Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder
Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She made her film debut in Lucas's film 1986. Ryder first major role came in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) as a goth teen who won critical and commercial recognition. After various appearances in film and television, Ryder continued her career with the cult film Heathers (1989), a satire controversial suicide among adolescents and high school life that has attracted the attention Ryder still critical and commercial.

Played different roles in several well received films, Ryder won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress award and Oscar nomination for his role in the same category in the Age of Innocence in 1993, and another Oscar nomination for Little Women the following year for Best Actress. In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California.

Ryder's personal life has been widely reported in media.Her relationship with actor Johnny Depp in the early 1990s was highly publicized and has received a lot of control of the media and tabloid press. A lot of talk about shoplifting in 2001 led to a break of four years from acting.She also revealed his personal struggle with anxiety and depression, short-term control clinic.In in 2006, returns to Ryder the screen, and some media have called his performance "remarkable comeback" to acting, having appeared in films such as High Level Star Trek.In 2010 she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Award as lead actress of When Love Is Not Enough: The Story of Lois Wilson, and in proportion to the votes of Black Swan.

Mila Kunis

Mila Kunis
Milena "Mila" Kunis (Russian: Милена Кунис; Ukrainian: Мілена Куніс born August 14, 1983;) is an actor who has starred in American film and television. His work includes the role of the television series That '70s Show Jackie Burkhart, and the voice of Meg Griffin Family Guy animated series. She also had roles in films such as Rachel Jansen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Mona Sax is Max Payne, Solara is The Book of Eli and Jamie are friends of the benefits.

In 2010, won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Actor or actress young 67th Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Lily in the Black Swan. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for the same role.

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich (born Milica Jovovic, December 17, 1975) is a model, actress, musician and stylist. During his career he appeared in a series of science fiction films on the subject of the action, for which music channel VH1 has referred to as the "Queen of kicking butt."

Jovovich began modeling at age 10 when she was discovered by photographer Carlos Reynosa. Later, Herb Ritts Gene Lemuel convinced him to roll on the cover of Lei appears in Revlon magazine.Richard Avedon "most unforgettable women in the world" commercials, and continues his career with the cosmetics of other campaigns Oreal Banana Republic, Christian Dior, Donna Karan and Versace. In 1988, he had his first role as a professional actress in the television film The Night Train to Kathmandu, and that same year, she appeared in her first feature film, Two Moon Junction. After TV appearances smaller as the "fair trade" (1989) and 1989 role as a French girl (she was 14 at the time) of a married woman ... the episode with children and film roles, who gained notoriety with the return of the romantic film Blue Lagoon (1991). She appeared in Dazed and Confused 1993 with Ben Affleck and Matthew McConaughey.

Jovovich then acted alongside Bruce Willis in the sci-fi film The Fifth Element (1997), and later played the title role in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). In 2002, she appeared in the video game Resident Evil adaptation, which led to three sequels: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) and Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010).

In addition to her modeling and acting career, Jovovich released the music album, The Divine Comedy in 1994. He continues to release demos for other songs on her official website, and to promote the film soundtracks, Jovovich has yet to release another album. In 2003, he and Carmen Hawk created the model on Jovovich-Hawk clothing brand, which ceased operations in early 2008.In his third season, before the destruction of copies can be found at Fred Segal in Los Angeles Harvey Nichols, and over 50 stores around the world. Jovovich also has her own production company, Creature Entertainment.

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин, IPA: [ʲ im ʲ ʲ im ʲ ɪr vɫɐd vɫɐd ɪtɕ ɪrəv ɪn put ʲ ʲ] (listen), born October 7, 1952) was the second president of the Russian Federation and is current Prime Minister Russia and President United Russia and president Cabinet Union Russia and Belarus. He became acting president 31 December 1999, when President Boris Yeltsin resigned in a surprise move. Putin won the presidential elections of 2000 and in 2004 was re-elected for a term lasting until the second May 7, 2008.

Since the term limits constitutional mandate, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive presidential term. After the victory of his successor, Dmitry Medvedev, the presidential elections in 2008, Putin named Medvedev as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took place May 8, 2008.

Putin is credited with restoring political stability and the rule of law. During his presidency, the Russian economy recovered from the crisis, seeing GDP increase of 72% in PPP (six times in nominal terms), reducing poverty by more than 50% and the average monthly salary increased by $ $ 80 to 640.These achievements are attributed to good macroeconomic management, major reforms in fiscal policy and a confluence of high oil prices, rising capital flows and low-cost access to external finance and have been described as impressive by analysts.

