The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (Russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!; Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom!) is a Soviet comedy-drama directed by Eldar Ryazanov as a made-for-TV movie.
Simultaneously a screwball comedy and a love story tinged with sadness, the film is traditionally broadcast in Russia and some other former Soviet republics and satellite states every New Year's Day. It is as fondly viewed every year as is the American films It’s a Wonderful Life and Home Alone during the Christmas holidays. Many memorable quotes from the film have become catch phrases in the Russian language.
Plot summary A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Years eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there. The movie starts with an animated prologue. The rest of the film a live-action.
Watch full movie online with English subtitles The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Part 1
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! Part 2
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Anna Chapman, the almost stereotypical "Bond girl”, accused of spying for the Russian government appeared on Russian talk show “Пусть говорят” (Let Them Talk). The 60 minutes episode “Let them talk. New Year with a girl of the year” was dedicated to Anna Chapman and featured her mother, sister, grandmother, school teachers, friends and her first love.
Watch online "Let them talk. New Year with a girl of the year" Anna Chapman full video (1 hour, Russian language)
Anna Chapman also starred in a parody of a popular Soviet spy film.
Anna Vasil’yevna Chapman (Russian: А́нна Васи́льевна Ча́пман; born Anna Vasil’yevna Kushchyenko Russian: А́нна Васи́льевна Кущенко; February 23, 1982) is a Russian national, who while living in New York, United States was arrested along with nine others on June 27, 2010, on suspicion of working for the Illegals Program spy ring under the Russian Federation's external intelligence agency, the SVR (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki). Chapman pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notifying the U.S. Attorney General, and was deported back to Russia on July 8, 2010, as part of the 2010 Russia–United States Prisoner Swap.
Chapman was born Anna Vasil’yevna Kushchyenko in Volgograd, according to US authorities, and her father was employed in the Russian embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. According to Chapman's British ex-husband, her father, Vasily Kushchenko, was also a senior KGB official, although this is unsubstantiated.Biography
London: 2001-2006
Chapman moved to London in 2000/1, working at NetJets, Barclays Bank and allegedly at a few other companies for brief periods.
She met Alex Chapman at a London Docklands rave party in 2001 and they married shortly thereafter in Moscow; as a result she gained dual Russian-British citizenship, and a British passport. After Anna was arrested in New York, Alex engaged media publicist Max Clifford, and sold his story to The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
New York: 2006-2010
She took up residence at 20 Exchange Place, one block from Wall Street in Manhattan's Financial District.Alex has stated that Anna told him the enterprise was continually in the red for the first couple of years, and then suddenly in 2009, she had as many as 50 employees and a successful business. Her LinkedInsocial networking site profile identified her as CEO of PropertyFinder LLC, a website selling real estate internationally.
She is reported to have been dating Michel Bittan, a prominent New York restaurant owner. She later described her time in the US with the Charles Dickens quote, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times".
International exchange
After being formally charged, Chapman and nine other detainees became part of a spy swap deal between the US and Russia, the biggest of its kind since 1986. The 10 Russian agents returned to Russia via a chartered jet that landed at Vienna International Airport, where the swap occurred on the morning of July 8. The Russian jet returned to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, where after landing the 10 spies were kept away from local and international press.
Russia: 2010-incumbent
Late December 2010 Chapman was appointed to the public council of Young Guard of United Russia. According to the organization she "will be engaged in educating young people".
Media coverage and popular reaction
After her arrest by the FBI for her involvement with the Illegals Program, Chapman gained overnight minor celebrity status while under custody. The media dubbed her the "flame-haired beauty", "femme fatale", "the modern day Bond girl" and "the stunning SoHo spy". Photos of Chapman taken from her Facebook profile appeared on the web, and several videos of her were uploaded to Youtube. Magazines and blogs detailed her fashion style and dress sense, while tabloids displayed her action figure dolls. Chapman was described by local media in New York as a regular of exclusive bars and restaurants. US Vice-President Joe Biden, when jokingly asked by Jay Leno on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno, "Do we have any spies that hot?", replied in a mock serious tone, "Let me be clear. It was not my idea to send her back."
