George Clooney has finally found love in Renee Zellweger. The lovers kept the romance a secret, trying not to appear in public - they even dined at home (according to friends, at least three times a week), which by the standards of the stars there is simply wild. And yet they showed up at the Mexican restaurant Casa Vega. Photographers managed to capture their passionate hugs and kisses.

The other day, the already slightly forgotten businessman Boris Berezovsky was once again put on the federal wanted list. All this is an echo of the sad case of Aeroflot, namely the activities of the Forus company (a subsidiary of the Luxembourg Forus Holding, on whose board of directors Berezovsky was listed). In 1996-1999, this company was an agent of Aeroflot and received “route tickets” from all non-stop flights of foreign airlines over Russia (this is several hundred million dollars).

At the end of last week, the vessels of the special detachment of the Northern Fleet, Mikhail Rudnitsky and Altai, arrived in the area where the nuclear submarine Kursk sank. Their task is to lift a fragment of a torpedo tube and a high-pressure air cylinder from a depth of 108 meters. The investigation does not have enough of these details to fully confirm the version about the death of the boat as a result of a torpedo explosion.

On June 5, the Russian team will play its first match at the World Cup and will try to beat the Tunisian team; on June 9, our team will clash with the hosts of the tournament. The opponents are not the most formidable, and therefore Romantsev’s team has every chance of leaving the group. Or not? Yuri Skuratov, President of the Legal Technologies of the 21st Century Foundation: — The team is not bad, but I think we have a weak coach. Because of him, the Russians’ game will not be very good.

40 years ago, October 29, 1961, A monument to Karl Marx was solemnly unveiled on Sverdlov Square (now Teatralnaya Square). Back in 1957, in the USSR, a cry was raised among sculptors to create the best face of the author of Capital. Lev Kerbel won in a serious competition. True, later Faina Ranevskaya called his brainchild a “bearded refrigerator.” “I didn’t even hope for victory,” the author of the monument, Lev Kerbel, told Interlocutor. — I handed over the layout and left for Crimea.

On the evening of October 20, the final of the international competition for young designers, organized by the Russian Silhouette charity foundation, lasted for almost 4 hours in Moscow's Gostiny Dvor. For the third year now, its president, Tatyana Mikhalkova, together with fashion experts, has been flying around Russia and our neighbors to find new talents. “Just imagine,” Tatyana Mikhalkova told Sobesednik, “150 cities and 2,500 designers...

Recently, a new amendment to the media law was presented to the public. The main idea is to create, on the basis of VGTRK (RTR channel and Mayak radio), a real Public Television (ORT), which is fundamentally different from what we have today. According to Vladimir Pozner, it is not such at all. “We should not regret that we will have to give up state television, especially since we don’t have it,” he said. — There is a government television that uses my money.

The summer began with TVS (formerly TV-6). And on the first of June, the long-promised project “Behind the Glass-3. Now you are in the army." And on May 30, five volunteer recruits, under the supervision of the organizers, left Moscow. Correspondents from Sobesednik became the only journalists who accompanied the members of the Russian team, doomed to fight the Ukrainians for 5 weeks, to Zastekolye. For the jeep. And fame is guaranteed to everyone.

Astrological forecast from Valery Ledovskikh October 29 Aries: career, vacation in new places. Taurus: diet, fishing, hobbies. Gemini: hiking, dating. Cancer: communicating with superiors, visiting parents and solving their problems. Leo: making plans for the future, active recreation. Virgo: buying household goods, going to the bathhouse or sauna. Libra: resolving controversial issues, visiting a restaurant. Scorpio: housework, career.

Andrey Sokolov: I already made good money at school I read a dozen interviews with Andrei and understood: if I even mention “Little Vera”, he will kill me. And it will serve me right. A person has the right to kill. They got him right to the spleens with this “Vera”. In short, I didn't stutter. Not out of fear.

The St. Petersburg brewery has expanded its production capacity for the summer. At the Vena brewery, a solemn ceremony took place to open new production facilities, in which Governor Vladimir Yakovlev, influential politicians and businessmen took part. Vienna's products are well known to Russian fans of the most popular drink in the world. Who doesn’t know Nevskoe beer: “Classic”, “Light” and “Original”. Rich taste, delicate aroma, ideal ratio of alcohol and density.

The party of power (or the center? - okay, let it be the party of central power) “United Fatherland” (“Yediot” among the people) gathered the chief editors of Russian newspapers. Our super bison, of course, was not invited. He is never invited to Kremlin events: the person does not know when to clap, at what speed to crawl, and which other half to kiss. We have to learn news from news agencies.

On May 27, the State Central Concert Hall “Russia” hosted the ceremony of presenting the first National Award “Healthy Generation of the 21st Century”. The initiator and organizer of the competition was the regional public foundation of the same name “Healthy Generation of the 21st Century”.

At 18, he began performing professionally on stage, parodying famous politicians. At 24, as a result of a tough casting, he was chosen as the host of the popular TV show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” He is writing a dissertation, traveling around the country on tour, and playing sports. Fluent in three languages. The other day, his first solo concert in Moscow took place at the Variety Theater... Lucky Maxim Galkin is not going to stop there.

On May 27, Vitaly Solomin, the world's best Doctor Watson, passed away A month before his death he did the splits The last time the actor appeared on the stage of the Maly Theater was on April 23 - in the play “Krechinsky’s Wedding”. But he was no longer able to finish the performance and leave his native theater on his own: they carried him from the dressing room to the ambulance. The almost three-hour production took away all the strength - both physical and emotional.