Star scandals. "Star showdown": Russian celebrities fighting among themselves. Alexey Panin and sex with a dog
The editors of the site have collected all the main scandals of 2016 that affected Russian and American companies. The list includes the confrontation between the writer Sergei Minaev and the Golden Apple Hotel, the provocations of Aviasales, as well as large-scale leaks of user data at Yahoo.
Yahoo and user data leak
2016 was a bad year for Yahoo. At the beginning of the year, as part of a new development strategy, management decided to lay off 15% of employees and close five international offices. As a result, compared to 2012, the number of Yahoo employees decreased by 42%.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was forced to take this step due to the company's increased losses: if in 2014 the company showed a profit of $7.5 billion, then in 2015 the losses amounted to $4.4 billion.
One of possible ways The solution to the crisis could be the sale of the company. On July 25, 2016, the American telecom operator Verizon announced the purchase of Yahoo's core business for $4.83 billion. If the deal was approved by regulators and shareholders, Verizon planned to create a combined company based on Yahoo and AOL with an audience of more than a billion users.
However, the deal may fall through for other reasons. On September 22, Yahoo theft of personal data of 500 million users, which occurred at the end of 2014. According to company representatives, the attackers took over user names, addresses Email, telephone numbers and encrypted passwords.
In October 2016, the Reuters news agency, citing its own sources inside Yahoo, said that the company collaborated with American intelligence agencies, transferring personal data of users to the FBI and NSA using a special application that scanned outgoing and incoming emails using special keywords. Company representatives assured that such an application was not built into the company's systems.
On December 15, 2016, Yahoo reported another cyberattack, which resulted in the data of a billion users being stolen in 2013. According to Bloomberg sources, in response, Verizon wants to either reduce the cost of purchasing the company or abandon the deal altogether.
Saperavi Cafe and smartphone charging
Khatuna Kolbaya
On September 20, there was an altercation on Facebook between a visitor to the Georgian restaurant Saperavi Cafe, Kristina Hollo, and its owner, Khatuna Kolbaya. The reason for the dispute was the refusal of the restaurant's waiters to charge Hollo's phone.
The discussion attracted the attention of many Facebook users, who reproached Kolbai for being rude and unwilling to meet clients halfway. In response, the entrepreneur stated that refusal to charge mobile devices- this is the principled position of the institution. But Kolbaya never explained what exactly caused it.
In response to a request from the editors of the site, she noted that she was forced to introduce such a rule in 2015 due to complaints from visitors who accused the establishment’s employees of damaging smartphones and tablets that failed due to inappropriate chargers.
In addition, Kolbaya prohibits visitors from using their own charging device, because this has already led to short circuit and socket fire. According to the entrepreneur, this rule has been around for a year and all regular customers know about it.
Sergey Minaev and the Golden Apple Hotel
Sergey Minaev
On October 19, Russian entrepreneur and writer Sergei Minaev wrote on his Facebook page about a conflict with the administration of the Moscow Golden Apple Hotel. The establishment's employees refused to check in Minaev without presenting his passport and did not agree to verify his identity using a passport photo on his smartphone.
As a result, he was forced to look for another hotel. Minaev was outraged by the adherence to principles of the administration, which acted within the framework of the law and actually had the right to refuse the entrepreneur.
In response, Minaev sent letters to suppliers and partners of his restaurant “Bread and Wine” with a recommendation not to use the hotel’s services when organizing business trips for employees, and the writer’s subscribers began to go to the establishment’s Facebook page and give him low ratings. As a result, Golden Apple's rating dropped from five stars to two stars.
However, the “war of ratings” unleashed by Minaev also affected the writer’s restaurant: from the evening of October 19, the rating of his page also began to drop, stopping at 2.5 stars. At the same time, users began to leave sarcastic comments that in Minaev’s establishment “you cannot pay with photographed money,” and the restaurant does not sell wine without a passport.
Aviasales and aggressive advertising
The SMM department of the Aviasales brand quickly picks up news events and generates additional advertising traffic due to the virality of the content. Often, a brand creates things “on the verge of a foul,” as was the case with a special website stylized as Pornhub, blocked in Russia, where each flight destination was named in the style of porn.
However, sometimes Aviasales goes too far. On May 17, 2016, it became known that at Anapa airport, unknown persons in Cossack uniforms attacked Alexei Navalny and employees of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, as a result of which one person required medical assistance.
In response, Aviasales posted a note on its social media pages advertising air tickets to Anapa:
The publication caused a resonance among Facebook users, who called for a boycott of the company and refusal of its services. Among them were the host of the Dozhd TV channel Lev Parkhomenko, journalist Alexander Amzin and editor-in-chief of the Slon.ru publication Mikhail Zelensky.
An even larger conflict took place in September 2016 between Aviasales and the Look At Media publishing house. The company posted a post on its Facebook account about imminent divorce Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, which the editor-in-chief of the Wonderzine publication Olga Stakhovskaya (part of Look At Media) did not like.
She condemned the note, saying that Aviasales employees have long “worked on the principle of ‘sexism, racism, homophobia: your sales will skyrocket’.” In addition, she published a screenshot of public correspondence with Kalinov, who called her “ugly” and suggested that she “discharge the man.”
In response, the head of the Look At Media publishing house, Alexey Ametov, condemned Kalinov’s act, noting that insulting people in a discussion is unacceptable. In addition, he decided to freeze any marketing and commercial partnership with Aviasales for at least six months and stop a joint project in the field of advertising technologies.
"Delimobil" and threats to the user
On May 30, 2016, a member of the Facebook community “Blue Buckets” stated that the Delimobil company requires users to compensate for the cost of repairs in the event of an accident when renting a car and additionally charges a fine in their favor.
