Hillary Clinton is Bill's mistress, and Bernadette Chirac is only the president's house Americans nicknamed Hillary Clinton “the magnolia of steel,” because her feminine charm and the iron grip of a politician were so closely intertwined in her. Sitting behind the president, she became his shadow. Bill always followed his wife's advice.

The New Year is coming mercilessly, and for several weeks in a row many capital residents have been rushing around in search of some decent establishment where they can have a good time and worthily celebrate the coming millennium. But it’s not just mere mortals who are racking their brains over this issue. The Russian elite is also puzzled by it. In general, politicians often visit Moscow restaurants to have a nice snack and forget about the hectic life of an official for an hour.

The name of Vladimir Putin has been on the newspaper pages for almost a year now. Now, after the inauguration, Vladimir Vladimirovich has become the most popular person in the world. It’s on everyone’s lips. But practically nothing is known about his life partner named Lyudmila, with whom he lived for 20 years. Even her name was announced only a few months ago. We decided to compensate for the lack of information and tell you about the new first lady of Russia. Divorce from the president?

Kirill Lavrov was personally acquainted with Baron “Gangster Petersburg,” if you do not take into account its artistic value, is remarkable primarily because all the characters are real. Co-author of the script for “Gangster Petersburg” Andrei Konstantinov is personally acquainted with them. ≈ You ask, where do I get such acquaintances? - Andrey argues.

While the investigation is ongoing, the English police are making virtually no comments. But our correspondent managed to talk to the press secretary of the Notting Hill police department (UK), Mary Smith, about this noisy robbery of Madonna. ≈ Mary, can you tell me why the alarm didn’t go off and how the thieves got into the building? “This is also a mystery for us. After all, the house is surrounded by a 1.5-meter wall and a metal fence. Such a reliable alarm system is on you too...

Did you know that... Unreasonable tearfulness is not always a sign of a nervous or mental disorder. Tears can also be caused by a microscopic mite called demodex, which hides in the roots of the eyelashes. If you don’t want to get to know him better, don’t wipe your face with other people’s towels and don’t go to bed on someone else’s stale pillowcases unless absolutely necessary.

A year ago, Tatyana Koshkareva headed the ORT information programs directorate, replacing General Director Igor Shabdurasulov in this post. In the spring of 1999, Shabdurasulov combined two positions - he headed this division of the television company after Ksenia Ponomareva, who was remembered for her struggle for the release of Pavel Sheremet from a Belarusian prison.

Madonna flew out of the window along with the window frame To date, “Best Friend,” as already mentioned, is the most important achievement of the pop diva in her film career, because here the leading female actress acted not only as a producer, but also as the author of the idea. For a long time she nurtured a plot about family relationships between women and homosexuals, and then took on its implementation with all her agility.

100 years ago, on April 27, 1900, Russia's oldest photojournalist, Georgy Lugovoi, was born in St. Petersburg. During his eighty-five years of work, the St. Petersburg master managed to film a lot. He has so many photographs that there are enough for several museums. Among his works there are simply unique shots. For example, Lugovoi filmed Klim Voroshilov and Sergei Kirov.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko banned the performance of the song “Fellini” in his country, jointly produced by the group “Splin” and “Bi-2”. Having heard it on the radio, Alexander Grigorievich was indignant at the content of the text. The words “Hero on heroin, heroine on heroin” were especially offensive. Lukashenko said that he would not tolerate such debauchery, and personally ordered a ban on broadcasting the song on all Belarusian radio stations.

“Many singers are just starting to sing in opera at 27. When I was in Italy, they asked me: “How old are you?” ≈ “Twenty-two.” ≈ “But we still don’t sing at that age.” I was repeatedly offered contracts abroad; I was offered to stay in America and finish my studies there at the Metropolitan School. They invited me to perform under the patronage of the Christie's auction house. But I don't want to leave.

Revenko does not like to be called Evgeniy. Doesn't like being talked about as a star. He does not consider himself to be among the elite and tries to be less friends with journalists, choosing representatives of other human professions as friends. He considers his character difficult and tough, which for a talented person is more the rule than the exception.

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Before his last trip to Japan, Vladimir Putin’s judo coach Anatoly Rakhlin bought himself a new suit. A few months later, in the same suit, among his closest people, he came to the birthday of the President of Russia. And again he felt awkward. ≈ Volodya, I feel like a cow with a saddle on it! - Anatoly Semenovich said to the President of Russia, looking around at his new suit. ≈ What are you doing, Anatoly Semenovich, it suits you so well! “Volodya answered him.

But no one believed that Alsou would beat almost everyone at Eurovision: too often Russia found itself on the outs. It’s clear that after the defeat of such monsters as Pugacheva and Kirkorov, no one could squeeze out a single drop of faith in the 16-year-old girl. Instead of friendly cries of “Come on, come on!” Accusations rained down on Alsou from all sides: they say, it was her dad who bought her victory in the Russian qualifying competition, and then in Stockholm.