Color in the mood: Leps in pink, Buinov in dark glasses, Kirkorov with tattoos

The jubilee Russian National Music Award "Victoria" has died down in the capital. Most of the statuettes were taken by Tatiana Kurtukova with the acclaimed "Mother" and Leonid Agutin, and the red carpet was remembered, in addition to luxurious images, by Alexander Buinov's first appearance after an accident involving him. Nikita Efremov, Mila Yershova and other movie stars presented the comedy "Darling, I Won't Call You Back" in the capital's October. And in the Petrovsky Travel Palace, the heroes of the secular chronicle celebrated the second Cossack Assembly on a grand scale. For more information about last week's closed events, see the Izvestia digest.

The stars of the Victoria Music Award

The start of the spring social season was given by the Russian National Music Award "Victoria". On March 1, she celebrated her tenth anniversary and gathered the main stars of the industry on her stage.

Traditionally, the ceremony was preceded by a red carpet, which this time featured a battle of black and various shades of pink. In the camp of the former were blogger Karina Cross, who supported the Gothic image with a black rose in her hand, Artik & Asti soloist Sevil, who preferred Schiaparelli, as well as her predecessor Appa Asti, who appeared on the arm of Igor Krutoy and — amid rumors of a breakup with her husband — accompanied by him.

For the first time after the accident, Alexander Buinov appeared in public — the actor was wearing dark glasses, posed for photographers for a short time and left the red carpet, bypassing journalists with microphones.Grigory Leps was responsible for the spring color scheme. He put on a coral jacket, tie and trousers in different shades to match. Leonid Agutin's father, Nikolai Petrovich, who will celebrate his 90th birthday in April, also chose a playful pink outfit. Lucy Chebotina supported the color in a more radical way — she dyed her hair.

The main spectacle unfolded in the auditorium. Each musical number has become a separate performance. Nyusha flew over the audience on cables, Chebotina cut through the air on a motorcycle, and Philip Kirkorov literally lit up — he soared up, standing on a huge microphone against the background of flames. A very fresh tattoo was peeking out from under the collar on the pop king's neck this evening. He also received a statuette in the nomination "Singer of the Year".

The best in the women's category was Tatiana Kurtukova, whose "Mother" had recently been heard from everywhere. She received the second award for "Song of the Year". Leonid Agutin also received two statuettes: one for the music video, the second as composer of the year ("God did not ask for this"). "Hands Up!", whose shows are constantly sold out, became the best in the "Concert of the Year" nomination.

Other laureates include Artyom Kacher ("Heart in the Heart" / "Dance Hit of the Year"), Mikhail Shufutinsky and Mia Boyka ("Lipstick on the Cheek" / "Urban Romance of the Year"), Sergey Lazarev and Therr Maitz ("Olympics-80" / "Soundtrack of the Year"), ST ("Thank you" / "Hip-hop artist of the Year"), Mikhail Gutseriev ("Song about Love" / "Poet of the Year"), Alexander Ivanov ("Song about Love" / "Best Rock Band, rock artist"), My Michelle ("Clouds" / "Pop Group of the year").

In addition, statuettes were awarded in special nominations. Maxim Dunaevsky was awarded for his outstanding contribution to the development of Russian musical culture. Dima Bilan and Appa Asti — for the championship in radio broadcasting.

The premiere of "Darling, I won't call you back"

Last week the movie stars presented a new comedy "Darling, I Won't call you Back". Secular premiere took place on Wednesday, February 26, in October. In the story, Nikita Efremov's character, a young advertiser named Danya, is experiencing a delayed life syndrome. He flatters himself with dreams of a future when he will finally earn enough to finally live here (or rather, somewhere out there in a mansion by the sea) and now.

But in pursuit of illusory prospects, the guy burns out at work — suddenly falls into a coma and finds himself in purgatory, reminiscent of the airport from his latest advertisement. There are only two flights there — either to hell or heaven. Danya is not particularly satisfied with the situation — he does not lose hope of finding his way to the world of the living, and spends his time at the local bar "Darling, I won't call you back" and enlists the support of the bartender performed by Dmitry Chebotarev.

— We figured out that he should pour out boyish quotes. But due to the fact that they are common, you can read them from Statham, everyone knows about them, I asked artificial intelligence to generate boyish quotes for my character," Dmitry Chebotarev said.

The premiere was attended by Mila Ershova, Agatha Mutseniece, accompanied by Peter Dranga. Director Alexander Fomin was particularly notable for his appearance on the red carpet — he put on a T-shirt with Nikita Efremov's photo and declared that he was a fan of the actor. The film "Darling, I won't call you back" was the last work of Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, who died in January. In the hall, the memory of the actress was honored with a minute of silence.

The Second Cossack Assembly

The second Cossack Assembly was held in Moscow that evening. She was received by the Petrovsky Travel Palace, whose luxurious halls gave the event a special solemnity. Irina Uzdenova, the hostess of the evening, met, who continued the tradition of annual events in order to introduce the capital's audience to the distinctive culture of the Don Cossacks.

In the best traditions of hospitality, a ruddy loaf was served at the entrance, and a piece of it was broken off by journalist Dmitry Kiselyov. Meanwhile, actor Pavel Derevyanko practiced minting coins with a heavy hammer, the echo of which shook the entire palace. And TV presenter Andrey Malakhov hurried to take a seat in the front row at the round stage to enjoy the concert program.

Among the guests were actor Egor Beroev, director Sergei Ursulyak, singer Ani Lorak, Bolshoi Theater soloists Igor Tsvirko and Kristina Kretova, as well as politicians, diplomats, and museum leaders.

The choreographic miniatures were directed by Sergei Filin, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet. The event was crowned by traditional Don songs performed by the choir. The gastronomic experience consolidated the acquaintance with the Cossack culture. However, despite the abundance of exquisite delicacies, pancakes with caviar turned out to be the most in demand among the treats at the height of Carnival.

The exhibition "Flowers. Transformation"

On Friday evening, February 28, the art intelligentsia met at the LIMÉ Gallery at Dmitry Kavka's personal exhibition curated by the SAMPLE Gallery. The artist examines the process of transformation, which freezes within the framework of the exhibition in the form of a flower shop, where time seems to have been paused. Bouquets bloomed and froze in the art space in different forms.

Kavka refers to painting on canvas and wood, graphics (watercolor, pencil, oil pastels, felt-tip pens, markers), embroidery and collages on fabric, digital printing, sculpture made of plastic and plywood, printmaking and video works.

One of the points of the exhibition was the "refrigerator with flowers", where viewers are invited to participate in the process — to color digital sketches. The secular public was curious about the case. The exhibition will be open to the general public all week.