Russians are 'living in s**t' with 'poverty everywhere,' says top Soviet film star

Tonight’s performance of Parade, the Broadway musical revival starring Ben Platt as Leo Frank and Micaela Diamond as wife Lucille Frank, was canceled 20 minutes after the scheduled 8 p.m. curtain due to what an announcement said was technical difficulties involving video projections.

Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson are spending more time together, this time at a birthday party.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck appear to be moving forward with plans to buy a new house together.

Kristin Cavallari showed off her fit physique in a black string bikini and called out mom-shamers in a post she shared Saturday. The 36-year-old reality star posed on a wooden table in a dimly lit room for two photos she uploaded to Instagram. "...but she's a mother," "The Hills: New Beginnings" star wrote in the caption, adding a smiley face screaming in fear emoji.  Cavallari pulled her hair up into a loose ponytail and accessorized with delicate gold jewelry, including a necklace and several earrings.

At the 1998 Academy Awards, James Cameron‘s “Titanic” won, and won a lot. Cameron’s film won 11 Oscars total during the ceremony, including Best Picture.

Hilary Duff‘s husband Matthew Koma trolled a fan who asked if he was recording new music with his wife.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Filmmaker Billy Luther makes his narrative feature debut at SXSW on Saturday with “Frybead Face and Me,” executive produced by Taika Waititi. Inspired by his childhood, the film follows a young boy, Benny (Keir Tallman), who has to spend the summer with his grandma on the reservation. Luther, whose past work includes the documentary “Miss Navajo” and AMC’s “Dark Winds,” feels Benny’s story of learning about rez life and bonding with his cousin Frybread (Charley Hogan) has universal appeal in that it’s ultimately about being somewhere new and feeling alone. “You don’t have to be Native to connect to the story because everyone remembers being dropped off somewhere, and the story brings that familiarity,” Luther says.

Nicolas Cage revealed what he really thinks about the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Tessa Thompson reflected on the various roles she’s played over the years.

Christopher Vourlias The war in Ukraine has taken center stage this week at the Berlin Film Festival, which is taking place for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. At Thursday’s opening ceremony, Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelenskyy appeared via satellite to encourage festival-goers “not to remain silent” over Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression. Sean Penn, who this week premiered his docu-portrait of the Ukrainian leader, “Superpower,” lashed out at Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, who he described as a “war criminal” and a “creepy little bully.” Moral outrage has not been in short supply since the start of the war, as the global film community — in a show of near unanimous condemnation of the Kremlin’s criminal attack — has rallied behind the Ukrainian war effort. But many U.S. and foreign companies quietly continue to do business with Putin’s pariah state or have resumed the deal-making that was put on pause once the war began.

Investigative journalist Christo Grozev, a key figure in the story of acclaimed documentary Navalny, says he and his family have been banned from attending the BAFTA ceremony on Sunday because he poses “a public security risk”.

Sean Penn has reiterated his offer to have one of his Oscars melted down by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky – saying his gift to the battling leader was inspired by his “continuing shame towards the Motion Picture Academy.”

Christopher Vourlias Sean Penn said he was happy to be a “propagandist” for the Ukrainian war effort and called Russian president Vladimir Putin a “creepy little bully” Saturday in Berlin, after the world premiere of his gonzo documentary “Superpower,” a gripping, courage-under-fire portrait of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “This is not an unbiased film because this is not an ambiguous war,” he said, calling the conflict “extremely personal.” “I’m very happy to be considered a propagandist. I was happy to make an unbiased film because that is the true story we found.” Donning a black jacket and hoodie and sporting a camouflage trucker cap, Penn repeatedly called on the Biden administration to send precision, long-range missiles to Kyiv to support the Ukrainian war effort.

Roughly three quarters of the way into Superpower, the documentary about the war in Ukraine directed by Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufman, the Oscar-winning actor displays a fixed-blade knife while traveling by car through the embattled country. He jokes to the camera, “All of Ukraine should feel safe now that I’m armed.” He adds, holding up fists clenched like a boxer’s, “Plus, I’ve got these.”