According to the news agency Interfax, effective 1 October 2010 Chapman is employed as an adviser on investment and innovation issues to the President of FundserviceBank, a Moscow bank that handles payments on behalf of state- and private-sector enterprises in the Russian aerospace industry.
Johnny Depp returns to his iconic role of Captain Jack Sparrow in an action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise. When Jack crosses paths with Angelica, a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), he's not sure if it's love — or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past. —Disney's press release
The Domino Clock takes a simple, iconic object and transforms it into a new way to tell time. The concept is simple. Three larger-than-life dominoes are equipped with articulating "dots" that flip back-and-forth between black and white to keep time. They hang on the wall or stand free, communicating wirelessly as they quietly mark the passing hours and minutes. ...................................................................................................................................
Word Lens can instantly translate printed words from one language to another using the video camera on iPhone. No network delay, no roaming fees, and no reception problems. Word Lens is a dictionary -- evolved. It looks up words, and shows them in context. Word Lens can be used on vacations to translate restaurant menus, street signs, and other things that have clearly printed words.
Word Lens has its limits. Sometimes the translation will have mistakes, and may be hard to understand, but it usually gets the point across. If a translation fails, there is a way to manually look up words by typing them in. Word Lens does not read very stylized fonts, handwriting, or cursive.
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Owl City is an American synthpop musical project by Adam Young. Owl City was born from Young's musical experiments in his parents' basement in Owatonna, Minnesota. As Owl City, Young developed a following through MySpace before signing with Universal Republic.
After two independent albums, Owl City gained mainstream popularity with the 2009 major label debut album Ocean Eyes, which spawned the hit single "Fireflies".
Receives a message that defies the laws of this world All she can do is weep and nod She's to bring into this world the Son of God God's angels sound their trumpets And blow their horns Tonight the long awaited savior is to be born The goodness bound by Satan it has been torn With this baby's precious brow ready for thorns
A star appears fufilling ancient prophecy There's an ounce of fear as wise men follow faithfully The Virgin Mary brings forth the human savior And this future king sleeps soundly in the manger Soundly in the manger God's angels sound their trumpets And blow their horns Tonight the long awaited savior is to be born The goodness bound by Satan it has been torn With this baby's precious brow ready for thorns Tonight He is born so one day He can die To heal hearts that are torn and live the perfect life So He can hang upon a cross and we can take His life So we can live as sinners And He can pay the price Tonight He is born so one day he can die But He will rise again God's angels sound their trumpets And blow their horns Tonight the long awaited savior is to be born The goodness bound by Satan it has been torn With this baby's precious brow ready for thorns
A Christmas cake with a "Merry Christmas" greeting. Image via wiki
The greetings and farewells "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Christmas" are traditionally used in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, commencing a few weeks prior to Christmas (December 25) of every year.
"Merry," derived from the Old English myrige, originally meant merely "pleasant, and agreeable" rather than joyous or jolly.
Christmas derived from the Old English Cristes mæsse, for Christ's Mass).
The phrase is often preferred when it is known that the receiver is aChristianor celebrates Christmas. The nonreligious often use the greeting as well, however in this case its meaning focuses more on the secular aspects of Christmas, rather than theNativity ofJesus.
The alternative "Happy Christmas" gained usage in the late 19th century, and is still common in the U.K. and Ireland alongside "Merry Christmas".
Christmas is a holiday celebrated around the world. Here is a list of how to wish to your friends, neighbors, colleagues and loved ones, 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy New Year' or both in more than 100 languages.
Afrikaans
Gesëende Kersfees
Afrikander
Een Plesierige Kerfees
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja
Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian
Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic:
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine:
Feliz Navidad
Armenian:
Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri:
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia:
Selamat Hari Natal
Basque:
Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali:
Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian:
Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian:
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton:
Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian:
Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan:
Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile:
Feliz Navidad
Chinese: (Cantonese)
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin)
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Choctaw:
Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia:
Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish:
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian:
Pace e salute
Crazanian:
Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree:
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian:
Sretan Bozic
Czech:
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish:
Glædelig Jul
Duri:
Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch:
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
English:
Merry Christmas
Eskimo: (inupik)
Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto:
Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian:
Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Faeroese:
Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi:
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish:
Hyvaa joulua
Flemish:
Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French:
Joyeux Noel
Frisian:
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
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