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Lamarr and return
Although announced as a break, Lamarr didn't return to host the show, being replaced by Simon Amstell for the 19th series.
When Alyx and Gordon return to the lab some time later, Lamarr escapes her cage, and Alyx has to stay behind to help Kleiner catch her, as Kleiner refuses to leave without her.

Lamarr and for
* 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
) Lamarr believes a black lawman will so offend the townspeople that they will either abandon Rock Ridge or lynch the new sheriff, with either result paving the way for him to take over the town.
Avant garde composer George Antheil and Golden Age actress Hedy Lamarr were granted US Patent 2, 292, 387 on August 11, 1942 for their Secret Communication System that details an early version of Frequency Hopping.
The most celebrated invention of frequency hopping was that of actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil, who in 1942 received for their " Secret Communications System ".
Mel Brooks ' 1974 film Blazing Saddles, set in the Wild West in 1874, contains many blatant anachronisms from the 1970s, including a stylish Gucci costume for the sheriff, an automobile, a scene at Grauman's Chinese Theater, and frequent references to Hedy Lamarr ( 1914 – 2000 ).
Hedy Lamarr (; 9 November 1913 – 19 January 2000 ) was an Austrian-American actress, celebrated for her great beauty, who was a major contract star of MGM's " Golden Age ".
Mathematically talented, Lamarr also co-invented — with composer George Antheil — an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary for wireless communication from the pre-computer age to the present day.
The film became notorious for Lamarr ’ s face in the throes of orgasm filmed in close-up and her full nudity in scenes where she is seen swimming and running through the woods.
Lamarr ’ s marriage to Mandl became for her insupportable and she devised a ruse to separate herself from both the marriage and the country.
Rumors stated that Lamarr persuaded Mandl to let her wear all of her jewelry for a dinner, then disappeared.
She received good reviews for her American film debut in Algiers ( 1938 ) with Charles Boyer, who asked that Lamarr be cast after meeting her at a party.
In 1966, Lamarr was arrested for shoplifting in Los Angeles.
The 1970s were a decade of increasing seclusion for Lamarr.
In 1974, Lamarr filed an invasion of privacy lawsuit to the tune of $ 10 million for the unauthorized use of her name in the Mel Brooks satire Blazing Saddles ; the case was settled out of court.
Lamarr sued Corel for using the image without her permission.
Avant garde composer George Antheil, a son of German immigrants and neighbor of Lamarr, had experimented with automated control of musical instruments, including his music for Ballet Mécanique, originally written for Fernand Léger's 1924 abstract film.
Perhaps owing to this lag in development, the patent was little-known until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Lamarr an award for this contribution.
It is reported that, in 1998, Ottawa wireless technology developer Wi-LAN, Inc. " acquired a 49 percent claim to the patent from Lamarr for an undisclosed amount of stock " ( Eliza Schmidkunz, Inside GNSS ), although expired patents have no economic value.
The two men appeared in nine films together, including Casablanca ( 1942 ) as crooked club owner Signor Ferrari ( for which he received a salary of $ 3, 750 per week for seven weeks ), as well as Background to Danger ( 1943, with George Raft ), Passage to Marseille ( 1944 ), reteaming him with Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains, The Mask of Dimitrios ( 1944, receiving top billing ), The Conspirators ( 1944, with Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henreid ), Hollywood Canteen ( 1944 ), Three Strangers ( 1946, receiving top billing ) and The Verdict ( 1946, with top billing ).
Other actors who were considered for the film include: Maurice Evans, Joseph Cotten, Alan Marshal, James Mason for " Anthony Keane "; Hedy Lamarr for Mrs. Paradine ; Claude Rains for " Lord Thomas Horfield "; and Robert Newton for Mrs. Paradine's lover.

Lamarr and series
In 2003, the Boeing corporation ran a series of recruitment ads featuring Hedy Lamarr as a woman of science.
In the first series of 2005, Mark Lamarr introduced a new segment after the end of the quiz proper, wherein Lamarr tells the audience out-of-context punchlines which weren't used during the show.
Lamarr left the series in 1997 as he disliked being in too many quiz shows at once ( at the time he was hosting Never Mind the Buzzcocks ), and was replaced by novelist Will Self when the series returned in 2002.
Lamarr was host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks when the show launched in 1996 and continued in this role for 17 series until 2005, when he announced that he was to take a break from the show.
The two series of the sitcom Fifteen Storeys High were co-written by Lamarr with comedian Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman, although Lamarr was credited under his real name, Mark Jones.
Seeing his strong ratings, CBS offered him a network series opposite the powerhouse Tonight Show, and his program moved there in the fall of 1969, with his debut guest lineup consisting of Hedy Lamarr, Ted Sorensen, Moms Mabley, and Woody Allen.

Lamarr and 2002
From 1996 to 2002 he was a team captain on the BBC 2 comedy quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks, alongside Phill Jupitus and Mark Lamarr.

