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In 2003, Sofia Coppola directed Lost in Translation. Sofia later admitted, Scarlett Johansson’s character was partially based on her, while Bill Murray’s character was inspired by her then-husband, Spike Jonze. Ten years later, Jonze directed Her (2013), the story of a man who falls in love with an AI.... show more

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The Directors of these two movies were once married. Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation (2003)” was made to tell her side of the relationship and how he always had to work. 10 years later, Spike Jonze responded with “Her (2013)” which represents what it was like for him, after the two divorced.

The Directors of these two movies were once married. Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation (2003)” was made to tell her side of the relationship and how he always had to work. 10 years later, Spike Jonze responded with “Her (2013)” which represents what it was like for him, after the two divorced.

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Sofia Coppola ended up playing Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III when Winona Ryder dropped out at the last moment. The sudden casting put her under a harsh spotlight and many critics were quick to dismiss her as inexperienced. Francis Ford Coppola later said the backlash was unfair and time seemed to agree with him — Sofia grew beyond that awkward debut to become one of the most respected filmmakers of her generation.

Sofia Coppola ended up playing Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III when Winona Ryder dropped out at the last moment. The sudden casting put her under a harsh spotlight and many critics were quick to dismiss her as inexperienced. Francis Ford Coppola later said the backlash was unfair and time seemed to agree with him — Sofia grew beyond that awkward debut to become one of the most respected filmmakers of her generation.

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Meet 2012 Batch MP Cadre IAS Santosh Verma and hear his speech which he gave after being elected as the Provincial President of the Association of the Employees Belonging to the SC and ST category in Madhya Pradesh (AJAKS). Here is his glorious past: ♦️He was a PCS officer and became an IAS because of Caste based Promotion. For that he forged documents faking signatures of a CBI judge to falsely claim relief in cases filed against him and even get arrested and suspended for the same. ♦️He was married but still started living with a female colleague in live in relationship. Later the woman lodged a case of Rape on the Pretext of Marriage against him. ♦️While he was posted in Rewa, he made an illicit relationship with his maid and even married her secretly and later dumped her. Maid also filed a complain against him. ♦️He again did a fake marriage with a woman while he was posted in Harda and again dumped her later. ♦️He started an affair with an LIC agent luring her with giving her policies of employees of his office while he was posted in Dhar, MP. He also did a fake marriage with her and later dumped her too and she also lodged a complain against him. ♦️And the irony is that he is still an IAS officer and serving as Deputy Secretary., Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Department in the MP Government. Kind Attn Chief Minister, MP

Meet 2012 Batch MP Cadre IAS Santosh Verma and hear his speech which he gave after being elected as the Provincial President of the Association of the Employees Belonging to the SC and ST category in Madhya Pradesh (AJAKS). Here is his glorious past: ♦️He was a PCS officer and became an IAS because of Caste based Promotion. For that he forged documents faking signatures of a CBI judge to falsely claim relief in cases filed against him and even get arrested and suspended for the same. ♦️He was married but still started living with a female colleague in live in relationship. Later the woman lodged a case of Rape on the Pretext of Marriage against him. ♦️While he was posted in Rewa, he made an illicit relationship with his maid and even married her secretly and later dumped her. Maid also filed a complain against him. ♦️He again did a fake marriage with a woman while he was posted in Harda and again dumped her later. ♦️He started an affair with an LIC agent luring her with giving her policies of employees of his office while he was posted in Dhar, MP. He also did a fake marriage with her and later dumped her too and she also lodged a complain against him. ♦️And the irony is that he is still an IAS officer and serving as Deputy Secretary., Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Department in the MP Government. Kind Attn Chief Minister, MP

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Meet Shweta Basu Prasad. Shweta Basu Prasad won the National Film Award for Makdee early in her career and was seen as a promising actress. Years later, her career took a dramatic turn when she was detained during a police raid in Hyderabad in connection with an alleged prostitution racket. Shweta denied the allegations and said the statements attributed to her were fabricated. A court later cleared her of all charges, but the controversy had already overshadowed her career. She eventually returned to acting, though she never regained the level of recognition many had once been expected for her.

Meet Shweta Basu Prasad. Shweta Basu Prasad won the National Film Award for Makdee early in her career and was seen as a promising actress. Years later, her career took a dramatic turn when she was detained during a police raid in Hyderabad in connection with an alleged prostitution racket. Shweta denied the allegations and said the statements attributed to her were fabricated. A court later cleared her of all charges, but the controversy had already overshadowed her career. She eventually returned to acting, though she never regained the level of recognition many had once been expected for her.