The author of the message, a lawyer in the field of consumer rights protection named Andrey, who wished not to disclose his last name, indicated that the company is misleading clients and the terms of fines indicated on the Delimobil website contradict the information specified in the contract with the client.
Lawyer's client Alexander Semyonov got into an accident while driving a rented car. As a result, Delimobil demanded to pay 97,046 rubles and 20 kopecks as a fine for getting into an accident, 485,231 rubles for repairing a Hyundai Solaris car, as well as 5,500 rubles for conducting an examination and 750 rubles 60 kopecks for postage costs - a total of more than half a million rubles.
However, on social networks, company representatives told potential users that in the event of an accident, the client must pay 5 thousand rubles if the cost of damage is up to 10 thousand rubles, 15 thousand rubles - if the cost of damage is up to 100 thousand rubles, or 20% of the cost of damage caused if the amount of damage is over 100 thousand rubles.
In comments to a discussion on Facebook, a representative of Delimobil said that all documentation is in open access, and that the company has the right to require its customers to pay the cost of repairs to the rental car. In addition, he called the publication of the lawyer’s message slander and threatened to sue for disseminating false information.
Negotiations between Alexander Semenov and the company to reduce the amount of payments led to nothing. Moreover, on May 31, representatives of Delimobil reported attempts at blackmail on his part: Semyonov allegedly offered to deceive the media in order to reduce the amount of penalties.
However, under public pressure, the company was forced to admit that it was wrong. On the same day, May 31, she introduced a special tariff, which removes the need for those responsible for road accidents to pay for the restoration of the car and administrative costs, and also limits the fine to 10 thousand rubles.
On June 1, 2016, representatives of Delimobil announced that they were going to cancel the half-million fine to the affected user and check the style of communication with clients on social networks. As a result, the company decided to limit the maximum amount of recovery from drivers involved in an accident through their own fault to 150 thousand rubles, canceling additional fines and charges.
Food Bar and food poisoning
In August 2016, the American manufacturer of liquid meal replacement Soylent introduced New Product- a nutritional bar called Food Bar. However, the first buyers discovered unexpected side effects: vomiting and diarrhea.
On October 13, 2016, Soylent was forced to suspend sales of the new product. Two weeks later, customers complained of similar side effects from new version Soylent 1.6 soluble powder - the company's main product.
The company admitted that the composition of the product was similar to the composition of nutrition bars, and decided to also suspend sales of the powder until January 2017, promising to change the preparation recipe.
According to Soylent co-founder and CEO Rob Rinehart, the poisoning could have been caused by algae meal, which turned out to be a common component in the two products.
Palmer Luckey and the bullying of Hillary Clinton
Palmer Lucky
In September 2016, it became known that the founder of Oculus VR, Palmer Luckey, was involved in financing “bullying groups” directed against US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Its founders disseminated offensive memes and images to undermine the candidate's chances of winning. democratic party. The scandal caused a resonance in American society, and many device application developers virtual reality dropped support for the Oculus VR device.
Soon, Luckey apologized for his action, calling it his personal decision, which has nothing to do with the actions of Oculus and the company's partners. In addition, he admitted that he secretly transferred $10 thousand to the account of Donald Trump supporters.
Burger King advertisement
If you measure the number of scandals and awkward moments, then 2016 was the year of Burger King. In January, amid criticism from members of the American Film Academy who were accused of racism due to the lack of black Oscar nominees, the Russian branch of the brand decided to defuse the situation by ridiculing the conflict in in social networks.
In response, Burger King's European management demanded that the posts be removed. In March 2016, the brand’s advertising again surprised social media users: in the Moscow metro Wi-Fi connection a plug appeared with an advertisement for a new dish on the menu - the “evil Whopper”, which was accompanied by the warning “be careful not to escalate.”
The image quickly went viral: some users were offended by it, while others, on the contrary, praised the company for its courage. A month later, the brand again decided to use a play on words and presented an advertisement for a new promotion, inviting customers to “drink up” ice cream.
The FAS's patience when the company went too far and published an image of nuggets laid out in the form of an indecent gesture addressed to Burger King's competitors. The agency decided to find out the attitude of users towards advertising and held a vote, the results of which revealed that they did not consider it offensive.
The culmination came in August, when Russian actor Nikita Dzhigurda became the face of Burger King. In exchange, the company offered him a “generous reward,” “unlimited food and drinks,” and “the opportunity to close the restaurant once a month for a party and create a mild debauchery.”
All kinds of bonuses big names, which the figures of our show business themselves establish and hand out to themselves for their dubious achievements, have long been perceived for the most part public as a form of autofellatio and cause nothing but irritation.
Fortunately, five years ago they had a worthy alternative - the FILIMONKA award, invented by our music observer Mikhail FILIMONOV. Unlike others, it is awarded not for songs “privatized” from Western colleagues, lip-sync performances and paid rotations on radio and TV, but for what our stars really excel at. And you, our dear readers, choose the winner.
This is what we have as a result of the outgoing year of the Fire Monkey:
"GENEROUS SOUL"
Nomination for Best Money Scandal
Winner - Philip KIRKOROV (chosen by 68% of respondents)
He accused the leader of the French group “Space” of extortion and organized the detention of the police. Didier Marouani, to whom he himself offered a million euros as compensation for plagiarizing his “Symphonic Space Dream” in his song “Tough Love”.
