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Alex Sparrow
Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov (; 19 January 1988) is a Russian singer and actor who performs both in Russian and English. For international purposes Vorobyov is also credited as Alex Sparrow, a translation of his Russian name. He is best known for appearing on the Sekret Uspekha, Russian version of ''The X Factor'' at the age of 17 in 2005. In 2006 Vorobyov was contracted by Universal Music Russia, and in December 2007 was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for Y-PEER, a youth-based initiative of the United Nations Population Fund. Vorobyov Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. Early life Alex was born on 19 January 1988 in Tula, Russia, Tula (Russian: Тула), Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, RSFSR, Soviet Union. His father is Head of Security, and his mother is a housewife. Alex played football as a child and played for the local youth team in Tula. At first, he wanted to pursue a caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tula, Russia
Tula (, ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia, located south of Moscow. Tula is located in the northern Central Russian Upland on the banks of the Upa (river), Upa River, a tributary of the Oka (river), Oka. At the Russian Census (2010), 2010 census, Tula had a population of 501,169, an increase from 481,216 in 2002, making it the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, 32nd-largest city in Russia by population.A primarily industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia, city, Tula was a fortress at the border of the Principality of Ryazan. The city was seized by Ivan Bolotnikov in 1606 during the Time of Troubles and withstood a four-month siege by the Tsar's army. Historically, Tula has been a major centre for the manufacture of Weapon, armaments. The Demidov family built the first armament factory in Russia in the city, in what would become the Tula Arms Plant, which still operates to this day. Tula is home to the Klokovo (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laskoviy Mai
Laskovyi Mai () is a Soviet boy band from Orenburg founded by Russian songwriter, composer and musician Sergei Kuznetsov. The group's best-known member was Yuri Shatunov, who subsequently went on to some solo success. The group disbanded in 1992. Laskovyi Mai once had been called "the legends of the 80–90s". Career Laskovyi Mai was formed in the middle of the 1980s when Sergei Kuznetsov decided to create a group of musicians with orphan children from an orphanage in Orenburg. In November 2022, Sergey Malinkovich, the Chairman of the Communists of Russia political party, accused musician Andrey Razin of treason for selling the rights to the songs of Laskovyi Mai to an American company. Members (Russian names in parentheses) 1986–1992 period ;Vocalists * Yuri Shatunov (Юрий Шатунов) (died 2022) * Andrei Razin (Андрей Разин) *Andrey Gurov (Андрей Гуров) *Anton Tokarev (Антон Токарев) *Viktor Kulikov (Виктор Кул ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Nalitch
Peter Andreyevich Nalitch (, ), also spelled as Petr Nalich or Pyotr Nalich, is a Russian singer and composer who represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo. In the final on May 29, he came 11th with his song "Lost and Forgotten". Personal Info Peter Nalitch was born on 30 April 1981 in Moscow, Russia. His grandfather Zahid Nalić, was a Bosnian opera singer from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Gitar" Peter Nalitch has become famous in Russia after the publication in 2007 on YouTube of the clip of his song "Gitar" (where he makes fun of himself with English language, broken English lyrics and dubious film editing qualities). In about three years, more than 8,000,000 people had watched it. Interviews and articles about Peter followed in some Russian papers. The song "Gitar" is most popular in Greece, Germany and Slovakia. Peter Nalitch and Friends Beginnings In 2007 Peter already had about 40 songs written down, all available on his website for free. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Undiamond Arm
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCIS (TV Series)
''NCIS'' is an American Military fiction, military police procedural television series and the first installment within the NCIS (franchise), ''NCIS'' media franchise. The series revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The concept and characters were Television pilot#Backdoor pilot, initially introduced with two episodes of the CBS series ''JAG (TV series), JAG'' (JAG season 8, season eight episodes 20 and 21: "NCIS backdoor pilot, Ice Queen" and "Meltdown"); as a spin-off from ''JAG'', the series premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS. To date, it has entered into the 23rd full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network. Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the NCIS (franchise), ''NCIS'' franchise. , ''NCIS'' was the List of longest-running scripted American primetime television series, third-longest-running scripted, live-acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unreal (TV Series)
''Unreal'' (stylized as ''UnREAL'') is an American drama (film and television), drama television series that premiered on Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime on June 1, 2015. It stars Shiri Appleby as a young reality television producer pushed by her unscrupulous boss (Constance Zimmer) to swallow her integrity and do anything it takes to drum up salacious content for their dating reality show ''Everlasting''. The show was created by Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, and was inspired by Shapiro's award-winning independent short film ''Sequin Raze''. On July 28, 2017, it was announced that ''Unreal'' had been renewed for a shortened fourth season of eight episodes. The fourth season completed production in January 2018 before the third season had aired. By May 22, 2018, the fourth season had been acquired by Hulu. The streaming service distributed the series exclusively as a "Hulu Original" in the United States for a set period of time before the episodes aired on Lifetime. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vatican Tapes