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In London, Dr Margaret McCollum found a touching way to stay connected to her late husband, Oswald Laurence, after he passed away in 2007. Years earlier, Oswald had recorded the iconic “Mind the gap” announcement used at Embankment station on the London Underground. After his death, Margaret began visiting the station regularly just to hear his voice, which brought her great comfort. In 2012 the recording was replaced with a new digital voice, leaving her heartbroken. She wrote to Transport for London, asking if she could hear his voice one last time. Moved by her story, they searched their archives, found the original tape, and not only gave her a cop, they reinstated Oswald’s voice at Embankment station. Today it still plays there, a small but powerful reminder that love doesn’t end with loss. Sometimes it lives on in the most unexpected ways.

In London, Dr Margaret McCollum found a touching way to stay connected to her late husband, Oswald Laurence, after he passed away in 2007. Years earlier, Oswald had recorded the iconic “Mind the gap” announcement used at Embankment station on the London Underground. After his death, Margaret began visiting the station regularly just to hear his voice, which brought her great comfort. In 2012 the recording was replaced with a new digital voice, leaving her heartbroken. She wrote to Transport for London, asking if she could hear his voice one last time. Moved by her story, they searched their archives, found the original tape, and not only gave her a cop, they reinstated Oswald’s voice at Embankment station. Today it still plays there, a small but powerful reminder that love doesn’t end with loss. Sometimes it lives on in the most unexpected ways.

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Jake Gyllenhaal learned of the death of his close friend Heath Ledger while he was in the middle of shooting a scene for this film. Gyllenhaal immediately walked off set, and returned to finish the scene two days later. He then took a longer bereavement leave before he was ready to continue with the rest of his scenes. Brothers (2009)

Jake Gyllenhaal learned of the death of his close friend Heath Ledger while he was in the middle of shooting a scene for this film. Gyllenhaal immediately walked off set, and returned to finish the scene two days later. He then took a longer bereavement leave before he was ready to continue with the rest of his scenes. Brothers (2009)

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Wife Allegedly K!lled Husband With Lover, Bur!ed His Body and Lied That He Had Gone to Dehradun She reportedly told everyone that her husband had gone to Dehradun for work. But when villagers became suspicious and the ground was dug up, his body was found buried in a pit. The wife is accused of conspiring with her alleged lover to k!ll her husband, hide the body and create a false story to cover the crime. This was not just betrayal. It was an alleged plan to erase a husband as if his life had no value. A man was k!lled, bur!ed and then replaced with a lie. Yet society will still search for excuses before showing outrage because the accused is a woman.

Wife Allegedly K!lled Husband With Lover, Bur!ed His Body and Lied That He Had Gone to Dehradun She reportedly told everyone that her husband had gone to Dehradun for work. But when villagers became suspicious and the ground was dug up, his body was found buried in a pit. The wife is accused of conspiring with her alleged lover to k!ll her husband, hide the body and create a false story to cover the crime. This was not just betrayal. It was an alleged plan to erase a husband as if his life had no value. A man was k!lled, bur!ed and then replaced with a lie. Yet society will still search for excuses before showing outrage because the accused is a woman.

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A 40-year-old guest lecturer was allegedly murdered by her male friend, who later set her body on fire inside a car before dying by suicide, near Jinkebachchahalli village in Doddaballapur taluk on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Saroja (40), a guest lecturer at a private college in Devanahalli. The accused, Ramanjinappa (45), a relator, is suspected to have died by suicide by jumping in front of a train. Ramajinappa was married Senior officer told reporters that Saroja and Ramanjinappa had been in a relationship for the past year. Police said Ramanjinappa had been pressuring her to marry him, but she refused. Saroja having a decent job, living with her with her family and the husband. Investigators believe that enraged by the rejection, Ramanjinappa planned the murder. On the day of the incident, he allegedly took Saroja on a long drive in a car borrowed from a friend. During the journey, an argument broke out, following which he is said to have attacked her with a hammer, killing her on the spot. Police said the accused then set the vehicle on fire in an attempt to destroy evidence and fled the scene. Passers-by noticed the burning car and alerted authorities. Personnel from Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services assisted the Doddaballapura Rural Police Station in dousing the fire. A charred body was later recovered from the backseat of the vehicle. The car was completely gutted and the police found the body in the backseat in a sleeping position and the jawline facing upwards, indicating that she was murdered before setting the car on fire the officer said. Using the chassis number, police traced the vehicle owner, identified as Suresh Kumar, who informed them that he had received an alert about an accident involving the car. His attempts to contact Ramanjinappa were unsuccessful. Later in the evening, railway police alerted local authorities about the recovery of a mangled body near the tracks near Bidadi. The decreased was identified as Ramanjinappa through his Aadhaar card and ATM card. Piecing together the sequence of events, police concluded that the accused murdered Saroja and later died by suicide while attempting to escape. A case of murder and suicide has been registered, and further investigation is underway.

