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Model, actress, photographer, poet and visual artist, Famous Hitchcock blonde beautiful Kim Novak

Famous Hitchcock blonde beautiful Kim Novak
Today is the birthday of one of the most beautiful women on the planet, the famous blonde of Hitchcock, the glamorous diva and the icon of the 1950s – Kim Novak. According to the magazine “Empire” (1995), Kim took 92nd place in the list of 100 sexiest stars in history in the movie. However, she attracts not only with her appearance, but also talents and charisma, which Kim Novak certainly possesses. In addition, as I always say, talented people are talented in everything. In addition to her film career, the actress is a photographer, poet and visual artist creating impressionistic and surrealistic painting in watercolor, oil and pastel.
Although she has played in more than forty films, however, became and remains famous for her role in the thriller “Vertigo” (1958) by Hitchcock. Interestingly, dresses that Sharon Stone wears in the cult film “Basic Instinct” (1992), were copied from Kim Novak’s dresses in “The Vertigo” (1958). In 1997, the Nova Berlin International Film Festival she received an honorable statuette of the Golden Bear, and in 2002, at the Oscars, Kim was awarded the Achievement of a Lifetime Award. Kim Novak is also the owner of a personal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Born Alice Frances Taeffe, American Silent film era actress Alice Terry (July 24, 1900 – December 22, 1987)

American Silent film era actress Alice Terry
Born Alice Frances Taeffe on July 24, 1900, she became known as American film actress and director Alice Terry. A native of Indiana, Terry made her debut on the screen in 1916 in the movie “Not My Sister” with Bessie Barriskeil and William Desmond Taylor in the lead roles. In total, she appeared in thirty-nine films between 1916 and 1933. Actually a brunette, Terry’s trademark look was her blonde hair, when she first put on her blonde wig in “Hearts Are Trumps” (1920).
In 1921, she played one of her most famous roles – Margarita in the epic war movie of her husband Rex Ingram, “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” where her colleague on the screen was Rudolfo Valentino. Alice Terry continued to play in films until the end of the 1920s, appearing in a dozen more films. In particular, The Conquering Power (1921), The Prisoner of Zenda (1922), The Scaramouch (1923), The Great Separation (1925) and “Gardens of Allah” (1927). In all, her filmography has 29 movies, of which only 17 have survived to this day.
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’City of Angels’ editorial, Harper’s Bazaar 1993. American super model Amber Valletta

American super model Amber Valletta
Born February 9, 1974, in Phoenix, Arizona, Amber Valletta grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she graduated from high school. At the age of fifteen, Valletta’s mother signed her to the model school under the agency of Linda Lyman. She went to Milan, where she found her first job in Italian Vogue. After that, the cover for the French Elle, taken by photographer Hans Fuhrer, followed.
The peak of popularity of Amber Valletta was in the 1990s. Having began her modeling career in Milan, the beautiful girl quickly gained supermodel status. She starred in the advertising campaigns of Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, DKNY, Versace and other well-known brands. Besides, has repeatedly appeared on the covers of ELLE, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Woman, and Cosmopolitan. They talked about her, wrote about her, and she was invited to act in films. Very soon Amber took the top spot in the rankings alongside such successful supermodels as Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss and Shalom Harlow. In 1996, the model became the face of the brand Elizabeth Arden around the world.
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Christmas photo by Jerzy Troszczyński, beautiful Polish actress Magdalena Zawadzka

Polish actress Magdalena Zawadzka
Born October 29, 1944 in Filipovice, Magdalena Zawadzka – Polish actress of theater and cinema, Honored Worker of Culture of Poland (1979). She made her debut on the screen at the age of 18 in the film “Meeting in the Tale” (1962, directed by Jan Rubkovsky). Actress of the Warsaw theaters, she graduated from the Higher Theater School in Warsaw (1966).
She gained popularity after performing the main roles in the film “Pan Volodyevsky” (Basia, the Golden Clone Award, 1969) and the television series “The Adventures of Pan Michal” (both 1969). Since 1973 she was the wife of the actor Gustav Holobek (1923-2008). Jan Holoubek (p.1978) is the son of an actress.
Meanwhile, all began in 1962, when the seventeen-year-old Magda passed the exams to the theater school. She caught the eye of director Ian Rybkovsky, who was looking for his next film “Meeting in the Tale”. And for the film he needed just such a mischievous, independent, today’s girl. However, not one Rybkovsky was looking for such a type. Polish cinema was looking for representatives and a new generation, free from the complexes of the military era, born and formed in the new Poland.
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‘How to Be Loved’. 1962. Polish film actress Barbara Krafftowna (born on December 5, 1928 in Warsaw)