- JASMINE (Sara MANAHIMOVA) (16%)
She was publicly outraged by the illegal, in her opinion, arrest of her husband, a businessman. Ilana Shora. The singer's husband was convicted of stealing a billion dollars from Moldovan banks and testified against the former Prime Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat, effectively imprisoning him for nine years.
- NYUSHA (Anna SHUROCHKINA) (3%)
With difficulty, she managed to receive 500 thousand rubles as an advance payment for playing the role of the fairy Tinkerbell in the musical “Peter Pan”. But when the time came to transfer the next tranche to her, the producer of the musical Arthur Shachnev, who was once romantically involved with a “factory girl” Sati Casanova, accused Nyusha of disrupting the production and sued her for losses incurred in the amount of almost 20 million rubles.
- Polina GAGARINA (3%)
The singer, pregnant with her second child, became the culprit of a showdown with the NTV channel, which reported that she had abandoned her beloved uncle to the mercy of fate. Alexandra Muchkaeva. Being an employee of the currency exchange, a relative financially helped Polina at the beginning of her career and paid for her studies at the Moscow Art Theater School.
“NOODLES ON YOUR EARS”
nomination for best disinformation
Winner - Vera BREZHNEVA (GALUSHKA) (66% of votes)
Received the status of UN Goodwill Ambassador on HIV/AIDS. She advertised in the media how much effort she spends on fighting the “plague of the 20th century.” However, when she was invited to take part in the charity event “Together we will save the world” to help HIV-infected people, she chose to pay big money to perform in Italy at the birthday party of a Ukrainian oligarch accused of embezzlement and treason Alexandra Onishchenko, with whom, according to some, she has very warm and close relations.
Also nominated were:
- Anna SEMENOVICH (18%)
On her Instagram page she announced that she had gotten married and boasted about how romantic she was on vacation with her husband in Thailand. But neither the husband himself nor any real signs of his existence beyond last year no one ever saw it.
- Sergey LAZAREV (9%)
On his pages on social networks and in interviews, he was outraged by the adoption in Russia of a law banning the propaganda of homosexuality, which allegedly infringes on the rights of sexual minorities. And while representing our country at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, he admitted to the Swedish gay magazine QX that Russian sodomites do not actually experience any problems because of this law, calmly indulging in perverted pleasures.
- Egor KRID (BULATKIN) (4%)
He unexpectedly told reporters how his long-time love for the singer Nyusha was destroyed by her father and producer Vladimir Shurochkin. However, it turned out that these revelations were only PR for his solo concert and the new song “Daddy’s Daughter.”
However, Mr. Shurochkin really controls his daughter’s personal life very much and actively pours into her ears that she must live according to the principle “Planes come first, and girls (in this case, boys) come later.”
- Alexander PANAYOTOV (3%)
A participant in the TV show “The Voice” in every possible way denied close relationships with the weaker sex in order to please the gay lobby, which controls the majority of advertising companies and production centers in the country. In fact, for many years he secretly lived with a woman - his producer Ekaterina Koreneva.
“YOU CAN’T DRINK YOUR SKILL”
nomination for best alcohol and drug scandal
She tried to explain her deranged state with an allergy to birch blossoms, because of which she disrupted several concerts in Tyumen, as well as cities in Belarus and the North Caucasus.
Also nominated were:
- Grigory LEPS (LEPSVERIDZE) (33%)
IN Once again was criticized for his alcohol abuse. At a corporate party in the Safisa celebration hall, the singer, who had had too much alcohol, suddenly became overwhelmed, and during his performance he collapsed unconscious on the stage.
- Nargiz ZAKIROVA (27%)
She caused indignation among the audience at a concert in the Backstage restaurant due to the fact that she drank alcohol on stage and used obscene language in the presence of children. This is how you can understand Nargiz (undoubtedly, this is not an excuse, but...): mother of many children, grandma, works a lot, not a girl, to be honest. The tattooed star is 46 years old! Divorce from an Italian musician Philip Balzano, with whom Nargiz lived for 20 years, also could not help but spoil the mood. Moreover, Zakirova admitted that the discord occurred due to the fact that her husband was pressing her about money: they say, “you’re shoveling” - share it. Balzano repented on Facebook:
I tried to do everything to be for Nargiz good husband, and for our children - an ideal father. He sacrificed a lot for the well-being of our family. And I have never succumbed to the temptations that lie in wait every day at literally every step in show business. But a fairytale love story, perfect family life, which everyone was so jealous of, unfortunately ended in divorce. I guess this is life on this earth...
They say that the decision to separate from her husband was also influenced by the 34-year-old technician from the Nargiz team - Anton Lovyagin. Surrounded by a rock star, no one doubts that Nargiz has more than just “hello and goodbye” with this pleasant man.
"SLEIGHT OF HAND"
nomination for best fight
He was jealous of the figure skater who decided to divorce him Marina Anisina her lawyer Sergei Zhorin and at the entrance to the building of the World Court in Krasnogorsk tried to sort things out with him, but was beaten and pulled by the hair by the people accompanying him.
According to Zhorin, the scandalous artist is mentally ill, but does not want to be treated. They say that Nikita and Anisina were scared to death, and she, in fear for her children, took them with her to France.
- From the point of view of the higher mind, I am supernormal. And those who call me sick are poor themselves - Nikita Borisovich retorts. - They took the brilliant mask of Dzhigurda for reality. They forgot that I am an artist of the Shchukin school. They taught us to be clowns and not be afraid to look funny. And if you're not afraid to look funny, they'll win over you.
The real reasons for Marinochka and I’s divorce are related to inheritance Lucy Bratash. She made her fortune organizing luxury air travel for Boris Berezovsky, Roman Abramovich and other serious clients. I was her beloved man. She even wanted to marry me. And six years ago she drew up a will in the USA for me and Anisin. But her former high-ranking business “friends” had their eye on Bratash’s fortune.