A 40-year-old guest lecturer was allegedly murdered by her male friend, who later set her body on fire inside a car before dying by suicide, near Jinkebachchahalli village in Doddaballapur taluk on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Saroja (40), a guest lecturer at a private college in Devanahalli. The accused, Ramanjinappa (45), a relator, is suspected to have died by suicide by jumping in front of a train. Ramajinappa was married Senior officer told reporters that Saroja and Ramanjinappa had been in a relationship for the past year. Police said Ramanjinappa had been pressuring her to marry him, but she refused. Saroja having a decent job, living with her with her family and the husband. Investigators believe that enraged by the rejection, Ramanjinappa planned the murder. On the day of the incident, he allegedly took Saroja on a long drive in a car borrowed from a friend. During the journey, an argument broke out, following which he is said to have attacked her with a hammer, killing her on the spot. Police said the accused then set the vehicle on fire in an attempt to destroy evidence and fled the scene. Passers-by noticed the burning car and alerted authorities. Personnel from Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services assisted the Doddaballapura Rural Police Station in dousing the fire. A charred body was later recovered from the backseat of the vehicle. The car was completely gutted and the police found the body in the backseat in a sleeping position and the jawline facing upwards, indicating that she was murdered before setting the car on fire the officer said. Using the chassis number, police traced the vehicle owner, identified as Suresh Kumar, who informed them that he had received an alert about an accident involving the car. His attempts to contact Ramanjinappa were unsuccessful. Later in the evening, railway police alerted local authorities about the recovery of a mangled body near the tracks near Bidadi. The decreased was identified as Ramanjinappa through his Aadhaar card and ATM card. Piecing together the sequence of events, police concluded that the accused murdered Saroja and later died by suicide while attempting to escape. A case of murder and suicide has been registered, and further investigation is underway.

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Only 40 days old… He lost his mother while she was holding him after an Israeli strike hit the place where she was embracing him. She was killed, while he survived with a tiny body carrying a devastating wound after losing his leg. His uncle says: “Whenever he cries, we cannot tell what hurts him most… Is it the pain of his injury? The loss of his leg? Hunger? Or the absence of his mother, who was his entire world and who was taken from him while he was still in her arms?”

Only 40 days old… He lost his mother while she was holding him after an Israeli strike hit the place where she was embracing him. She was killed, while he survived with a tiny body carrying a devastating wound after losing his leg. His uncle says: “Whenever he cries, we cannot tell what hurts him most… Is it the pain of his injury? The loss of his leg? Hunger? Or the absence of his mother, who was his entire world and who was taken from him while he was still in her arms?”

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SHE FINALLY SPEAKS OUT: “We were BOTH separated. It was the first and only time.” Kristin Cabot, the woman from THAT Coldplay kiss-cam video, is finally sharing her side of the story and what she says the internet never knew. Cabot says both she and her boss, Andy Byron, were separated from their spouses at the time. She admits she had a crush on him but insists they were NOT having a sexual affair. According to her, the concert was the first time they crossed the physical line and the only time they kissed. She says they had been drinking, dancing and simply got caught up in the moment. There’s another detail many people didn’t know: Her estranged husband was AT THE SAME CONCERT… with a date. Cabot says she panicked when she suddenly saw herself wrapped in her CEO’s arms on the giant screen. She knew how it looked, knew her husband was somewhere in the stadium and realized the situation was inappropriate. She admits it was a bad decision. She lost her career, was doxxed and says the backlash grew into hundreds of calls and even death threats. Months later, this is her side of the Coldplay kiss-cam story. Does knowing the full story change how you see what happened?

