Iran unlocked Twitter and Facebook © CreativeBits.org In Iran, wide access to the social network Facebook and the Twitter microblogs service have been resumed. On Monday, September 16, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported on Twitter about unlocking both web services, Reuters reported. They were blocked in the summer of 2009 at the height of mass protests against Mahmud Ahmadinejad.

Elton John will not refuse a trip to Moscow © Eltonjohn.com Elton John's Russian tour will not be canceled. At his concert in Moscow, the English musician intends to support Russian gays. “I'm going to Moscow in December. He said in an interview with The Guardian . - I have to go. And I have to think very well that I will say there.

The Bernays Propaganda Macedonians were named after the great American PR man of the last century Edward Bernis, who, among other things, inspired compatriots that the eggs with bacon are the best breakfast, and cigarettes are good for health. The springy and melodic music of Bernays Propaganda is also a trick in a sense.

Whit Stillman is a New York director with a very convenient, compact filmography consisting of only four films. At first there was the Golden Youth trilogy ( Metropolitan , 1990), Barcelona ( Barcelona , ​​1994) and the Last Disco Day Last Days of Disco , 1998), over the years, has become a cult. Thirteen years later, Stillman took off “girls in trouble” ( Damsels in Distress , 2011), almost without violating the stylistic and thematic unity of previous films, and the trilogy became a tetralogy.

The Ministry of Defense will take care of patriotic cinema © Kyiv Film Studio Frame from the film "The Found of the Scout" (1947) Until the end of 2013, with the support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a film company was created, which will produce patriotic film brings and cartoons. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Minister of Defense of Army General Sergei Shoigu.

Roskomnadzor: site blocking is ineffective © Roskomnadzor In Roskomnadzor, it is believed that the blocking of Internet resources in accordance with the “anti-pirate law” is ineffective and can only be applied in extreme cases.

The Kan's video festival ended two weeks ago. But memories of him do not give Ivan Chuvilyaev peace. Result: memoirs about how Moscow turned a distant Kansk from life into a point of power. In the toilet of the Perm Theater “Scene-Young” once (maybe now it is no longer) there was a picture on the wall. The bearded writer Ivanov turns his righteous anger against the invasion of Moscow cultural players to the sovereign Ural territory.

Milo Rau was not allowed to Russia © Alphussershände.org The Russian Consulate refused to issue an entrance visa to the Swiss writer and director Milo Rau. According to Althussersershände.org , the director was going to Russia for negotiations about the new film, so there is reason to assume that he was denied a visa for political reasons.

Cher refused to sing at the Sochi Olympics © Cher.com The American pop singer Cher rejected the proposal to sing at the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. She reported this in an interview with the Canadian magazine Maclean's . According to Cher, the proposal to speak at the opening of the Olympics came from her acquaintance of the Russian oligarch, whose name the singer did not call. “I immediately refused. - says Cher.

Opponents of the Reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences came to the State Duma Today, September 17, the State Duma was supposed to discuss the bill on the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the third reading. Hundreds of opponents of reform came to the State Duma building. According to Echo of Moscow , police officers installed additional barriers there, asked those who came to disperse, but decided not to intervene.

The competition of the cinemas "Glavpitching" began © "Glavpitching" Today, September 17, an acceptance of applications for participation in the first All -Russian competition of the scenes "Glavpitching" has opened. “This is a platform on which novice scriptwriters and producers can meet with the main players of the Russian film industry, enlist their support, sell history or launch a project in production,” the competition said.

From September 18 to September 22, the Art-Moskva Fair will be held at the Central House of Contemporary Art, and from October 10 to 13, another fair will be held in the capital of Austria-70% of Russian shareholders Viennafair . Hurvig Haller found out how the features of the Austrian art market affect the Russian situation in the field of contemporary art and vice versa.