Laidback and almost always with a drink, a cat named Stepan from Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has gone viral in just a few months. With a million followers on Tiktok and over 800,000 on Instagram, the cat has also started receiving offers to promote local and now international brands.
Ivanna Sakhno will reportedly be playing a newly-created character in the Disney+ limited series “Star Wars: Ahsoka,” a spinoff from the hit show “The Mandalorian.” Details about Sakhno’s character have not been revealed. The series, which is gearing up for production, will follow the fan favorite character Ahsoka Tano,
kraine-based esports team Natus Vincere, or NaVi, defeated French team Vitality in the grand final of the Counter-Strike gaming tournament Blast Premier in Copenhagen on Nov. 28. They earned $225,000 in prize money. Vitality won $85,000 for coming in second. A total of eight teams competed in the
The capital’s restaurants, cafes and bars took the copper pan prizes in 11 out of 17 categories of the Salt restaurant awards, including the special jury selection prize for the Fish & Pussycat Sushi Bar and the best new restaurant prize for the Fenix Asia and Fenix Italia double venue.
Filmed by Family Production, the video was made for “Renegade,” Kavinsky’s first single in the last eight years. The song features vocals from U.S. singer Cautious Clay. Vincent Belorgey, known under his stage name Kavinsky, is a renowned DJ and producer, who rose to international success with the
Grammy-winning singer Ed Sheeran has visited Kyiv, where he presumably filmed a new music video. Late on Nov. 25, Sheeran posted a photograph on Instagram saying he had spent three nights shooting in Kyiv. The pop star did not specify whether it was a music video he was filming and
Ukrainian director Tanu Muiño’s video “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” made for and co-directed by U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, has been nominated for the 2022 Grammy Awards in the best music video category. It will compete for the prize with entries by AC/DC, Justin Bieber,
The agency chose a drawing by eight-year-old Ukrainian Yarina Zakalyuzhna to decorate its Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket during its 2023 mission to Jupiter. Zakalyuzhna’s illustration will be printed on a giant sticker and placed on the tip of the rocket. Ariane 5 will take eight years to reach Jupiter
The “Chornobyl. Journey” website aims to educate readers about the causes of the 1986 nuclear disaster and dispel myths about it. Users can click and scroll through multimedia content including graphs, photos, videos and more, which draw on declassified documents and scientific studies. The website is available in English and
Ukrainian crime drama “Rhino,” directed by filmmaker and former political prisoner in Russia Oleg Sentsov, won the best film prize at the Stockholm International Film Festival on Nov. 18. The picture is set in Ukraine’s “wild 1990s,” the time of economic and political crisis fueled by gang wars across
The Oscar-winning U.S. actor and director Sean Penn plans to make a documentary to spotlight the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine, the country’s Joint Forces Operation said on Nov. 18. Penn will team up with Ukrainian producers for the film. The director visited a city in eastern Ukraine
Ihor Yevtushenko had to rely on crowdfunding to scrape together the $700 he needed to fly to Abu Dhabi and enter the tournament in which he triumphed over all his competitors. The 49-year-old from Kherson had previously been the champion of Ukraine and Europe in the under 69 kilogram category.
Tanu Muiño’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” made for and co-directed by U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, became the best music video of 2021. It beat entries by Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and Normani. The Ukrainian director won three MTV Video Music Awards
The district’s community representatives and municipal authorities held a forum on Nov. 11-12 to develop a strategy to make Zoloti Vorota (Golden Gate) a “contemporary culture district.” Among other things, this would entail more cultural events and venues for the area. Yana Barinova, the head of Kyiv City Council’
The latest on literature, films, art, and traditions from Ukraine and the region. Ukrainian culture has survived centuries of Russian attempts to appropriate Ukrainian art, silence Ukrainian artists, and erase the Ukrainian language. Modern Ukrainian writers, filmmakers, and musicians — some of whom are serving on the front lines — continue to develop Ukrainian culture and fight for Ukraine’s future.
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