It looks as if the makers of this poster for Amelia, the Amelia Airheart biopic starring Hilary Swank, wanted to create a strong, simple image of Amelia’s silhouette as she stared off into the distance, in the classic explorer pose.  But then at the last moment they didn’t quite trust their audience to know it was Amelia Earhardt, so they used the old just-slap-some-initials-on-her-back solution, a longtime favorite of political cartoonists.  Hold on, I think I can improve this one:

Eat your heart out, Perez Hilton.  On second thought… stop eating. [via FSR]

Every time I read Amelia, in my mind I hear Will Farrell shouting “Amelia!” like in Night at the Roxbury.  Haha, good story, Vince.  Anyway, this is the first trailer for Amelia, starring Hillary Swank as the aviatress who captured America’s heart by promising she could fly around the globe, only to fail miserably and die in the ocean, never to be found.  Ever since, women have been banned from flying, and for that we thank her.

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The New York Post is reporting* that Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry), who seems to gravitate to butch roles despite possessing what the scientists call "nice cans", has signed on to play aviatrix Amelia Earhardt.

Earhardt, of course, was the famous pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, but vanished over the Pacific in 1937 while trying to become the first woman to circumnavigate the globe.

Currently, little is known about the project.  Tentative title?  Girls Can’t Fly.