By Sasha Raspopina for The Calvert Journal. Back in April, the hottest topic in the Russian media and blogosphere was the news that the controversial director Nikita Mikhalkov and his brother, the director Andrei Konchalovsky, had applied for government funding of nearly a billion rubles ($16.5 million) to open a fast food chain that would be a healthier Russian alternative to McDonald's. When the news hit Facebook and Twitter, a steady stream of columns and posts fulminated over the fact that two very wealthy brothers were asking the state for a billion rubles for a commercial venture.

Neither Amber Heard nor Johnny Depp are doing themselves any favors in the defamation trial between them, CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says. Heard’s “credibility is taking a beating,” Grace said on Fox New Tuesday, “and that’s her fault.” In testimony this week, Heard said her op-ed about domestic violence in the Washington Post in 2018 — the source behind Depp’s $50 million lawsuit against her, although it doesn’t mention his name — was not about her actor ex-husband at all.

Ben Flajnik's father didn't raise him to be a liar — or did he? During Monday's After the Final Rose special, the 29-year-old California winemaker denied cheating on fiancee Courtney Robertson, 28 — despite photographic evidence to the contrary. "On my father's grave, I haven't kissed another woman. I haven't hooked up with another woman. I haven't cheated on Courtney. None of that," he told host Chris Harrison, 40. "Those are friends from San Francisco.

The classic rock world lost one of its most enigmatic musicians when David Crosby died at age 81 on Jan. 19, 2023. His music — with The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), and his solo work — lives on. So do his wife and children. Yet the guitarist, singer, and songwriter was lucky to make it to his 80s, and Crosby has Phil Collins to thank for a controversial liver transplant he received in 1994.

Warning, spoiler alert for the season one finale The Bear has been one of 2022’s biggest and well reviewed TV shows, and finally was recently released in the UK, just a few months after its initial US launch. While fans are loving the series, particularly an entire one-shot take in episode seven, the ending of season one thrilled viewers. So what happened? Here’s the season one finale explained… MORE: Wedding Season: Disney+ drama's twisty ending explained - and season 2 details