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The celebrity chefs took part in live cook- the MENA region. Jenny Morris is the star of Jenny Morris Cooks ing shows that highlighted their culinary creations Morocco and Jenny Morris Cooks the Riviera, and is a which were open for free to the public. In addition, celebrity judge on Chopped South Africa, in which meet and greet sessions and engaging activities also Celebrity chef Jenny Morris Paris museums looking at banning selfie sticks ere is some bad news for selfie-stick lovers. Museums in Paris, the most touristic city in Hthe world, are moving towards banning the popular devices because of the hazard they pose for crowds and artworks. Inside the famed Palace of Versailles just outside the French capital, guards are telling visitors to put away the telescoping rods that allow users to take a smartphone picture of them- selves at a distance. A formal rule change will soon prohibit the poles outright. The management of the Louvre-the world’s most visited museum-is watching with increasing wariness the burgeoning use of the selfie sticks being waved around within centimeters of priceless paintings. There’s no ban there yet, but “their use must respect the rules,” which include not pointing objects at the paintings or sculptures, a spokeswoman said. The Pompidou Centre, which houses modern art exhibi- tions, is “heading towards a ban but the decision has not yet been made,” its management said. Already several other big museums in the world have this year started banning the extending rods, including the Smithsonian in Washington, the MOMA in New York, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. The measures were taken as use of the cheap, telescoping rods, some of which can extend to 1.5 meters in length, becomes a ubiquitous and worldwide trend. It is not unusual to see tour groups waving a forest of the aluminum poles holding smartphones aloft in some high-density tourist sites. ‘Bothers people’ In Paris, a ban on them inside museums would have a significant impact. The City of Light is a prime destination for fans of both culture and history. Melissa Benoist as Supergirl Together the Louvre, Versailles, the Pompidou Centre and the Musee d’Orsay attract more than 20 million visitors per year. Safety-for other visitors passing by someone with it, because sometimes I’m accidentally tography inside. Many other museums permit non- Tourists use a selfie-stick in often crowded spaces and of the fragile paintings, like ‘oh my God!’” flash snaps as long as no tripods or monopods are to take a picture of them- sculptures and palace furnishings-are cited as the But Ezad Asri, a tourist from Malaysia, insisted he used. Almost all refuse entry with unwieldy objects selves in front of the reason for the move against the selfie sticks. wanted to be able to maximize his precious time in such as non-collapsible umbrellas, baby carriages Pyramid of the Louvre in Many tourists seem understanding of the need Paris’s museums. “I want to take the picture of the and bulky backpacks. France’s culture ministry has Paris. Photo of for restrictions on the poles. “I think that in shared stuff inside the museum to take to our country, to my published a non-binding charter that recognizes that spaces, outside like here, it (a selfie stick) is fine,” said country, Malaysia, to show to my people what’s accommodating shutterbug museum visitors is Juliana Lepoutre Garavini, a Brazilian outside the inside the museum,” he said. For museum managers, “sometimes problematic” but makes no mention of Louvre. “But in the museums I think it bothers people finding a balance between the understandable selfie sticks. — AFP ‘Supergirl’ a little.” Alyssa Pasqua, an American visitor from desire of people to photograph their visit-which also Hawaii, said she uses a selfie stick but would not generates publicity on social networks-and to ensure mind a ban inside museums-”because I feel like safety and optimum foot-traffic flow is difficult. costume sometimes these things are dangerous... You can hit Paris’s Musee d’Orsay, for instance, prohibits all pho- revealed Movie stars embrace upergirl’ has finally arrived. The first photos of Melissa Benoist as Supergirl ‘Swere released Friday, just as production begins on the CBS pilot, which is based on char- acters from DC Comics. The costume (pictured) flying with passion was designed by