The question of the fate of the money and real estate left after Lucy's death was decided on high level. They told me in plain text: “Either you give up most of the inheritance, or you need to imprison 20 people.” Anisina signed the refusal. But I didn’t sign anything. “Don’t set yourself up! - she yelled at me. “They will kill you.” - “Let them kill!” - I said. Understand, I've played characters on stage and screen all my life. And then they asked me to tuck my tail between my legs. I couldn't make such a deal.
After this, they began to threaten Anisina with reprisals against our children. She was so intimidated that she literally begged me to give her a divorce. I didn't want to put my family in danger and agreed. Marina and I agreed that, as civilized people, the two of us would announce our divorce. But then the restless Mr. Zhorin intervened. Two years ago he tried to divorce Marina from me. Brazenly, without me, he then threw information into the media that I had accused the woman I loved of cheating. And he didn’t even take money from her for his legal services. Apparently, he wanted to fuck her like his other famous clients. But I proved that it was a provocation. And Marina withdrew the application that time.
Zhorin is a professional in such setups. He himself bragged to me about how he “conned” Filyu Kirkorova. Remember the story when he allegedly hit a woman(assistant director of the Golden Gramophone award Marina Yablokova. - M.F.)? So Zhorin admitted that Filya did not beat anyone, but he was put in the “mom is washing the floor” pose and forced to pay three “lamas” compensation.
Also nominated were:
- Milena DEINEGA, singer and presenter of the MUSICBOX TV channel (40%)
While on vacation in Tunisia, she used wooden-soled shoes to knock off the genitals of her lover, a fitness trainer. Dmitry Selsky, because of which her marriage to an antiques collector broke up Evgeniy Samusenko.
- Valery YURIN, ex-soloist of the group “Na-na” (13%)
Arriving in Odessa after a speech in the DPR, he got into a fight in a summer cafe with Ukrainian nationalists who had insulted Joseph Kobzon. He was seriously injured by blows to the head from a bottle and a heavy ashtray.
"THE WORD IS NOT A SPARROW"
Nomination for Best Insult
Winner - Artem PINDYURA, lead singer of the group “MBAND” (46% of votes)
He wrote on Instagram that he wants to live in a united Ukraine, and not in the Russian region. He quoted a vile, obscene Bandera song about the president of our country, which did not stop him from moving to Moscow and making money from the Russian public.
Also nominated were:
Joseph PRIGOGIN (42%)
The singer's husband and producer Valeria (Alla Perfilova) scolded him for discrediting his name and called him “ fat cow» his daughter from his first marriage, Danaya. The girl only stood up for her mother Elena, who was accused by Joseph of supporting her new husband by selling off the living space left to the children.
- BASTA (Vasily VAKULENKO) (12%)
For complaints about disturbing noise at night from his club, Gazgolder attacked the rapper on Twitter Decl (Kirill Tolmatsky) and described him as a “shaggy schmuck.” For insult, the court ordered the ex-mentor of the show “The Voice” to pay compensation to the star of the early 2000s - 50 thousand rubles.
"DANGEROUS TIES"
Nomination for Best Sex Scandal
Took away a hockey player from CSKA and the Russian national team Ivan Telegina from his common-law wife Evgenia Nour and their newborn son Mark, leaving them without a livelihood. After the secret wedding, I went with Vanya and his friends - a hockey player Ovechkin and his now wife Nastya Shubskaya(daughter of an actress Vera Glagoleva) to Greece.
Also nominated were:
Prokhor SHALYAPIN (Andrey ZAKHARENKOV) (41%)
Canceled the planned wedding with an actress and singer Anna Kalashnikova, having received confirmation through DNA research that she gave birth to her son Daniel not from him, but, as many assumed, from married businessman, who was in his custody.
- Dima BILAN (Victor BELAN) (8%)
He broke up with his instructor who had lived with him for more than ten years. therapeutic exercises Inna Andreeva due to the fact that the artist Lyalya, whom he had once recaptured from the lead singer of the Dynamite group who died in an accident, returned to him Leonida Nerushenko with whom she cohabited many years ago Ksenia Borodina(host of “House-2”).
- Alexey VOROBYEV (6%)
During the filming of the video for the singer Maria Mia (Pankova) succumbed to sexual harassment on her part. But he immediately ran away from the girl after learning about her close relationship with one of the owners of New Radio. Andrey Bokarev.
We continue to take stock of the past year. This time the editors remembered the most notorious scandals among the stars.
Bozena Rynska
A loud scandal that broke out at the end of 2016 erupted after an offensive post appeared on Bozhena Rynska’s Facebook page, in which she expressed joy over the death of NTV journalists in the Tu-154 plane crash. “You get up, and here it is. The entire Alexandrov ensemble... all of them! – she wrote. – If only the entire board of NTV weren’t there... Well, why musicians?! Why a wonderful ensemble? Thank you, of course, to God for the bonus in the form of the NTVoshek film crew, but why the rest?..”Later, this post disappeared from Rynskaya’s microblog, and in another message she tried to explain her position. “In 2013, I almost died. I almost died physically because of NTV’s bullying,” Bozhena explained. “This channel spread lies about me, slandered me, deliberately drove me to suicide... An aspen stake to everyone’s grave.”
