12 Hollywood Stars That Have Changed Significantly for the Role

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Natalie Portman

In preparation for the film «Black Swan», the actress experienced a monstrous moral and physical exhaustion. “I almost died,” the actress recalls. For this role, which later won Portman an Oscar, the already thin actress lost 9 kg. She sat on a carrot-almond diet and trained for 8 hours a day, exhausted herself in all respects.

20 Pictures of Girls in the Style of the 70s

Absolutely all pictures in this collection was made by photographer Fro Rojas. The main feature of his shots is that he takes pictures with an old film camera. The images in the lens of such an instrument are warm and slightly grainy, like those from the 70s. Favorite models of a foreign master are girls in swimsuits and underwear. Fro is able to capture any of them in such a way that you can not torn off your eyes! Well, and even men who contemplate his unique works rejoice more then models themselves ...

How Women Live in Saudi Arabia: Bans and Prejudices

Being a woman in Saudi Arabia is not as easy as it may seem to uninformed people. The thing is that inside their country they have more prohibitions than permits, which greatly affects their life in general and their existence in society. The most interesting thing in this situation is that at the legislative level, no prohibitions have been spelled out and to this day exist as a kind of tribute to traditions. But this, of course, does not free the woman from moral repressions and even physical punishment for the slightest misconduct, up to and including loss of life. The one that can and cannot be women in Saudi Arabia will be discussed in this collection.

11 Disaster Films Based on Real Events

Often, exciting stories from catastrophe films turn out to be real events based on the fates of real people and the stories of real incidents. Such films will be discussed in this collection, which contains the best pictures based on completely existing disasters of anthropogenic or natural character.

20 Photos From the Days of Prohibition

In the United States, Prohibition began to operate in 1920 and continued right up to 1933. For 13 years, people have tried in every possible way to circumvent the ban on the sale, production and transportation of alcohol, staged demonstrations, protests, and massively engaged in smuggling. In our time, it is still difficult to imagine the effect of this law in full force. However, what the consequences may be and how people lived during the prohibitions on alcohol can be seen in the next photo selection.

TOP 10 Attack Helicopters of the World And the Present

For half a century, attack helicopters have made a significant contribution to the total strength of the military forces of various countries. Impact helicopters are capable of hitting ground, sea and even air targets. Such helicopters carry a deadly threat to any tank or other armored unit of military equipment. Most countries have long equipped their military forces with similar “machines” and some of them even entered the ranking of world leaders ...

10 Most Dangerous Snakes in the World

Probably, every person who possesses even the most standard fearlessness experiences a kind of excitement at the sight of their ... snakes. Of course, these animals are very beautiful, intelligent and in complete safety will not attack a person, but for some reason this does not soften the fear in the eyes of an ordinary person at the sight of a huge python. Some of the snakes can cause death with one bite, while others are less poisonous. However, this does not negate the fact that a quarter of these reptiles are, in one way or another, dangerous to humans. We show the most "terrible" of possible snakes in this list ...

Dogs That are Very Offended

Dogs are very emotional animals, and can be offended (or pretend) on a level with a person. Just look at these offended dogs, what a range of emotions they can give out!

Rare Archival Photos With Arnold Schwarzenegger

During his long career, Arnold Schwarzenegger managed to be a bodybuilder, actor, businessman and even the governor of California, as well as collect many titles and awards. His successes and achievements are an undeniable reason for pride and envy, because Schwarzenegger really has something to respect for. These rare footage and archive photos will remind you what Arnie was like at the dawn of his career and the peak of his youth ...

7 Reasons not to Drink Bottled Water Again

Water in a plastic bottle - it is certainly very convenient. But is it so safe as it might seem at first glance? The price of such a convenience is quite high: from environmental damage to health problems. It is time to consider whether a bottle of water is worth the terrible consequences that it may entail ...

Man, Stop it! Animals That Halved in 40 Years

More recently, the World Wildlife Fund has published statistics stating that wildlife has declined by 52% since 1970. Your attention is invited to a selection of animals that have experienced the influence of man on nature.

Interesting Facts About Ants

We are used to consider ants an icon of hard work and strength. These small insects were able to create their own hierarchy and build entire cities underground. This collection will tell you about interesting facts that you might not have known about ants ...