Duminca Floriilor

Duminca Floriilor



Sărbătoarea Floriilor ne aduce aminte de intrarea triumfală a lui Iisus în orasul Ierusalim. Este sărbătorită în fiecare an cu o săptămână înainte de Paste si se mai numeste Duminica Stâlpărilor.
După învierea minunată a lui Lazăr, căpeteniile iudeilor au luat hotărârea să-l omoare pe Iisus cu primul prilej care li se va ivi. Arhiereii si fariseii „dăduseră poruncă, că dacă va sti cineva unde este, să dea de veste ca să-L prindă”(Ioan 11;57). Această hotărâre nu este surprinzătoare deoarece ei îsi vedeau puterea si influenta subminate ( dacă Îl lăsăm asa toti vor crede în El... Ioan 11;48). Cel care ia hotărârea cum să fie rezolvată această problemă este arhiereul Caiafa: „mai de folos ne este să moară un om pentru popor, decât să piară întreg neamul”.(Ioan 11;50). Pentru că era arhiereu, Caiafa prin cuvintele sale a proorocit scopul jertfei lui Iisus –salvarea neamului omenesc.
După ce Iisus se întoarce din cetatea Efraim la prietenul său Lazăr, ia hotărârea să meargă la Ierusalim. Pe drumul spre Ierusalim, lângă muntele Măslinilor, Mântuitorul îi trimite pe doi dintre ucenicii săi să îi aducă din sat un mânz de asin pe care nu a mai stat nimeni. Acestia l-au găsit, după cum a spus Învătătorul lor: Mergeti în satul dinaintea voastră si, intrând în el, veti găsi un mânz legat pe care nimeni dintre oameni n-a sezut vreodată...(Luca 19;30).
Pentru a-si arăta pretuirea pe care o aveau pentru Iisus, oamenii asterneau în calea lui ramuri, si chiar hainele lor strigând: Osana ! Bine este cuvântat cel ce vine întru numele Domnului !... Osana, Fiul lui David ! Vestea venirii lui Iisus în Ierusalim s-a întins foarte repede, datorită faimei sale si a minunii extraordinare pe care o înfăptuise în urmă cu câteva zile si care îi pusese pe jar pe mai-marii iudeilor: toată cetatea s-a cutremurat (Matei 21;10-11)
Evident această primire i-a întărâtat si mai rău pe sinedristi care, supărati îl apostrofează pe Iisus zicându-I: Învătătorule, ceartă-ti ucenicii. Dar El le răspunde: Dacă vor tăcea acestia, pietrele vor striga! (Luca 20;39-40) Acest episod se repetă în templu când copii îi adresează aceleasi urale, spre disperarea arhiereilor si cărturarilor (Matei 21;15-16).
Următorul lucru inedit pe care îl săvârseste Hristos este alungarea negutătorilor care pângăreau templul lui Dumnezeu: Casa mea, casă de rugăciune se va chema, iar voi o faceti pesteră de tâlhari! (Matei 21;12-13). Înlăturând această cutumă, arhiereii si cărturarii îsi văd amenintate acum, după putere si pozitie, si veniturile (deloc neglijabile).
După alungarea „tâlharilor” din templu, Iisus a săvârsit o serie de minuni vindecând oameni orbi si schiopi. În tot acest timp arhiereii si cărturarii unelteau fără succes să-L prindă pe Iisus: Arhiereii si cărturarii si fruntasii poporului căutau să-L piardă. Si nu găseau ce să-I facă, deoarece tot poporul se tinea după El, ascultându-L (Luca 19;47-48).
Din relatarea evenimentelor de mai sus vedem cum actiunea se desfăsoară pe două planuri: Unul în care sunt prezentati oamenii ce se bucură de prezenta Mântuitorului în mijlocul lor, de cuvintele si de minunile pe care le înfăptuia. Si un altul ocult format din mai-marii evreilor care urmăreau stoparea „furtunii” iscate de Iisus între iudei prin cel mai brutal mod posibil: omorârea lui Iisus.