The public reacted violently to Rynskaya's jubilation. On one of the Internet sites for deprivation Russian citizenship More than 170 thousand people subscribed to the journalist. However, the socialite herself made it clear that she was not going to obey any decisions. "I don `t want to leave. I want to fight. After that persecution by NTV, I became very strong. I can go on a hunger strike, I am not subject to either travel restrictions or house arrests. I don’t recognize their court,” Rynska said in a recent interview. Moreover, Bozena said that nothing would push her to change her place of residence.
Alesya Kafelnikova
At the end of December, the daughter of the famous tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Alesya, who works as a model in Lodon, spoke very harshly about Russia on her page on a social network, and did so in English. "I do not like Russia. Only in Russia they use people. It's horrible. I think it’s like this everywhere, but in Russia it happens all the time! I am making a career in another country, I should be proud. People ask me why I hate Russia? Of course, I hate Russia!” Kafelnikova said emotionally.
The public immediately reacted to the model’s statements. Netizens addressed Kafelnikova very harshly and even angrily. And State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov even stated that Alesya has no right to be called a Russian.
“This girl is an evil, stupid owner of a good body, but she has not proven herself in any way with her brains. Just because she plays sports and is a fashion hanger doesn't make her a good man, This is not enough. Therefore, apparently she knows very well about anger and hatred,” the parliamentarian concluded.
Realizing that she had gone too far, through her representative Ales Kafelnikov, she decided to apologize “to the multi-million population of Russia.” “I want to apologize to those I offended. Perhaps I lacked knowledge in English in order to correctly convey information in my messages. “I meant something completely different,” Kafelnikova noted.
The young model explained the essence of her conflict with the public (in particular, subscribers to her pages on social networks). “I’m offended that my compatriots criticize me because I work in Europe and I need support. I love Russia and worry about what is happening in it! Now hard times, we need to support the country, not criticize it!” – Alesya Kafelnikova said in an interview.
Philip Kirkorov and Didier Marouani
The leader of the Space group, Didier Marouani, learned that Philip Kirkorov’s song “Tough Love,” which he has been performing since 2001, is similar to his composition. Then he decided to sue for plagiarism, but agreed to a settlement and compensation of one million euros. However, it turned out that correspondence on behalf of Russian singer The famous pranksters Lexus and Vovan were leading with Maruani. When the Frenchman came to the bank to get money, he was detained by the police on charges of extortion.
As a result, Maruani and his lawyer Yuri Trunov were taken to the Basmannoe police station, from where they were later released. The police released them without opening a criminal case based on Kirkorov’s statement.
It soon became clear that official representative The Russian performer personally took part in organizing a meeting with his French colleague to transfer money to him as part of a pre-trial settlement agreement.
After this, Didier left Russia, but not for long. In mid-December the Frenchman returned. This time, he testified at the investigative department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The famous Frenchman asked to prosecute Philip Kirkorov for false denunciation (Article 306 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and under Art. 146 “Infringement of copyright and related rights.” If the French musician succeeds in achieving his goal, Kirkorov faces up to six years in prison.
Sergey Lazarev and Eurovision
On May 14, the final of the International music competition"Eurovision". Based on the joint assessments of the audience and the professional jury, the first place was taken by Ukrainian singer Jamala. The second was received by the participant from Australia Demi Im, and the third went to Sergey Lazarev. At the same time, according to viewers’ estimates, Russia gained greatest number points. In connection with this, a terrible scandal broke out.
It got to the point that they decided to collect signatures on the Internet for a petition to review the results of the competition. As a result, the document was signed by citizens of Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Serbia, Sweden, Russia and other countries.
Lazarev himself commented on the outrageous global community event. “As for the jury voting, you know, I am a very self-critical person and I will be the first to peck myself inside if I feel that something is wrong or that I have done something wrong. I always do my best, I was very surprised by the votes of some of the jury members, I mean that it was not so much a vote against or for me or for the act - it was a vote for some political reasons,” the Russian singer is sure.
Singer Lolita and her husband
At the end of autumn, domestic show business (and then the whole country) perked up after singer Lolita Milyavskaya announced that she was losing her husband due to a sect. The artist blamed herself for this because she “didn’t notice.” “Alas, I learned late that this is nothing more than an American technology associated with NLP and Scientology, destroying the brains of hundreds of people who come there. In the five days that Dima attended this “training,” he changed beyond recognition. I was on tour at the time, but I noticed these changes even from short conversations on the phone and SMS,” the singer admitted.
According to the singer, Dmitry has turned from a quiet, affectionate, warm person into a cold and reasonable man. He stopped being interested in his wife’s life and supporting her, and didn’t see her since the tour. When Lolita found out about the training, she was very scared and angry. However, it was precisely this behavior that only alienated the husband from his wife.
In five days, Dmitry gave 66 thousand rubles to the sect. Moreover, he earned this money himself. The artist turned to friends for help. They tried to calm Lolita down. As a result, the singer and her husband calmly talked about this topic, and Dmitry promised not to attend these sessions. However, in order to surely distract her husband from his dangerous hobby, Lolita took Dmitry to Bulgaria, and involved Federation Council member Elena Mizulina in the high-profile case.
Kim Kardashian
In Paris, where Kardashian arrived for Fashion Week, armed men held Kim hostage for several hours. As a result of the raid, the celebrity lost jewelry worth at least ten million dollars. She arrived in the capital of France with her mother and sisters. Kardashian was so scared that, upon returning to America, she hid at home and did not leave it for a long time. Socialite I even abandoned my social media accounts for several months.
Bozena Rynska
A loud scandal that broke out at the end of 2016 erupted after an offensive post appeared on Bozhena Rynska’s Facebook page, in which she expressed joy over the death of NTV journalists in the Tu-154 plane crash. “You get up, and here it is. The whole ensemble of Alexandrov... all of them!” she wrote. “If only the whole board of NTV weren’t there... Well, why musicians?! Why a wonderful ensemble? Thank you, of course, to God for the bonus in the form of a film crew NTVoshek, but why the rest?..”
