Summer cocktail: Lucy Chebotina saw off the sun, ZOLOTO caused rain
In the last week of spring 2025, movie stars honored their colleagues at the Casting Directors Guild Awards. Artyom Bystrov and Karina Razumovskaya left with the awards. On Friday, the main characters of the gossip column met at the opening of The Carlton's rooftop terrace, where they saw off the sunset to the hits of Lucy Chebotina. The next day, Therr Maitz frontman Anton Belyaev was responsible for the musical mood of the capital. In his sound laboratory, hits from different years were performed by Sergey Burunov, Leonid Agutin, Lolita, ZOLOTO and many other artists. Izvestia — about how secular Moscow spent the last week.
Casting Directors Guild Award
In the last week of the outgoing spring of 2025, warm weather finally settled in Moscow and the long-awaited veranda season continued to gain momentum. However, with all the desire to spend more time outdoors now before going out on the streets, the heroes of the gossip columns were noted at several closed, but noticeable events in the calendar.
On Monday, May 26, representatives of the film industry gathered at Et cetera, where the Casting Directors Guild Awards were presented that evening. The list of laureates is not controversial: Artyom Bystrov ("Dashing") won the award for best actor, Karina Razumovskaya ("Highway") won the award for best actress, and "One Hundred Years Ahead" was awarded for the cast of the feature film. The ceremony also gave several information reasons: Artem Tkachenko's wife declassified her pregnancy, Aglaya Tarasova and Anton Filipenko are now suspected of having an affair after an innocent kiss on the cheek on the carpet, and Diana Arbenina, who was awarded the award in the "Discovery of the Year" nomination for the second season of Valeria Guy Germanica's "Mutual Consent," publicly stated disagreements with the director. According to the singer, the reason was her unwillingness to get naked in the frame. In addition, Arbenina said that she had not met with the director herself on the set, but had worked with second directors. The answer was not long in coming. Valeria Guy Germanica wrote on her blog that she offered an understudy, and what happened "pulls at insulting honor and dignity."
Tuesday turned out to be eventful. Some of the audience went to the gala premiere of the theatrical circus show "Dreams of Pushkin". The evening was attended by Victoria Sinitsina, Nikita Katsalapov, Tatiana Navka, Alyona Akhmadullina, Janik Fayziev and Svetlana Ivanova. The artist Evgeny Ches gathered friends at the Patriarchs at the opening of a joint exhibition of works with Maria Dolgova "Urban Botanical Garden", which combined street style and botanical motifs. Meanwhile, in the "House of Cultures", VK and ZNWR presented a joint eco-drop "Leaves inside", dedicated to Earth Day and human connection with nature. Singer Julianna Karaulova, actress Sasha Kiselyova, and fashion historian Anatole Vovk were noted.
Bortich, Germanika, Sangadzhiev on Strelka
On the evening of Thursday, May 29, the secular public rushed to the Strelka courtyard. According to tradition, the Summer Cinema by KION was opened there for the fourth time, where films and TV series will be shown throughout the season. The evening started with the musical number "Wall Message" performed by composer Vladimir Martynov, and was continued by the film-winner of the 77th Locarno Film Festival "Anthem to the Plague". Among the guests were actors Alexandra Bortich, Anastasia Krasovskaya, Fedor Gamaleya, directors Valeria Guy Germanika and Evgeny Sangadzhiev.
Lucy Chebotina at the opening of the summer terrace at The Carlton
On Friday, May 30, the most desirable faces of the gossip column met at the O2 restaurant on the roof of The Carlton Hotel. On the eve of the start of the summer season, an iconic terrace with a panorama of the Red Square was opened there. The evening in the very heart of the capital was held with special sophistication. The theme of the event was the French Riviera. The scents of Provencal herbs, lavender and azure accents, a marine-style photo zone, local cuisine interpreted by chef Ivan Markov and music by DJ Alexey Mironov, who successfully mixed French house, disco and modern hits, were responsible for the resort atmosphere. The headliner of the evening was Lucy Chebotina, under the "Sun of Monaco" which the audience saw off the sunset. Among the guests were fashion designer Igor Chapurin, journalist Laura Dzhugelia, TV presenter Yulia Baranovskaya, and a young nkeeei performer.
Burunov, Zhuravlev, Agutin, ZOLOTO and others at the LAB with Anton Belyaev
The final chord of spring was the LAB stadium concert with Anton Belyaev at VTB Arena. Frontman Therr Maitz's show is a sound laboratory with a live orchestra, a choir (which not only sings, but also moves perfectly), star guests and hits in original arrangements. For example, the track of the Cassette was unexpectedly played at the Afisha Picnic last summer, accompanied by violins. Although it's still better to hear it once. This time, the team once again managed to surprise the audience familiar with the specifics of the project. First, the scale. There were more than two hundred string orchestra and choir musicians on the stage. Secondly, a solid list of star guests and unusual collaborations. Together with actor Sergey Burunov, the stadium sang "A smile will make everything brighter", with the host of "Natal Map" Dmitry Zhuravlev — Kadysheva's hit "The River is Wide", with Lolita — the song of Little Red Riding Hood.
The real magic happened when it was ZOLOTO's turn. Under the lines "Water dripped from the sky" from his single "Kapalavada", a light rain began to fall over the stadium. That evening, IOWA gave a new voice to Slava Marlow's hit "You're Burning like Fire," Tosya Chaikina's song "Rock Islands" "Don't Say Anything," and Leonid Agutin gave a kind fatherly sound to Cream Soda's youth hit "No More Parties."
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