three-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood, who also designed the suits for arrison Ford, recovering Friday from the crash was attempting to return to Santa Monica airport in Cessna Sovereign business jet, a Bell 407 helicopter, two other DC Comics television properties, ‘The of a vintage World War II trainer, is just one of greater Los Angeles after telling air traffic controllers plus the Ryan and a Waco Taperwing biplane. “I’ve Flash’ and ‘Arrow’ of the CW. Atwood, who’s Hmany Hollywood stars who embrace flying as that his engine had failed. On social media, fans been working for a living (as an actor) to support my been nominated for Academy Awards an addi- passionately as they do acting. Tom Cruise, Clint fondly recalled a famous scene in “Indiana Jones and airplane habit,” Ford-one of Hollywood’s most bank- tional eight times, was also the costume design- Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt the Last Crusade” in which the swashbuckling arche- able stars-once quipped. er behind ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘Snow White and the and John Travolta are among the screen idols with ologist and his reluctant dad crawl into an open- Huntsman,’ ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ ‘Memoirs of a pilot’s licenses in their wallets. Others include cockpit biplane. Ties run deep Geisha’ and ‘Chicago,’ among others. Michael Dorn, Edward Norton, Kurt Russell and Hilary “I didn’t know you could fly a plane,” the tweedy Hollywood’s deep ties with flying go back to its ‘Supergirl,’ in contention for the 2015-16 sea- Swank, who began learning to fly while starring in an Henry Jones, Sr-played by Sean Connery-shouts to golden era, when Cecil B DeMille and Charlie Chaplin son, follows Kara Danvers/Kara Zor-El (Benoist, Amelia Earhart biopic. his adventurous son. “Fly, yes! Land, no!” Indiana ran their own airports and Jimmy Stewart, a World “Glee,” “Whiplash”), Superman’s cousin, at age Firefighters and an aviation “There’s a pretty good collection of folks in Jones yells back, as they soar off into the wild blue War II bomber pilot, tooled around in a humble Piper 24, when she decides to embrace her superhu- official remove the 1942 Hollywood... who use general aviation for transporta- yonder. In real life, Ford is well known among Super Cub. Among Hollywood royalty today, Travolta man abilities and be the hero she was always Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR tion and recreation,” said Thomas Haines of the American pilots as a seasoned airman, at home in a owns several jets-including a Boeing 707 in vintage Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). Ford, wide variety of aircraft, and as a tireless advocate for Qantas livery-which he keeps literally at the door of meant to be, after leaving Krypton and hiding plane that crashed onto a 72, sustained multiple gashes to his head when his general aviation. his Florida home at a private airport called Jumbolair. her powers. Other series regulars include golf course and was piloted by Harrison Ford in Venice, open-cockpit, two-seat Ryan PT-22 Recruit in US His personal air force is understood to include “We designed the house for the jets and to have, Calista Flockhart (“Ally McBeal,” “Brothers & California. — AFP Army Air Corps colors crashed onto a golf course. He Aviat Husky and de Havilland Beaver bush planes, a at our access, the world at a moment’s notice,” the Sisters”), who will play Kara’s tough boss at “Pulp Fiction” and “Saturday Night Fever” star told CatCo, Cat Grant; Mehcad Brooks (“Desparate Australian television last year. “I was five years old Housewives,” “True Blood”), who will co-star as when I fell in love with aviation,” the New Jersey Kara’s love interest, Jimmy Olsen; Chyler Leigh native added. “This is something in my blood. I can’t (“Grey’s Anatomy”), who’s been cast as Kara’s get rid of it.” Jolie began flying lessons in 2004, then doctor sister, Alex Danvers; and David got herself a Cirrus SR-22, a touring aircraft-best Harewood (“Homeland”), as supervillain Hank known for its built-in airframe parachute-that is the Henshaw, better known as Cyborg Superman in world’s best-selling single-engine plane. the DC Comics world. Laura Benanti will appear Last year, Jolie’s husband Pitt, perhaps inspired by in a major recurring arc, playing Kara’s birth his World War II movie “Fury,” reportedly dropped mother, Alura Zor-El.