Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, was in Berlin when news broke on February 16 of the sudden death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony.
Two days later, she was protesting in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin alongside Pussy Riot co-member Lucy Shtein, his lawyer Lyubov Sobol and former Russian state TV employee and 2022 Deadline Disruptor Marina Ovsyannikova.
Like most Navalny allies, Tolokonnikova believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood on his hands.
The activist, artist and performer fronted another Navalny commemoration at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles on March 2.
“They opened their doors for us to make a pop-up exhibit and just let people come together. It’s very important for me that we don’t close in on our little selves and grieve alone,” Tolokonnikova says via Zoom.
Tolokonnikova says Navalny was instrumental in...
Two days later, she was protesting in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin alongside Pussy Riot co-member Lucy Shtein, his lawyer Lyubov Sobol and former Russian state TV employee and 2022 Deadline Disruptor Marina Ovsyannikova.
Like most Navalny allies, Tolokonnikova believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood on his hands.
The activist, artist and performer fronted another Navalny commemoration at the Wende Museum in Los Angeles on March 2.
“They opened their doors for us to make a pop-up exhibit and just let people come together. It’s very important for me that we don’t close in on our little selves and grieve alone,” Tolokonnikova says via Zoom.
Tolokonnikova says Navalny was instrumental in...
- 5/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Russian Pussy Riot dissident Nadya Tolokonnikova has welcomed a pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya to carry on his fight for democracy, following his death in an Arctic penal colony last week.
Speaking just hours after Navalnaya released a video statement vowing to continue her late husband’s political campaign, Tolokonnikova said she would be “an amazing figure to unite Russian opposition.”
“Today Yulia Navalnaya came out with a really beautiful statement and I was hoping she was going to make this statement because in my mind she only had two choices to retreat into depression or to continue fighting,” Tolokonnikova told Deadline at the Cinema for Peace gala dinner in Berlin on Monday evening.
Pussy Riot cofounder and activist @Nadyariot welcomes pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow to continue her husband’s message at the Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/RV3rVsA0CU...
Speaking just hours after Navalnaya released a video statement vowing to continue her late husband’s political campaign, Tolokonnikova said she would be “an amazing figure to unite Russian opposition.”
“Today Yulia Navalnaya came out with a really beautiful statement and I was hoping she was going to make this statement because in my mind she only had two choices to retreat into depression or to continue fighting,” Tolokonnikova told Deadline at the Cinema for Peace gala dinner in Berlin on Monday evening.
Pussy Riot cofounder and activist @Nadyariot welcomes pledge by Alexei Navalny’s widow to continue her husband’s message at the Cinema for Peace Gala in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/RV3rVsA0CU...
- 2/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Hillary Clinton and Sharon Stone shared the stage at the annual Cinema for Peace funder raiser in Berlin on Monday night with the latter presenting the former U.S. secretary of state with the Ngo’s Cinema for Peace Award.
Stone described Clinton as an inspirational figure in her life: “The things you’ve said have changed my life, changed the direction and changed the course of the things I’ve chosen to do.”
Clinton gently ribbed Stone about her gala gown, a tie at the front robe covered in mauve spots.
“To my friend Sharon Stone who can look amazingly beautiful in anything. When she walked in, I was like, ‘Wow, who besides Sharon Stone could wear a gigantic bath robe and look stunning… you are one of a kind my friend, one of kind,” she said.
Further honorees included Pope Francis, who was seen receiving the award on taped recording,...
Stone described Clinton as an inspirational figure in her life: “The things you’ve said have changed my life, changed the direction and changed the course of the things I’ve chosen to do.”
Clinton gently ribbed Stone about her gala gown, a tie at the front robe covered in mauve spots.
“To my friend Sharon Stone who can look amazingly beautiful in anything. When she walked in, I was like, ‘Wow, who besides Sharon Stone could wear a gigantic bath robe and look stunning… you are one of a kind my friend, one of kind,” she said.
Further honorees included Pope Francis, who was seen receiving the award on taped recording,...
- 2/20/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Russia has arrested at least 400 people across the country for protesting the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony when he died suddenly on Friday. Among those detained is a priest, Father Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko, who was planning to lead a St. Petersberg memorial service in tribute to Navalny.
Human rights group Ovd-Info said that by Saturday night, police had detained at least 401 people across the country. More than 200 of those arrests took place in St. Petersberg, Russia’s second largest city. Mikhnov-Vaitenko, the...
Human rights group Ovd-Info said that by Saturday night, police had detained at least 401 people across the country. More than 200 of those arrests took place in St. Petersberg, Russia’s second largest city. Mikhnov-Vaitenko, the...
- 2/18/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Pussy Riot called Vladimir Putin and the Russian government “murderers” at a protest Sunday in Germany following the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The group’s creator Nadya Tolokonnikova and fellow members of the protest and performance art collective staged the demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, where a makeshift memorial to Navalny was placed.
“We came with one simple word – ‘Murderers’ He did not just die. He was murdered,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement Sunday of Navalny, who reportedly died of “blood clots” at a Russian prison.
The group’s creator Nadya Tolokonnikova and fellow members of the protest and performance art collective staged the demonstration outside the Russian embassy in Berlin, where a makeshift memorial to Navalny was placed.
