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☆ This man built a plane for his family in his garden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Amateur buildEngineer Ashok Aliseril spent 18 months building a four-seater plane during the pandemic, helped by his daughter. Aliseril briefly considered buying an older aircraft, and looked at some that had been built in the 1960s and 1970s. After researching self-assembly aircraft kits, he came across a four-seater plane manufactured by South African company Sling Aircraft that ticked all the right boxes. “I would say generally, anyone can get involved in these sorts of builds.”Lockdown projectHe built a shed in his garden to complete the build. Although he’d initially planned to hire a workshop to construct the aircraft, Aliseril feels that creating a workspace at his home was the better choice.

Persons: Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan, Abhilasha, Aliseril, ” Aliseril, Ashok Aliseril, Ashok, ”, “, you’ve, Tara, he’d, it’s, ‘, Diya, who’ve, he’s, – Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Amateur, South, Sling Aircraft, Sling, Light Aircraft Association, UK Civil Aviation Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, CAA Locations: Essex, England, Isle of Wight, mull, Johannesburg, Abhilasha, Cambridge, Skegness, Turweston, Buckinghamshire, Bergerac, France, Norway

☆ Shelley Duvall is remembered for being the perfect victim. But she was so much more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Sadly, that victim identity was only reinforced in the mid-2010s, when Duvall appeared on an episode of “Dr. Phil” episode with a ratings-bait title, the then 67-year-old actress made confusing claims and was apparently struggling with her mental health. Shelley Duvall, Herve Villechaize, on set, in May 1982, "Rumplestiltskin," for "Faerie Tale Theatre." It was buoyed, however, by Duvall, whose unique charm and childlike whimsy as host and presenter of each tale was the perfect fairy dust. A reminder to perhaps not focus so much on her elusiveness, but on the legacy of Duvall’s work – which was there all along.

Persons: Shelley Duvall, Wendy Torrance, Jack Nicholson’s, Stanley Kubrick’s, Stephen King, ”, Duvall, Dr, Phil ”, –, Anjelica Huston –, Nicholson, Huston, “, Shelley, shortchange, Wendy –, ” Duvall, Robert Altman, Herve Villechaize, Richard Hewett, TVG, Mia Farrow, Vivian Kubrick –, Phil, CNN’s Chris Wallace, Gen Xers, Helen Mirren, James Earl Jones, Treat Williams, Terri Garr, Gena Rowlands, Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Burton, Steve Martin’s, Dixie, Cyrano de Bergerac, “ Roxanne, Martin plumbs Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, Everett, New York Times Locations: London, Colorado

☆ I've had a love-hate relationship with my name since childhood. I changed my last name when I got married and kept it after the divorce.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Sheryl Stillman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewMy maiden name has 20 letters, with half residing at the end — Sheryl Lynn Sirotinsky. Imagine growing up with an uncommon spelling for your first name, "S" instead of "C," and a last name people tripped over. As a youngster playing make-believe, I kept Princess Sheryl and dumped Sirotinsky in fairy dust. AdvertisementI got divorced but kept the nameDivorcing when my kids were adolescents, sharing a surname was important to me.

Persons: —, Sheryl Lynn Sirotinsky, Sheryl, Sheri Siro, Sheri, Grandma, Cyrano, Cyrano De Bergerac, Siro, I'd, Stillman Organizations: Service, Business, Metro, York Subway Locations: Chicago

☆ Modern romance: falling in love with AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

AI is infiltrating the dating app space – sometimes in the form of fictional partners, sometimes as advisor, trainer, ghostwriter or matchmaker. You’re taking existing content, and you’re repurposing it to connect with somebody,” Dmitri Mirakyan, co-founder of AI dating conversation app YourMove.AI, told CNN. Founders and designers of these apps say people find starting and keeping conversations going the most challenging part of the process. Teaser.AI is a new stand-alone dating app from the makers of viral camera app Dispo, and it adds an unusual twist. These startups offer an array of AI potential matches, digital girlfriends and boyfriends that users can chat with.

Persons: New York CNN — Alexandra, “, he’s, Alexandra, Cyrano de Bergerac, Djordje Krstic, ” Dmitri Mirakyan, Kaspersky, ”, Mirakyan, ” Mirakyan, Delmaine, Teaser.AI, Daniel Liss, They’re, Aimm, Iris, Kevin Teman, ” Teman, COVID, Rita Popova, Mona Lisa, Nefertiti, Tanya Grypachevskaya, RomanticAI Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, AIs Locations: New York

The list of Latino films inducted into the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress grew a bit longer Wednesday. Every year the board selects 25 films to add to the registry based on its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions. “The National Film Registry, the Library of Congress has taken a critical step to preserve the work of Latino actors and industry creatives." There are now 24 Latino films on the National Film Registry, according to the Library of Congress. Here's the full list of Latino films at the National Film Registry:

☆ ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Superfly’ added to National Film Registry
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —This annual list of 25 influential films to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has been revealed. “Films have become absolutely central to American culture by helping tell our national story for more than 125 years. We are proud to add 25 more films by a group of vibrant and diverse filmmakers to the National Film Registry as we preserve our cinematic heritage,” Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in a statement. The film was long thought to be lost but recently discovered in a museum in the Netherlands. ET to screen a selection of the films added to the registry this year.

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