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Cara Delevingne ‘space selfie not meant for space’

Cara Delevingne ‘space selfie not meant for space’

Technology
A device used in a Samsung publicity campaign to send a selfie of the actress Cara Delevingne "into space" has crash-landed in Michigan, US.A woman shared a photo of it on the grass in her garden on Facebook.The idea was for people to upload their selfies to a website, where they would then be selected at random and returned with a view of the planet behind them.But one expert told BBC News it was unlikely the device was ever intended to get as far as space."If it's something that's been attached to a high altitude balloon, it's probably gone up around 25km to 35km [22 miles]," said Hugh Lewis, astrophysics professor at the University of Southampton."From there, you can see the sky is black, you are out of most of the atmosphere, you can see the curvature...
Poppy Delevingne: Models face 'stigma' with acting

Poppy Delevingne: Models face 'stigma' with acting

Entertainment
A new TV series based on Picasso's life begins on Monday, starring Antonio Banderas as the artist and Poppy Delevingne as Marie-Therese Walter. But, the actress says, the woman she plays was more than just a muse."There's no-one in the world that doesn't know that name, Picasso," Delevingne tells BBC News."He is, without a doubt, one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. There's something about him, something electric, he was passionate, relentless... he's just such a universal figure."Audience appetite for all things Picasso seems to know no bounds - with a recent exhibition of his work opening at the Tate Modern and now this new TV adaptation of the artist's life.Delevingne's role in the National Geographic series sees her playing perhaps Picasso's most famous muse - Marie...