RUSSIA 1, FREEDOM 0 Sep 8, 2008
The Muslim-terrorist problem will be with us to some degree for years to come, but it's not remotely as great a threat as a resurgent militarist Russia bristling with missiles and led by a reincarnation of Ivan the Terrible. The Russians chose to play hardball with Georgia, a democracy allied to the United States. (New York Post -- Opinions)
In public, it's Putin giving the orders Aug 14, 2008
Tsars tended to be either merciful, paternalistic rulers or strong and iron-handed, such as Ivan the Terrible. Few combined both qualities, although some tried. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Czar leads vote for greatest Russian Jul 16, 2008
Stalin, Lenin close behind; Yeltsin in 11th place, ahead of Ivan the Terrible ... 11) and Ivan the Terrible (No. (MSNBC -- International)
This week's new releases (July 13) Jul 13, 2008
And a real kinship exists between opera and film (Pauline Kael once described Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible" as "opera without the singers"). Wagner envisioned his operas as a Gesamtkunstwerk (total art work), never dreaming of the emergence a few decades later of a medium that would be as total as total could be, the movies. (Boston Globe)
Special Guest appearance on "Museum" sequel Jul 3, 2008
"The "Spinal Tap" star has joined the cast as Ivan the Terrible for the comedy adventure, officially titled "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. "Also joining the cast are Jon Bernthal (Al Capone), Bill Hader (Gen. George Armstrong Custer) and French actor Alain Chabat (Napoleon).The film, directed by Shawn Levy, reunites lead Ben Stiller with castmates Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais and Owen Wilson. Shooting is underway in Vancouver,The original film, released in 2006, was a box... (National Post)
New Guest at Museum Jul 2, 2008
UK, July 1, 2008 - Spinal Tap star and all-round comedy legend Christopher Guest has joined the cast of the Night at the Museum sequel, playing Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible ... com Chris Guest will play Ivan the Terrible in the Museum sequel. (IGN FilmForce)
With no Ivan, the bet is piano camp is going to rock Jun 25, 2008
I didn't have a lot of camp experience as a kid, but I remember going to a basketball camp when I was 10 or 11 and vowing never to return after meeting our camp coach, whom we quickly nicknamed Ivan the Terrible. The guy was in love with running. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Russia sees revival in film making Jun 4, 2008
They are the "oprichniki," loyal henchmen of the 16th century Russian czar, Ivan the Terrible ... The set belongs to a new film, "Ivan the Terrible and Metropolitan Philip," due out next year, which explores the relationship between the tyrant Ivan and his friend and fiercest critic, Philip. (International Herald Tribune)
Justices: Child porn is not protected speech May 20, 2008
He was once accused by the U.S. and Israel of being the notoriously brutal S.S. guard known as "Ivan the Terrible.". Share this on. (CNN -- Tech)
Book Review: Timothy Colton's "Yeltsin: A Life" May 8, 2008
In the introduction to his biography of Boris Yeltsin, Timothy Colton lists more than 100 of the similes and analogies that have been applied over the years to Yeltsin, among them martyr and jester, Lincoln and Nixon, Alexander the Great and Ivan the Terrible, Hamlet and Hercules, bear, bulldog and boa constrictor. The wry list is an early signal that Colton knows he is treading into a subject that has inspired rival mythologies. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
What are you doing? Apr 8, 2008
if you were voting for the lesser of two evils, with the exception of Attila the Hun or Ivan the Terrible, George sell out your own countrymen Bush would not be the correct choice. and Cobb Dad, you idiot, just because Democrats don t mindlessly think like they are supposed to according to you, that doesn t mean that they would spend money and borrow money against our children s future as republicans have, it will be a long time before anyone from any party can out do the Bush administration for... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Building Kazakhstan, one film at a time Feb 25, 2008
Sergei Eisenstein, the high priest of Soviet film who turned propaganda into art ("Battleship Potemkin," "Ivan the Terrible") in fact used studios in Almaty during World War II.. For a country with a weak sense of where it came from and insecurity about its future, these films are the cinematic equivalent of nation-building. (International Herald Tribune)
Bolshoi prima ballerina Natalia Bessmertnova dies at age 66 Feb 19, 2008
In addition to Juliet, Bessmertnova also danced the leading female roles "Giselle," "Ivan the Terrible," "The Angara" and "The Golden Age.". Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Today in History - Jan. 16 Jan 16, 2008
In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia (popularly known as "Ivan the Terrible") was crowned Czar. In 1883, the U.S. Civil Service Commission was established. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
No wonder Bess looks so pale... Nov 4, 2007
It was a very dark, non-judgmental film, modelled on The Godfather and brutal European movies about 16th-century court life, such as Ivan the Terrible and La Reine Margot. It was designed to entertain intelligent audiences but not necessarily to please historians, and certainly not historical purists. (The Observer)
Genghis: Russians laud lord of the horde Oct 11, 2007
Indeed, the filmmakers could have placed on the screen a native Russian ruler such as Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great, or even Stalin. Thus, the interest in Genghis Khan is not connected just with the Russian love of strong leaders but is also caused by other deeper reasons; the interest in the Mongols is due to an attempt to create an historical legacy for keeping together the various ethnic groups of the Russian Federation. (Asia Times Online)
Facts about Ivan the Terrible Aug 16, 2007
Fact about Ivan the Terrible: Ivan IV Built St. Basil's Cathedral. Ivan the Terrible, also Known as Ivan IV or Ivan Grozny, was responsible for the construction of St. Basil's Cathedral in the year 1560 ... It was also a celebration of Ivan the Terrible's victory over the the Mongol Tatars. (Suite101.com)
Gore Daughter: '08 Run Not Happening... Jul 22, 2007
63 17 Ivan the Terrible 305 1. 59 18 Fidel Castro 283 1. (The Drudge Report)
Iran's practical nationalism Jun 7, 2007
By bloody purges, Ivan the Terrible, a 16th-century czar, cleansed Russia of traitors and turncoats. And Peter the Great, while preserving the basic matrix of Russian political culture, acquired the necessary Western know-how to make Russia one of the greatest European powers. (Asia Times Online)
Obituary: Boris Yeltsin Apr 24, 2007
Any of these actions would have ensured Yeltsin a place in the catalogue of strong Russian leaders from Ivan the Terrible onwards. The four together create an extraordinary record for a man who was virtually unknown in Russia, let alone abroad, until the age of 56. (Guardian Unlimited)
Eminent French writer Troyat dies Mar 8, 2007
His biographies of writers and monarchs included Anton Chekov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy. At the time of his death, announced in the French newspaper Le Figaro on Monday, he was the dean of the Academie Francaise. (Yahoo News -- Literature and Authors)
Top Wall St. brokers busted in $15M insider-trading ring Mar 5, 2007
Ivan Boesky, aka Ivan the Terrible, was synonymous with insider trading in the 1980s ... He was known as Ivan the Terrible, a nickname that Wall Street wolf Ivan Boesky earned as the poster boy for insider trading in the mid-1980s. (New York Daily News)
Terry Gilliam: Feb 22, 2007
What was true in medieval Munich was true again in the cellars of the Gestapo HQ in the Prinz-Albrecht Strasse, and what was true under Ivan the Terrible was true again in the Lubyanka and the Lefortovo. The frightening thing is that any regime dedicated to ruling by terror so easily finds a sufficient supply of lethal myrmidons. (Slate)
Regression in Russia Feb 11, 2007
Except for a brief period during the post-czarist Kerensky regime, Russia's history is a sequence of one Ivan the Terrible after another. Why with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 has a KGB officer become the country's president. (Washington Times, DC)