Later, this post disappeared from Rynskaya’s microblog, and in another message she tried to explain her position. “In 2013, I almost died. I almost died physically because of NTV’s bullying,” Bozhena explained. “This channel spread lies about me, slandered me, deliberately drove me to suicide... An aspen stake to everyone’s grave.”
The public reacted violently to Rynskaya's jubilation. On one of the Internet sites, more than 170 thousand people signed up to deprive the journalist of Russian citizenship. However, the socialite herself made it clear that she was not going to obey any decisions. “I don’t want to leave. I want to fight. After that persecution by NTV, I became very strong. I can go on a hunger strike, I do not submit to travel restrictions or house arrests. I do not recognize their court,” Rynska said in a recent interview. Moreover, Bozena said that nothing would push her to change her place of residence.
Alesya Kafelnikova
At the end of December, the daughter of the famous tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Alesya, who works as a model in Lodon, spoke very harshly about Russia on her page on a social network, and did so in English. "I don't like Russia. Only in Russia they use people. It's terrible. I think it's like this everywhere, but in Russia it happens all the time! I'm making a career in another country, they should be proud of me. They ask me why I hate Russia? Of course I I hate Russia!” Kafelnikova said emotionally.
The public immediately reacted to the model’s statements. Netizens addressed Kafelnikova very harshly and even angrily. And State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov even stated that Alesya has no right to be called a Russian.
“This girl is an evil, stupid owner of a good body, but she has not proven herself to have any brains. The fact that she plays sports and is a hanger for fashionable clothes does not make her a good person, this is not enough. Therefore, apparently she knows very much about anger and hatred good,” the parliamentarian concluded.
Realizing that she had gone too far, through her representative Ales Kafelnikov, she decided to apologize “to the multi-million population of Russia.” “I want to apologize to those whom I offended. Perhaps I did not have enough knowledge of the English language to correctly convey the information in my messages. I meant something completely different,” Kafelnikova noted.
The young model explained the essence of her conflict with the public (in particular, subscribers to her pages on social networks). “I’m offended that my compatriots criticize me, because I work in Europe, and I need support. I love Russia and worry about what is happening in it! Now is a difficult time, we need to support the country, and not criticize it!” – Alesya Kafelnikova said in an interview.
Philip Kirkorov and Didier Marouani
The leader of the Space group, Didier Marouani, learned that Philip Kirkorov’s song “Tough Love,” which he has been performing since 2001, is similar to his composition. Then he decided to sue for plagiarism, but agreed to a settlement and compensation of one million euros. However, it turned out that the correspondence on behalf of the Russian singer with Maruani was conducted by the famous pranksters Lexus and Vovan. When the Frenchman came to the bank to get money, he was detained by the police on charges of extortion.
As a result, Maruani and his lawyer Yuri Trunov were taken to the Basmannoe police station, from where they were later released. The police released them without opening a criminal case based on Kirkorov’s statement.
It soon became clear that the official representative of the Russian performer was personally involved in organizing a meeting with his French colleague to transfer money to him as part of a pre-trial settlement agreement.
After this, Didier left Russia, but not for long. In mid-December the Frenchman returned. This time, he testified at the investigative department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The famous Frenchman asked to prosecute Philip Kirkorov for false denunciation (Article 306 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and under Art. 146 "Infringement of copyright and related rights". If the French musician succeeds in achieving his goal, Kirkorov faces up to six years in prison.
Sergey Lazarev and Eurovision
On May 14, the final of the International Eurovision Music Contest took place in Stockholm. Based on the joint assessments of the audience and the professional jury, the Ukrainian singer Jamala took first place. The second was received by the participant from Australia Demi Im, and the third went to Sergey Lazarev. At the same time, according to viewers' ratings, Russia scored the highest number of points. In connection with this, a terrible scandal broke out.
It got to the point that they decided to collect signatures on the Internet for a petition to review the results of the competition. As a result, the document was signed by citizens of Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Serbia, Sweden, Russia and other countries.
Lazarev himself commented on the event that outraged the world community. “As for the jury voting, you know, I am a very self-critical person and I will be the first to peck myself inside if I feel that something is wrong or that I did something wrong. I always do my best, the votes were a big surprise for me some members of the jury, I mean that it was not so much a vote against or for me or for the act - it was a vote for some political reasons,” the Russian singer is sure.
Singer Lolita and her husband
At the end of autumn, domestic show business (and then the whole country) perked up after singer Lolita Milyavskaya announced that she was losing her husband due to a sect. The artist blamed herself for this because she “didn’t notice.” “Alas, I learned late that this is nothing more than an American technology associated with NLP and Scientology, destroying the brains of hundreds of people who come there. In the five days that Dima attended this “training,” he changed beyond recognition. I was in This time was on tour, but I noticed these changes even from short conversations on the phone and SMS,” the singer admitted.
According to the singer, Dmitry has turned from a quiet, affectionate, warm person into a cold and reasonable man. He stopped being interested in his wife’s life and supporting her, and didn’t see her since the tour. When Lolita found out about the training, she was very scared and angry. However, it was precisely this behavior that only alienated the husband from his wife.
In five days, Dmitry gave 66 thousand rubles to the sect. Moreover, he earned this money himself. The artist turned to friends for help. They tried to calm Lolita down. As a result, the singer and her husband calmly talked about this topic, and Dmitry promised not to attend these sessions. However, in order to surely distract her husband from his dangerous hobby, Lolita took Dmitry to Bulgaria, and involved Federation Council member Elena Mizulina in the high-profile case.
