/ 11 August 2022

Italy says arrivederci to Domino’s, ‘Forrest Gump’ Bollywood-style, and a Guinness-fueled record run…

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Domino’s Pizza is shutting up its 29 shops in Italy. If you’re wondering why on Earth they would even try in Italy, the boss at the time said the country had “a lot of pizza, but there’s not a lot of delivered pizza.” Yeah, nah it didn’t work… 

Hoping for a better translation are the producers of a new Bollywood production based on… Forrest Gump. There have been adaptations in the past, but “such an iconic Hollywood film has never happened before” in Bollywood, said filmmaker Karan Johar. Life is like a box of… Gulab Jamuns?

Speaking of Forrest Gump… British marathon legend Robert Pope has become the first (they think…) to run the width of Ireland in a day. Starting with a Guinness in Galway and ending with a Guinness in Dublin, he completed the 211km trot in 23 hours and 39 minutes. He said he was pretty nauseous at the start…

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