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Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in The Great Gatsby, 2013

“He, who does not love movies with Leonardo DiCaprio, has not seen movies with DiCaprio!” – Under this slogan I went to the movies “The Great Gatsby“. Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio is perfect in the role of Jay Gatsby! Elegant, intelligent, gentleman with excellent manners. I was extremely pleased with this movie, because everything in it is so beautiful, refined, every detail thought out to the smallest detail that watching on the big screen, only reinforces the positive impressions of this film. The finishing touch in a kaleidoscope of what is happening on the screen – incredible dresses and suits from the legendary Prada and Tiffany & Co. The 2014 Oscar Winner (Best Production Design and Best Costume Design), The Great Gatsby was also awarded as the Best Foreign Drama, in Moscow April 12, 2014.
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Suzy Parker photographed by Regina Relang, Berlin, 1954

American model and actress, 1950s beauty Suzy Parker was born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker (October 28, 1932 – May 3, 2003). Parker is considered to be the first post-war glamor model, earning more than $200 per hour and 100 000 dollars per year. She was the only fashion model to have a Beatles song named after her – “Suzy Parker” (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey). The song appeared abridged, in the ‘Let It Be’ film. The red-haired, green-eyed beauty with beautiful cheekbones, Suzy Parker started modeling at the age of 15, when her photo appeared in Life magazine. Parker modeling career reached its peak in the 1950s, and the pictures with her image adorned more than 70 magazines. The American beauty starred in commercials, movies and television. She supported the activity in the world of show business since 1947 till 1964.
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Adorable Sea Sheep, or Leaf Sheep – Sea Slug Costasiella Kuroshimae

Adorable Sea Sheep
Have a look at this interesting sea dweller – Slug Costasiella Kuroshimae, reminiscent of a cartoon sheep, or even an anime cow, according to opinions of some people. The mysterious sea creature is found in South East Asia at a depth of 10 meters. It feeds on marine plants. The length of tiny creature is 1 cm, but it can grow up to 5mm. Costasiella kuroshimae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. The type locality is Japanese Kuroshima, Taketomi, Okinawa, as well as near Indonesia and the Philippines Islands. The Leaf sheep is one of the rare animals that can perform photosynthesis. When they eat algae, they suck out the chloroplasts and incorporate them into their own bodies in a process called kleptoplasty. This process, which otherwise can only be performed by single-celled organisms, essentially makes them solar-powered slugs.
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Rarest flowers. Cosmos Atrosanguineus – a flower that smells like chocolate

Many would agree that flowers – the easiest and most beautiful way to convey feelings and emotions, to cheer up yourself and your family. Flowers bring happiness, relieve stress, reduce pain, and help curb the anger. Here you can find the rarest flowers in the world. These beautiful flowers are not sold in stores, but their number has 270,000 species. Caring for such plants requires special skills and knowledge. Rare flowers, tend to be very expensive or impossible to obtain.
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Painting beauty Amro Ashry. Pretty Face – Scarlett Johansson

Amro Ashry is a digital artist and graphic designer from Kuala Lumpur, Selangor – Malaysia (born 27 September). He loves art since early age. Amro Ashry got the basic art knowledge from his dad who has taught him how to draw simple things. The artist says “from that time I discovered that the art walking in my blood”. When he was 12 years old he started using Photoshop. Created by Amro Ashry the perfect digitally painted portraits are so awesome. His hyper-photo-realistic and others have a wonderful painterly quality mixed in. Amro Ashry likes to change art styles from time to time, but the inspiration for his art has always been the beauty of a woman. “I actually like to present the woman like a princess not like the others do…. I believe that the women are most beautiful creatures from God and we have to respect that”.
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Incredible India in Follow Me photo project

Incredible India in Follow Me photo project

Taj Mahal, palaces of Jaipur and Udaipur, Sikhs and stunning colorful saris – yes, it is India. And today we see it through the eyes of the authors of the photo project “Follow me.” The idea of the project is simple – loving adventure a nice young couple (one of them with the skills of a talented photographer) capture wanders meeting on their way … And share the impressions and photographs of unforgettable moments on social sites, such as Instagram, for example. For the first time Russian couple Murad Osmann and Nataly Zakharova conquered Instagram in 2013, when they created a fascinating collection of photographs, “Follow me.” Since then, they do not get tired to please the subscribers with new photos. In February, the pair traveled to India. It was there that Murad and Nataly created this brilliant series of amazing photos, in which you can see the people, the style and natural beauty of India. Take a look at this incredible country through their eyes.
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Hereditary performer of female roles Mei Lan Fang (1894-1961)

Richly decorated with embroidery and gold headdresses; shoes and boots, sewn from morocco or satin, studded with pearls and precious stones; head crowns and tiaras with enamel; great belt, swords and sabers, braid, lace, anxiously shaking shiny diamonds … ” – the suits of Peking Opera actors, led by Hereditary performer of female roles Mei Lan Fang. A few relics of his costume remained in the Soviet Union. Among them – three headdresses of Mei Lanfang, which the great Peking Opera actor gave to the Soviet Union in 1936 in commemoration of Moscow and Leningrad tours. Mei Lanfang was adored in China. About him said: “One of his smiles is a spring of millennia, one breath – the autumn of thousands of years.” Artist in the fourth generation, he played female roles, debuting at the age of 12, when he was an orphan, and by 16 years old became famous playing in the Tian-yuan yo theater – “Garden of celestial music” – in the then capital of China Peipiņa. He was famous – to look at the young celebrity came from the most remote places of China.
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