''The Vatican Tapes'' is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Mark Neveldine, based on a screenplay by Christopher Borrelli and Michael C. Martin, from a story by Borrelli and Chris Morgan. The film stars Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michael Peña, Dougray Scott, Djimon Hounsou, Peter Andersson, Kathleen Robertson, and John Patrick Amedori. ''The Vatican Tapes'' was released in the United States on July 24, 2015, by Lionsgate. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $13.5 million worldwide against a $13 million budget. Plot In the Vatican, Vicar Imani shows Cardinal Mattias Bruun the case of Angela Holmes, a young American woman who is suspected of harboring an evil spirit. Two months earlier in the United States, Angela is given a surprise birthday party by her father, Roger, and her boyfriend, Pete Smith. She accidentally cuts herself and is rushed to the hospital, where she briefly meets Father Lozano. She is injected with a serum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dame To Kill For
''A Dame to Kill For'' is a comic book limited series written and drawn by Frank Miller and first published by Dark Horse Comics in 1993. It is the second story in Miller's ''Sin City'' series, and the first to be published in miniseries format. It has since been reprinted in graphic novel format in four separate editions. The 2014 film '' Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'' is partly based on the graphic novel along with ''Just Another Saturday Night'' and two original segments written by Miller for the film. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office failure compared to the positive reception and financial success of the first ''Sin City'' film in 2005. Plot The story begins as Dwight McCarthy, working as a photographer for a grossly overweight man named Agamemnon, saves one of the Old Town prostitutes, Sally, from one of her customers, whom Dwight was investigating on behalf of his wife; he then drives her back to Old Town. That night he receives a call from a woman na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Three Musketeers (2013 Film)
''The Three Musketeers'' (, ''tri mushketera'') is a 2013 Russian historical adventure film based on the 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers'' by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was produced by The Production Center of Sergei Zhigunov. The film has been released in two versions: as a two-hour movie in cinemas on November 14, 2013. and as a TV series consisting of 10 episodes of 45 minutes. The TV series was first shown in December 2013 on the Ukrainian 1+1 (channel), 1+1 Channel and then on Russia's Channel One Russia in January 2014. Young d'Artagnan is coming to Paris to be a musketeer. There he meets three old musketeers, members of the glorious King's Guard, but actually realizes that they are not the great fighters who he thinks they are. While joining the musketeers he is faced with the hidden plots of Cardinal Richelieu, his spy Milady de Winter and a possible war against England. Plot summary In 1625 France, a poor young nobleman named d'Artagnan leaves his parents in Gascony a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phobos
''The Phobos'' () is a 2010 Russian horror film directed by Oleg Asadulin. Plot On a rainy summer day a group of young people go to a club called "Phobos", which is under construction and in the past used to be a bomb shelter. Suddenly all the club doors are automatically closed and the lights are switched off. Initially the characters perceive everything as a joke but later realize that they are trapped: their cell phones do not work and they did not tell anyone about their intention to go to this club. The goth girl Vika says that there is a creature that feeds on their fears and that they need to overcome their own feelings of fright. Cast * Pyotr Fyodorov as Mike * Timofey Karataev as Alexander *Alex Sparrow Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov (; 19 January 1988) is a Russian singer and actor who performs both in Russian and English. For international purposes Vorobyov is also credited as Alex Sparrow, a translation of his Russian name. He is best kno ... as Zhenya * Tatya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backwater District
Backwater or Backwaters may refer to: Music * ''Backwaters'' (album), a 1982 album by American guitarist Tony Rice * Backwater (band), a jazz fusion band from Mobile, Alabama, or this band's 1976 debut album * "Backwater", a song by Brian Eno from the album ''Before and After Science'' * "Backwater", a 1974 song by Status Quo from '' Quo'' * "Backwater" (song), a 1994 song recorded by the Meat Puppets * "Backwaters", 2013 song British band Drenge Other uses * Backwaters (management festival), the annual national management festival organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode * ''Backwater'' (novel), a novel by Joan Bauer * Backwater (river), a part of a river in which there is little or no current * Backwaters Press, an American book publishing company * Backwater Reservoir, a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland * Backcountry, an isolated and under-developed region See also * Kerala backwaters, a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes in India * Lagoon, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get You (Alexey Vorobyov Song)
Russia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry internally. This was the country's fifteenth participation in the contest after debuting in 1994. Before Eurovision Internal selection On 5 March 2011, C1R announced that they had internally selected Alexey Vorobyov to represent Russia in Düsseldorf with the song "Get You" produced by RedOne. Vorobyov previously attempted to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest twice, placing fifth in the 2008 national final with the song "New Russian Kalinka" and placing fourth in the 2009 national final with the song "Angelom byt". RedOne also composed the entry "Dance Alone" performed by Love Generation which failed to qualify from the Second Chance round of the 2011 Swedish Eurovision national final '' Melodifestivalen 2011''. Alexey Vorobyov was selected as the Russian entrant by an expert committee from nine shortlisted candidates, among them which also included Alexe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