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SHE FINALLY SPEAKS OUT: “We were BOTH separated. It was the first and only time.” Kristin Cabot, the woman from THAT Coldplay kiss-cam video, is finally sharing her side of the story and what she says the internet never knew. Cabot says both she and her boss, Andy Byron, were separated from their spouses at the time. She admits she had a crush on him but insists they were NOT having a sexual affair. According to her, the concert was the first time they crossed the physical line and the only time they kissed. She says they had been drinking, dancing and simply got caught up in the moment. There’s another detail many people didn’t know: Her estranged husband was AT THE SAME CONCERT… with a date. Cabot says she panicked when she suddenly saw herself wrapped in her CEO’s arms on the giant screen. She knew how it looked, knew her husband was somewhere in the stadium and realized the situation was inappropriate. She admits it was a bad decision. She lost her career, was doxxed and says the backlash grew into hundreds of calls and even death threats. Months later, this is her side of the Coldplay kiss-cam story. Does knowing the full story change how you see what happened?

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🙏🇺🇸🙏 U.S. Air Force Captain Seth R. Koval — one of six Airmen who lost their lives while supporting Operation Epic Fury. For those who knew Seth, he was far more than a pilot or an officer in uniform. He was a husband, a father, a son, a brother, and a friend whose presence filled the lives of the people around him with love and strength. Seth grew up dreaming of becoming a pilot. That dream eventually became a life of service, one he carried with pride every time he put on his uniform. Those close to him say he loved what he did and felt honored to serve others through his work in the Air Force. But the people who knew him best remember something even greater than his career. They remember a man who was loving, generous, and kind-hearted. A man who always looked for ways to help others. Someone who could fix almost anything, who loved the outdoors, and who never hesitated to put the needs of others before his own. Above all, Seth was a devoted family man. His wife shared the heartbreak their family is now facing, describing the unimaginable pain of losing the person she loved most. In her words, Seth was not only an exceptional Airman, but the most incredible husband, father, son, brother, and friend anyone could ask for. She shared that one of the greatest honors of her life was standing beside him as he achieved the dream he had carried since childhood — becoming a pilot and serving his country. Though his life was cut far too short, Seth's legacy continues to live on through the family he loved deeply, especially in the smile of his young son who will carry a part of his father's spirit forward. For the Koval family, the days ahead will not be easy. Yet they have expressed deep gratitude for the love and support that has surrounded them during this painful time. Across communities and within the Air Force family, many people are remembering Captain Seth R. Koval not only for the uniform he wore, but for the life he lived - a life marked by service, faith, and love for others. Today we pause to honor him and to keep his family, friends, and fellow Airmen in our thoughts. - May Capt. Seth R. Koval rest in peace, and may his service and legacy never be forgotten 🙏🇺🇸🙏

🙏🇺🇸🙏 U.S. Air Force Captain Seth R. Koval — one of six Airmen who lost their lives while supporting Operation Epic Fury. For those who knew Seth, he was far more than a pilot or an officer in uniform. He was a husband, a father, a son, a brother, and a friend whose presence filled the lives of the people around him with love and strength. Seth grew up dreaming of becoming a pilot. That dream eventually became a life of service, one he carried with pride every time he put on his uniform. Those close to him say he loved what he did and felt honored to serve others through his work in the Air Force. But the people who knew him best remember something even greater than his career. They remember a man who was loving, generous, and kind-hearted. A man who always looked for ways to help others. Someone who could fix almost anything, who loved the outdoors, and who never hesitated to put the needs of others before his own. Above all, Seth was a devoted family man. His wife shared the heartbreak their family is now facing, describing the unimaginable pain of losing the person she loved most. In her words, Seth was not only an exceptional Airman, but the most incredible husband, father, son, brother, and friend anyone could ask for. She shared that one of the greatest honors of her life was standing beside him as he achieved the dream he had carried since childhood — becoming a pilot and serving his country. Though his life was cut far too short, Seth's legacy continues to live on through the family he loved deeply, especially in the smile of his young son who will carry a part of his father's spirit forward. For the Koval family, the days ahead will not be easy. Yet they have expressed deep gratitude for the love and support that has surrounded them during this painful time. Across communities and within the Air Force family, many people are remembering Captain Seth R. Koval not only for the uniform he wore, but for the life he lived - a life marked by service, faith, and love for others. Today we pause to honor him and to keep his family, friends, and fellow Airmen in our thoughts. - May Capt. Seth R. Koval rest in peace, and may his service and legacy never be forgotten 🙏🇺🇸🙏

