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The Hollywood Reporter: Ukrainian film industry boosted by increase in state funding

Ukrainian producers who for years endured with little or no state support say recent increases in funding — doubling this year from $16 million to $30 …
The Hollywood Reporter

Femen makes it onto French postage stamp, irking conservatives

Designed in secrecy over a period of two months, the stamp shocked the French right when one of the designers, Oliver Ciappa, admitted on Twitter that …
Isabel Douglas-Hamilton

Crime novel turns bestseller after J.K. Rowling revealed as author

 Rowling, whose Harry Potter series made her Britain’s best-selling author, posed as a retired military policeman called Robert Galbraith to write …
Reuters

Apple to probe death of Chinese woman who used charging iPhone

Last Thursday, Ma Ailun, a 23-year-old woman from China’s western Xinjiang region and a flight attendant with China Southern Airlines, was …
Reuters

Blogger uses only Ukrainian-made products for one year

Yet this is exactly what the life of Ukrainian Yulia Savostina looks like since she began a yearlong experiment on Feb. 13 to prove that she could get …
Daryna Shevchenko

Shopping off the beaten track

Pure ShopPure’s main focus is on young British brands like Thomas Codd London, Radioboy, Youreyeslie, Monkee Genes, Paisie, and Conquer. Clothes …
Masha Dumanska

Sex workers share advice, stories in self-made magazine

But upon closer inspection readers will find that Podorozhnyk, which translates from Ukrainian as both “travel companion” and “Plantago” grass, is …
Oksana Grytsenko

Street style in Kyiv: second-hand shoppers inspired by motorcycles and love

 Anastasia, 18 Clothes come from: second-hand stores “I prefer different kinds of style: casual, gothic and sport.”…
BriAnne Wills

Drag queen shares sex and style advice

Nothing about the look of this glamorous lady reveals her secret: that she was born a boy. Monroe, Kyiv’s most popular drag queen, or transvestite …
Daryna Shevchenko

Entertainment Guide July 12-21

Odesa International Film FestivalThe competition program of the Odesa International Film Festival includes some 100 films from …
Kyiv Post

Biographer of John Paul II brings new book to Kyiv, books don’t sell well

Weigel’s biography of the Pope, called “Witness to Hope,” has sold a mere 1,500 copies here, despite being published more than 3 years ago. But the …
Daryna Shevchenko

Only one of five young Ukrainians satisfied with government stance on gender equality

The poll was conducted online by the European Youth Parliament, a non-partisan civic organization with the assistance of the Stiftung Mercator …
Yuliya Hudoshnyk

Guardian: Air pollution linked to higher risk of lung cancer and heart failure

Air pollution increases the risk of lung cancer even at levels lower than those recommended by the European Union, which are also standard in the UK, …
Guardian

James Bond stuntman to end skydiving career with Sky Hopak project in Ukraine

“Bruce Jeffrey Worth is a legendary figure in skydiving. He is not just an honorary president of the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Sophia Loren to return to big screen in son’s film

Loren, 78, will star in her son Edoardo Ponti’s adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s one-person play “The Human Voice”, which charts the breakdown of a woman …
Reuters

‘Haytarma’, the first Crimean Tatar movie, is a must-see for history enthusiasts

It can currently be viewed at the Zhovten cinema in Kyiv, albeit only in Russian and Crimean Tatar, with Ukrainian subtitles. The producers plan to …
Oksana Grytsenko

Xinhua: Ukrainian gallery sells paintings by weight

At this exhibition in Kyiv, the artist’s reputation, or the style of the piece, don’t matter – it is the weight that counts. Entitled “Second Hand of …
Xinhua

Street Style in Kyiv: inspired by punk rock and nature

Anya, 20 Clothes come from: second-hand stores. “My style is punk.”  Andrei, 20 Clothes come from: second-hand stores. “Drugs …
BriAnne Wills
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