One. The 22nd Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place from 7th to 23rd February, 2014 in Sochi, Russia, with some events held in the resort settlement of Krasnaya Polyana. Both the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics are being organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOC). Estimated that 88 nations will be participating, about 2,500 athletes show their results in 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines throughout the Games. At Fisht Olympic Stadium and everywher at the Olympics there will be motto: “Hot. Cool. Yours”. Good luck to every participant and fan!
Two. Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York $10,000 USA a month apartment Sunday morning with a needle in his arm and two bags of heroin nearby. He was 46, and leaves behind three children and a body of work that will carry his casket into film history. From his Oscar-winning performance in Capote, in 2005, the 2005 film produced out of Vancouver by William Vince, to his turn opposite Meryl Streep as a priest shrouded in doubt, or a charismatic cult leader in P.T. Anderson’s The Master, Hoffman could always make the larger-than-life characters feel down-to-earth. He mined every human flaw and found equal measures of ugliness and beauty. Hoffman’s vocabulary was different, yet every performance he ever gave managed to resonate with undeniable truth.
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool,” is a line that Hoffman uttered in the role of Bangs. That is correct.
Three. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, first lady, senator will pay a visit to the Calgary Telus Convention Centre on March 6, in the morning.
The event is being produced by Calgary entrepreneurs Christian Darbyshire and Andy McCreath of tinePublic Inc., which is in the past has brought to the city such well-known personalities as former U.S. president George W. Bush, former prime minister Tony Blair, Oprah Winfrey and former California governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Four. Charles Aznavour will be 90 y.o. on May 22 this year. A French and Armenian singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat, is known for his unique tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound notes. He participated in 60 movies, composed 1000 songs, sold well over 100 million records. In 1998, Charles Aznavour was named the Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. In 2008 he was granted the citizenship of Republic of Armenia. On February 12, 2009 he agreed to hold the position of Ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland. He lives in Crans, Switzerland.
Listen to: Charles Aznavour, Concert du Palais des Congres, 2004
Five. The photo to left is our contribution to the present Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, 2014. These are the Matreshka dolls (nesting dolls), painted in design of the sunny clown Oleg Popov, world wide renown and residing now in Germany. Greetings to the all participants of the ” Hot. Cool. Yours.” Olympic Games! Good luck, friends!
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