Lamarr and claiming
At the end of 2010 Lamarr left Radio 2, claiming the station has lost interest in non-mainstream music ..

Lamarr and be
Shelley himself appeared on the programme in 2000, where host Mark Lamarr introduced Shelley by saying that without Buzzcocks " there'd be no Smiths or Radiohead, and this show would be called Never Mind Joan Armatrading!
The film Lady of the Tropics ( 1939 ), directed by Jack Conway, with Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor is said to be inspired by the novel.
Maintaining their bizarre and irreverent style, the pair played host to two teams of celebrity guests ( captained each week by Mark Lamarr and Ulrika Jonsson, and later Will Self, and further Jack Dee ) answering what can be loosely described as general knowledge questions.
Elmer tries the names of contemporary screen beauties whose names exploited his accent (" Hedy Wamaw " for Hedy Lamarr, " Cawowe Wombawd " for Carole Lombard, " Wosemawy Wane " for Rosemary Lane, and " Owivia de Haviwand " for Olivia de Havilland ) before he arrives at " Say, you wouldn't be that scwewy wabbit, would you?

Lamarr and appearing
He appeared in many Czechoslovak films of the 1930s, but the best known of them all was the 1933 erotic drama Ecstasy, featuring Hedy Lamarr, who shocked the public by appearing nude.

Lamarr and on
Lorre made nine movies altogether with Sydney Greenstreet counting The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca, most of them variations on the latter film, including Background to Danger ( 1943, with George Raft ); Passage to Marseille ( 1944, reteaming them with Casablanca stars Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains ); The Mask of Dimitrios ( 1944, with character actor Greenstreet receiving top billing ); The Conspirators ( 1944, with Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henreid ); Hollywood Canteen ( 1944 ); Three Strangers ( 1946 ), a suspense film about three people who are joint partners on a winning lottery ticket starring top-billed Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and third-billed Lorre cast against type by director Jean Negulesco as the romantic lead ; and Greenstreet and Lorre's final film together, suspense thriller The Verdict ( 1946 ), director Don Siegel's first movie, with Greenstreet and Lorre finally billed first and second, respectively.
The 1946 film The Strange Woman starring Hedy Lamarr, and based on the novel by Ben Ames Williams is set in early 19th century Bangor.
The 19-year old Lamarr had married Mandl, a man 13 years her senior on August 10, 1933.
Lamarr became a naturalized citizen of the United States on April 10, 1953.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Hedy Lamarr has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6247 Hollywood Blvd.
* James Lamarr Markey in Los Angeles-was adopted on June 12, 1939.
Lamarr died in Casselberry, Florida, on January 19, 2000, aged 86, from natural causes.
According to actress Anne Hathaway, the portrayal of Catwoman in the 2012 Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises was based on Hedy Lamarr.
* " Hedy Lamarr ", Half-Life2. net ( December 13, 2004 ) Retrieved on 2008-12-21
* Inventions. org page on Hedy Lamarr
In 1941 he patented a " Secret Communications System " with actress Hedy Lamarr that used a code ( stored on a punched paper tape ) to synchronize a frequency hopping receiver and transmitter, a technique now known as spread spectrum which is now widely used in telecommunications.
At the end of 2005, it was announced that Mark Lamarr was to take a break from the show after 150 episodes, to concentrate on other projects.
Publicity shot for Never Mind the Buzzcocks, episode aired on 13 March 2005 Front row: Phill Jupitus ( team captain ), Mark Lamarr ( presenter ) and Bill Bailey ( team captain ) Back row: Emma Griffiths, Magne Furuholmen ( a-ha ), Terri Walker and Richard Fairbrass ( Right Said Fred )
Each team has a regular team captain – originally Mark Lamarr and Ulrika Jonsson – and two celebrity guests on each team.
Mark Lamarr ( born Mark Jones on 7 January 1967 in Swindon, Wiltshire ) is an English comedian, radio DJ and television presenter.
After leaving The Word, Lamarr was an outside presenter on The Big Breakfast from 1992 to 1996.
Lamarr has previously presented shows on BBC GLR, BBC Radio Five Live and BBC Radio 1.
On 20 July 1998, Lamarr launched a new show on BBC Radio 2 called Shake, Rattle and Roll, where he plays tracks from his own sizeable record collection of obscure rock and roll gems.
* Delilah has been portrayed on film and television by, among others, Hedy Lamarr, Rosalba Neri, Belinda Bauer and Elizabeth Hurley.
In 1992, during an appearance on Channel Four music show The Word, he quoted the verse from the Bible condemning homosexuals, and was subsequently condemned for his comments by presenter Mark Lamarr who said that what Shabba was saying was " absolute crap ".
Other notable personalities who have appeared on WBLS include: Chuck Leonard, Wendy Williams, Ken " Spider " Webb, Vy Higgensen, Vaughan Harper, Champagne, G. Keith Alexander, Yvonne Mobley, Lamarr Renee, Carlos DeJesus, Doug Banks, Paul Mooney, Egypt, Loni Love and MC Lyte, amongst many.

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