The last Russian nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category was Mikhail Baryshnikov in '77 for 'The Turning Point'.

MOSCOW, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday denounced new U.S. sanctions against Moscow's energy sector as an attempt to harm Russia's economy at the risk of destabilising ...

More Harry Potter, a third Super Nintendo World and a How to Train Your Dragon land -- here's what you'll find at Universal's brand-new theme park, opening in just five months. Corinne Reichert ...

The most infamous dethroning in Miss Universe history is that of Oxana Fedorova, the winner from Russia. Crowned Miss Universe in 2002, Fedorova charmed audiences with her poise a ...

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Ukraine first launched its incursion into Russia's Kursk region in August (file photo taken in September) Fierce fighting is under way for a second day in Russia's Kursk region after Ukraine ...

The Miss Universe Organization, which runs Miss USA (a separate pageant from Miss America), eliminated its upper age limit altogether last year, leading to the likes of 80-year-old Choi Soon-hwa ...

(KSLA) — More than 50 women from throughout the United States and Puerto Rico competed for the title of Miss America 2025. Miss Alabama won; Miss Texas finished as first runner-up. The finals were ...

Russia controls about a fifth of Ukraine and last year advanced slowly in eastern areas despite high losses of troops and equipment. The war’s trajectory isn’t going in Ukraine’s favor ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (KAIT) – A Rogers native made history Saturday night, being the first Miss Arkansas’ Teen to win the Miss America’s Teen pageant. Peyton Bolling was crowned winner of the Miss ...

Senior Ukrainian official Mykhailo Podolyak revealed to The Independent a week after the attack that the assault was a “military tool of coercion to force Russia into the negotiation process”.