Tuturor celor care poarta numele de Florin si derivatele sale le doresc sincer: La Multi Ani ! Sanatate ! Prosperitate, Bucurii si Implinirea tuturor Dorintelor !

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Today,... CELINE DION

Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( /seɪlɪn dɪɒn/ ) (born March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec) is a Canadian pop singer, occasional songwriter and actress. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the anglophone album "Unison", establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world. Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to 'Sony' Records in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide success with several English and French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a temporary retirement from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the music scene in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best selling female artist of all time. In April 2007 'Sony BMG' announced that Celine Dion had sold over 200 million albums worldwide.

Mariah Carey Photo Gallery

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of 'Columbia' Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as 'Columbia''s highest-selling act. According to 'Billboard' magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States.
Following her separation from Mottola in 1997, Carey introduced elements of hip hop into her album work, to much initial success, but her popularity was in decline when she left 'Columbia' in 2001, and she was dropped by 'Virgin' Records the following year after a highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown, as well as the poor reception given to "Glitter", her film and soundtrack project. In 2002, Carey signed with 'Island' Records, and after a relatively unsuccessful period, she returned to the top of pop music in 2005.
Carey was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards. She has the most number-one singles for a solo artist in the United States (eighteen; second artist overall behind The Beatles), where, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, she is one of the best-selling female artists and sixteenth overall recording artist. In addition to her commercial accomplishments, Carey has earned five Grammy Awards, and is well-known for her vocal range, power, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register. To date, Mariah Carey has sold over 200 million albums worldwide.


Mariah Carey in Chicago, Illinois on February 3, 1992.


Mariah Carey stars in You Don't Mess With the Zohan (June 6th). Here she attends TAO on December 31, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


Mariah Carey smiles before the beginning of Versace's show during the Milan 2004 Spring/Summer fashion week 04 October 2003


Mariah Carey arrives at the Hotel du Crillon on June 27, 2007 in Paris, France. Mariah Carey is in Paris to perform at the European debut of "One Mighty Party" in the city's Disneyland on June 29.


Mariah Carey performs at an outdoor event to promote her new album 'The Emancipation of MIMI' on March 31, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan


Pop singer Mariah Carey arrives for the Island Def Jam Holiday Party on December 12, 2002 in New York City


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Mariah: "I'll Be Lovin' [Myself] Long Time"

Mariah: "I'll Be Lovin' [Myself] Long Time"

In order for this experiment to work, you must read this blog before watching the video.
Here's your chance to see if you have what it takes to be a director for Mariah's new video.
I'm going to give you a couple elements and I want you to come up with an idea that you think Mariah would approve.

1) The title of the song is "I'll Be Lovin' You Long Time".
2) The video will be released in July.
3) The video will feature a cameo from rap superstar T.I.
4) Mariah Carey recently married actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur Nick Cannon.

If you really know Mimi well your treatment would be similar to this:
Mariah shoots the video on the beach and changes into no less than a half-a- dozen bikinis. Shots of T.I. rapping are spliced in.
If your idea was on par with the above and you are not working professionally as a video director, you should consider a career change. Had you taken the right career path, you could have just made $25,000, or whatever inflated fee a pop star's video director makes. Don't you feel bad ?
Well, how do you think Nick Cannon feels? He's only been married to Mariah for a month and has already been pushed on the backburner for another rapper.
If you didn't correctly figure out the theme for this video, don't feel bad. Just bookmark this page and try again upon the release of her next video. It will still apply.

KylieX2008, la Bucuresti

-- Cantareata australiana Kylie Minogue a prezentat, sambata seara, pe stadionul Cotroceni din Bucuresti, cel mai nou show al sau, din turneul KylieX2008, in fata unui public de aproximativ 20.000 de persoane, impresionand prin punerea in scena stralucitoare si extravaganta.