Polish film actress Barbara Krafftowna
… A woman in an intricate hat sits with her back to us at the bar counter. We see only a clear outline of the lips that are customary to cosmetics, corrected with an elegant gesture, a hand in a thin glove, stretched out to a glass of wine. The voice from the loudspeaker reminds that the airplane of the flight “Warsaw – Paris” departures in … The woman turns sharply, but we do not have time to examine her face, only her eyes, detached and sorrowful. Eyes of a person, whose thoughts are somewhere far away. With a habitual movement, she took out a cigarette from her purse, and started to whistle … And again, with a sharp splash, on the screen it’s quite different – hands in leather gloves on the knees of a very young man sitting next to her. The memories of a woman are inconsistent and fragmentary, something that she would like to forget …
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1960s most beautiful Slovak actress Emilia Vasharyova

1960s most beautiful Slovak actress Emilia Vasharyova
The roles played by the young Czechoslovak actress Emilia Vasharyova are not all of equal importance in their artistic significance. But almost always, along with the appearance of a young actress, an atmosphere of bright hopes, a simple-hearted aspiration to happiness, to purity and truth arises on the screen. And almost every heroine of hers demonstrates the nature of a noble, deep, capable of strong and vivid feelings.
True, there were times when the emotionality, quivering, passion, characteristic of the actress, did not receive enough dramatic material for the embodiment on the screen. Sometimes only asked to demonstrate the originality of her talent, the very presence in the frame of Vasharyova would help to make the whole film “romantic”.
This happened, for example, in the film “Master Executioner”, where she played the role of being just a beautiful, but completely application who does not have specific actions and does not carry any thoughts. But the apparent failure of this role did not break the young actress, and could not dramatically affect her fate. After all, her acting “baggage” already had interesting theatrical roles and several curious roles played in the movies.
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Signed photo. Most followed model Kendall Jenner

Most followed model Kendall Jenner
Just five years ago only fans of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” knew this girl, but now only lazy doesn’t speak about her. Kendall Jenner has become #1 most followed model on Facebook and Instagram, and second most Googled model in the world, as well as #2 most followed model on Twitter. Also, she entered Top 50 list on Models.com. Besides, according to the same influential portal she became the model of the year in 2016 (people’s choice).
Next, in September 2017, the fashion magazine Daily Front Row called Kendall “the fashion icon of the decade.” And in November, she became the highest paid model in the world, according to Forbes magazine (her income amounted to 22 million dollars).
Meanwhile, it was Karl Lagerfeld, thanks to whom 19-year-old Kendall appeared in the fashion firmament. In particular, she participated in the Chanel show four times (in 2014), including a spectacular show Metiers d’Art in Salzburg. According to mass media, Kendall has become the new darling of Karl Lagerfeld and Kara Delevin should seriously worry.
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I believe, all pink panthers are black at night. International Pink Panther Day traditions

International Pink Panther Day traditions
First of all, Pink Panther is a well-known character of art and animated films, loved by both children and adults. And among the new and most unusual holidays, which the inhabitants of our planet celebrated for the first time on May 18, 2015 – the Pink Panther Day. Interestingly, the founder of the new holiday was a community called the Kingdom of Love. In particular, the community of friends, whose members are musicians, cooks and other enthusiastic creative natures.
According to the Founders of the holiday, it is the ability of this character to non-standard thinking and practical realization of ideas that have become the main motivations for the establishment of this new date. And specifically – repainting the world in pink, its humor and a positive attitude. In addition, the main symbol of the holiday became the Pink Diamond, as its “spiritual foundation” proclaimed non-standard thinking and changing the world around. After all, we can change the world around for the better, only by changing ourselves and our thinking.
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Byctiscus betulae. Beautiful gold colored beetles

Beautiful gold colored beetles

“And that’s how Christmas toys would look …” – with this phrase Stanislav Shinkarenko began a series of publications before the Christmas holidays in 2013. A talented naturalist and a great photographer, Stanislav Shinkarenko named his album “Chitinous Jewels”.
Indeed, in the animal world, there are creatures that resemble a Christmas tree decoration. In particular, these beetles shimmering with all the colors of the rainbow … In fact, golden-colored spectacular beetles live in the Lower Volga region. Real gems, shimmering with a variety of colors – from gold to violet, from bronze to bright green.
However, this golden insect, common in all wine growing areas, once caused great damage to the grapes. And accordingly, Byctiscus betulae was subject to destruction with the use of insecticides.
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