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In a jungle not far from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil a baby Blue Macaw bird has not learned to fly yet. Several birds, among them the macaw, are captured by smugglers and are transported to Moose Lake, Minnesota, United States. However, the box with the baby bird is left on the street by accident and it is found by Linda (Leslie Mann), a girl who names the bird Blu.

15 years later, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) still can’t fly and lives with Linda in a bookstore. Linda learns from a Brazil scientist Tulio (Rodrigo Santoro) that Blu is the last male from its species and needs to be taken to Rio to mate with a female macaw in order to preserve the species. In Rio, Blu meets the female, Jewel (Anne Hathaway) and falls in love with her, but she just wants to escape. Smugglers, lead by the chief smuggler’s cockatoo, Nigel (Jemaine Clement) break into the shelter and Blue and Jewel are both captured and chained together. However, they manage to escape but get lost in the jungle.
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Kirstie Alley saved by John Travolta when he helped her with her “Dancing With the Stars” moves.

The former “Cheers” star has been struggling with her dance routines, over the past few weeks on “Dancing With the Stars” and her dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy asked the help of the “Saturday Night Fever” actor, who named himself the ‘Dance Doctor’.

Travolta told the 60-year-old actress that she needed to reassess her footwear, after her heels flew off during her last waltz performance.

He said: “Let’s try a sneaker. I suggest perhaps a high-top.”

Kirstie admitted she was hoping to “create magic” following her visit from ‘The Dance Doctor’ John.

She joked: “Now that we’ve had a session with ‘The Dance Doctor’, the bad juju is gone and with this dance, we’re going to create magic.”

Alley Earned a score of 23 out of a possible 30 with three teams tied with a score of 22 Ralph Macchio, Petra Nemcova, and Kenda Wilkinson.