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NFL fans throw flag on Steelers for fashion faux pas as team takes on Saints in Paris
Paris is arguably the fashion capital of the world. When you dress to impress, the people take notice. It’s also why Aaron Rodgers and some of his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates left their fans a little befuddled with their pregame outfits on Sunday.
Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Drew Allar and quarterbacks coach Tom Arth dressed in stylish suits and caps as they made their way into Stade de France outside Paris. However, they looked like they took a page out of "Peaky Blinders" more than anything. The Steelers essentially confirmed the idea with a post on X.
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"By order of the Peaky Blinders," the team wrote.
"Peaky Blinders" is famously a British historical crime drama featuring Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy and others. It takes place in Birmingham, England, and follows the gang navigating through the world after World War I.
For what it’s worth, Murphy’s character – Tommy Shelby – served in WWI in France. But that might be the only real connection the show has to France.
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The Steelers’ fashion sense may have been a little off and NFL fans took exception.
Still, the Steelers were looking to take home a victory in Paris against the New Orleans Saints. The NFL trudged on with the game despite concerns about the civil unrest raging at points in France and elsewhere across Europe.
Kickoff occurred at 9:30 a.m. ET without any issues.
Pittsburgh took a 13-10 lead into the half.
Jalen Hurts blood clot investigation to raise questions about Eagles' London trip and medical screening timing
The investigation into the events that surrounded the discovery of Jalen Hurts' blood clots has begun in earnest and there is 'no timetable for completion', a source told OutKick on Sunday.
"The NFL and NFL Players Association are working together to review the matter," a joint statement from the league and players union said.
That was expected and, indeed, demanded by the union last week after the Philadelphia Eagles placed Hurts on injured reserve and announced he is under a blood thinner regimen to address a deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli.
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Hurts cannot play until again until the clots are treated and he is off the blood thinners. That is expected to put him out the entire rest of the regular season and possibly longer.
The Eagles have been generally mute about the events that led to their announcement about Hurts on Oct. 19. Coach Nick Sirianni took questions on the issue but provided no detailed answers about the issue beyond saying he is not a doctor.
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The Eagles have not made their team medical staff nor general manager Howie Roseman available to answer questions about the matter.
Despite this, the NFL put on a full-throated defense of the Eagles conduct in the matter that included league chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills saying he has "complete confidence in the Eagles medical staff and their handling of this situation."
The NFLPA was dubious of that confidence and exercised its right under the Collective Bargaining Agreement to have the situation investigated.
"Well, we welcome that," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said. "That's part of our process and that's fine. Our chief medical officer has been through the protocols that were followed. So, we welcome that and if that's what they did, they have that right."
So what questions will the investigation ask?
That is not being released before the investigation, but some of the questions are obvious. Among them ...
Goodell last week was skeptical the trip to and from London played a role in the entire matter.
"I'm not sure how much international travel had to do with this in that context," Goodell said. "That's for maybe the medical professionals to tell us if that had any impact. I haven't heard that to date."
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The NFL and the NFLPA's stance throughout the entire saga has been ultimately caring for Hurts.
"Obviously, there was a medical evaluation," Goodell said. "And I think our protocols were incredibly good there. The most important thing here is Jalen's health, ultimately, and the future of a wonderful young man and just a great player.
"He's someone we all care deeply about. I'm more worried about his health ultimately but the protocols were followed. Our process is to make sure that's the case and our chief medical officer has gone through that so we're comfortable with what we see the protocols that happened."
From arrests to crackdowns, how Europe’s leaders are responding as protests rock the continent
From mass arrests in France to troop deployments in Italy, European leaders are taking varied approaches to protests and clashes across the continent. The unrest began in France in mid-September with student demonstrations over school conditions, then spread to other countries, where protests have centered on local grievances.
President Donald Trump has used the unrest to press his hard-line immigration message, blaming France’s protests on immigration and urging the country to close its borders.
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French President Emmanuel Macron pushed back, calling foreign leaders' comments "unacceptable and even stupid" and accusing them of exploiting France’s crisis for political gain.
Here’s how leaders across Europe are responding.
