All posts tagged: Easter

The Last Dance Director Added Tom Hardy/James Bond Easter Egg

The Last Dance Director Added Tom Hardy/James Bond Easter Egg

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Kelly Marcel and Tom Hardy are fitting dance partners for Eddie Brock and Venom’s final go-round in Venom: The Last Dance. The longtime screenwriter turned director has been friends with Hardy since the early 2000s, as they both worked across the street from one another in Southwest London. Marcel was employed at a video rental store, and after hitting it off one day, she soon started writing scenes for Hardy’s theater company that was run out of the first floor of Battersea’s The Latchmere pub. Eventually, Hardy brought Marcel in to do uncredited rewrites on Nicolas Winding Refn’s Bronson (2008), something she’d again do years later on George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).  In the intervening years, she launched her career by selling Terra Nova to Amblin and Fox. It would go on to become TV’s most expensive series at the time, and despite creating the concept, she declined a lucrative offer to actually run the show. Instead, she went on to write Saving Mr. Banks and Fifty Shades of Grey. In 2017, Hardy …

‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4: Every end credit Easter egg

‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4: Every end credit Easter egg

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A brand new season of Only Murders in the Building is here, and the prop team has once again delivered in a major way. Just like in Season 3, the end credits of each Season 4 episode come with two visual call-backs to what we’ve just seen — little prop-sized details that may or may not be clues. SEE ALSO: ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4 review: Murder at the movies We’ve broken down each end credits Easter egg below (we’ll keep updating this story as each new episode drops). Episode 1, “Once Upon a Time in the West” Credit: Hulu The image on the left, a green box of premium quality “Olde Belgium” lager, is actually a throwback to the end of Season 3. This is the case of beer that Sazz (Jane Lynch) brings to Charles (Steve Martin), shortly before she’s killed. “I got a cold case for ya,” says Sazz, but Charles suggests fetching the 1966 Argentinian Malbec from his apartment instead. If only they’d stuck to lager. The second image …

A Traditional Easter Rocket War in Greece

A Traditional Easter Rocket War in Greece

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In the Greek village of Vrontados, each year during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations, members of two rival churches hold a traditional “rocket war” by firing thousands of homemade fireworks toward each other while services are held. The goal for each side is to hit the bell in the tower of the opposing church. The festival, called Rouketopolemos, has been celebrated by the churches of Agios Markos and Panagia Erithiani for at least 135 years. Gathered here are images of this year’s battle, along with others from recent years. Source link

Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter | Ukraine

Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter | Ukraine

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Russian attacks on Orthodox Easter Sunday killed a woman, burying her under rubble, and injured 24 in Ukraine’s north-eastern city of Kharkiv and surrounds, regional officials said. Public broadcaster Suspilne reported power cuts in parts of Kharkiv region and in the adjacent Sumy region after reports of drone attacks and explosions. Vadim Filashkin, head of the military administration in Donetsk region, said two people were killed by shelling in the town of Pokrovsk and two injured in Chasiv Yar, west of the Russian-held town of Bakhmut. In his Easter address, Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Ukrainians to be “united in one common prayer”. Standing in front of Kyiv’s Saint Sophia cathedral, Zelenskiy called on Ukrainians to pray for each other and the soldiers on the frontline. “And we believe: God has a chevron with the Ukrainian flag on his shoulder,” said the president, dressed in a traditional embroidered Ukrainian vyshyvanka shirt and khaki trousers. “So with such an ally, life will definitely win over death.” A majority of Ukrainians identify as Orthodox Christians, though the church …

Deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Donetsk, Kharkiv as foes mark Orthodox Easter

Deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Donetsk, Kharkiv as foes mark Orthodox Easter

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Russian strikes on the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv killed three people and wounded at least a dozen more, officials said Sunday. Issued on: 05/05/2024 – 20:43 2 min These latest attacks came as Orthodox Christians in Ukraine and Russia celebrated Easter, and as Moscow said its forces had captured another village on the battlefield. “In Pokrovsk, rocket attacks killed two people and damaged a house,” Vadim Filashkin, Ukraine’s governor of the Donetsk region, said in a post on Telegram. Pokrovsk is around 60 kilometres (35 miles) northwest of Donetsk city, the Russian-held capital of the region which Moscow claims to have annexed. Another strike on Monachynivka, in Kharkiv region, killed an 88-year-old woman, said the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov. Earlier Sunday, the mayor of Kharkiv said in a series of posts on Telegram that at least 10 people had been wounded in an aerial attack on the city around lunchtime. “The strike hit the central part of the city in an area of residential buildings,” Igor Terekhov said. Synegubov said Russia had …

Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Easter again under threat of Russian weapons 

Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Easter again under threat of Russian weapons 

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For a third year in a row, Ukrainians observed their Easter Sunday as Russian troops advanced in eastern Ukraine, particularly around the strategic town of Chasiv Yar, while Kyiv’s troops wait for U.S. military aid that would help them push back Russian forces. Despite the imminent Russian threat, residents in Kostiantynivka, 15 kilometers southwest of Chasiv Yar, attended the Orthodox Easter liturgy. “We came in 2022 and in 2023, and we’ll come again,” said Natalia Hryhorieva, 58, outside an Orthodox church as she waited for a priest to bless her Easter basket with holy water. In the background, cannon fire bellowed. The priest decried the “Godless” enemy and led a prayer for Ukraine’s victory. A priest sprays holy water on believers during the Orthodox Easter service in front of a church in the town of Kostiantynivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near a front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 5, 2024. Kostiantynivka, a key Ukrainian city in the industrialized Donetsk region, could be next in line to face a Russian onslaught if Chasiv Yar …

5 Arab recipes for Orthodox Easter

5 Arab recipes for Orthodox Easter

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I have been engaged in a clandestine yearslong effort to steal Easter away from my mother, who has hosted the feast our entire lives. It’s not like she does a bad job. In fact, nobody can create a feast as good in as little time. But at some point we all have to let these matriarchs rest. Serve them for a change. And Easter comes with much lower stakes than Thanksgiving or Christmas. Before I go further, I know what you’re thinking: Easter was five weeks ago. Wrong! Due to centuries-old disagreements that are too ridiculous to get into (but you can read more about here), the Orthodox Church often celebrates the holiday on a different Sunday. Here’s my guide to the perfect Easter (or really any spring) feast. It’s all about lamb. That’s the centerpiece. This year, I’ll be cooking my lamb in yogurt with pine nuts and rice, plated over bread. It’s a traditional Jordanian dish called mansaf, and it’s perfect for holidays, big groups and special guests. If you want something similarly …

Ukraine marks its third Easter at war under fire from Russian drones

Ukraine marks its third Easter at war under fire from Russian drones

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Orthodox devotees stand next to baskets of traditional Easter delights as they are blessed by a Ukrainian priest outside the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, on May 5, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said Sunday, May 5, that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones, of which 23 had been shot down by air defenses. Six people, including a child, were wounded in a drone strike in the eastern Kharkiv region, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Fires broke out when debris from drones that were shot down fell on buildings in the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region. No casualties were reported. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced Sunday that its troops had taken control of the village of Ocheretyne, which has been in the crosshairs of Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern …

Shadow of war hangs over Orthodox Easter as Zelenskiy and Putin mark holiday | Ukraine

Shadow of war hangs over Orthodox Easter as Zelenskiy and Putin mark holiday | Ukraine

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Orthodox Easter services in Ukraine and Russia have taken on a political tone, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy asserted that God had a “Ukrainian flag on his shoulder” and Vladimir Putin attended a church service led by a staunch supporter of Moscow’s invasion. Noting that Ukraine had now been fighting Russia for 802 days, Zelenskiy called on Ukrainians to pray for each other and the soldiers on the frontline. “And we believe: God has a chevron with the Ukrainian flag on his shoulder,” said the president, dressed in a traditional embroidered Ukrainian vyshyvanka shirt and khaki trousers. “So with such an ally, life will definitely win over death.” Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this weekend, while most western churches observed the holiday on 31 March. A priest blesses people during an Orthodox Easter service in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Photograph: Maksym Muzychenko-Kishka/Reuters In Moscow, Putin attended an Easter service led by the head of the country’s Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a supporter of the Russian president. Video of the service showed Putin, dressed in a dark suit and …

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls God an “ally” against Russia in Orthodox Easter speech

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls God an “ally” against Russia in Orthodox Easter speech

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An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Francisco Seco/AP KYIV, Ukraine — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said Sunday that Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones, of which 23 had been shot down by air defenses. Six people, including a child, were wounded in a drone strike in the eastern Kharkiv region, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. Fires broke out when debris from drones that were shot down fell on buildings in the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region. No casualties were reported. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced Sunday that its troops had taken control …