It takes a lot to surprise a New Yorker, but having people fly over their heads does get their attention.

That is exactly what happened recently.

In an effort to promote Chronicle, a new film from 20th Century Fox, Thinkmodo, a company that creates videos to market brands, used aircraft shaped like people to fly over the Big Apple.

Chronicle is a science fiction film that features flying superheroes. It opens in movie theaters this week.

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New Yorker: a person from New York.

The Big Apple: a term for New York City

A New Yorker cover from 2009

It was first published in 1925 and has since printed the work of some of the best-known writers in the English language, such as Alice Munro, John Cheever and Roald Dahl.

Every year in February, the magazine features a cartoon of Eustace Tilley, a dandy looking at butterfly through a monocle.

Jonah Hill, the star of "The Sitter"

The comedy is about an irresponsible college student who takes a job as a babysitter.

Posters for the movie showed a telephone number which people could call. If a person dialed 917 409 7838, then he or she could speak directly to Jonah Hill, the star of the film.

It has always been our belief at Simple English News that learning can be fun, interesting and exciting. That is why we try to create stories that are both educational and compelling.

This concept is not original to us.

In fact, it has been around for some time. From 1983 until 2009, “Reading Rainbow”, an American television series, pioneered programming that encouraged children to read more. Now episodes of “Reading Rainbow” are available online in DVD and CD-ROM formats at ShopReadingRainbow.com.

The show won several awards in its 26-year existence.

Each episode explored a different book and made recommendations for books children should read when they visit the library. Famous actors, such as Bill Cosby and Jason Robards, also read from books on the show.

In addition, ShopReadingRainbow offers elementary curriculum support for young students in art and music through another television series called “Behind the Scenes”. The show is hosted by magicians Penn & Teller and takes viewers through the creative process of many famous artists and musicians. The shows are funny, intelligent and highly informative.

Also, ShopReadingRainbow provides a show called “MathNet”, which is aimed at solving mathematical problems. In the show, mathematicians are detectives who solve mysteries with math.

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compelling: creating great interest.

to pioneer: to lead the way, to introduce a new concept or idea.

to encourage: to promote, inspire.

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Have you ever wondered what happened to entertainment stars from 10, 20 or 30 years ago?

The producers at a Norwegian television station certainly have. “Golden Times”, a show on Norway’s TV2, brought back dozens of celebrities from previous decades and had them sing “Let It Be”.

The celebrities – some you might recognize, others perhaps not – were filmed singing the famous Beatles tune with the ocean in the background.

The Norwegian show also produced a version of past celebrities singing the 1985 charity song “We Are the World”.

When police in Boston heard reports of strange lights around the city on Wednesday, they thought it could possibly be a bomb.

However, those lights were being used as part of a plan to advertise a new show on the Cartoon Network called “Aqua Teen Hunger Force”.

Many roads in the city were closed as police tried to figure out what was happening.

The Cartoon Network later told them what was going on and the roads were reopened.

Source: The Boston Herald

A filmmaker has found a way for Palestinian and Israeli women to become friends.

Yael Luttwak brought 14 women from different religions together for her film A Slim Peace.

All of the women had the same goal: to lose weight.

By the end of the movie the women discover that they have more in common with each other than they realized.

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“Blades of Glory”, a comedy about figure skating, was a big hit with American audiences this weekend.

Comedians Will Ferrell and Jon Heder star as two figure-skating rivals.

They get into fight when they tie for a championship. The fight causes them to be banned from the sport for life.

However, they find a rule that allows them to compete together.

They go on to become the sport’s first men’s pair.

James Doohan will be remembered as an actor on a show about traveling into space.

He played the character Scotty on the Star Trek television series.

He died in 2005 at age 85.

This weekend his ashes were sent into space on a rocket.

Doohan’s wife said that her husband had wanted his remains to be sent into space.

Source: www.cosmosmagazine.com

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have bought an island off the coast of Dubai.

According to the Emirates Today newspaper, the Hollywood couple purchased a man-made island in the shape of Ethiopia.

The island is part of a group of 300 islands designed to look like a world map.

Pitt and Jolie want to use the island to bring attention to environmental issues.