Macron has vowed that those who loot or destroy property will be held accountable and made to pay for the damage. French authorities deployed 70,000 police officers nationwide Saturday as demonstrations took place in Paris and other cities.
Some clashes broke out in several cities, including Paris, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse and Nantes. Police used tear gas, sound grenades and water cannons, and the Interior Ministry reported more than 1,300 arrests.
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Most union-organized marches were peaceful, though clashes broke out later in Paris and several other cities. Separately, a French intelligence assessment reportedly identified Antifa and other far-left groups as instigators of some of the violence, according to a French outlet.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned what she called "gangs of thugs" who used demonstrations to "sow chaos," and voiced support for police facing violence in several Italian cities.
Meloni moved quickly after the previous weekend’s looting and clashes, sending 500 additional soldiers to Milan and approving tougher penalties for minors involved in vandalism. She said destroying and stealing was a crime and that the state's response would be firm.
The measures put Meloni among the European leaders taking the most visible steps to deter further violence.
While Greece has seen less unrest than France and other European countries, officials have been monitoring the risk of clashes as student and teacher demonstrations spread.
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said the right to protest must be respected as long as demonstrations remain lawful, while condemning violence, looting and occupations.
Police still kept a visible presence at demonstrations earlier in the week, which largely passed without major violence.
Belgium's demonstrations began over education reforms and budget cuts, with young protesters taking to the streets in Brussels and Liège. Earlier clashes injured police, damaged public areas and blocked roads. Nearly 200 people were arrested, according to Belgian officials.
Interior Minister Bernard Quintin accused far-left activists, including people linked to Antifa, of infiltrating demonstrations and encouraging young people to commit violence.
In Albania’s capital, Tirana, student-led protests have grown into a broader challenge to Prime Minister Edi Rama, with demonstrators demanding his resignation and accusing his government of corruption and neglecting schools and public services.
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Police used tear gas and water cannons as more than 2,500 officers were deployed. Rama placed chairs outside his government headquarters and invited protesters to talk, but they rejected the gesture.
He said his government would address their concerns and warned that people responsible for violence could face criminal and financial consequences.
In Spain, the unrest was largely concentrated in Barcelona, unlike France, where protests and clashes spread across multiple cities.
Police arrested 128 people in Barcelona after fires, vandalism and looting. Catalonia, the northeastern Spanish region that includes Barcelona, saw its regional president, Salvador Illa, condemn the violence and back the police response.
Meanwhile, Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni said the city would take legal action against those responsible and warned that parents or guardians could face consequences for damage caused by their children.
Parents shouldn’t need the help of Congress to see their children’s school curriculum
Philadelphia parents noticed troubling signs in their children’s social studies curriculum and asked to see all the materials. They couldn’t get them.
Now those materials have been brought to light in a congressional investigation. A new majority staff report from the House Education and Workforce Committee documents how a small group of school personnel turned Philadelphia’s social studies curriculum into a political platform for extremist causes.
When those parents approached my organization, the North American Values Institute (NAVI), asking for help, we tried to find out what the district was teaching but we also hit a wall. Eventually, a teacher shared the curriculum with us with considerable trepidation. She asked that we protect her anonymity.
That alone should give us pause: A teacher feared sharing public school instructional materials with people seeking to understand what children were learning.
Parents should never have needed an insider, an advocacy organization and congressional investigators to get this kind of access into what their children were learning. But because some school officials know that what they brought into the classroom would be considered out of bounds by many parents, they did everything they can to hide it.
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According to the congressional report, a world history assignment asked students to honor a resistance movement. Among the options was the Great March of Return, a campaign of demonstrations along the Gaza-Israel border that the terrorist organization Hamas supported and that engaged in violent confrontation. Another exercise asked students to identify the United States and Israel as terrorist states.
Students should study various political movements, including those that use violence. They should examine competing perspectives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and hear multiple views about American foreign policy. But asking students to "honor" a particular movement crosses the line from studying it to celebrating it and, in this case, encouraging students to identify with a violent terrorist organization.
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Philadelphia superintendent Tony Watlington maintained that the curriculum did not indoctrinate students. Yet he told investigators he was unaware that it included materials from the Racial Justice Organizing Committee, a highly ideological group led by district employees.
