Hollywood 'backs' Howard biopic

Hollywood is backing a biopic of former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, with rumours Russell Crowe and Sir Anthony Hopkins are being touted for the lead role.
The report, published on website The New Daily, is just one of many bogus news reports out this April Fools' Day.
The story goes on to claim Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey has signed on to play former US President George W Bush in Howard: Man of Steel, with Meryl Streep a possibility for the role of Mr Howard's wife Jeanette.
'It is not known whether Howard will be directly involved in the project,' the report quips.
Other fake yarns doing the rounds on Tuesday include the 'Retnup Stem Cell Foundation' releasing an ultrasound image of 'an early-term foal foetus' clone of Black Caviar, according to racing site Punters Paradise.
Then there's the TV Tonight story that columnist Andrew Bolt will replace Charlie Pickering on Network Ten's The Project.
Sports sites are also having a laugh, with Fox Sports News reporting the NBL will mandate a 190cm height minimum for players next season.
Speedcafe.com, meanwhile, reports V8 Supercars will this year race in the opposite direction at Bathurst for the first time.
Companies are also playing pranks.
Vegemite has launched a new energy drink, Vegemite iDRINK 2.1, on its Facebook page, while online retailer Kogan.com unveiled the 'Kogan Drone Broadband Network'.
The so-called KDBM uses airborne drones to deliver fast, mobile internet access.
Shopping platform Bigcommerce is launching 'Popcommerce' - a series of pop-up e-stores that self-destruct 14 days after launching, and iiNet unveiled its new 'Pet-fi' product - a gadget that offers mobile broadband when strapped onto a household pet.
Homewares giant Ikea was bold enough to tell consumers it would welcome insects, rodents, domestic pets and reptiles into its stores, but was banning birds of prey, racehorses and deadly wild animals.
Even universities are getting in on the act, with the Australian National University jokingly announcing it had trained ducks to walk across pedestrian crossings in a bid to reduce road deaths.
According to 'Dr Donald Drake from the Research School of Birds and Fowl Creatures', the breakthrough research underpinned a training program of drill exercises and will be shared at the '2014 International Feat hered Friends Conference'.
However, an early-morning prank text message sent to hundreds of parents in Sydney fell flat.
The message said Castle Hill High School in the city's northwest had burnt down and was shut for the day.
The NSW Education Department was not amused and has brought police in to investigate.
It believes the high school's IT system was hacked.

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