Kim Kardashian
In Paris, where Kardashian arrived for Fashion Week, armed men held Kim hostage for several hours. As a result of the raid, the celebrity lost jewelry worth at least ten million dollars. She arrived in the capital of France with her mother and sisters. Kardashian was so scared that, upon returning to America, she hid at home and did not leave it for a long time. The socialite even abandoned her social media accounts for several months.
The life of celebrities is often filled not only with filming in films and photo shoots for glossy magazines, but also with unpleasant events that play a cruel joke on them - ruining their careers, depriving them of fans and breaking their hearts. The outgoing 2016 destroyed several stellar destinies at once. What to take from him? Leap year.
Valery Nikolaev and a series of accidents
For the "bourgeoisie" Valeria Nikolaeva 2016 became one of the most scandalous years in his biography. It all started on February 24, when he hit a woman on Chistoprudny Boulevard and fled the scene of the crime. The next day Nikolaev, being in a state alcohol intoxication, rammed several cars in the center of Moscow, including a traffic police car. But that didn't stop him. Trying to escape from the police, Nikolaev knocked down a traffic police officer. In the end, he was detained, and the court decided to arrest him for ten days. True, it was not possible to put him under arrest immediately - the actor left the courtroom without permission and disappeared. He was found in the evening of the same day and was nevertheless sent to a pre-trial detention center. After his release on March 24, Valery Nikolaev was again stopped for driving into the oncoming lane and deprived of driver's license for half a year. But on May 10 - after just a month and a half - he, as if nothing had happened, got behind the wheel of his crossover again, was stopped by traffic police officers, detained, taken to court and arrested for fifteen days. And only on June 15, the artist admitted his guilt and publicly repented - on his social network page he posted a video message to fans in which he asked for forgiveness.
“I am very guilty. For a long time I was in a state of deep stress, suffered from insomnia and nervous tension. In my mind, apparently, the lives of the characters on the screen and real life, and with the role normal person I failed. Now specialists are helping me regain my psychological and emotional health. I see and understand that I behaved inappropriately, especially towards police officers who acted within the law. But, in addition, he also committed unworthy acts. I disappointed my fans, upset my wife, and harmed the health of the victim in an accident with my participation. I apologize to everyone I offended and to those who sympathized and supported me during this difficult period. I repent of what I did. I sincerely apologize and declare that nothing like this will happen again,” Nikolaev said.
Sharapova admitted to doping
March 7 Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova held an emergency press conference and announced that she had failed a doping test conducted during the Australian Open - traces of the banned drug Meldonium were found in her samples. The athlete admitted that she had been taking the drug for 10 years for health reasons.
“They first gave it to me in 2006. I had several health problems at the same time, I got sick very often. I was deficient in magnesium. I regularly had ECGs. “My family has a long history with diabetes, and this is one of many medications that I took,” Sharapova said during a press conference.
The tennis player faced 2 years of disqualification. But on October 4, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne announced its decision - Sharapova was disqualified for only 9 months.
Lena Letuchaya left the show “Revizorro”
In mid-March, information appeared online that the outrageous presenter Lena Letuchaya will leave the Revizorro project. Active discussions immediately began about possible candidates in her place, among whom were called Nikita Dzhigurda and ex-soloist of the group “VIA GRA” Olga Romanovskaya. Later it turned out that it would be Romanovskaya who would host the program next season. The fans were inconsolable. They created the hashtag #bring back the bat, under which they published thousands of posts. Fans accused the new presenter of being too frank and provocative, and called on the creators of the program to immediately return everything to normal, or at least explain the reasons why their favorite is no longer on the show. But there was no answer. Only a month later, Lena Letuchaya herself admitted that she was prompted to leave “Revizorro” by an incident in Salekhard, when, during the filming of the next episode in the Victoria cafe, employees of the establishment attacked the film crew.
“I called the producers and said that we urgently needed to be evacuated from the city - the cafe owners were intimidating us with violence,” admitted Letuchaya.
But fans did not believe this version. After all, the conflict in Salekhard occurred back in August - six months before the presenter left. Among the more likely versions were: a conflict with the management of the TV channel, participation in a new project and an imminent addition to the star’s family. However, Letuchaya denied rumors about pregnancy.
Alisa Vox left the Leningrad group
March 25, soloist of “Leningrad” Alice Vox, who performed the hits “Patriot”, “Bag” and “Exhibit”, wrote sensational news on her social network.
“I decided to leave the Leningrad group and am launching my solo project! I am very glad that I can share this with you all new stage in my life. Work with Sergei Shnurov gave me a huge experience of stage life, I am eternally grateful to him for the opportunity to develop and improve,” the singer admitted.
However, Sergei Shnurov, in response to the gratitude of the ex-soloist of his group, was not so supportive and made it clear that there was a conflict in this situation.
“At my own whim, I turn average singers into stars. I come up with an image, material, and promote it. I decide how to present them so that they will be loved. Well, not exactly their image, of course. Through the efforts of our team, we create a mythical heroine out of nothing. This is our job. And it is precisely because we do our job well that complaints and discontent arise. The audience loves the image we created and really doesn’t want the end. But it is inevitable. The Heroines of the myth, invented by me and created by the team, quite quickly and naively begin to believe in their Divine nature. But we don’t know how to deal with Goddesses. We’re burning pots here,” Shnurov answered.