“We came with one simple word – ‘Murderers’ He did not just die. He was murdered,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement Sunday of Navalny, who reportedly died of “blood clots” at a Russian prison.
- 2/18/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Jaka Bizilj, the founder of the Berlin-based Cinema for Peace Foundation which organized the airlift from Russia of opposition activist Alexei Navalny after his poisoning in 2020, has responded to his sudden death in an Arctic Circle jail on Friday.
“Seeing the kind of treatment that they were giving him, I’ve been afraid for months that they were going to kill him,” Bizilj told Deadline.
He suggested the writing had been on wall for Navalny ever since the death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in August in the wake of his aborted coup over the summer.
“The Prigozhin case, the uprising, showed that Russia is not as stable as we all believed. After the killing of Prigozhin, Navalny was next on the list… I don’t think Putin saw him as an immediate threat but he was afraid of him in the long run,...
“Seeing the kind of treatment that they were giving him, I’ve been afraid for months that they were going to kill him,” Bizilj told Deadline.
He suggested the writing had been on wall for Navalny ever since the death of Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash in August in the wake of his aborted coup over the summer.
“The Prigozhin case, the uprising, showed that Russia is not as stable as we all believed. After the killing of Prigozhin, Navalny was next on the list… I don’t think Putin saw him as an immediate threat but he was afraid of him in the long run,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Pussy Riot will be the subject of a scripted series from STX Entertainment. Based on the upcoming memoir from ringleader Nadya Tolokonnikova, the untitled show will center around some of the protest art collective’s most notable recent protests — including their “Punk Prayer” and their protest of the Sochi Olympics — as well as their arrests and jail sentence along the way.
Of the series’ premise, Tolokonnikova explains in a statement: “I was a broke 20-year-old artist studying philosophy, he was one of the most powerful, wealthy and dangerous men on Earth. In 2011 I went against him, damn the consequences. After years of imprisonment, harassment, attacks, trauma I am ready to share this story. My dream is to see my country peaceful, democratic and diverse, where gay people are not being stoned to death. Is it too much to ask? Does it make me an extremist?”
She continues: “Today I’m...
Of the series’ premise, Tolokonnikova explains in a statement: “I was a broke 20-year-old artist studying philosophy, he was one of the most powerful, wealthy and dangerous men on Earth. In 2011 I went against him, damn the consequences. After years of imprisonment, harassment, attacks, trauma I am ready to share this story. My dream is to see my country peaceful, democratic and diverse, where gay people are not being stoned to death. Is it too much to ask? Does it make me an extremist?”
She continues: “Today I’m...
- 12/6/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot will serve as the subjects of a forthcoming limited series currently in development at STX Entertainment. The scripted series will be based on the upcoming memoir from founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, which traces the group’s origin story and subsequent run-ins with the law.
“I was a broke 20-year-old artist studying philosophy, he was one of the most powerful, wealthy and dangerous men on Earth. In 2011 I went against him, damn the consequences,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement. “After years of imprisonment, harassment, attacks,...
“I was a broke 20-year-old artist studying philosophy, he was one of the most powerful, wealthy and dangerous men on Earth. In 2011 I went against him, damn the consequences,” Tolokonnikova said in a statement. “After years of imprisonment, harassment, attacks,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: We’ve learned that STX Entertainment has reached a deal with Nadya Tolokonnikova, the artist, activist, and creator of the legendary Russian feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot, to develop a limited scripted series based on her forthcoming memoir.
The project was brought to the studio by former President of STX Sophie Watts.
The series represents the first scripted project of Pussy Riot with the full support of the creator of the movement, Nadya Tolokonnikova, with all preceding projects (including Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer and Pussy versus Putin) being documentaries. The project will explore the story of how a young girl from Siberia took on the world’s most powerful dictator – the origins and formation of the art collective; the actions of Nadya and fellow young women against Putin in Moscow; their arrest after the famous “Punk Prayer” action; their trial, conviction, and jail sentence; and the protests...
The project was brought to the studio by former President of STX Sophie Watts.
The series represents the first scripted project of Pussy Riot with the full support of the creator of the movement, Nadya Tolokonnikova, with all preceding projects (including Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer and Pussy versus Putin) being documentaries. The project will explore the story of how a young girl from Siberia took on the world’s most powerful dictator – the origins and formation of the art collective; the actions of Nadya and fellow young women against Putin in Moscow; their arrest after the famous “Punk Prayer” action; their trial, conviction, and jail sentence; and the protests...
- 12/6/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A giant inflatable vulva appeared outside the Indiana state capitol Tuesday (November 14th), where members of Pussy Riot protested at the state’s Supreme Court as part of the band’s reproductive rights campaign God Save Abortion.
Following Scotus’ overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Indiana has enacted a total ban on abortions; as Pussy Riot leader Nadya Tolokonnikova points out in a statement, a doctor in the state even almost had her license suspended after she helped a 10-year-old rape survivor get an abortion.
“Pussy Riot has always meant to bring hope to hopeless situations — whenever I fail to see any hope, I turn to art,” Tolokonnikova adds. “It helps me to make my message more loud and clear. Art is like a magic wand, it’s a very special instrument. Resist, organize, find like-minded people. And, most importantly, vote. I know you hate the system that failed you,...