During his presidency, Putin signed a series of fundamental reforms, including an income tax of 13%, a reduction of income tax and the new land and legal codes. At the same time, his conduct in office has been questioned by domestic political opposition, foreign governments and human rights organizations for his strong Russian military leadership to direct the second Chechen war for registration violations of human rights and freedoms as silent force opponents (eg, Mikhail Khodorkovsky) and his alleged intimidation of the former Soviet republics.

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova Alexandrovna (About this its Светлана Александровна Кузнецова born June 27, 1985 in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) is a Russian professional tennis player, and July 11, 2011 is ranked # 12 in the WTA singles and and No. 84 in double row. Kuznetsova appeared in four finals in a Grand Slam in singles, winning two, and also appeared in six finals twice, winning once. She qualified five times for the stage the round of WTA Tour Championships, but never qualified for the semifinals.

His first Grand Slam title came in 2004 US Open, making her the third Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title after Anastasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova, who won the 2004 French Open and 2004 Wimbledon tournament , respectively. Kuznetsov second Grand Slam title was the 2009 French Open, beating Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, Samantha Stosur in the semifinals, and his compatriot Dinara Safina in the final in straight sets. In 2006 and 2007 French Open singles tournament US Open, she was runner-up, both times to Belgian Justine Henin. As a result, Kuznetsova has reached her new WTA rankings of No. 2, its best to that date. Kuznetsova won a total of 13 WTA singles titles one of the ITF and WTA 14 doubles titles to date and U.S. $ 15,792,587 in prize money, making it the second worker on the ground over Russian and number 11 of all female tennis players to date and No. 5 active players, only after, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, respectively, Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova.

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova
Yuryev Maria Sharapova (Russian Мария Юрьевна Шарапова, IPA: [mɐr ʲ ʲ ijə jɪvnə ʂɐrapəvə JUR] was born April 19, 1987) is a Russian tennis player and former world number one resident in the United States since 1994, Sharapova won 23 WTA singles titles including three Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon in 2004, 2006 U.S. Open and Australian Open 2008. He also won the year-end WTA Tour Championships Invitational in 2004.

Museum Women Tennis Association (WTA) ranked World No. 1 Maria Sharapova in singles on four different occasions. She became World No. 1 for the first time August 22, 2005, and finally found this ranking for the fourth time May 19, 2008. She is currently ranked World No. 5 It was in five Grand Slam finals. Her Grand Slam final record is 3-2.

Sharapova made her breakthrough work in 2004 when, at age 17, turned two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final in 2004 for his first singles title of the Grand Slam. She entered the top ten of the WTA rankings with the victory. Despite not winning a major in 2005, Sharapova was briefly ranked first, and reached three Grand Slam semifinals, losing to eventual champion each time. She won her second major of the U.S. Open in 2006 after defeating world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo in the semifinals and No. 2 Justine Henin in the final world. Sharapova 2007 season has been battling a chronic shoulder injury and saw his ranking fall off the top 5 for the first time in two years. They finally won his third Grand Slam in Australia Open 2008, defeating Henin in the quarterfinals and Ana Ivanovic in the final.

After recovery of the classification of a number in May 2008, Sharapova problems reappeared shoulder ultimately required surgery in October and forced to leave the game for almost ten months. Sharapova back in May 2009 and was ranked No. 126 in the world because of its extensive layoff. Since his return, Sharapova has won four individual titles (bringing his total to 23) and improve its position in the top 5.

Sharapova public profile beyond the courts, and has appeared in a number of modeling assignments, including his appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. He has appeared in numerous commercials such as Nike, Canon and Principe, and is the face of several fashion houses, especially Cole Haan. Sharapova was the most searched athletes on Yahoo in 2005 and 2008. Since February 2007, was one of the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Development, in particular for Chernobyl recovery and development program.

Nikolay Davydenko

Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko (Russian: Николай Владимирович Давыденко, born June 2, 1981 in Severodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian tennis player. Davydenko best result in Grand Slam tournaments is to reach the semifinals, where he made four times: twice the French Open and U.S. Open. His biggest success so far was the 2009 winner of the ATP World Tour Finals, and has also won three ATP Masters Series. And 'one of the few players who awarded record against Rafael Nadal.