Volodymyr Zelensky
‘Vikings’ Star Katheryn Winnick Warns Against Ukraine War Fatigue: “We Can’t Forget”
Vikings star Katheryn Winnick made her character Lagertha — a shield maiden, or female warrior — as tough and determined as any of the male warriors fighting in bloody battles on the popular history drama. And she’s a a kick-ass woman in real life, having earned her first black belt at 13 and opened three […]
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Mark Strong on Working With Ukraine to Help Schoolchildren and Joking With President Zelensky About ‘Dune’ Series Emperor Role
Mark Strong is lending his voice and celebrity to help raise money to renovate a bomb shelter for 327 school kids in Ukraine. The actor recently joined the Ukrainian government’s fundraising platform United24 as an ambassador and has signed on to help create a safe and protected space for children at a school in Uman […]
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Sean Penn’s ‘Superpower’ Gets Ukrainian TV Debut
Sean Penn’s documentary Superpower, which follows an embattled Ukraine’s fight against an invading Russia and interviews president Volodymyr Zelensky, will debut on Ukrainian TV today. The Fifth Season film will premiere the same day on Ukrainian broadcaster Inter as the feature documentary starts streaming in the U.S. on Paramount+. The day-and-date release will include other […]
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‘Superpower’ Review: Sean Penn’s Intensive and Very Firsthand Account of the War in Ukraine
The Hollywood actor and activist chronicles Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the ground, including three exclusive interviews with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Berlin: Volodymyr Zelensky Opens Festival With Call for Culture to Take Sides in the War in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky opened the Berlin International Film Festival Thursday night with a defiant call for for artists and cultural institutions to “take a stand” in the war in Ukraine and to support his country and his people in their fight against Russian aggression. “Can art be outside politics, can cinema be outside politics […]
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Berlin Film Festival Will Open With Video Message From Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky
The 2023 Berlin Film Festival will open Thursday with a live video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The festival confirmed what pretty much everyone had expected, that the Ukraine leader would speak to the Berlinale audience, using the platform to call for solidarity with Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia. Sean Penn — […]
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Volodymyr Zelensky Talks Hopes of War Ending During Golden Globes Video Message: “There Will Be No Third World War”
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky shared an impactful message via video at the 2023 Golden Globes on Tuesday night. Mystic River‘s Sean Penn introduced Zelensky, saying “If the freedom to dream was a spear, I proudly present a human being who tonight represents that spear’s most honed tip.” The message from the Ukraine president comes nearly […]
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Time Names Volodymyr Zelensky Person of the Year for 2022
Time magazine named Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as its person of the year on Wednesday. The reveal was made on NBC’s Today program as Time Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal said Zelensky had kept Ukraine in the news over the last year amid an invasion by Russian forces beginning in February 2022. “Whether one looks at this […]
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David Letterman Interviews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
David Letterman will interview Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on an upcoming episode of his Netflix show, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Letterman recently traveled to Kyiv to interview Zelensky as the president leads his country’s efforts to turn back the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The fighting between the two nations is in its 10th […]
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Leonard Maltin Joins Ukraine’s Fundraising Effort for Hollywood Charity Event
Embattled Ukraine has tapped Hollywood film critic Leonard Matlin to help fundraise for medical assistance to aid the country’s military effort against an invading Russia. Matlin is getting behind a Nov. 20 charity event in Hollywood, UkraineFilmFest, which has his daughter, Jessie Maltin, as a co-organizer. The fundraiser at NeueHouse Hollywood aims to draw film […]
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Mark Hamill Joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Army Fundraising Effort
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has tapped Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill to help fundraise for his country’s military effort against an invading Russia. The star has been named an ambassador of Ukraine’s UNITED24 fundraising platform, the initiative announced Thursday. Hamill will be suitably tasked with helping to raise funds to purchase drones for the Ukrainian […]
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How Europe’s Film Industry Is Backing Ukraine in the Culture War With Russia
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s impassioned speech, delivered Wednesday during the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival, was a reminder to the international film industry not to ignore or forget the war raging on Europe’s eastern borders. “Your opinion is important, and your voice counts,” Zelensky said in his recorded video, calling on the film […]
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