Following Scotus’ overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Indiana has enacted a total ban on abortions; as Pussy Riot leader Nadya Tolokonnikova points out in a statement, a doctor in the state even almost had her license suspended after she helped a 10-year-old rape survivor get an abortion.
“Pussy Riot has always meant to bring hope to hopeless situations — whenever I fail to see any hope, I turn to art,” Tolokonnikova adds. “It helps me to make my message more loud and clear. Art is like a magic wand, it’s a very special instrument. Resist, organize, find like-minded people. And, most importantly, vote. I know you hate the system that failed you,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Avenged Sevenfold have teamed with Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova for a new rendition of their jazzy metal mindfuck “We Love You,” a track off this year’s Life Is But a Dream… album. The new version, “We Love You Moar,” features Tolokonnikova singing the song’s chant: “More power, more pace/More money, more taste/More sex, more pills/More skin, more shills,” as well as some new lyrics in Russian. The track runs about two minutes shorter than the album version. The band also some autotune to M.
- 10/6/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Pussy Riot have unveiled the new song “Bad Trip,” which features UK rock duo Nova Twins and Argentinian producer Mykka.
The track starts with some buzzing guitar noise before launching into a chaotic, sexy, screamy, and, at times, whisper-fueled pop-metal anthem, featuring the lyrics, “You’ll never see us coming/ There’s nowhere to escape/ Power, superNova/ Pussy Riot til it’s over.”
Pussy Riot leader Nadya Riot (formerly Nadya Tolokonnikova) said of the song, “Mykka played this beat for me and I got obsessed and begged her to give it to me. It sounds menacing and dominant. I’m a big fan of Bosch, so I wanted to imagine what would be my version of hell / bad trip in this track — being mansplained and totally dominated would be a version of hell for me, that’s why my verse goes: ‘Mansplain me! I don’t really know what am I doing with my life,...
The track starts with some buzzing guitar noise before launching into a chaotic, sexy, screamy, and, at times, whisper-fueled pop-metal anthem, featuring the lyrics, “You’ll never see us coming/ There’s nowhere to escape/ Power, superNova/ Pussy Riot til it’s over.”
Pussy Riot leader Nadya Riot (formerly Nadya Tolokonnikova) said of the song, “Mykka played this beat for me and I got obsessed and begged her to give it to me. It sounds menacing and dominant. I’m a big fan of Bosch, so I wanted to imagine what would be my version of hell / bad trip in this track — being mansplained and totally dominated would be a version of hell for me, that’s why my verse goes: ‘Mansplain me! I don’t really know what am I doing with my life,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Anne Erickson
- Consequence - Music
Boys Noize and Pussy Riot have a simple message for Putin and the rest of the patriarchy: “Put it in a dick cage.” On “Chastity,” their new joint single, which also features Alice Glass, they play with sexual power dynamics – “When I say ‘sit,’ you sit/When I say ‘crawl,’ you crawl” – over burbling, clubby synths all leading to the chorus/punchline: “You can make me love you if you … put it in a dick cage.”
The track’s video features scenes that look like they came out of vintage movies,...
The track’s video features scenes that look like they came out of vintage movies,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Flo Rida’s six-year-old son is in critical condition after falling out of the window of the family’s fifth-floor apartment in New Jersey.
The rapper’s son, Zohar Dillard, whom he shares with Alexis Adams, was taken to hospital on 4 March in critical condition.
Dillard is in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, reportedly recovering from several injuries, including multiple pelvis fractures, left metatarsal fractures, grade three liver laceration, internal bleeding and collapsed lungs.
On 27 March, Adams filed a lawsuit to the Superior Court of New Jersey, suing her apartment’s management company for negligence.
The legal filings claim, per several reports, that the building was equipped with “windows that posed a hazardous condition”, further alleging they were installed with “incorrect sized guards”, “thereby breaching their duty of care”.
Adam’s attorney Steven P Haddad has requested a trial jury, arguing the managers are responsible for upkeeping the building “in a negligent,...
The rapper’s son, Zohar Dillard, whom he shares with Alexis Adams, was taken to hospital on 4 March in critical condition.
Dillard is in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, reportedly recovering from several injuries, including multiple pelvis fractures, left metatarsal fractures, grade three liver laceration, internal bleeding and collapsed lungs.
On 27 March, Adams filed a lawsuit to the Superior Court of New Jersey, suing her apartment’s management company for negligence.
The legal filings claim, per several reports, that the building was equipped with “windows that posed a hazardous condition”, further alleging they were installed with “incorrect sized guards”, “thereby breaching their duty of care”.
Adam’s attorney Steven P Haddad has requested a trial jury, arguing the managers are responsible for upkeeping the building “in a negligent,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Music
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova has been placed on Russia’s most-wanted list for allegedly “offending against religious feeling”.
The news was first reported by the Russian news outlet Mediazona, which is founded by Pussy Riot.
The report confirms that Tolokonnikova, 33, is facing criminal charges, but does not specify any details of the case.
Earlier this month, Russian human rights attorney Pavel Chikov said that Tolokonnikova is being charged with “offending against religious feeling,” according to Meduza.
The news was reported a few days after Pussy Riot released footage of their latest protest video called “Putin’s Ashes.”
In the video, Pussy Riot burned a painting of the Russian president and then stabbed the earth while watching his ashes fall.