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🗣I REPEAT - DO NOT TRUST A CRYING WOMAN This is how she cried on her husbands death and gain sympathy. But in reality, later found out, that she was the one who paid the #killer of her husband. She paid ₹5 Lac to kill her husband. #JusticeIsDue

🗣I REPEAT - DO NOT TRUST A CRYING WOMAN This is how she cried on her husbands death and gain sympathy. But in reality, later found out, that she was the one who paid the #killer of her husband. She paid ₹5 Lac to kill her husband. #JusticeIsDue

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In the 1800s, Scottish surgeon Robert Liston became infamous for a surgery that led to an astonishing 300% mortality rate, losing his patient to infection, accidentally amputating his assistant's fingers, who also died of infection, and slashing a spectator who died from heart attack. While amputating another patient's leg, he broke his personal record by finishing the surgery in two and a half minutes. However, in the interest of speed, he chopped off the patient's testicles along with his leg. He also once mistook a lump in a young boy's neck for a skin tag and removed it suddenly at the boys home. The lump turned out to be an aneurysm of his carotid artery, and the boy died. Keep in mind that in those times there was no anesthesia and that speed and cleanliness were the only skills. Known as "the fastest knife on West End," Robert Liston was particularly skilled at quick amputations. Where most surgeons at that time lost one in four patients, due to his speed and skill, Liston only lost about one in ten.

In the 1800s, Scottish surgeon Robert Liston became infamous for a surgery that led to an astonishing 300% mortality rate, losing his patient to infection, accidentally amputating his assistant's fingers, who also died of infection, and slashing a spectator who died from heart attack. While amputating another patient's leg, he broke his personal record by finishing the surgery in two and a half minutes. However, in the interest of speed, he chopped off the patient's testicles along with his leg. He also once mistook a lump in a young boy's neck for a skin tag and removed it suddenly at the boys home. The lump turned out to be an aneurysm of his carotid artery, and the boy died. Keep in mind that in those times there was no anesthesia and that speed and cleanliness were the only skills. Known as "the fastest knife on West End," Robert Liston was particularly skilled at quick amputations. Where most surgeons at that time lost one in four patients, due to his speed and skill, Liston only lost about one in ten.

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Obnoxious black female thug slashes the throat of a White man who told her to zip it after she berated staff at a Taco Bell. The black blonde wig wearing queen attempted to murder the man while leaving her niglets unattended in a car outside. "“Apparently, the management had already told her to leave,” he said. “As she continued to rant and rave, I told her to be quiet. Told her to zip it.” Mason left the store, but returned a short time later with a knife and slashed a surprised Luczkow in the throat before fleeing in a silver Kia Soul with her boyfriend, identified by authorities as Phillip Michael Thomas, and her two young children, ages 2 and 4." The woman was charged and sentenced to only 7 years and wasn’t charged with attempted murder. This is how out of control black women have become and how the system treats them with kid gloves!

Obnoxious black female thug slashes the throat of a White man who told her to zip it after she berated staff at a Taco Bell. The black blonde wig wearing queen attempted to murder the man while leaving her niglets unattended in a car outside. "“Apparently, the management had already told her to leave,” he said. “As she continued to rant and rave, I told her to be quiet. Told her to zip it.” Mason left the store, but returned a short time later with a knife and slashed a surprised Luczkow in the throat before fleeing in a silver Kia Soul with her boyfriend, identified by authorities as Phillip Michael Thomas, and her two young children, ages 2 and 4." The woman was charged and sentenced to only 7 years and wasn’t charged with attempted murder. This is how out of control black women have become and how the system treats them with kid gloves!

