‘It's over for short men': Dating app height filter sparks backlash
The height filter is being tested as a paid preference, influencing the algorithm rather than completely blocking users of certain heights.
The trial has sparked controversy on social media, with concerns raised about potential disadvantages for shorter men.
Some users believe the filter is a positive development for avoiding time-wasting, while others highlight the prevalence of heightism on dating apps.
A Tinder spokesperson stated the company is listening to user preferences and aims to help people connect more intentionally.
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Ronnie Rondell obituary: stuntman on Pink Floyd album cover
As a Hollywood stuntman Ronnie Rondell spent much of his adult life crashing cars, braving blazes, tumbling from galloping horses and hurtling through the air, but the daredevil performed his most famous stunt for the cover picture of Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. The idea was to show two music industry executives shaking hands, and one of them (Rondell) bursting into flames as he was 'burnt' by the deal. Aubrey Powell, the photographer, said Rondell was initially reluctant to be set alight. 'It's dangerous for a man to stand still on fire,' the stuntman told him. 'Normally you're running and the fire's spreading behind you, or you're falling and the fire is above you, or you can always make out with camera angles that the stunt person is closer to the fire than they actually are. But to stand still…?' He eventually agreed, however, and the scene was shot on a back lot of the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California. Rondell wore a business suit and wig soaked in flame-retardant, and was smeared with a protective gel. Fourteen times he was doused in petrol and set on fire as Powell sought the perfect shot, but the 15th attempt coincided with a gust of wind and the flames suddenly licked around Rondell's face. He threw himself to the ground where Powell's team sprayed him with foam and smothered him in blankets. He lost only an eyebrow and part of his signature moustache, but declared: 'That's it! I'm done!' 'Ronnie was very gracious about it, considering,' said Powell, who had fortunately taken the picture he craved on the previous attempt. That photograph went on to become one of the great album covers. Years later, Rondell said his only regret was that it completely eclipsed the far more dangerous stunts he had performed during a career that included more than 200 movies and television series. In the course of that career, according to The Hollywood Reporter, he 'broke ribs, arms, wrists and vertebrae, detached his triceps, suffered concussions and had his hips replaced and his spine fused'. But, he said: 'You never told anyone you were hurt … because they always had another guy who could fit the clothes.' Ronald Reid Rondell was born — quite literally — in Hollywood, California, in 1937. His father, Ronald, a native of Naples in Italy, was himself a stuntman and actor. His mother, Ruth, had worked as a secretary in the movie industry. As a boy, he would visit film sets with his father and worked as an extra in the film Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952). At North Hollywood High School he excelled at high diving and gymnastics. During a spell in the US navy in the late 1950s he served as a scuba diver and mine clearer. Thereafter he worked as an extra in various films before following his father into stunt work and serving as a double for various well-known actors. His first stunts were for the television series Soldiers of Fortune, which ran from 1955 to 1957. He appeared in Spartacus (1960). He toppled from a flaming 100ft pole in the Mayan adventure film Kings of the Sun (1963). His 5ft 10in, 13st body was filmed flying upside down over a cannon in the civil war movie Shenandoah (1965). For the spy thriller Ice Station Zebra (1968) he drove an exploding car. Later he worked on numerous television series including Baywatch, Charlie's Angels and Dynasty, and dozens of movies including Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Blazing Saddles (1974), and Thelma & Louise (1991). In 1970, as the age of westerns gave way to action movies, he and two other stuntmen, Hal Needham and Glenn Wilder, formed a company called Stunts Unlimited to represent 'Hollywood's top A-list performers … motorcycle racers, car drivers, pilots, aerial specialist and fight choreographers'. 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'The thought never crossed my mind to quit this business. It's the job I chose. It's the thing I do best.' In the end, he died not in a blaze or a crash on a film set or a dreadful fall, but in the peace of a Missouri care home. Ronald Rondell, US stuntman, was born on February 10, 1937. He died on August 12, 2025, aged 88
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Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills vet Jennifer Tilly, 66, poses NUDE in her swimming pool for 'thirst trap'
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‘You're gonna need a bigger bank account': how a Jaws child actor turned a fleeting appearance into a fortune
Name: Jeffrey Voorhees. Age: 62. Appearance: Just the one. Occupation: Child actor. Pretty old for a child actor. He's a former child actor. Has he been in anything I would have seen? Jaws. Wow. Anything else? No, not really. Oh. Well, Jaws is pretty good. I've seen it dozens of times. Jeffrey Voorhees will be pleased to hear that. Why? Because, despite his very small role as shark victim Alex Kintner when he was 12, Voorhees is still being paid residuals – royalties – 50 years later. Every time Jaws is on TV, he earns money. Nice work if you can get it. 'It pays to die,' is how he put it in a recent interview with Syfy. Even so, he can't be pulling in that much after all this time. It's not just residuals. After hiding from fame for years, Voorhees – who still lives on Martha's Vineyard, where Jaws was filmed – has found ways to embrace the full earning capacity of his brief turn as victim number two. How? By attending fan conventions for '£10,000 a time', selling autographed merch online and making personalised videos on Cameo. People pay him for that? It helps that Jaws fans are a little obsessive. One woman brought Voorhees an inflatable yellow raft identical to the one on which Alex Kintner met his demise. 'She was in tears and I signed the raft for her,' he said. That sounds more than a little obsessive. He's even been presented with his old discarded royalty statements – bought by fans on eBay for thousands – to sign. 'I don't throw them away any more,' he said. Are there any other child actors still raking it in after all these years? Yes, if not to the same extent. Jason Weaver, who provided the singing voice for young Simba in the original animated version of The Lion King, reportedly received, and still receives, far more than the $2m (£1.5m) upfront Disney originally offered him before his mother insisted on a reduced fee plus royalties from soundtrack sales. Well done, Jason's mum. Are there any more actors with cameos as brief as Voorhees'? Casey Margolis, who fleetingly played a young version of Jonah Hill's character in the 2007 film Superbad, recently revealed he's still getting cheques. The kid who draws penises on everything? That's him. While the amounts vary from $10,000 to 12 cents, he reckons he's collected about $100k (£74,000) in total. What a racket! How can I get my kid killed in something huge? Actually, that ship has probably sailed. Streaming services don't tend to pay residuals in the same way, as their content is always available to watch – and young actors have reported receiving minuscule amounts for their work. Do say: 'These eye-watering sums are a symptom of how out of control fan culture has become.' Don't say: 'You're gonna need a bigger bank account.'
