Yuri Vasilyev: ten astonishing things in Baku
Soviet and Russian theater and film actor shared his impressions of Baku with Vestnik Kavkaza and told how Baku spectators reacted at the film 'Hero'
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Georgian actress Lika Kavzharadze passes away
Famous Georgian actress Lika Kavzharadze has been found dead at her apartment in Tbilisi yesterday. Best known for her role in Tengiz Abuladze’s film 'The Wishing Tree', Kavzharadze has been a symbol of …
Director from Kabardino-Balkaria becomes 'Discovery of the Year' according GQ
Film director from Kabardino-Balkaria Kantemir Balagov won the ‘Person of the Year’ award of GQ magazine in the category ‘Discovery of the Year’. The award was given to him and other laureates in Moscow yesterday. …
Honored Artist of Georgia Kote Toloraia dies
Famous actor Kote Toloraia died in Tbilisi. Konstantin (Kote) Toloraia was born on June 11, 1926. In 1949 he graduated from the acting studio at the Tbilisi Kote Marjanishvili theater. He worked as an actor in the same theater for many …
Russia revives children's cinema
There's going to be a sequel to legendary Soviet musical comedy "Mary Poppins, Goodbye". Modern young viewers will once again meet main nanny of the country, Natalia Andreichenko. Overall, the movie will be full of …
Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies
Martin Landau, the Academy-Award winning actor has died. He was 89. Landau died Saturday of unexpected complications during a short stay at UCLA Medical Center, his publicist Dick Guttman said, the Associated Press …
Aznavour, Snoop Dogg and Minnie Mouse to receive stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Legendary French singer Charles Aznavour is among several entertainment professionals who have been selected to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Walk of Fame Selection Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of …
Russian actor Alexei Batalov passes away
People’s Artist of the USSR, famous Russian actor Alexei Batalov died aged 88 on Thursday night in a Moscow hospital, a close friend of the late actor told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. Batalov was born in Vladimir on 20 …
Putin: US provided support to terrorists in Chechnya
The United States was ready to use terrorists to destabilize the intra-political situation in Russia, the country's President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with American director Oliver Stone in his …
Empire reveals 100 greatest movies of all time
Empire asked film fans to vote for their best-loved releases by submitting a list of their top ten, all-time favourites, and now the magazine has revealed the definitive list of the 100 Greatest Movies as chosen by them. They chose …
Russia’s Zvyagintsev wins Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival with Loveless
Russian film director Andrey Zvyaginstev has won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for his bleak family drama Loveless. The Award Ceremony of the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival was held on Sunday. …
Iranian film "A Man of Integrity" wins 'Certain Regard' competition at Cannes
A movie by an Iranian who was previously sentenced to jail for his work in Iran won the top prize in the " …
Georgia and Turkey to cooperate in field of culture
A government delegation of Turkey led by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is on an official visit to Tbilisi. The delegation signed a program on cooperation between the two countries in the sphere of culture for 2017-2018. …
Andrey Petrov on Vesti.FM: early Soviet national movies were international
The national cinema industry had not enough time to develop in the Russian Empire, since only nine years passed from the premiere of Stenka Razin to the October Revolution. During this time the cinema did not go beyond a creation of a few movie …
Actor Oleg Vidov passes away
Soviet actor Oleg Vidov has died in his home in Westlake Village, California at the age of 73, his widow Joan Borsten said. According to Borsten, her husband died of cancer complications, TASS reported. Oleg …
Mehriban Zaki: I really love rhythmic gymnastics
Watching rhythmic gymnastics enrich people of art, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Mehriban Zaki, who came to see the first performances of the FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, told the correspondent of Vestnik …
Moscow Cultural Forum opens today
It's a platform for an open dialogue between city's cultural institutions and residents
Jack Sparrow might be inspired by Muslim captain
The Daily Sabah newspaper suggested that Jack Sparrow was inspired by a famous sailor and pirate Jack Ward who was born in England and sailed across the Mediterranean Sea. According to limited historical sources, James Ward was …
Biopic about Erdogan presented in Istanbul
The producers of a new movie about the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have hosted a gala screening in Istanbul. The biopic, titled "Reis," portrays Erdogan's childhood growing up in Istanbul's …
Zarif congratulates crew of 'The Salesman' on winning Oscar
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated the Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi for winning Oscar 2017. "Proud of Cast and Crew of 'The Salesman' for Oscar and stance …