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In Remembrance of Hedy Lamarr. Born | November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. Died | January 19, 2000 aged 85 in Casselberry, Florida, USA. Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were both from Jewish families. Hedwig had a calm childhood, but it was cinema that fascinated her. By the time she was a teenager, she decided to drop out of school and seek fame as an actress, and was a student of theatre director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. Her first role was a bit part in the German film Geld auf der Straße (1930) (aka “Money on the Street”) in 1930. She was attractive and talented enough to be in three more German productions in 1931, but it would be her fifth film that catapulted her to worldwide fame. In 1932 she appeared in a Czech film called Ekstase (US title: “Ecstasy”) and had made the gutsy move to appear nude. It's the story of a young girl who is married to a gentleman much older than she, but she winds up falling in love with a young soldier. The film's nude scenes created a sensation all over the world. The scenes, very tame by today's standards, caused the film to be banned by the U.S. government at the time. Hedy soon married Fritz Mandl, a munitions manufacturer and a prominent Austrofascist. He attempted to buy up all the prints of “Ecstasy” he could lay his hands on (Italy's dictator, Benito Mussolini, had a copy but refused to sell it to Mandl), but to no avail (there are prints floating around the world today). The notoriety of the film brought Hollywood to her door. She was brought to the attention of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, who signed her to a contract (a notorious prude when it came to his studio's films, Mayer signed her against his better judgment, but the money he knew her notoriety would bring in to the studio overrode any moral concerns he may have had). However, he insisted she change her name and make good, wholesome films. Hedy starred in a series of exotic adventure epics. She made her American film debut as Gaby in Algiers (1938). This was followed a year later by Lady of the Tropics (1939). In 1942, she played the plum role of Tondelayo in the classic White Cargo (1942). After World War II, her career began to decline, and MGM decided it would be in the interest of all concerned if her contract were not renewed. Unfortunately for Hedy, she turned down the leads in both Gaslight (1940) and Casablanca (1942), both of which would have cemented her standing in the minds of the American public. At the beginning of World War II, along with composer George Antheil, Lamarr co-invented a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Axis powers. This approach, conceptualised as a “Secret Communication System”, was intended to provide secure, jam-resistant communication for weapon guidance by spreading the signal across multiple frequencies. Similar technology was used in operational systems only beginning in 1962, which was well after World War II and three years after the expiry of the Lamarr-Antheil patent. Frequency hopping, which existed and was utilised before the Lamarr-Antheil patent, is a foundational technology for spread spectrum communications. Its principles are utilised for secure wireless networking, including Bluetooth and early versions of Wi-Fi, which use variants of spread spectrum to protect data from interception and interference. In 1949, Hedy Lamarr starred as Delilah opposite Victor Mature's Samson in Cecil B. DeMille's epic Samson and Delilah (1949). This proved to be Paramount Pictures' then most profitable movie to date, bringing in $12 million in rental from theatres. The film's success led to more parts, but it was not enough to ease her financial crunch. She made only six more films between 1949 and 1957, the last being The Female Animal (1957). The 1970s was a decade of increasing seclusion for Lamarr. She was offered several scripts, television commercials, and stage projects, but none piqued her interest. In 1974, she filed a $10 million lawsuit against Warner Bros., claiming that the running parody of her name (“Hedley Lamarr”) in the Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles infringed her right to privacy. Brooks said he was flattered. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed nominal sum and an apology to Lamarr for “almost using her name”. Brooks said that Lamarr “never got the joke”. In 1981, with her eyesight failing, Lamarr retreated from public life and settled in Miami Beach, Florida. A large Corel-drawn image of Lamarr won CorelDRAW's yearly software suite cover design contest in 1996. For several years, beginning in 1997, it was featured on boxes of the software suite. Lamarr sued the company for using her image without her permission. Corel countered that she did not own rights to the image. The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 1998. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Lamarr has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6247 Hollywood Boulevard adjacent to Vine Street where the walk is centered. Lamarr became estranged from her older son, James Lamarr Loder, when he was 12 years old. Their relationship ended abruptly, and he moved in with another family. They did not speak again for almost 50 years. Lamarr left James Loder out of her will, and he sued for control of the US$3.3 million estate left by Lamarr in 2000. He eventually settled for US$50,000. In her later years, Lamarr lived in Altamonte Springs, Florida, before moving to Casselberry, Florida, in the final months of her life. She communicated with family and friends almost exclusively by telephone. However, after moving to Casselberry, two friends who lived nearby would visit her at home to check on her a few times a week. On January 19, 2000, Lamarr was found dead at her home in Casselberry at the age of 85; the cause of death was heart disease. Her son Anthony Loder spread part of her ashes in Austria's Vienna Woods in accordance with her last wishes. In 2014, a memorial to Lamarr was unveiled in Vienna's Central Cemetery. The remainder of her ashes were buried there.

