In February, the number of downloads of Whitney Houston's songs on the Internet and sales of her CDs increased significantly. In just the first two days after her death, over 50 thousand discs were sold. It looks like her 19-year-old daughter Christina won't have to complain about poverty. Whitney Houston is the best-selling artist in America. Her song “I Will Always Love You” from the movie “The Bodyguard” was the longest-running song on the charts. Her passing made many people shudder.

According to doctors, 2-3 cups of coffee can protect the female body from depression. Caffeine itself is not an antidepressant, but coffee drinkers are 15 percent less likely to suffer from mental illness than non-drinkers.

Philip Kirkorov is selling his daughter Alla-Victoria in parts The closer Philip Kirkorov’s anniversary concerts are, the more generous he is with “exclusives”... The king of the Russian pop scene, show business star Philip Kirkorov gives out information about his daughter Alla Victoria strictly in portions. The closer his anniversary April concerts in the Kremlin are, the more generous Kirkorov is with “exclusives”. The girl appeared in the life of Philip Kirkorov at a very necessary moment.

RUSSIA NEWS. Four employees of the gas service and the director of the housing office were detained as part of a criminal case regarding a gas explosion and partial collapse of a house in Astrakhan. According to the latest data, six people have already died as a result of the incident.

Galina Volchek is the artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater and one of its creators, director of several dozen legendary performances, actress and iron woman. Her theater has just once again drawn fire by showing the British “Anarchy” (“Dysfunctionalists” by Michael Packer) directed by Garik Sukachev: a scandalous, rude, poster-like and, moreover, tear-inducingly sentimental play about universal hard-nosedness and corruption definitely hit the nerve.

Rumors have resurfaced that the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Development, Tatyana Golikova, will be removed from her post after the 2012 presidential elections, and her department will be divided into two, as was the case before. One will deal with “labor” and social issues, the other will deal only with health issues.

Andrey Malgin, one of our best journalists and editors, whose work now takes place, alas, almost exclusively on blogs, asked a question in his LiveJournal: we clearly have two parts of the people that differ even anthropologically. These are the conventional Poklonnaya and Bolotnaya, and today – Luzhniki and the White Circle. Here are photos from here and there: the faces are very different, not only in expression. On the White Circle there is everything except aggression.

Why did Vladimir Putin’s proposal to introduce a “wealth fee” win approval even among the oligarchs? Invitation to dialogue Platinum piano? Please. A bed for the price of a luxury apartment? Nothing could be simpler. Gold embroidered carpet? Its own submarine, good thing it’s not nuclear? Desert island? Or maybe a residential skyscraper? It is no secret that the annual millionaire fairs, which have recently become popular, are aimed mainly at Russians.

A Russian tourist died as a result of a traffic accident in Cambodia. NEWS OF THE DAY. A Russian tourist died as a result of a traffic accident in Cambodia. As Morning reports, a tourist bus transporting people from the city of Sihanoukville to the city of Kolh Kong had an accident due to a punctured tire. As a result of the incident, 40 tourists from several Western countries were injured. Some of the wounded are in serious condition and hospitalized.

RUSSIA NEWS. The heads of election commissions for the 2012 presidential elections may be held administratively liable if they refuse to allow observers into polling stations, as well as for issuing incorrect copies of protocols. The Ministry of Internal Affairs gave corresponding recommendations to those police officers who will be on duty at polling stations on the day of the 2012 presidential elections, March 4.

The Ukrainian group “Okean Elzy” recently gathered a record audience of 6.5 thousand people in the Russian capital. In Moscow, the rock boys were entrusted with opening a new large concert venue - Stadium.Live, where they were made to feel pretty nervous. After the concert, OE leader Svyatoslav Vakarchuk answered questions from Sobesednik. – How do you like the new Moscow scene? – I’m glad that we were entrusted with opening probably one of the most promising sites in Moscow.

RUSSIA NEWS. The bodies of six victims were found under the rubble of a gas explosion that collapsed in a house in Astrakhan. At the moment, only two corpses have been recovered from the wreckage and identification is being carried out. Four more residents of the collapsed building are still missing. A message about the collapse of an entrance in a nine-story residential building in Astrakhan on Ostrovsky Street, building No.

Show business 16:10, February 28, 2012 Victoria Lopyreva disowned the image of a pretentious bitch Victoria Lopyreva is a Russian model, TV presenter and winner of the title “Miss Russia” - 2003. A spectacular blonde who evokes the envy of women and the admiration of men, at first glance she seems unapproachable and bitchy. As it turns out, the girl herself is not happy that her appearance is so deceptive... - I don’t understand how you can judge a person by their appearance.

NEWS OF THE DAY. On the night of Tuesday, February 28, the English police began to liquidate the tent camp of the Occupy London movement, which was set up in the English capital near St. Peter's Cathedral. Earlier, a London court declared the creation of the Occupy London camp illegal and ordered its demolition. Occupy London participants filed an appeal, but lost the case. The Occupy London protest is dispersed by several dozen police officers.

Galina Volchek Galina Volchek is the artistic director of the Sovremennik Theater and one of its creators, director of several dozen legendary performances, actress and iron woman. Her theater has just once again drawn fire by showing the British “Anarchy” (“Dysfunctionalists” by Michael Packer) directed by Garik Sukachev: a scandalous, rude, poster-like and, moreover, tear-inducingly sentimental play about universal hard-nosedness and corruption definitely hit the nerve.