Spectacolul de aproape doua ore al celebrei cantarete a impresionat publicul nu doar cu hiturile cunoscute pe care ea le-a interpretat, ci si datorita show-ului grandios, atent regizat in acte - fiecaruia dintre acestea revenindu-i cate o tema diferita. Diva a schimbat in timpul concertului sapte costumatii semnate Jean Paul Gaultier. "Buna seara. Cum te simti, Bucuresti ?", si-a salutat ea publicul, in limba engleza, inainte de a incinge atmosfera cu a doua piesa din setlist-ul concertului, "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", la care publicul "a pus umarul", fredonand alaturi de Kylie refrenul. Prima melodie a fost "Speakerphone". "Cum va simtiti ? Avem un cantec nou pentru voi - se numeste “Ruffle My Feathers", a anuntat ea urmatorul cantec. Dupa piesa "Spinning Around", intr-o varianta usor remixata, artista s-a retras in culise pentru a-si schimba rochia cu un tricou, pantaloni scurti, dar si cotiere si genunchiere - un costum ce amintea de echipamentul jucatorilor de fotbal american. De asemenea, dansatorii lui Kylie au fost "asortati" acestui stil, fetele purtand costume sclipitoare de majorete. Dupa inca vreo cateva piese, a venit momentul pentru o noua schimbare de look, Kylie aparand pe scena intr-o alta extravaganta Gaultier - o rochie rosie, cu trena si chipiu asortat, prezentand astfel publicului piese precum "Slow", de pe albumul "Body Language" (2003) si "Two Hearts" - "X" (2007). Pe final de concert, dupa ce si-a prezentat formatia si a multumit publicului prezent, Kylie s-a retras cateva momente in culise, revenind insa pentru un bis. La final, din concert nu a lipsit hitul pop-dance "I Should Be So Lucky" (1988), precum si o ploaie aurie de confetti. Spectacolul pus in scena de artista australiana, chiar daca nu a avut o "greutate muzicala" considerabila, a cantarit mult la capitolul vizual. Impecabil coordonat, o imensa desfasurare de forte, show-ul i-a tinut pe cei prezenti cu ochii atintiti spre scena. Urmatoarea oprire in turneul artistei va fi in Bulgaria, la Sofia.

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Coens 'Country' wins Best Picture Oscar

Coens 'Country' wins Best Picture Oscar


LOS ANGELES - The Coen brothers completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood's mainstream on Sunday, their crime saga "No Country for Old Men" winning four Academy Awards, including best picture, in a ceremony that also featured a strong international flavor.

Javier Bardem won for supporting actor in "No Country", which earned Joel and Ethan Coen best director, best adapted screenplay and the best-picture honor as producers.

Accepting the directing honor alongside his brother, Joel Coen recalled how they got their start in a career that has seen them advance from oddballs with a devoted cult following to broader audiences. He noted they have been making films since childhood, including one at the Minneapolis airport called "Henry Kissinger: Man on the Go".

"What we do now doesn't feel that much different from what we were doing then", Joel Coen said. "We're very thankful to all of you out there for continuing to let us play in our corner of the sandbox".

Daniel Day-Lewis won his second best-actor Oscar for the oil-boom epic "There Will Be Blood", while "La Vie En Rose" star Marion Cotillard was a surprise winner for best actress, riding the spirit of Edith Piaf to Oscar triumph over Julie Christie, who had been expected to win for "Away From Her".

All four acting prizes went to Europeans: Frenchwoman Cotillard, Spaniard Bardem, and Brits Day-Lewis and Tilda Swinton, the supporting-actress winner for "Michael Clayton".

The only other time in the Oscars' 80-year history that all four acting winners were foreign born was 1964, when the recipients were Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Peter Ustinov and Lila Kedrova.

As a raging, conniving, acquisitive petroleum pioneer caught up in California's oil boom of the early 20th century, Day-Lewis won for a part that could scarcely have been more different than his understated role as a writer with severe cerebral palsy in 1989's "My Left Foot".

"My deepest thanks to the academy for whacking me with the handsomest bludgeon in town", Day-Lewis said.

The Coens missed out on a chance to make Oscar history -- four wins for a single film -- when they lost the editing prize, for which they were nominated under the pseudonym Roderick Jaynes.

"The Bourne Ultimatum" won the editing Oscar and swept all three categories in which it was nominated, including sound editing and sound mixing.

