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Vintage photos show how glamorous flying was in the 1950s

Updated Vintage photos from Boeing's archive show the golden age of air travel in the 1950s.Flight attendants served meals on china plates, passengers relaxed in lounges on the plane, and most seats turned into sleeping berths.  In our modern world, it's easy to forget how cool flying actually is. But people didn't take flying for granted in the 1950s, when air travel was still new and exciting. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.

Abdul-Jabbar Slams Basketball Card Company

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is outraged that a trading card company has traded on his image after he specifically shut them down ... and now Kareem is gunning for more than a million. In a lawsuit filed today in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ ... Kareem claims The Upper Deck Company plastered 6 Kareem pics from his days as a UCLA Bruin on its "Greats of the Game"

Even the 'new Monroe' struggles with cellulite

In Hollywood's world of air-brushed perfection, Scarlett Johansson's real-life curves have won her a legion of fans. Now there is another reason to warm to her. Like countless women, it seems the 21-year-old actress has a touch of cellulite. But she isn't the sort of girl to let a little dimple or two stop her wearing an elegant short dress. More: • How a West End show lost Scarlett Unveiled as the global new face of sportswear firm Reebok, Miss Johansson displayed the dreaded dimpled skin that, it appears, almost no woman is immune from.