, the woman asked for a Mega Millions ticket, but the clerk accidentally printed up a Powerball entry with the same numbers, along with the ticket she requested. The woman was in the mood to double down so she didn’t try to return the Powerball ticket and ask for a refund. That’s why she won the $25 million prize, which she chose to cash out with the $15.1 million pre-tax lump sum option.
The story says the winner wants to travel, buy a car and help others. Hopefully she adds “give error-prone clerk humongous tip” to that list.
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Denmark has introduced what is believed to be the world’s first fat tax – a surcharge on foods that are high in saturated fat.
Butter, milk, cheese, pizza, meat, oil and processed food are now subject to the tax if they contain more than 2.3% saturated fat. Some consumers began hoarding to beat the price rise, while some producers call the tax a bureaucratic nightmare. Others suggest that many Danes will simply start shopping abroad.
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San Francisco’s metropolitan area contains an economy the size of Thailand. Chicago’s GDP rivals Switzerland. If the largest U.S. cities were countries, where would they rank?
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It’s no secret that Johnny Depp loves the following: wearing silly, headgear-friendly costumes; portraying popular writers; and money. So nobody should be too alarmed to learn that the man’s preparing to not only produce but also star in a live-action feature film about the iconic Dr. Seuss, known among the generally discerning medical community as Theodor Geisel.
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