In Remembrance of Hedy Lamarr. Born | November 9, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. Died | January 19, 2000 aged 85 in Casselberry, Florida, USA. Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were both from Jewish families. Hedwig had a calm childhood, but it was cinema that fascinated her. By the time she was a teenager, she decided to drop out of school and seek fame as an actress, and was a student of theatre director Max Reinhardt in Berlin. Her first role was a bit part in the German film Geld auf der Straße (1930) (aka “Money on the Street”) in 1930. She was attractive and talented enough to be in three more German productions in 1931, but it would be her fifth film that catapulted her to worldwide fame. In 1932 she appeared in a Czech film called Ekstase (US title: “Ecstasy”) and had made the gutsy move to appear nude. It's the story of a young girl who is married to a gentleman much older than she, but she winds up falling in love with a young soldier. The film's nude scenes created a sensation all over the world. The scenes, very tame by today's standards, caused the film to be banned by the U.S. government at the time. Hedy soon married Fritz Mandl, a munitions manufacturer and a prominent Austrofascist. He attempted to buy up all the prints of “Ecstasy” he could lay his hands on (Italy's dictator, Benito Mussolini, had a copy but refused to sell it to Mandl), but to no avail (there are prints floating around the world today). The notoriety of the film brought Hollywood to her door. She was brought to the attention of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer, who signed her to a contract (a notorious prude when it came to his studio's films, Mayer signed her against his better judgment, but the money he knew her notoriety would bring in to the studio overrode any moral concerns he may have had). However, he insisted she change her name and make good, wholesome films. Hedy starred in a series of exotic adventure epics. She made her American film debut as Gaby in Algiers (1938). This was followed a year later by Lady of the Tropics (1939). In 1942, she played the plum role of Tondelayo in the classic White Cargo (1942). After World War II, her career began to decline, and MGM decided it would be in the interest of all concerned if her contract were not renewed. Unfortunately for Hedy, she turned down the leads in both Gaslight (1940) and Casablanca (1942), both of which would have cemented her standing in the minds of the American public. At the beginning of World War II, along with composer George Antheil, Lamarr co-invented a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Axis powers. This approach, conceptualised as a “Secret Communication System”, was intended to provide secure, jam-resistant communication for weapon guidance by spreading the signal across multiple frequencies. Similar technology was used in operational systems only beginning in 1962, which was well after World War II and three years after the expiry of the Lamarr-Antheil patent. Frequency hopping, which existed and was utilised before the Lamarr-Antheil patent, is a foundational technology for spread spectrum communications. Its principles are utilised for secure wireless networking, including Bluetooth and early versions of Wi-Fi, which use variants of spread spectrum to protect data from interception and interference. In 1949, Hedy Lamarr starred as Delilah opposite Victor Mature's Samson in Cecil B. DeMille's epic Samson and Delilah (1949). This proved to be Paramount Pictures' then most profitable movie to date, bringing in $12 million in rental from theatres. The film's success led to more parts, but it was not enough to ease her financial crunch. She made only six more films between 1949 and 1957, the last being The Female Animal (1957). The 1970s was a decade of increasing seclusion for Lamarr. She was offered several scripts, television commercials, and stage projects, but none piqued her interest. In 1974, she filed a $10 million lawsuit against Warner Bros., claiming that the running parody of her name (“Hedley Lamarr”) in the Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles infringed her right to privacy. Brooks said he was flattered. The studio settled out of court for an undisclosed nominal sum and an apology to Lamarr for “almost using her name”. Brooks said that Lamarr “never got the joke”. In 1981, with her eyesight failing, Lamarr retreated from public life and settled in Miami Beach, Florida. A large Corel-drawn image of Lamarr won CorelDRAW's yearly software suite cover design contest in 1996. For several years, beginning in 1997, it was featured on boxes of the software suite. Lamarr sued the company for using her image without her permission. Corel countered that she did not own rights to the image. The parties reached an undisclosed settlement in 1998. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Lamarr has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6247 Hollywood Boulevard adjacent to Vine Street where the walk is centered. Lamarr became estranged from her older son, James Lamarr Loder, when he was 12 years old. Their relationship ended abruptly, and he moved in with another family. They did not speak again for almost 50 years. Lamarr left James Loder out of her will, and he sued for control of the US$3.3 million estate left by Lamarr in 2000. He eventually settled for US$50,000. In her later years, Lamarr lived in Altamonte Springs, Florida, before moving to Casselberry, Florida, in the final months of her life. She communicated with family and friends almost exclusively by telephone. However, after moving to Casselberry, two friends who lived nearby would visit her at home to check on her a few times a week. On January 19, 2000, Lamarr was found dead at her home in Casselberry at the age of 85; the cause of death was heart disease. Her son Anthony Loder spread part of her ashes in Austria's Vienna Woods in accordance with her last wishes. In 2014, a memorial to Lamarr was unveiled in Vienna's Central Cemetery. The remainder of her ashes were buried there.