The district told investigators it would stop having district teachers and administrators write social studies curricula and would standardize instruction with help from national experts. The school district also said that it placed its social studies curriculum director, Ismael Jimenez, who celebrated the Oct. 7 massacres, in termination proceedings.
This is an important first step. But replacing personnel with qualified experts will accomplish little in the long run if the curriculum remains shielded from public view.
Without access, curriculum disputes become contests of credibility. Administrators assure parents that lessons are balanced. Critics share an alarming passage from a single assignment that a child brought home from school. Officials say such claims have been taken out of context.
Schools could avoid such disputes if they let parents read the assignment, the accompanying sources and the teacher’s instructions. An institution confident in its educational judgment should be able to explain its choices with the classroom materials in full view.
School districts should publish curriculum guides, reading lists, assignments and supplementary resources on searchable websites. They should identify the outside organizations providing content and the officials responsible for approving it. When materials change, the public should be able to see what changed.
The same standard should apply to professional development. Some teacher training instructs teachers to use controversial subjects to recruit students to a cause. Families deserve to know what their schools are encouraging teachers to teach their children.
Most of these materials already exist electronically. Districts can make them accessible without requiring schools to produce elaborate new reports.
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Access will, of course, produce disagreements, which is a feature of public accountability. School boards can hear objections, weigh the evidence and defend sound instructional choices. Publishing a school system’s budget does not give every taxpayer veto power over spending and neither should publishing a curriculum give every parent a say over teaching. It does, however, make informed oversight possible.
Philadelphia’s experience shows the cost of leaving families dependent on assurances they cannot verify. Congress can only investigate a few districts. Parents and school boards need the means to scrutinize their own schools every day.
A teacher should not have to take a personal risk to provide it, and parents should not have to enlist Congress to secure it.
Chiefs' embattled offensive lineman told to leave meeting before being placed on injured reserve: report
Josh Simmons’ career with the Kansas City Chiefs has been well-chronicled here at OutKick.
The Chiefs spent a first-round pick on Simmons in the 2025 draft. The offensive lineman out of Ohio State was looked at as a critical piece to protect Patrick Mahomes. However, he only played eight games in 2025 and has yet to see the field in 2026. He may not see the field at all this season after being placed on the injured reserve earlier in the week.
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Questions about Simmons’ absence have largely been unanswered.
Earlier in the week, the team said the 23-year-old NFL player had been dealing with a bulging disc in his back. He had previously been listed on the team’s injury report as being a non-participant due to a "back/non-injury personal reasons." Simmons’ absence had previously been described as "mysterious" at best.
A new report on Sunday only fueled more questions about Simmons’ status with the team.
Simmons had a meeting with Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid and was told to leave during it, ESPN and NFL Network reported. Simmons later apologized for his antics.
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The second-year player reportedly put his feet up in a team meeting room while talking with Reid. When the coach told him to put his feet down, the report said Simmons told Reid he needed to keep his feet up on the desk to help with his back. Reid told Simmons to seek treatment from the team’s athletic trainers and as the back-and-forth continued, Mahomes echoed Reid’s desire for Simmons to seek treatment.
Simmons was placed on the IR on Thursday. If he’s able, Simmons can return during Week 11.
Simmons’ future was largely clouded even before the report dropped on Sunday. As OutKick has noted, Simmons faced questions about his "character" before the 2025 draft. He was coming off a patellar tendon injury before the event, which also raised questions.
Now, the man who was thought to have been Mahomes’ protector for the remainder of the quarterback’s career may completely be out, forcing the team back to the drawing board.
Kahlil Benson is next to step up in the left tackle position. Benson has played in all five games for the Chiefs this season so far.
Six Flags to add seat belts to roller coasters after Georgia rider’s death
Six Flags is adding seat belts to several of its roller coasters after a Georgia man’s fatal fall on a ride that relied on lap restraints to keep passengers in their seats.
The safety overhaul comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Eight other Six Flags coasters with similar restraint systems remain closed across the U.S. and Canada as investigators work to determine what went wrong.
Witnesses said they saw Kariem rise out of his seat and fall headfirst back into the cart before being ejected from the ride on Oct. 12. Some passengers who rode Goliath earlier that day also reported concerns about its restraints.
