Culture and leisure

The Russians named the main words of the year, in particular, "coronavirus" and "QR codes", said the general director of VTsIOM Valery Fedorov.

"Shape of You" from the British artist's third album ÷ ("divide") reached the 3 billion listens milestone on Spotify on 22 December.

Showtime has posted the trailer for the anthology series Super Pumped on its YouTube channel.

Adele and Ed Sheeran lead in the number of nominations.

The founders of the award for the best debut called the novel brilliant, written with linguistic virtuosity.

The cause of death of the 62-year-old musician was multiple myeloma, which is a type of blood cancer.

She pointed out that the lifestyle of circus animals reminds her of a horror movie.

Hollywood star actor Keanu Reeves has revealed that some action scenes that were already filmed have been removed from The Matrix: Resurrection.

A court in Minsk sentenced the leaders of the Belarusian fantasy-folk music band Irdorath Vladimir and Nadezhda Kalach, who performed at the protests in Belarus in 2020, to two years in prison.

This was announced by the editor-in-chief of the publication, Edward Felsenthal.

Masayuki Uemura, the creator of Japan's Nintendo game consoles, has passed away at the age of 79.

Hiddleston won the best actor of a TV show for his role in the series «Loki», and the film with Johansson's participation «Black Widow» was recognized as the best film of the year.

HBO Max has released the first teaser for the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special: Return to Hogwarts.

The first trailer for the sequel to the 2000s hit Sex and the City mini-series And Just Like That appeared online.

In tribute to Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton pays tribute to the life and legacy of the creative genius with the launch of its Spring-Summer 2022 collection in Miami on 1 December.