Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the Grammys as the annual music awards returned. The war-torn country's leader appeared in a video, filmed in his bunker, on Sunday night (April 3).
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Servant of the People, the 2015-2019 political comedy series that starred Volodymyr Zelensky before he entered politics for real, is back on Netflix, the streamer announced today.
“Servant of the People is once again available on Netflix in The US,” the streamer tweeted. The satirical comedy series stars Zelensky “playing a teacher who unexpectedly becomes President after a video of him complaining about corruption suddenly goes viral,” continued Netflix.
The series was in the Netflix library from 2017 to 2021.
Zelensky ran for president of Ukraine in 2019, naming his political party after the series.
Today’s announcement comes as Zelensky, a former comedian and actor, reaches new heights of popularity for his leadership and defiance in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a speech to Congress today, the president of Ukraine received a standing ovation after saying, “I am addressing President Biden. You are the leader of the nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.”
You asked and it’s back!
Servant of the People is once again available on Netflix in The US. The 2015 satirical comedy series stars Volodymyr Zelenskyy playing a teacher who unexpectedly becomes President after a video of him complaining about corruption suddenly goes viral. pic.twitter.com/Pp9f48jutF
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the Grammys as the annual music awards returned. The war-torn country's leader appeared in a video, filmed in his bunker, on Sunday night (April 3).
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shown their support for Ukraine via fashion statements and ribbons emblazoned with messages in support of refugees. During Sunday's GRAMMY Awards, the country's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, sent his thanks and pleas for more support as the country continues to battle the ongoing Russian invasion.Zelensky, who was a comedian and actor himself before winning the presidency in 2019, appeared via a pre-taped message during the ceremony, introducing a performance by John Legend by imploring viewers to fill the silence of war with music and speak out about the ongoing conflict.«The war doesn't let us choose who survives and who stays in eternal silence,» Zelensky said, in English. «Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded in hospitals.
“The war. What’s more opposite to music?” asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky when he appeared on the Grammys telecast via video. Zelensky went on to an extended explanation of how war silences music and music can end war.
Sean Penn has vowed to bid farewell to his golden statues. While appearing remotely from Warsaw, Poland, on Saturday, the two-time Oscar winner did not mince words as he told CNN's Jim Acosta he would «smelt» his Academy Award statues in public if it turns out Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not offered an opportunity to participate in the ceremony on Sunday. «There is nothing greater that the Academy Awards could do than to give him that opportunity to talk to all of us,» Penn said of Zelensky, a fellow former actor. «This is a man who understands movies and had his own very long and successful career in that.»Penn alleged, «It is my understanding that a decision has been made not to do it.
Sean Penn gives the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences an ultimatum regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the Oscars tomorrow. Penn, who took home the awards for Best Actor for the films Mystic River and Milk, told Acosta that the Oscars must have Zelensky on the program — otherwise, viewers and guests should boycott the ceremony.
said in an appearance on CNN Saturday afternoon.Penn, 61, has won two Oscars and vowed to “smelt mine in public” if Zelensky is snubbed by the Academy.The Ukrainian leader has been in talks with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make a video appearance during Sunday’s broadcast of the Oscars ceremony. Penn met with Zelensky while in Ukraine in February, when he was filming a documentary about the nation’s tensions and now war with Russia.
In an address to his nation delivered Sunday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky announced an order “combining all national TV channels, the program content of which consists mainly of information and/or information-analytical programs, [into] a single information platform of strategic communication” to be called “United News.”
A celebrity-packed 10-hour Stars in the House telethon raising money for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine has been scheduled for Saturday, March 26, with a line-up to include such Hollywood and Broadway stars as Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Laurie Metcalf, Patrick Wilson, Judith Light and a new SCTV reunion of Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin.
Amy Schumer wanted Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky to attend the Oscars via satellite. The 40-year-old comedienne thinks that the upcoming awards ceremony - which will take place on 27 March - is a "great opportunity" to highlight some of the "many awful things happening" in the world because it has such a high profile and she had an idea to focus on the leader of the war-torn country, who used to be an actor. She said: "'I think there is definitely pressure in one way to be like, 'This is a vacation, let people forget we just want to have this night,' but it is like well we have so many eyes and ears on this show.
President Joe Biden trekked to Capitol Hill for the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon, where guests in the Rayburn Room were treated to jumbo crab salad, noisettes of lamb with lemony grilled vegetables and shamrock-shaped cookies, along with a performance from Riverdance.
TV viewers around the world can now watch the show that presaged Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s rise to the Ukrainian presidency.
satirical comedy series that helped to launch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s political career – and eventual role in leading the resistance against an escalating Russian invasion of Ukraine.In the series, Zelensky plays a high school history teacher who gains national fame after a video of his rant against government corruption goes viral — eventually resulting in the teacher being elected president of Ukraine.“You asked and it’s back!” Netflix tweeted in a post confirming the show’s return.The satirical comedy series debuted in 2015 and ran for three seasons. Production ended after Zelensky, once a popular comedian and actor, decided to actually run for political office – easily winning the presidency in 2019 as a member of the “Servant of the People” political party.You asked and it’s back!Servant of the People is once again available on Netflix in The US.
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Before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy entered politics and found himself in charge of his country's fight against Russia's Vladimir Putin, he led a life as an on-screen performer. A former comedian, Zelenskyy, 44, starred as a head of state in the 2017 political satire "Servant of the People," which is also the name of the real-life political party he founded.