What was Marilyn Monroe before the whole world knew about her: Rare pin-up photos

In memory of Marie Laforêt: An artist passed away, whose songs the whole Union knew, without knowing her herself

On November 2, the popular French film actress and singer Marie Laforêt did not become. In the 1960s. in the West, she became famous thanks to her roles in the films "The Girl with Golden Eyes", "They Followed the Soldiers", "Leviathan", etc. In the USSR, her name was not known to the general public, but the melody of her hit "Manchester and Liverpool" was absolutely that's all - for many years it sounded during the weather forecast on the Vremya program. Her songs were performed by Edita Piekha, Muslim Magomayev and Lev Leshchenko, and she herself remained for

The world's only "talking" gorilla, who knew about a thousand words, dies

Gorilla Coco became famous primarily for her incredible ability to learn and master new skills: she learned to speak in sign language and learned more than a thousand words in this way, and moreover, she understood more than 2,000 spoken words in English. Coco was perhaps the only animal that had its own pets and gave them nicknames. The life of a gorilla was amazing, but she also came to its finale - on June 19, 2018, Coco died peacefully in her sleep at age

What the world famous paintings really hide, or secret messages that no one knew about

One of the great things about art is that it is always open to interpretation. Some of the most famous artists in the world deliberately put secret messages into their paintings to undermine credibility, challenge audiences, or reveal something about themselves. Hundreds of years later, thanks to advances in technology, many of these secret messages were first discovered and put on public display and discussion

Stalin, as only a few knew him: Photos of the "leader of the peoples" surrounded by family and friends

Joseph Stalin is one of the most controversial personalities in Russian history. Some consider him a bloody executioner, others - a brilliant leader. While the party leaders of the Leninist era did not have a high opinion of Stalin, people who communicated with him in an informal setting, after his death spoke of him as a pleasant, versatile and highly educated interlocutor. This review contains rare photographs in which Joseph Vissarionovich was captured in a circle of colleagues, friends and

Maria Poroshina and her children: How an actress with many children weaned her daughters from gadgets, and how director Mikhalkov helps her in upbringing

The Always Say Always star believes that modesty is the main thing in a woman. Therefore, Maria Poroshina brings up her children very strictly. And not only her husband, artist Ilya Drevnov, helps her in this, but also the famous director Nikita Mikhalkov. The actress spoke about this in an interview. She also explained why she cannot get married with her husband in church