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In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman from Assam was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner and his brother in Narmadapuram district, police said. The victim, identified as Rajina Begum, was a resident of Lakhimpur district in Assam and was working for a private company in Telangana. During her time there, she met the accused, Nitesh Yadav, a resident of Narmadapuram. The two later entered into a live-in relationship. According to police officials, the woman had allegedly been in a relationship with Yadav under the promise of marriage. When she began insisting on marriage, Yadav, along with his brother Sachin, allegedly killed her. Police said the accused strangled the woman to death in Makhan Nagar on February 25. In an attempt to evade arrest, they allegedly disposed of the body in a river nearly 80 kilometres away. The incident came to light only recently following an investigation. Both accused have since been taken into custody, and a case of murder has been registered against them. Further investigation is underway.

In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman from Assam was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner and his brother in Narmadapuram district, police said. The victim, identified as Rajina Begum, was a resident of Lakhimpur district in Assam and was working for a private company in Telangana. During her time there, she met the accused, Nitesh Yadav, a resident of Narmadapuram. The two later entered into a live-in relationship. According to police officials, the woman had allegedly been in a relationship with Yadav under the promise of marriage. When she began insisting on marriage, Yadav, along with his brother Sachin, allegedly killed her. Police said the accused strangled the woman to death in Makhan Nagar on February 25. In an attempt to evade arrest, they allegedly disposed of the body in a river nearly 80 kilometres away. The incident came to light only recently following an investigation. Both accused have since been taken into custody, and a case of murder has been registered against them. Further investigation is underway.

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in ilgaz's nightmare, as soon as ceylin says his name, a baby starts crying, and ilgaz starts looking. he finds the necklace on the ground, but seconds later it's gone. all this time we thought it symbolized ceylin, but they gave mercan the necklace and it was lost with her.

in ilgaz's nightmare, as soon as ceylin says his name, a baby starts crying, and ilgaz starts looking. he finds the necklace on the ground, but seconds later it's gone. all this time we thought it symbolized ceylin, but they gave mercan the necklace and it was lost with her.

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The story goes that when Paolina Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon, was asked whether it had been uncomfortable to pose nearly naked for Antonio Canova, she answered with a line that has been repeated ever since: "All veils may fall before Canova." She had married into one of the great noble families of Rome, the Borghese, in 1803. Two years later, her husband Camillo commissioned the most celebrated sculptor in Europe to portray her in marble. Canova carved her between 1805 and 1808 as Venus Victrix — Venus the Victorious — reclining on a couch, semi-nude, holding the golden apple given to the goddess in the Judgement of Paris, when she was named the most beautiful of all the goddesses of Olympus. It scandalised Rome. Aristocratic women, especially the sister of an emperor, were not portrayed without drapery. The gossip was relentless, and the reply attributed to her became just as famous as the scandal itself... Canova carved her in white marble so finely that the mattress beneath her appears to give under her weight, and the surface of her skin glows in the light as though the stone were alive. She reclines today in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, where she has not moved in nearly two hundred years. "I can't read or write," Canova used to say, holding up his hammer and chisel, "but with these I can create poetry." If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us here: And if you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.

The story goes that when Paolina Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon, was asked whether it had been uncomfortable to pose nearly naked for Antonio Canova, she answered with a line that has been repeated ever since: "All veils may fall before Canova." She had married into one of the great noble families of Rome, the Borghese, in 1803. Two years later, her husband Camillo commissioned the most celebrated sculptor in Europe to portray her in marble. Canova carved her between 1805 and 1808 as Venus Victrix — Venus the Victorious — reclining on a couch, semi-nude, holding the golden apple given to the goddess in the Judgement of Paris, when she was named the most beautiful of all the goddesses of Olympus. It scandalised Rome. Aristocratic women, especially the sister of an emperor, were not portrayed without drapery. The gossip was relentless, and the reply attributed to her became just as famous as the scandal itself... Canova carved her in white marble so finely that the mattress beneath her appears to give under her weight, and the surface of her skin glows in the light as though the stone were alive. She reclines today in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, where she has not moved in nearly two hundred years. "I can't read or write," Canova used to say, holding up his hammer and chisel, "but with these I can create poetry." If you enjoyed this, I write a weekly newsletter read by over 50,000 people who love rediscovering the beauty of the past. You can join us here: And if you'd like to support my work, a paid subscription is what makes it possible.

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