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TSA Makes Sure Anna Kournikova Isn't A Terrorist

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:22:00 EST

LOS ANGELES, DEC 3: Anna Kournikova gets the full TSA pat down as she prepares to depart a late night flight at LAX.

Ashley Olsen's Canine Companion Seems Concerned About ____________

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:30:00 EST

Ashley Olsen arrives at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport). November 20, 2010. Image via Bauer Griffin.

La Dolce Vita

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:10:00 EST

[Los Angeles; January 28, 1977. Image via Getty]

Try As She Might, Tyra Cannot Upstage Flying Saucer

Anna Holmes — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:10:00 EST

[Los Angeles, February 15. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

Liv Tyler's Excess Baggage

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:50:00 EDT

Flight Attendant's Idea To Make Flying Friendlier Is Taking Off

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Traveling by air can be a pain in the ass. Long security lines, cramped planes, the potential of crashing and the threat of being blown up add to the general feeling of anxiety. Since everything we need to know we learned in kindergarten, shortly after 9/11, Jewel Van Valin, a Delta flight attendant, decided to nudge those traveling on her plane into art projects. "I just put the mats on their trays and threw a crayon down, and the passengers immediately got it," she explains in an interview with the LA Times. For six years, those on Van Valin's flights have sketched and drawn and colored. Van Valin has kept all of the art. "Behind every one of these pictures is a story," she says. The drawings are on display in Delta's employee lounge at LAX. But hey: When did traveling lose its romance? More »