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Some highlights from Ciao 2021

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Eurovision Fact #212:

In 2009, there were separate hosts for the Semi-Finals and the Grand final.

Natalya Vodyanova, a famous supermodel, and Andrey Malakhov, a famous TV host, presented the Semi-Finals. Alsou, famous singer and Russia's 2000 representative, and Ivan Urgant, a TV star, hosted the Grand Final.

[Sources]:

Moscow 2009, Eurovision.tv.

Stockholm 2000 Participants: Alsou, Eurovision.tv.

'Exclusive: The hosts of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest!' Eurovision.tv.

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Per il secondo anno di fila, in Russia, hanno fatto uno speciale di Capodanno modellato sul trash italiano anni Ottanta. 

Capolavoro. XD

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Johnny on the Russian Talk-show “Evening Urgant” [FULL INTERVIEW] (April 22, 2021)

Last Thursday (April 22), Johnny gave a 10 minute and half video link interview for the “Meeting at a Safe Distance” segment on the Russian late night talk-show “Evening Urgant” hosted by Ivan Urgant. Johnny talked about his musical and movie career, working with famous rock stars, Nicolas Cage, his last visit in Moscow and his upcoming movie “Minamata” that premiered on that day in Russia. Although the entire interview was made in English, and you can hear a little of what is being said, the interview was dubbed in Russian for the audience and when was aired on TV. But just in case, you wanna know what was talked in the interview I made a lengthy review/transcription about the show:

Johnny’s interview starts at minute 11:27 and after a loudy greeting from Ivan and the audience and a funny test of communication (because we know that Johnny’s video link is not that good in quality). Johnny’s video is being screened in a TV that is being hold by Ivan’s assistant Dmitriy Khrustalyov, who uses his legs as an extension of Johnny body. (It was funny, but poor Dimitry...)

The host Ivan Urgant started asking questions about his musical and movie career. First he asked if it was true that Johnny became a musician and a guitar player earlier than an actor. Johnny confirmed that and talked about how he discovered the guitar, or as he said, “this beautiful instrument” at the age of 12 and knew on that moment that he unquestionably had found his first love and his future.

Talking about guitars, Ivan asks what was his first guitar and who bought to him, and Johnny remembers when he talked to his mom into buying an Japanese electric guitar for 25 dollars.

Still on the music theme, Ivan remembers about when Johnny and Keith Richards worked together, as son and father in “Pirates of the Caribbean”, and asks if it’s true that Johnny invited him just because he wanted somebody to jam with. Johnny, who was drinking, almost chokes and laughs. Then he answers that he didn’t think about it on that way, but that it work very well.

Ivan also jokes and asks who is better: Johnny as guitar player or Keith Richards as an actor, and Johnny kept the joke answering that Keith is better in both.

Another musician, Ivan asked about was Paul McCartney. And he asks Johnny’s feelings while playing with a musician so well known, because to every single person on the planet, specially Johnny who started playing at 12 years old, this is the summit, this is the dream come true. Johnny answers that he “can never have 10 seconds without looking around and thinking: how did I ever ended up here in this situation”, because, as he says, “it’s an impossibility”. And now he feels very blessed, very lucky for working with some of the great actors and musicians like Paul McCartney, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper and Jeff Beck.

To finish the questions about his musical life, Ivan asks to compare and choose The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. Johnny explains that to him they are “different animals” and how the The Beatles sounds as kind of a vocal group in a harmony, while the Stones are more into the R ‘n B and the blues. Ivan agrees but he jokes saying that he (Ivan) always chose The Beatles, making Johnny laughs again.

Then Ivan starts to talk about Johnny’s movie career, and remember when years ago (in September 23, 2016), Nicolas Cage went to the show and told them a funny story of when he met Johnny (when he just had moved to L.A) and let him stay at his place. Then Nicolas started to notice that his money was disappearing. Ivan asks if it’s true or not and Johnny, always smiling, confirms the story. While everyone is laughing Ivan asks how much he got, and Johnny explain that “Nick” failed to mention that all the money he took was in Pesos from Nicolas trips to Mexico and that he used to left around the house. So Johnny ended up picking the money and then going to change at the corner store, and, laughing, Johnny said that thanks to that he was able to buy something to eat for a week and a pack of cigarettes.

Ivan then asks about the day Johnny went to Moscow (during the Hollywood Vampires 2018 Tour at the end of May) and he visited the Mayakovsky Museum. Johnny reveals that when he was a kid, his older brother gave him a lot of books that might be considered intellectually difficult for his age (around 11, 12 years old) and that he felt connected to his Mayakovsky poetry. “You feel a connection to those writers that you admired for so long and Mayakovsky for me was a wonderful journey” ~Johnny Depp And that’s why he wanted to visit the place where Mayakovsky died. Johnny also revealed being a great admirer of Russian arts of that period as well, like El Lissitzky (artist, designer, photographer, typographer and architect), the Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich, and the artist Ilya Chashnik.

 Lastly, Ivan asks about his new movie “Minamata” which has an important, real and tragic story. Than he asks to explain about the movie and his character. 

Johnny explain how throughout the 60’s, there was a large corporation in the south of Japan, located close to a very poor and simple small fishing village called “Minamata”. There they used to make money by selling, as well as used to consume the results of fishing, but meanwhile their water was being filled with mercury by this large corporation. Then he explains that the character he plays, who was a real person, was a war correspondent for a number of years and reluctantly goes to Minamata and sees what’s going on there and ended up being completely taken aback by the effects of this poison. So he and Aileen, the woman with who he marries, become part of the fight and Minamata becomes they’re saving grace in what they did, opening the story of the disaster to the world. Johnny concludes saying that what happened in Minamata it’s not different from what’s going on today in a lot of places in the world.

 Ending the Interview, Ivan shows a snipped of the movie and after thanks Johnny, saying that he’d love and dreamt to play guitar with him. He even had a guitar with him there and Johnny says that they can set up something together to the next time he goes in person to the show and Ivan jokes that although Johnny is one of the best actors in the world, he can see that he is lying, and this makes Johnny laughs again.

Before finishing the interview, Ivan thanks thanks Johnny again, says that they really wants him on the show, in person, someday while Johnny, still smiling, greets the audience one last time.

> Curiosities: * Although the show was aired at night, it was previously recorded hours earlier in the afternoon. And it seems that Johnny’s interview was indeed realized on that day. 

* Johnny was really comfortable in the interview. Smiling, joking, and even less nervous than when he is in person. It seems that video link interviews for Johnny brings a little bit of a relief.

* The fact of Johnny being a great admirer of Russian artists caught many people by surprise. Although it’s known that Johnny is a “bookworm” and is really interested in arts in general, some Russian fans admired him, because neither most of them didn’t know who was the artists he was citing.

* You can watch the full interview on Youtube. (Starts at minute 11:27 and goes until minute 21:54)

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Queen Manizha at the "Evening Urgant show "  10.03.21

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