According to documents verified by Pitchfork, Tolokonnikova is under investigation for some images on her Instagram account that the Russian government deems offensive to Christianity.
They also called the Pussy...
The news was first reported by the Russian news outlet Mediazona, which is founded by Pussy Riot.
The report confirms that Tolokonnikova, 33, is facing criminal charges, but does not specify any details of the case.
Earlier this month, Russian human rights attorney Pavel Chikov said that Tolokonnikova is being charged with “offending against religious feeling,” according to Meduza.
The news was reported a few days after Pussy Riot released footage of their latest protest video called “Putin’s Ashes.”
In the video, Pussy Riot burned a painting of the Russian president and then stabbed the earth while watching his ashes fall.
According to documents verified by Pitchfork, Tolokonnikova is under investigation for some images on her Instagram account that the Russian government deems offensive to Christianity.
They also called the Pussy...
- 3/30/2023
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Music
Russian authorities have put Pussy Riot founding member Nadezhda “Nadya” Tolokonnikova on its most wanted list for criminal suspects, The Associated Press reports.
On Wednesday, a Russian news outlet called Mediazona discovered an entry for Tolokonnikova in the Russian Interior Ministry’s database of wanted individuals that states the artist faces criminal charges. The entry doesn’t specify what those charges are, but Pitchfork obtained court document translations from Pussy Riot’s team stating that Tolokonnikova is being investigated for Instagram posts that the Russian government deemed offensive to Christianity. The translation also cites “an expression of obvious disrespect,” referring to an Nft Pussy Riot sold in 2021 that depicted the Virgin Mary in the form of a vagina.
Tolokonnikova’s entry on Russia’s wanted list arrives just weeks after she participated in an art installation called Putin’s Ashes, in which a group of women burn a portrait of...
On Wednesday, a Russian news outlet called Mediazona discovered an entry for Tolokonnikova in the Russian Interior Ministry’s database of wanted individuals that states the artist faces criminal charges. The entry doesn’t specify what those charges are, but Pitchfork obtained court document translations from Pussy Riot’s team stating that Tolokonnikova is being investigated for Instagram posts that the Russian government deemed offensive to Christianity. The translation also cites “an expression of obvious disrespect,” referring to an Nft Pussy Riot sold in 2021 that depicted the Virgin Mary in the form of a vagina.
Tolokonnikova’s entry on Russia’s wanted list arrives just weeks after she participated in an art installation called Putin’s Ashes, in which a group of women burn a portrait of...
- 3/29/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Nadya Tolokonnikova, the most visible member of the artist-activist collective Pussy Riot, is now on Russia’s most wanted criminals list. The Associated Press reports that earlier today a Russian news outlet, Mediazona, found Tolokonnikova’s name on the Russian Interior Ministry’s database, which claimed Tolokonnikova faced criminal charges without specifying what those charges are.
“Oopsie, I was just added to Russia’s federal wanted list,” Tolokonnikova wrote on Instagram next to a photo of herself flipping the bird. Tolokonnikova believes the charges relate to her art.
In 2012, Tolokonnikova...
“Oopsie, I was just added to Russia’s federal wanted list,” Tolokonnikova wrote on Instagram next to a photo of herself flipping the bird. Tolokonnikova believes the charges relate to her art.
In 2012, Tolokonnikova...
- 3/29/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Pussy Riot will be honored with the 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize on May 6. The award presentation, set for Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, will take place as part of the Woody Guthrie Center’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, to be held May 5-7.
The Russian band will perform their Riot Days multimedia show following the ceremony, marking its U.S. debut. The group has previously performed the show in various countries around the world.
Band members Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova will accept the prize on behalf of Pussy Riot. Nora Guthrie,...
The Russian band will perform their Riot Days multimedia show following the ceremony, marking its U.S. debut. The group has previously performed the show in various countries around the world.
Band members Maria “Masha” Alyokhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova will accept the prize on behalf of Pussy Riot. Nora Guthrie,...
- 3/24/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Protest art collective Pussy Riot have been awarded the 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize, which is given every year to an artist who exemplifies the late singer’s “spirit and work by speaking for the less fortunate” and “serving as a positive force for social change.”
Though Pussy Riot don’t make anything close to folk music, the Russian feminist protest and performance art group certainly fit the bill, as founding member Nadya Tolokonnikova pointed out in a statement. “It feels fitting to be awarded in the spirit of Woody, I think he would love Pussy Riot’s anti-fascist message,” she said. “We don’t really do folk, but we don’t really do punk either, we simply scream and protest as loud as we can, and hope we can show others they can do the same.”
She continued, “Like Woody said, any fool can make something complicated, our message is clear and simple.
Though Pussy Riot don’t make anything close to folk music, the Russian feminist protest and performance art group certainly fit the bill, as founding member Nadya Tolokonnikova pointed out in a statement. “It feels fitting to be awarded in the spirit of Woody, I think he would love Pussy Riot’s anti-fascist message,” she said. “We don’t really do folk, but we don’t really do punk either, we simply scream and protest as loud as we can, and hope we can show others they can do the same.”
She continued, “Like Woody said, any fool can make something complicated, our message is clear and simple.
- 3/23/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
A little over two weeks have passed since the art installation Pussy Riot: Putin’s Ashes closed in Los Angeles. Now sources in the Russian media report that the activist-art group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova may face criminal charges in Russia for staging it.