The restraint system, manufactured by Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard, was designed to give riders the sensation of sitting on a "flying carpet" while still "guaranteeing optimum security," according to a U.S. patent granted to the company in 2001.
Now, Six Flags says it is taking additional precautions.
"We are reinforcing safety precautions at our parks and taking additional measures, including adding seat belts on Goliath and other coasters with a similar restraint," Six Flags Entertainment President and CEO John Reilly said in a statement Friday.
Six Flags has not said which other coasters will get seat belts or when the closed rides might reopen.
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All nine coasters taken out of service were made by Bolliger & Mabillard. Each uses a padded restraint that locks over a rider's lap and upper legs, held in place by a bar between the knees.
Six Flags said it has enlisted independent engineers and inspectors to review safety procedures across its theme parks.
The eight additional roller coasters remain closed at Six Flags parks in Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio and Ontario, Canada. Goliath also remains shut down as state and local officials investigate Kariem's death.
The fatal incident prompted precautionary closures beyond Six Flags properties.
SeaWorld Orlando temporarily shut down its Mako roller coaster, which uses a similar restraint system, before reopening the ride Tuesday after a weeklong closure. A roller coaster at La Ronde in Montreal was also temporarily closed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
'Nobody Wants This' creator disagrees with show star Adam Brody accusing Israel of 'genocide'
The creator of Netflix's "Nobody Wants This," Erin Foster, disagrees with the show's star, Adam Brody, over his support for a "free Palestine" and accusing Israel of "genocide," while emphasizing that it was "OK" for them to have different opinions.
"You know, it’s complicated," Foster said when asked about Brody's comments on the "Not Skinny But Not Fat" podcast. "I think our work environment, our set is very similar to dinner tables around the world where people are having debate and discussion and disagreeing."
"While I love Adam, I also disagree with him and that's OK. I think that as the creator of the show, all I can say is that I want our Jewish fans to know that I see you and I hear you and I understand how you feel," Foster said.
The full episode of the podcast interview with Foster is set to air on Oct. 27. Brody accused Israel of "genocide" during a September interview with GQ and said he supported a "free Palestine."
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Foster said the show has always been a love letter to Judaism.
"That is why I made this show. It's because of how beautiful of an experience I've had becoming Jewish and being a Jewish person and sitting here right now at this time in the world where there is almost zero positive representation of Jewish people. I think it's so important to have that and that is what this show is intended to be," she said.
The "Nobody Wants This" creator also said that people can have their own opinions.
"And that being said, everyone is entitled to a different opinion than me. I can just tell you what I created this show for and what the intention of the show is," Foster added.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Brody's team for comment.
Mor Greenberg, founder of MorMedia Group, a public relations and strategic communications firm that works with numerous Jewish nonprofits, pro-Israel organizations and advocacy groups, told Fox News Digital in a statement, "It's disappointing to finally see a mainstream television show celebrating Jewish identity, only to have its leading actor make headlines for comments that are deeply upsetting to many in the Jewish community."
Greenberg said there was enormous pressure in Hollywood to take a "fashionable position" on Israel, but "very little room for anyone who dares to defend it." She said while Brody is entitled to his political views, "playing a rabbi on television doesn't make him a spokesperson for the Jewish community."
"That's why I appreciate Erin Foster's response. She understands that Jewish identity is bigger than Hollywood politics, and she isn't afraid to stand behind the Jewish story she created. At a time when positive Jewish representation is so desperately needed, that matters," Greenberg continued.
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"Put me down as thinking it's a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine," Brody said during the GQ interview. "It's awful that it's taken so much death and misery, but it does feel like it's reaching a breaking point that it should have a while ago. I'm hopeful that another administration can really do some good and correct some of these policies that are helping that situation be as awful as it is."
Though several celebrities have spoken out against Israel's actions, Brody suggested that political activism in Hollywood has decreased, noting that he doesn't speak about political issues in many interviews.
"I think it's the cycle. The first time [President] Trump was elected, it was inconceivable. It woke everyone," he said. "There was so much activism. People were running for office that had never ran before. It was so awful to watch him defile our government, our country, our reputation, and really pit people against each other. I felt like most of the country right away was really against it."
