Posted Jun 26th 2008 12:55PM by TMZ Staff
Stone Cold Steve Austin posed for pics at an Indiana Wal*Mart for $10 a pop. But attention Wal*Mart shoppers -- the dude's a fraud.
Someone duped Wal*Mart into believing he was the former WWE champ. Yes, that sounds weird to us too, since Wal*Mart is so corporate you can't take a dump at the store without getting permission from the Prez. But it happened, and now Greensburg, Ind. cops are on the case, trying to hunt down the phony who pocketed the cash.
And this is funny -- Wal*Mart employees became suspicious when the guy and his "manager" showed up in a broke down hoopty.
We're lookin' for pics of the faux wrestler, which we'll post. John Walsh's got nothin' on us!
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky & Weird
Tags: Stone Cold Steve Austin, StoneColdSteveAustin, Walmart
Posted Dec 13th 2005 12:06PM by TMZ Staff
Get banned by Wal-Mart; sell a few hundred thousand DVDs. That's the story behind the sleeper hit documentary 'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price,' which has become a hit despite being banned by Wal-Mart since the DVD's Nov. 15 release.
As America's largest retailer, Wal-Mart has frequently been criticized for being a corporate bully that drives out smaller businesses in local markets. The documentary, directed by Robert Greenwald, examines this topic as well as such hot-button issues as Wal-Mart's alleged mistreatment of its employees.
On Nov. 15, a pro-Wal-Mart DVD was also released: 'Why Wal-Mart Works and Why That Makes Some People C-R-A-Z-Y!,' from producers Ron and Robert Galloway.
Which is the bigger hit? The Greenwald-directed DVD, which currently ranks No. 354 in Amazon.com DVD sales. The Galloways' Wal-Mart DVD is floundering at a lowly No. 5,144 sales rank. According to Nielsen VideoScan, Greenwald's Wal-Mart DVD has sold nearly 100,000 copies. Sales figures were unavailable for the Galloways' Wal-Mart DVD, which the producers say was funded independently from Wal-Mart.
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Tags: wal mart, WalMart
