Love in a big voice: Leps cooed with a young companion, Bilan helped the children

Anna Sedokova came out for the first time after the death of her ex-husband, Grigory Leps sweetly held the hand and made a 19—year-old companion laugh, and Anna Khilkevich dressed up as the business mother of a baby - the stars of Russian show business last week were celebrated on the carpet of the Zhara Music Awards. At the Khudozhestvenny, the art intelligentsia celebrated the three-year anniversary of the Béton Central Exhibition Complex to the accompaniment of songs performed by Sabina Akhmedova. And a charity marathon was held on Novy Radio in support of the wards of the Khabensky Foundation. Izvestia — about social events and private events of the past week.

Birthday of the Béton Visual Culture Center

Last Thursday in the secular calendar would be the perfect illustration for the title of the Oscar-winning film by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere at Once." There were many events. One of the most notable was the three-year anniversary of the Béton Visual Culture Center, which appeared on the territory of the former Golutvin Manufactory on Yakimanskaya Embankment in 2022 and is engaged in the study, promotion and development of the art of photography. The celebration was held in the walls of the Khudozhestvenny cinema, on the screen of which two paintings were shown to the guests on this occasion: "Enemy number Three" about the artist Alexander Zhitomirsky, the author of anti—fascist montages and Goebbels' personal enemy, and "Cherkashiny. Performance of Perestroika", dedicated to the work of Valera and Natasha Cherkashin.

Olga Sviblova, director of the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Pierre Brochet, collector, Masha Tsigal, fashion designer, and many other notable representatives of the creative professions came to congratulate the team of the Béton Central Exhibition Complex and its development director, Olga Michi. The final chord of the evening was the performance of theater and film actress Sabina Akhmedova, whose vocal talent became familiar to the general audience after the series "Content Women".

Sedokova's first exit, Leps with a young companion, Khilkevich with a wheelchair

The eighth annual Zhara Music Awards took place on the same evening. On the stage of the Live Arena, the names of the best in 2024 were announced. Everyone got almost equally. Only Dima Bilan, who became the artist of the year and was awarded for his collaboration with Marie Crymbreri, and Egor Creed, who was named the singer of the year and was awarded for the album, took two statuettes. Tatiana Kurtukova, whose "Mother" has recently been thundering everywhere, has become the breakthrough of the year. Another popular track "Hoodie" performed by Dzhigan, Artik & Asti and Niletto, which was recently displaced from the first place in the Yandex Music chart by the new Homay Bashkir band Ay Yola, won the Song of the Year nomination.

There was no less intrigue on the black carpet leading up to the ceremony. Actress Anna Khilkevich decided to demonstrate what a modern successful woman looks like in her understanding — she appeared with a wheelchair and an entourage, who constantly adjusted her makeup and handed her documents to sign. 62-year-old Grigory Leps once again attracted everyone's attention by appearing in the company of 19-year-old companion Aurora Kiba. The couple held hands and laughed the whole time. Another event of the evening was the first appearance of Anna Sedokova after the tragic death of her former husband, basketball player Janis Timma. She was confident on the carpet, but declined to comment to the press. She just asked me to give her some time.

Dima Bilan donated 17 million to charity

The New Radio AWARDS 2025 award ceremony was also held on April 10. The project combined a large-scale music show and a ten-hour charity marathon in support of the wards of the Khabensky Foundation.

"Do a good deed and don't wait for an answer, and if an answer comes, then great. Last year, I sent more than 17 million rubles to charity. I help the orphanage, I buy musical instruments," Dima Bilan shared.

Roman Yemelyanov, the general producer of Novy Radio, in turn, noted that kindness is contagious.

"Only other good deeds can inspire people to do good deeds. And that's exactly what our marathon is about," he said.

At the award ceremony, the efforts of the radio station's staff, partners, artists and, of course, listeners and viewers raised more than 16 million rubles. Asia, Vanya Dmitrienko, Tatiana Kurtukova, Dima Bilan, Marie Crymbreri, Mot, "My Michelle", Oleg Miami, Mary Gu, Mona, Niletto performed their hits in the concert studio of Novy Radio. The musicians received Golden Sirens in 12 nominations from famous athletes, actors, directors and cultural figures, including Sergey Burunov, Agatha Mutseniece, Marina Kravets.

Ekaterina Shpitsa, Nadezhda Sysoeva and others at the "Out Loud" awards

It wasn't just musicians who were awarded last week. On Tuesday, April 8, Balzi Rossi hosted the Aloud Award ceremony dedicated to women's health education. A professional jury selected seven winners in the categories "Blog", "Course", "Online project", "Support Group", "Lecture Hall", "Book" and "Text". Among the laureates, for example, Anastasia Degtyareva, the author of a book on sex education, the creators of the free course "Women's Health: how to take care of your body" and others. Among the guests of the evening were representatives of the beauty industry and the heroines of the gossip column: actress Ekaterina Shpitsa, blogger and wife of rapper Maria Assol, singers Zara and Sasha Savelyeva, actress of the humorous genre Nadezhda Sysoeva. The evening ended with a performance by Mary Gu.

Premiere of "Where is our money?"

At Cinema Park Mosfilm, meanwhile, the movie stars were discussing "Where is our money?" The crime dramedy is one of the long—awaited projects. He won the Best Film award at the last New Season. The plot centers on three friends from a provincial town who decide to rob a bank in search of easy money. The guys take every penny out of the vault, and the next morning they find out that much more is missing than they took.

The picture from the stage was presented by the actors of the film the star of "JUZZZ" Kuzma Kotrelev, Andrey Maksimov, known to the audience for "The Word of the Kid", as well as Alexander Tarasov, Natalia Bardot, Vladimir Sychev, Alexey Serebryakov, Anna Slyu and others.

The Helikon Opera Theater celebrated its 35th anniversary

The stars of the theater wrapped up last week at the 35th anniversary of the Helikon Opera, which has been led by People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Bertman all this time. On April 13, a festive concert was held there and the "My Opera Hero" award was presented, which marked not the artists, but the favorite characters from the performances.

In the nomination "The best opera villain", the gypsy Azuchena (Yulia Nikanorova) won the prize for hatred and thirst for revenge. She stole the prize from Mephistopheles himself (Alexander Dubolazov), who was celebrated for devilish temptations.

The envelopes with the names were taken out by the robot dog Helik. Boris Godunov (Alexey Tikhomirov) was awarded for his contribution to the development of opera madness. For a selfless leap off a cliff — Tosca (Olga Tolkmit). Musetta (Irina Oknina) was named the best opera courtesan for her artistry and manners. The most loyal servant is Leporello from Don Juan (Dmitry Skorikov), who was honored for keeping a list of his master's broken hearts. And the best romantic hero is Pinkerton. Brunhilda (Marina Karpechenko) has the strongest female role.