WNBA Finals hit another scheduling snag as Atlanta Dream face arena conflict for Game 6
The WNBA has a date and time for Game 6 of the Finals. There's just one small problem: It doesn't have a place to play it.
The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries are tied 2-2 in the best-of-seven series after Golden State's 67-62 victory Saturday. That guarantees a Game 6 in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 29, but the league is once again scrambling to figure out where to host it.
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That's because the Atlanta Hawks are scheduled to host the Cleveland Cavaliers at State Farm Arena at 7 p.m. Thursday — exactly one hour before the Dream and Valkyries are supposed to tip off.
So unless someone has figured out how to squeeze two professional basketball games onto the same court at the same time, something’s got to give.
The Dream normally play at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, which seats just 3,500 fans. But Atlanta moved its home playoff games to the much larger State Farm Arena, which holds about 17,000.
The move has paid off, with the Dream drawing sellout crowds during the Finals. Getting those games played, though, has required some scheduling gymnastics.
Game 3 was moved from Thursday, Oct. 22, to Wednesday, Oct. 21, to avoid a concert conflict. Game 4 was moved to an earlier afternoon tipoff Saturday to accommodate the Hawks' home opener against the Houston Rockets that evening.
Unfortunately, Thursday's conflict isn't quite so easy to solve.
According to The Athletic, one possibility is moving the Hawks-Cavaliers game to Friday. But that would create a Friday-Saturday back-to-back for both NBA teams and put the rescheduled matchup on the opening night of NBA Cup group play.
Another option would be sending the Dream back to their much smaller regular-season home, although that would mean turning away thousands of potential fans for a championship game.
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Other Atlanta-area venues could also be considered, including Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion and the Georgia State Convocation Center, according to CBS Sports.
Dream star Angel Reese, meanwhile, made it clear she'd prefer to stay at State Farm Arena.
"The fan support here has been amazing, and we appreciate the love and support," Reese said after Saturday's loss.
The Dream have already announced plans to move into State Farm Arena full-time beginning with the 2027 season, which should make these scheduling headaches easier to avoid in the future.
But that doesn't help them this week.
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Game 5 is scheduled for Monday night in San Francisco. Game 6 will be Thursday in Atlanta.
Somewhere in Atlanta.
Unique national anthem ahead of NFL Paris game between Steelers and Saints draws mixed reviews
The NFL brought its own French flair to the pregame festivities ahead of the kickoff between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints in Paris on Sunday, which predictably resulted in a mixed reaction.
After both teams took the field at Stade de France, The Soul Rebels, an eight-piece brass ensemble, played a unique rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." It was far from the typical version of the national anthem that fans are accustomed to hearing ahead of contests, but the jazz-style rendition made sense with the French influence on the city of New Orleans, which is where the brass band is originally from.
The Soul Rebels released a new song in the days leading up to the game and their performance in Paris, appropriately titled 'Saints in Paris.' According to NOLA, the band will take the stage on the sideline to perform at the end of each quarter. The group also performed during pre-game festivities ahead of Super Bowl LIX in 2025 in New Orleans.
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With the national anthem being a bit more upbeat and entirely instrumental, some fans tuning in loved what they heard, while others, not so much.
"A New Orleans brass band doing the anthem in Paris is a perfect touch, The Soul Rebels delivered," one user wrote on X.
"Whoever's idea that was, give them a raise," another fan wrote.
"We might have a new worst national anthem," a user wrote with a crying-laughing emoji. Another negative review simply read, "It was a - -."
While the game between the Steelers and Saints got off to a smooth start, the civil unrest in and around Paris continues to be one of the biggest stories around the globe.
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On Saturday, the French government estimated 110,000 protesters consisting of students, workers, farmers, socialists, communists, pro-Palestine Muslims, anarchists, Antifa and other radicals took to the streets to march, battle police, and cause civil unrest.
Paris Saint-Germain, one of the most popular soccer teams in the world, rescheduled its Saturday match to Monday because of the unrest in the area. President Donald Trump expressed concern about the NFL moving on with the game as scheduled, and suggested that the game could probably have been postponed.
'Vertigo' star Kim Novak plans to become compost after death
Kim Novak's final act comes with a twist even Alfred Hitchcock couldn't have scripted.
