It is known that a diabetic needs to live quietly, measuredly, following a diet and preferably calmly. Everyone knows how I live, dear reader, from stress to stress. On the advice of doctors, you need to go to the endocrinology department twice a year, but in life a diabetic does not do this until he staggers from high blood pressure or feels sick from high blood sugar. I'm no exception. I bring myself to an extreme state and announce to everyone that I am finally going to the hospital.

Last week, Vladimir Putin’s website (www.president.kremlin.ru) changed its design and became considerably fatter. Now there you can not only get acquainted with the actions of the head of state, but also see his photographs: at home, at work, on horseback. And even send him a personal letter. And also take a free walk around the Kremlin without leaving your home. The developers' statement about a bunch of new personal information turned out to be true! Only known for a long time.

Everyone knows Ksenia Strizh. Moving with her from one radio station to another, her devoted fans play out the classic scenario of “chasing a star” like clockwork, while simultaneously trying to find out why Ksyusha decided to change jobs once again and who she is currently living with. For more than a year now, Ksenia has been working at the VKPM holding. At the beginning of June, a crowd of thousands of fans heard their beloved Ksenia Strizh on the frequency 88.7 FM.

Ours were eliminated from the Euro, but football life continues. Last Friday we found out the probable opponent of CSKA in the Champions League - 2004/05. In the second qualifying round, the army team will meet the winner of the pair Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Neftchi (Azerbaijan). An Interlocutor correspondent talks with CSKA captain Sergei Semak. — Sergey, any of the two possible opponents does not seem very serious.

In early April, the film company Protel, commissioned by STS, began filming the series Dasha Vasilyeva-3. Now they are in full swing. Larisa Udovichenko, in the image of the detective famous thanks to Daria Dontsova, again takes on difficult cases. One of the places where they are filming is the closed settlement of Golitsyno-3 near Moscow, owned by YUKOS.

The entire elite came to the party, organized especially for the guests of the Moscow Film Festival in one of the elite restaurants. One of the first to appear was “Esaul” Gazmanov. He drove up in a recently purchased “gelding” convertible, so, not feeling well the dimensions of the car, he could not park for a long time. Next came Natasha Koroleva with her friend, but without Tarzan. She looked very sad and tired. Only a strange stranger with a baby in her arms cheered her up a little.

Cherilyn Sarkisian's farewell performance La Pierre is a half-century history of Cher the singer, Cher the actress and Cher the director. The singer’s fans prepared in advance for the concert in Moscow as part of her world tour, and tickets were already sold out long before the epoch-making event. The start of the show was delayed by more than an hour - this has already become a tradition in the GKD.

“I didn’t think she would get home during my lifetime.” Father Sergius was born and lived in Latvia until he was 15 years old. Then he ended up in America. But even now, half a century later, this already gray-haired man speaks excellent Russian and remembers Latvian. He first saw the Tikhvin icon in Riga in 1944. Conversations have still not subsided that all church valuables were taken out illegally, and the clergy collaborated with the Germans.

We talked with Alexander Filippenko in a crowded place - on Strastnoy Boulevard. Therefore, in parallel with the interview, the actor, who recently starred in “Poor Nastya,” generously handed out autographs to everyone. Filippenko is generally used to combining many things - filming films and solo performances, roles in the Kalyagin Theater and “Tabakerka”. There are also pleasant chores ahead - on September 2, the actor is preparing to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Euro 2004 has entered the home stretch. Among the four candidates for the top title, the home team remained. And this means the holiday continues. The Portuguese celebrated their progress to the semi-finals in style. The center of Lisbon (which consists of three large squares) has been turned into a pedestrian zone. It was surrounded by police cars. The city was so packed that there was nowhere for a beer can to fall.