“My job is to hurt Putin as much as possible, and [the threat of lawsuits] means that he and people around him are actually getting hurt by Putin’s Ashes, so that’s great news,” Tolokonnikova tells Rolling Stone in a Wednesday Zoom interview. “I’ll keep doing my work and keep pushing.
“My job is to hurt Putin as much as possible, and [the threat of lawsuits] means that he and people around him are actually getting hurt by Putin’s Ashes, so that’s great news,” Tolokonnikova tells Rolling Stone in a Wednesday Zoom interview. “I’ll keep doing my work and keep pushing.
- 2/23/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
In the mid-Nineties in Norilsk, Siberia, seven-year-old Nadya Tolokonnikova dreamt of being an advertising executive — drawing up pitches for Fanta and Coca-Cola commercials.
It might be a surprisingly corporate dream for the future face of Russia’s Pussy Riot, but nothing is quite what it seems in Siberia. Even today, Norilsk is a “closed city” — closed off from foreign visitors, with any movement heavily monitored by the government.
“It’s detached from everything else,” she says. “We don’t have a summer. It’s dark as hell. You can’t...
It might be a surprisingly corporate dream for the future face of Russia’s Pussy Riot, but nothing is quite what it seems in Siberia. Even today, Norilsk is a “closed city” — closed off from foreign visitors, with any movement heavily monitored by the government.
“It’s detached from everything else,” she says. “We don’t have a summer. It’s dark as hell. You can’t...
- 1/3/2023
- by Kurt Mcvey
- Rollingstone.com
Life Is Beautiful feels like Las Vegas … actual Las Vegas, not the touristy Strip about four miles south. While many festivals take place in unremarkable parking lots, dirt fields, or parks, Life Is Beautiful is baked into downtown Vegas. It may be the only large-scale festival where people actually live in houses and apartments within festival grounds.
Make no mistake about it, this is an urban festival, with all the markings of a hip downtown scene — a line of more than 30-people deep waiting to go to cocktail school at...
Make no mistake about it, this is an urban festival, with all the markings of a hip downtown scene — a line of more than 30-people deep waiting to go to cocktail school at...
- 9/19/2022
- by Mark Gray and Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
The David Bowie estate is launching a new Nft series, “Bowie on the Blockchain,” that will feature works from nine different artists paying homage to the late music legend.
The Nft project was spearheaded by the Bowie estate, the web3 venture We Love the Arts, and the Nft marketplace OpenSea, where the sale will launch on Sept. 13. All of the profits to the Bowie estate will be donated to Care, a non-profit for which Bowie’s widow Iman serves as a global advocate.
Bowie, of course, was an avid collector...
The Nft project was spearheaded by the Bowie estate, the web3 venture We Love the Arts, and the Nft marketplace OpenSea, where the sale will launch on Sept. 13. All of the profits to the Bowie estate will be donated to Care, a non-profit for which Bowie’s widow Iman serves as a global advocate.
Bowie, of course, was an avid collector...
- 9/6/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Pussy Riot will release their debut mixtape, Matriarchy Now, on Aug. 5 via Neon Gold Records. The Russian protest art collective previewed the release with a new single, “Plastic,” which features ILoveMakonnen.
The pop-laden song arrives alongside a music video directed by Haley Bowman that sees the musicians formed of literal plastic, evoking punk rock Barbie dolls.
The forthcoming mixtape features a collaboration with Tove Lo, who executive produced the project, as well as collaborations with Salem Ilese, Kito, Hudson Mohawke, Slayyyter, Big Freedia, and Phoebe Ryan.
“Plastic” follow Pussy Riot...
The pop-laden song arrives alongside a music video directed by Haley Bowman that sees the musicians formed of literal plastic, evoking punk rock Barbie dolls.
The forthcoming mixtape features a collaboration with Tove Lo, who executive produced the project, as well as collaborations with Salem Ilese, Kito, Hudson Mohawke, Slayyyter, Big Freedia, and Phoebe Ryan.
“Plastic” follow Pussy Riot...
- 7/8/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Under the continued threat of imprisonment by Vladimir Putin’s regime for anti-government activism, Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina successfully escaped Russia last month, only able to safely flee Moscow by disguising herself as a food courier.
In an interview with The New York Times, Alyokhina, 33, detailed how she managed to leave the Russian capital despite being under house arrest. The activist had been arrested and jailed a whopping six times in the last year, primarily due to her involvement in anti-government protests, prompting her decision to flee. The food...
In an interview with The New York Times, Alyokhina, 33, detailed how she managed to leave the Russian capital despite being under house arrest. The activist had been arrested and jailed a whopping six times in the last year, primarily due to her involvement in anti-government protests, prompting her decision to flee. The food...
- 5/11/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
In 2012, punk activist group Pussy Riot staged a performance of their song “Punk Prayer: Mother of God Drive Putin Away” in Moscow's Church of Christ the Savior. Three members of the group - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariia Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich - were subsequently found arrested and found guilty of hooliganism and jailed for several years. Their rebellion against the state became something of a cause celebre in the West, with the trio becoming symbols of the fight against the totalitarian state. Director and writer Evgenii Mitta brings their story to the screen in the documentary Act & Punishment, telling the story of how Pussy Riot was formed, how their activism formed, and what they endured during their trail. Parallel to this is stories of...
