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...Naomi Watts' dress designer, Escada, revealed which of the following previously unknown facts about the Australian star in an Oscar- day press release...
Islamic artists in the 15th century used complex mathematical techniques that were unknown to Western scholars until the 1970s, a new study co-authored by a Harvard graduate student revealed. According to Harvard doctoral candidate Peter J. Lu and Princeton University Professor Paul J. Steinhardt, the authors of the study, the motifs that embellish mosques and palaces throughout the Middle East and Asia demonstrate symmetrical patterns which were not associated with recognized mathematical formulas. Islamic art typically incorporates sets of five template tiles—a decagon, pentagon, diamond, bow tie, and hexagon. These tiles are used to draw shapes...
...know. I'm just having a ball. It's like it was with my audition [for Babel]. Whatever the outcome, the process itself never fails to amaze me. It's amazing that I'm even nominated and I'm very grateful. Here I am, an unknown Japanese actress who arrives in Hollywood and is warmly accepted and celebrated...
...enjoy. I am just having a ball. It is like the audition. Regardless of the outcome, the whole thing does not fail to amaze me. Come to think of it, it's amazing that I am even nominated and I am very grateful about that. Here I am an unknown Japanese actress who arrives in Hollywood and is warmly accepted and celebrated...
DIED. Ian Richardson, 72, veteran Scottish actor whose rich portrayals of Shakespearean schemers set the tone for his most famous role, the immoral British Parliament member Francis Urquhart on British TV's satirical cult hit House of Cards; of unknown causes; in London. As an oily politician, he created a catchphrase used for reporters and others--and jokingly cited by real-life leaders worldwide. "You may very well say that," he would answer an inquisitor before quickly adding, "I couldn't possibly comment...