Sati Casanova insulted disabled children
On September 15, a scandal broke out around the former lead singer of the group “Factory” Sati Casanova. During the presentation of her “Culture and Life” foundation in Nalchik, she stated that the foundation’s activities will be devoted only to the social and creative aspects of life, and it will have nothing to do with “oblique” and “crooked” children. Casanova called children with “oblique” and “crooked” disabilities, which caused a violent reaction from the entire society.
Singer Danko, who is raising a daughter with cerebral palsy, published an angry message on the social network, where he did not skimp on harsh expressions. A Lolita Milyavskaya, whose daughter suffers from autism, called on her colleague to publicly apologize. Which is what Sati Casanova did.
“I am very sorry that this happened. And regarding people, children with any diseases, I do not dare to be cynical or cruel towards them. I am on the board of trustees of two more foundations: one for cerebral palsy and one for the rehabilitation of young people with disabilities. I see how painful it is for parents, I only observe it from the outside, what kind of work and testing they go through. I apologize to everyone who I unwittingly offended,” said the artist.
After which she called Danko and personally apologized for her words.
Panin and the sex scandal with the dog
After a series of conflicts with ex-wife Yulia Yudintseva because of his daughter, which was accompanied by the kidnapping of a child and chases, and publications on the Internet candid shots, Alexey Panin shocked the audience again. At the end of October, a video appeared on the Internet in which a man very similar to the actor had sex with a dog. The actor himself said that this was a montage, and he would not be surprised if they soon start accusing him of having sex with aliens. True, he then hastened to refute himself and said that on scandalous video completely different person.
“I won’t argue, the person in this video looks a lot like me. But the truth lies in the details. These nuances may not be so visible to a simple viewer, but my friends drew attention to two inconsistencies. First of all, there are no tattoos on the back of the person in the video. And I have three of them. The man in the video has gray hair. And 10 years ago (at the time when I got my first tattoo) I didn’t have gray hair“,” Panin gave his reasons.
"Coming out" Cristiano Ronaldo
November 21st all sports world- and not only - shuddered from the sensation: the Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo during an argument with an Atlético midfielder Coke said he was gay. Then it turned out that the situation was a little different. After the match, the Portuguese told his teammate something like this about his quarrel: “Koke told me: “You’re gay,” and I answered: “Yes, but I’m very rich, and you’re a bastard.” True, later Portuguese experts began to say that the word that Cristiano used can be translated in different ways and the sensational “coming out” is just a translation error.
Shepelev presented a book about Zhanna Friske
November 24 TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev presented the book “Zhanna” - about the time when they fought cancer together. The publication was supposed to be " teaching aid"for those who are faced with a terrible diagnosis. There, Shepelev describes in detail how he looked for doctors, studied treatment methods - from traditional to experimental, and selected medications. At the same time, he told how their relationship developed and what helped them not to give up.
But even here there was a scandal. Father Zhanna Friske Vladimir Kopylov again accused Shepelev of lying and promised to prove to everyone that he was telling a lie. He also added that he is not going to read a book about his daughter, because it “is not about Jeanne, but about him.”
A small conflict arose during the presentation of the book. One viewer asked Shepelev why his book is more expensive than Pushkin’s works, to which the TV presenter replied:
“You, of course, think that I’m a scoundrel, I set the price myself. But in order to put out the fire in you, I hasten to assure you that the publishing house is doing this. I note that this book is cheaper than Buzova’s book,” the TV presenter retorted.
Kirkorov accused Marouani of extorting a million euros
On November 29, it became known that the leader of the French group “Space” was detained in Moscow. Didier Marouani and a famous lawyer Igor Trunov. The reason for the arrest was a statement Philip Kirkorov about extorting 1 million euros from him. True, in the morning the Frenchman and his representative were released with an apology.
To clarify the situation, on November 30, Didier Marouani and Igor Trunov held a press conference at which they stated that they had arrived at the Sberbank branch to sign a settlement agreement with Philip Kirkorov, whom the Frenchman accused of plagiarism. Marouani claimed that the composition of the King of Pop Russian stage"Tough Love" is loosely based on his song "Symphonic Space Dream". As evidence, he provided the results of an examination, which established the borrowing of musical material by 43.27%, in connection with which the musician demanded compensation for damages in the amount of 75.34 million rubles and a ban Russian artist perform this composition.
To which Kirkorov replied that he did not suspect the existence of the group “Space” and, moreover, was not the author of the song “Cruel Love”, and therefore all the accusations against him were simply absurd.
“Didier Marouani is apparently going to go on tour or release a new album, so he’s trying to use the name of Philip Kirkorov to remind himself now,” commented the singer’s press secretary Anton Korobkov-Zemlyansky.
The conflict ended, as Maruani admitted, with a “very polite” conversation with Kirkorov.
Hackers published personal correspondence of Buzova
The fact that the “tarabuziki” were going to divorce became known in early November. For about a month, fans and ill-wishers discussed the reasons for the separation, and as soon as this topic began to subside, another scandal erupted - correspondence was leaked online Olga Buzova With ex-lover, relatives and Dmitry Nagiyev. The TV presenter emotionally corresponded with her mother and sister, hurled accusations of greed towards Tarasov and complained to Nagiyev about loneliness. In addition to correspondence, audio recordings, intimate photos and personal videos of Buzova appeared on the Internet. The TV personality herself reacted to the publication of her personal archive with more than restraint.
“I don’t comment on people’s illegal actions. For this there is law enforcement agencies. I'm currently in Berlin for an exclusive interview with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cottillard in support of the film "Assassin's Creed". I don't know what's going on there. They say that my correspondence and iCloud were hacked. This is vile. Cruel. I have been a single woman for 3 months now. That’s all I can say now,” said Buzova.