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- 1/18/2018
- Screen Anarchy
"Revolution or media noise?" Cleopatra Entertainment has released a new trailer for a documentary about the controversial, radical rock band Pussy Riot, titled Act & Punishment. The film profiles their activist careers, by following them closely since they were released from prison in 2012. It examines "their evolution from mere political activists through their formation of a punk rock band destined to bring their message of revolution to the masses and beyond." Pussy Riot is also launching a tour in the Us in 2018 right after this doc premieres on VOD, and it's all tied together to help bring more attention to these badass ladies. The film stars actual Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich. This looks like a wild, bold look at how much noise they made and the importance of troublemakers today. Here's the official Us trailer for Yevgeni Mitta's documentary Act & Punishment, direct from YouTube:...
- 12/13/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It isn’t just Megyn Kelly who’s taking heat for interviewing Vladimir Putin. Oliver Stone’s two-part, four-hour “The Putin Interviews” has been divisive as well, with the Oscar-winning filmmaker receiving criticism for his sit-down with the Russian President. Among the critics is Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who says Stone “comfortably forgot” to ask Putin any difficult questions, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Stone also defended Putin in a recent “Daily Show” appearance, much to the bewilderment of many.
“He’s a well-known leftist and some Western leftists, unfortunately for me because I’m a leftist, think the enemy of your enemy is your friend,”Tolokonnikova continued. “I think he’s part of the global oligarchy and it’s pretty weird to me that a person who is supposedly supporting the left like Oliver Stone would interview Vladimir Putin.
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Stone also defended Putin in a recent “Daily Show” appearance, much to the bewilderment of many.
“He’s a well-known leftist and some Western leftists, unfortunately for me because I’m a leftist, think the enemy of your enemy is your friend,”Tolokonnikova continued. “I think he’s part of the global oligarchy and it’s pretty weird to me that a person who is supposedly supporting the left like Oliver Stone would interview Vladimir Putin.
- 6/25/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights outside Russian territories to Act & Punishment, the music documentary about Russian activists and punk rockers Pussy Riot. The company plans a November theatrical bow in the U.S., in conjunction with a soundtrack release and a U.S. tour by the band to promote the film. The feature-length pic written and directed by Evgeny Mitta features Pussy Riot bandmembers Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina and…...
- 4/5/2017
- Deadline
Johnny Depp has expressed support for imprisoned Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov by joining a new campaign called "Imprisoned for Art."
The Voice Project, an initiative that promotes and defends freedom of expression, launched the campaign to advocate for artists who are currently political prisoners in various countries.
Depp, Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Peter Gabriel and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Prophets of Rage are among those celebrities who joined the campaign by taking photos in which they each hold up a prison board with one artist's sentencing date and length of prison term.
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The Voice Project, an initiative that promotes and defends freedom of expression, launched the campaign to advocate for artists who are currently political prisoners in various countries.
Depp, Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Peter Gabriel and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Prophets of Rage are among those celebrities who joined the campaign by taking photos in which they each hold up a prison board with one artist's sentencing date and length of prison term.
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- 11/17/2016
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pussy Riot has a new female empowerment message and they’re spreading the word with their new single “Straight Outta Vagina,” featuring Desi Mo and Leikeli47. The Russian punk-rock protest group shared the new music video for the song on Tuesday as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program.
Directed by Phillip Lopez, the clip starts with a young girl in a church who is given a piece of candy by singer Nadya Tolokonnikova, wearing the band’s signature ski mask. It then shows women in bathrooms, wearing price tags, cutting them off and then doing choreographed moves.
“Don’t play stupid/Don’t play dumb/Vagina’s where you’re really from,” sings Tolokonnikova as the women and young girl continue to dance while wearing blue masks. The song also features lyrics like “Vagina gonna win the race,” and “I wear my vag as a badge of honor.”
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Directed by Phillip Lopez, the clip starts with a young girl in a church who is given a piece of candy by singer Nadya Tolokonnikova, wearing the band’s signature ski mask. It then shows women in bathrooms, wearing price tags, cutting them off and then doing choreographed moves.
“Don’t play stupid/Don’t play dumb/Vagina’s where you’re really from,” sings Tolokonnikova as the women and young girl continue to dance while wearing blue masks. The song also features lyrics like “Vagina gonna win the race,” and “I wear my vag as a badge of honor.”
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- 10/25/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
South by Southwest (SXSW) has announced its first wave of speakers for the 2017 event, which is scheduled to run March 10-19, 2017. While the speakers cut a wide swath across the tech, film, music, television, business, sports and journalism fields, most reflect the cross-collaboration SXSW is known for: multi-hyphenate luminaries and emerging talent working across industries and platforms. Speakers at SXSW 2017 will include Keynotes Jennifer Doudna and Jill Soloway. The Featured Speakers will include Dan Lyons, Mary Lou Jepsen, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Candice Morgan, Adam Savage, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Ingrid Vanderveldt, Gary Vaynerchuk and Amber Venz Box. New for 2017, the Interactive, Film and Music badges will now include [ Read More ]
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- 7/25/2016
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway, basketball great Magic Johnson, Openwater founder Mary Lou Jepsen, author Dan Lyons, Pussy Riot member Nadya Tolokonnikova and Pinterest head of diversity Candice Morgan will be among the featured speakers at the 2017 South by Southwest Conference and Festivals, SXSW organizers announced on Monday. The first group of announced speakers, many of whom deal in areas that incorporate several different disciplines, is indicative of a SXSW that promises greater blending between its once-separate Interactive, Film and Music festivals. “When SXSW Music added Film and Interactive, it was relatively easy to understand and differentiate between the three components of music,...
