Frustrated with lengthy advertisements and previews that delay movies and chew up viewing time, a state lawmaker wants theaters to be honest about when a movie actually starts.

State Rep. Andrew Fleischmann is proposing legislation to force movie listings to print the time the previews start, and when the movies start.

“We’re being robbed of our freedom of choice because we’re not told when the actual movie will begin,” said Fleischmann, a Democrat.

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(via techdirt)

Remember that huge 6-pound burger I wrote about last July? No one had been able to eat it within the 3-hour time limit, not even competitive eater Eric “Badlands” Booker. The 420-pound Booker who has eaten such things as 49 glazed doughnuts in eight minutes and two pounds of chocolate bars in six minutes tried three times to eat the burger. He finally ate it on his third effort, but it took him 7 hours.

Amazingly, a 100-pound 19-year-old female college student conquered the challenge, finishing the burger in 2 hours, 54 minutes. She got the $23.95 burger for free as well as other prizes.

Her secret? She didn’t eat for two days.