A Berlin embassy spy was been jailed for more than 13 years after betraying his country and colleagues by selling secrets to Russia. David Smith, a former security guard at the British Embassy in Germany, was motivated by his support for Russian president Vladimir Putin and hatred of the UK when he began collecting classified documents in 2018.

A Scots spy in Berlin who sold secrets to Russia has been jailed for more than 13 years for betraying his country and colleagues.

military equipment, with thousands signing up to the movement.Around 4,000 of Vladimir Putin's troops have joined an “educational platform” known as the “Atesh School”, according to the organisation's Telegram page.The group says in a promotional post that its followers “have mastered the art of breaking equipment and sabotaging orders”.READ MORE: Putin official dies in balcony fall in latest mysterious death of Russian top brassOn Telegram, the organisation specifically calls for Russian troops and mercenaries fighting with the Wagner Group to join the movement."Students of the Atesh School know that there is no need to go to war if you can get good money in the rear, repairing your equipment and not risking your life," one Telegram post read.

Russia has sent two of his nuclear missile carrying planes soaring past the UK coast in a harrowing warning to the West.Vladimir Putin's troops flew the supersonic Tu-160 bombers, a Soviet-era bomber also known as Blackjack, over the Norwegian Sea, just north of Shetland.This is the second recent show of power by the warmonger after he deployed more strategic missile carries – two Tu-95MS planes – over the Bering Sea separating Russia and North America earlier this week.READ MORE: Russian schools 'ordered to buy assault rifles’ as Soviet-era kids training returns“Two Tu-160 strategic bombers have performed a scheduled flight in the airspace above neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas,” the Russian Ministry of Defence said in a statement on Tuesday (February 14).According to the Ministry, the total flight duration of the planes was 13 hours and included in-flight refueling, while the Tu-95MS flights lasted seven hours.The moves come as a warning to the West following repeated threats of nuclear war by Putin if the war in Ukraine doesn't go his way.And as the invasion approaches its first anniversary on February 24, tensions with Russia are reaching new heights and the Russian dictator is reportedly growing ever more enraged at the West's support of Ukraine, particularly the ongoing supply of weaponry.It is estimated his invasion has cost more than 100,000 Russians their lives so far.The Norwegian Intelligence Service released its annual report which revealed Russia had started deploying ships with tactical atomic weapons in the Baltic Sea for the first time in 30 years.This report added that the nuclear vessels are from Putin's Northern Fleet.The Blackjack and Tu-95MS bombers are crucial mainstays in Russia's

Malina Saval Associate Editor, Features Sean Penn went to war and a movie broke out. That is, in effect, the story behind the making of the documentary “Superpower,” a gripping cinematic portrait of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on the eve of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.  Co-directed by Penn and Aaron Kaufman, who helmed the 2021 documentary “Crusaders: Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses Speak Out,” “Superpower” bows Feb. 17, out of competition, as a Berlinale Special Gala at the Berlin Film Festival. Fifth Season and Vice Studios are behind the film, with Fifth Season selling worldwide rights. “Superpower” was not conceived as a war story. Rather, Penn and Kaufman, as well as producer Billy Smith, endeavored to chart the trajectory of Zelensky’s unusual career trajectory — from actor-comedian-producer playing a history teacher elected as Ukraine’s president in the satirical TV series “Servant of the People,” to a rising political star elected as the real-life president of Ukraine in 2019. The intent was to relay a tale about an everyman — in Zelensky’s case, a Ukrainian, Russian-speaking Jew born under Soviet rule in the late 1970s — who finds himself at the helm of a fledgling democratic nation burning to embrace freedom. A Ukrainian president elected on an anti-corruption platform who, very soon post-election, finds himself in the crosshairs of an American president’s impeachment.