- 7/25/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Today, South by Southwest has announced its first group of speakers for the 2017 event. The diverse array of speakers cut across tech, entertainment, and journalism, but all reflect SXSW’s spirit of championing emerging talent.
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The 2017 speakers include two keynotes from Jill Soloway, creator of Amazon’s original series “Transparent,” and Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of Crispr-Cas9, a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes. Soloway will be a part of the Film conference and Doudna for the Interactive conference.
Other speakers for the 2017 conference include Dan Lyons, author of the New York Times best-seller, “Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble,” and a former writer on HBO’s “Silicon Valley”; Adam Savage, internationally renowned television producer, and former host of “MythBusters” and “Unchained Reaction”; and Nadya Tolokonnikova, political activist and member of punk rock group Pussy Riot.
Along with these speakers,...
Read More: SXSW 2016: How This Year’s Films Found Their Financing
The 2017 speakers include two keynotes from Jill Soloway, creator of Amazon’s original series “Transparent,” and Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of Crispr-Cas9, a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes. Soloway will be a part of the Film conference and Doudna for the Interactive conference.
Other speakers for the 2017 conference include Dan Lyons, author of the New York Times best-seller, “Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble,” and a former writer on HBO’s “Silicon Valley”; Adam Savage, internationally renowned television producer, and former host of “MythBusters” and “Unchained Reaction”; and Nadya Tolokonnikova, political activist and member of punk rock group Pussy Riot.
Along with these speakers,...
- 7/25/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
A major plotline in House of Cards' third season, which premieres today on Netflix, involves Frank Underwood's tense relationship with the fictional Russian president, Victor Petrov (Lars Mikkelsen). In the third episode, "Chapter 29," Petrov attends a state dinner at the White House, where he gives a speech that's interrupted by Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina (whose real-life protests in Russia landed them in prison). Watch their heated standoff below.
- 2/27/2015
- by Dee Lockett
- Vulture
Over the course of Netflix’s astute marketing campaign for House of Cards season 3, we’ve been treated with atmospheric vignettes that showcase the brooding Underwoods, a series of motion pictures and a foreboding trailer. Now, with less than a week to go until its premiere, the streaming service has unveiled a new and punchy thirty-second clip that sees Claire and Frank settling into their newfound positions of power — or at the very least, trying to.
As previous footage alluded to, this upcoming season will primarily focus on the couple as they struggle to keep all of the plates spinning against sky-high stakes. No mean feat, of course, given that Kevin Spacey’s Frank isn’t known for making friends in the traditional sense. But now that the tyrannical South Carolinian is the newly-appointed President in Walker’s steed, it will be interesting to see how his arc pans out across the thirteen hour-long episodes.
As previous footage alluded to, this upcoming season will primarily focus on the couple as they struggle to keep all of the plates spinning against sky-high stakes. No mean feat, of course, given that Kevin Spacey’s Frank isn’t known for making friends in the traditional sense. But now that the tyrannical South Carolinian is the newly-appointed President in Walker’s steed, it will be interesting to see how his arc pans out across the thirteen hour-long episodes.
- 2/23/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Pussy Riot members have released a video for their first-ever English-language song. It is dedicated to Eric Garner, the man who was choked to death in Staten Island by an NYPD officer last year. The track called "I Can't Breathe" — the last words said by Garner while he was being choked — was recorded in December in New York and features Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner, The Ceramic Dog's Shahzad Ismaily, Andrew Wyatt and the Russian bands Jack Wood and Scofferlane. Punk icon Richard Hell is also featured, repeatedly saying
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- 2/19/2015
- by Vladimir Kozlov
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We are now but a few weeks away from the much-anticipated return of House of Cards for its third season, and Netflix has fired up the marketing campaign with the release of a new motion poster and key artwork.
Showcasing the Underwoods (played once again by Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright) disembarking from Air Force One, the promo material perfectly encapsulates the dark, brooding tone of the show’s next stint. With Frank now in full control of the White House as the newly-appointed President of the United States, it seems the only direction for the tyrannical, ruthless South Carolinian to go is down.
With tensions rising from within the West Wing, not to mention between each other, the pair’s rise to power has been fraught with problems both big and small, and it looks to be the case that House of Cards Season Three will only lump more pressure on their once-ironcast relationship.
Showcasing the Underwoods (played once again by Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright) disembarking from Air Force One, the promo material perfectly encapsulates the dark, brooding tone of the show’s next stint. With Frank now in full control of the White House as the newly-appointed President of the United States, it seems the only direction for the tyrannical, ruthless South Carolinian to go is down.
With tensions rising from within the West Wing, not to mention between each other, the pair’s rise to power has been fraught with problems both big and small, and it looks to be the case that House of Cards Season Three will only lump more pressure on their once-ironcast relationship.