The "Vertigo" star has arranged to have her body turned into compost after her death so friends and loved ones can use the resulting soil to plant trees. The 93-year-old, who is the subject of "Kim Novak's Vertigo," a documentary about her life and career, first confirmed her plans to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Novak, who lives on a ranch in Oregon, told Fox News Digital she made the arrangements "a few years ago."
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"The idea is that I get to live after I'm gone through trees," Novak said. "It's an exciting adventure because this is what I want after I pass. I want to keep living. And one thing that I've always been short on is patience. And a tree has to have patience. I will get to continue to express myself and be an observer of life. To me, it's a beautiful thought. It's given me great peace of mind because I'm going to keep growing. So I'm excited about that."
"It sounds funny perhaps, but it isn't really," she said. "I can't imagine being turned into ashes or being put under the ground. Both of those concepts are not too attractive to me."
Novak isn't afraid of death, even if her plans may strike some as unconventional. The lifelong nature lover said her connection to the environment has given her peace about what comes next.
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"Some people may not even be aware that's a choice," Novak said. "And I know some people don't like to talk about death, or think they're going to be turned into ashes or be underground. It sounds awful. But you have a choice. You can decide what comes next."
"For me, this was a beautiful concept, the idea of becoming one with the soil," Novak continued. "And with compost, of course, everything grows so much better than if you didn't have it. It helps with growth. You become part of the process. It's natural, it's real, it's honest, it's pure. And I even get to choose the kind of flowers that are going to be part of my compost — forget-me-nots."
Although human composting is legal in Oregon, Novak has arranged for her remains to be transported to an Earth Funeral facility in Washington state to undergo the process, known as natural organic reduction.
"I’m in Oregon, so it's not that big a deal," Novak said.
"However, they’re going to have to pack me in ice in order to make it all the way to this place," she said with a laugh.
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Novak acknowledged that additional options may now be available since she made her arrangements years ago.
"I'm having all of my compost, once it's done, delivered to friends and family, a bit of it," she said. "I have instructions for all of them to plant a tree or a shrub, but preferably a tree, because I look forward to keeping growing. That's what it's all about for me. I want to keep growing. This is a beautiful expression of life continuing after death."
When Novak began planning her final sendoff, she knew she didn't want to be buried or cremated. She began exploring other options.
"Here in Oregon, there was one place where I could have had a tree planted over me," she said. "However, it was only one tree. I'd like to be many trees."
According to The Associated Press, Novak was the world's top box-office star from 1958 to 1960. The outlet reported that she stepped away from Hollywood in 1966 to pursue a private life devoted to painting.
"Leaving Hollywood taught me that how I live my life matters," she said. "When I left, what mattered the most was being out in nature. I’ve always wanted to be close to nature and live a natural life. Painting has allowed me to continue expressing myself while out in nature. And every day of my life, I’m painting. I can’t wait to wake up each day and start working on a new painting. Sometimes, I’ll stick with a painting for months just because I haven’t fully figured out what I want to express. It’s been a wonderful way to live a life of expression."
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"Films were wonderful too," she said. "It’s just all the other stuff that went with it that wasn’t very appealing. But playing a character, becoming one with another person, that always gave me joy. When I look back at my life, I remember all the wonderful opportunities I was given to become a different, beautiful character. But even then, I was drawing too. I used to always draw the characters I was playing in my script. Every time I’d find some new feeling about my character, I would draw it and paint it."
Novak's film credits include Otto Preminger's "The Man with the Golden Arm," Joshua Logan's "Picnic," "Pal Joey" and "Bell, Book and Candle." Today, she continues to pursue painting away from Hollywood. But Novak believes her story won't end with her death.
"I made my decision because I want to do something good for the environment, and others can too," she said. "After we're gone, the Earth is still here, and we need to protect it. Life goes on when we're no longer here. And in some ways, this doesn't make you feel like you're dying. You're continuing to live on becoming part of the environment. It's something beautiful to look forward to, not dread."
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"I don't want to be forgotten," she said. "I want to be remembered not just for films, but for what it made me into, what it turned me into. All the ways I transformed in life, I got to express myself in my art. And I'll continue to express myself."
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