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Helmets on, please, Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts

Larry Crowne poster
Put a lid on it … the offending Larry Crowne poster

Over to Spain, where Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts were given a less than Hollywood reception for their new film, Larry Crowne. A poster for the film that shows the lovestruck duo riding a scooter without helmets has fallen foul of Spain's advertising watchdog, who slammed a €30,000 (£25,700) fine on the poster's distributor, Tripictures. To the surprise of Hanks and Roberts, promoting reckless driving has been banned in Spanish ads since 1985. Still, a source at Tripictures is incensed, i reports. "When the fine showed up in the post we thought it was a joke," an insider told the Cinemania website. "We didn't even expect something like this when we distributed the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

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