- 2/5/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova are demanding the Russian government pay them compensation of over $300,000 for what they allege amounts to torture during their prosecution and subsequent imprisonment for a 2012 "punk prayer" in a Moscow cathedral. The women, who were released last December after serving 21 months in prison and pre-trial detention are suing the Kremlin in the European Court of Human Rights. They are demanding $160,000 each in compensation and $13,000 to cover court costs, arguing that their investigation and prosecution violated their rights and amounted to torture. Story Russia Today
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- 7/28/2014
- by Nick Holdsworth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moscow, March 6: Two members of the Moscow-based Pussy Riots band, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, were seriously assaulted at a fast food outlet by local youths in Nizhny Novgorod on Thursday.
The two women, who were freed from prison shortly before the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi, were reportedly in the city to meet the inmates of a local women's prison.
The unidentified assailants threw metal objects at the women as they were eating, leaving Alyokhina with "a cut to her forehead", their lawyer said, media repored.
They raised slogans, flashed banners and filmed the entire incident..
The two women, who were freed from prison shortly before the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi, were reportedly in the city to meet the inmates of a local women's prison.
The unidentified assailants threw metal objects at the women as they were eating, leaving Alyokhina with "a cut to her forehead", their lawyer said, media repored.
They raised slogans, flashed banners and filmed the entire incident..
- 3/6/2014
- by Leon David
- RealBollywood.com
Members of Pussy Riot were beaten by Russian officials on Tuesday, while shooting a music video in Sochi for their song “Putin teaches us to love our motherland.”
Pussy Riot, the underground women’s band known for protesting President Vladimir Putin, were performing a new song, “Putin teaches us to love our motherland,” outside at a port near the Sochi Olympic Park in front of a Sochi 2014 sign.
Surrounded by photographers, the women, wearing their trademark neon-colored ski masks, began their performance and were immediately interrupted by uniformed Cossacks, who have joined the Russian police in Sochi. The authorities attacked using pepper spray, batons and whips, grabbing the women and breaking up the performance. One even began beating a photographer.
Maria Alyokhina And Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Tweet Attack
A video of the attack was posted on YouTube and quickly circulated the web, causing widespread outrage. Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and...
Pussy Riot, the underground women’s band known for protesting President Vladimir Putin, were performing a new song, “Putin teaches us to love our motherland,” outside at a port near the Sochi Olympic Park in front of a Sochi 2014 sign.
Surrounded by photographers, the women, wearing their trademark neon-colored ski masks, began their performance and were immediately interrupted by uniformed Cossacks, who have joined the Russian police in Sochi. The authorities attacked using pepper spray, batons and whips, grabbing the women and breaking up the performance. One even began beating a photographer.
Maria Alyokhina And Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Tweet Attack
A video of the attack was posted on YouTube and quickly circulated the web, causing widespread outrage. Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and...
- 2/20/2014
- Uinterview
The Pussy Riot gals are making headlines again after members of the Russian punk group were reportedly detained in Sochi on Tuesday in connection with a theft at their hotel. According to reports, bandmembers Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, along with seven others, were arrested and briefly detained by police near the ferry terminal in Sochi, which is a popular place for fans celebrating the Olympics. Police apparently questioned the punk rockers about a theft at their hotel before they were released. "A survey in connection with the theft at the Hotel Adler is completed, there is no claim against those questioned," police said in a prepared statement, obtained by CNN. Tolokonnikova and...
- 2/18/2014
- E! Online
Less than two months after being released from prison for protesting Vladimir Putin’s regime in 2012, two members of the Russian protest band Pussy Riot were detained in Sochi on Feb. 18 in connection with a theft that occurred in their hotel.
Pussy Riot‘s Maria Alyokhina, 25, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24, found themselves in trouble again on Feb. 18, when they were detained in Sochi due to theft at their hotel. However, the band is telling a much different story when it comes to the reasoning behind their arrest.
Pussy Riot — Russian Protest Band Arrested
Maria and Nadezhda openly oppose Vladimir Putin and his much-maligned regime, which is why many were surprised when the band visited Sochi — home of the Winter Olympics — mere months after their release from prison.
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The police claim that the women were only detained because they were briefly considered suspects in their hotel theft, but members...
Pussy Riot‘s Maria Alyokhina, 25, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24, found themselves in trouble again on Feb. 18, when they were detained in Sochi due to theft at their hotel. However, the band is telling a much different story when it comes to the reasoning behind their arrest.
Pussy Riot — Russian Protest Band Arrested
Maria and Nadezhda openly oppose Vladimir Putin and his much-maligned regime, which is why many were surprised when the band visited Sochi — home of the Winter Olympics — mere months after their release from prison.
Hottest Winter Olympians
The police claim that the women were only detained because they were briefly considered suspects in their hotel theft, but members...
- 2/18/2014
- by Shaunna Murphy
- HollywoodLife
Protests brewing at the Winter Olympics? Former Pussy Riot band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were detained in Sochi, Russia on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Tolokonnikova, 24, told the Wall Street Journal that she and Alyokhina, 25, were grabbed by police while walking through the Black Sea resort, and told they were being held in relation to an alleged theft at their hotel. "We, Maria Alyokhina and the anonymous members of Pussy Riot, came to Sochi to organize a protest and express our political views but at [...]...
- 2/18/2014
- Us Weekly
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