akarunway 1 #1 April 30, 2006 Bomb Squad Blows Up Newspaper Rack 'Mission: Impossible III' Promotion Looked Like a Bomb SANTA CLARITA (April 30) - A newspaper promotion for Tom Cruise's upcoming "Mission: Impossible III" got off to an explosive start when a county arson squad blew up a news rack, thinking it contained a bomb. The confusion: the Los Angeles Times rack was fitted with a digital musical device designed to play the "Mission: Impossible" theme song when the door was opened. But in some cases, the red plastic boxes with protruding wires were jarred loose and dropped onto the stack of newspapers inside, alarming customers. Sheriff's officials said they rendered the news rack in this suburb 35 miles north of downtown Los Angeles "safe" after being called to the scene Friday by a concerned individual who thought he'd seen a bomb. Times officials said the devices were placed in 4,500 randomly selected news boxes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties in a venture with Paramount Pictures designed to turn the "everyday news rack experience" into an "extraordinary mission." It was just that, at least for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arson squad, which destroyed the box. "This was the least intended outcome. We weren't expecting anything like this," said John O'Loughlin, the Times' senior vice president for planning. The devices are to remain in the boxes until May 7, two days after the film is scheduled to open.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #2 April 30, 2006 Quote'Mission: Impossible III' Promotion Looked Like a Bomb The movie probably is gonna be a bomb... My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #3 April 30, 2006 QuoteQuote'Mission: Impossible III' Promotion Looked Like a Bomb The movie probably is gonna be a bomb... It could be the next "Casablanca," but I will never know, as I am boycotting all of Scientology Boy's films...He's an asshole.Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