Past winners for their screenplay to 1996's "Fargo", the Coens joined an elite list of filmmakers to win three Oscars in a single night, including Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather Part II"), James Cameron ("Titanic") and Billy Wilder ("The Apartment").

With $64 million domestically, "No Country" is the biggest box-office hit for the Coens, whose tales often are an acquired taste appealing to narrow crowds. Their films include the modest hits "Fargo" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou ?" and such lesser-known yarns as "The Hudsucker Proxy" and "The Man Who Wasn't There".

Cotillard, the first winner ever for a French-language performance, tearfully thanked her director, Olivier Dahan.

"Maestro Olivier, you rocked my life. You have truly rocked my life", said Cotillard, a French beauty who is a dynamo as Piaf, playing the warbling chanteuse through three decades, from raw late teens as a singer rising from the gutter through international stardom and her final days in her frail 40s.

"Thank you, life; thank you, love. And it is true there (are) some angels in this city".

A relatively fresh face in Hollywood, Cotillard has U.S. credits that include "Big Fish", "A Good Year" and the upcoming "Public Enemies", featuring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.

With a heartbreaking turn as a woman succumbing to Alzheimer's in "Away From Her", Christie had been expected to win her second Oscar. She won best actress 42 years ago for "Darling".

Heavies ruled the acting prizes. Along with Day-Lewis' greedy oilman, Bardem played an unshakable executioner in "No Country" and Swinton played a malevolent attorney in "Michael Clayton". Bardem, referring to the sinister variation of a page-boy bob his character sported, said: "Thank you to the Coens for being crazy enough to think I could do that and for putting one of the most horrible haircuts in history over my head".

Host Jon Stewart joked that Bardem's haircut in the film combined "Hannibal Lecter's murderousness with Dorothy Hamill's wedge-cut".

Mickey Mouse gained a rival as Hollywood's favorite rodent as the rat tale "Ratatouille" was named best animated film, the second Oscar win in the category for director Brad Bird.

Bird thanked his junior-high guidance counselor, who expressed repeated skepticism over his desire to become a filmmaker.

"It went on like this until we were sick of each other", said Bird, who also won the animation Oscar for 2004's "The Incredibles" and shared a nomination for original screenplay for "Ratatouille", a $200 million blockbuster. "I only realized just recently that he gave me the perfect training for the movie business".

The ceremony's montage of photos and film clips of stars, filmmakers and others in cinema who died in the past year ended with a scene from "Brokeback Mountain" featuring Heath Ledger, who died of a prescription drug overdose last month.

Glen Hansard of the Irish band the Frames and Marketa Irglova, both non-actors who starred in the musical romance "Once", won the best-song Oscar for "Falling Slowly", one of several tunes they wrote for the film.

"What are we doing here ? This is mad", Hansard said, recounting the low-budget history of "Once". "It took us three weeks to make. We made it for a hundred-grand. We never thought we'd come into a room like this and be in front of all you people".

The song won over three nominated tunes from "Enchanted" written by composer Alan Menken, an eight-time Oscar winner, and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, a three-time winner, whose previous academy prizes included their song and score collaborations for "Pocahontas".

The sound-mixing win for "The Bourne Ultimatum" extended the years of Oscar futility for Kevin O'Connell, a nominee for "Transformers", who holds an academy record: 20 nominations, no wins.

Michael Moore, who assailed President Bush over the Iraq War in his Oscar speech for documentary winner "Bowling for Columbine" five years ago, missed out on a chance to take the podium again. His health-care study "Sicko" lost the documentary prize to "Taxi to the Dark Side", a war-on-terror chronicle that centers on an innocent Afghan cab driver killed while in detention.

Box-office dud "The Golden Compass" scored an upset for visual effects over the blockbusters "Transformers" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End".

Other winners included "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" for costume design, "La Vie En Rose" for makeup and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" for art direction.

The Oscar broadcast began with a fanfare and an effects-laden opening segment showing key characters and creatures from past films lining Hollywood Boulevard.

Stewart started his opening monologue with a wisecrack about the 100-day writers strike that ended just in time for the Oscars to come off as usual.

"These past three and a half months have been very tough. The town was torn apart by a bitter writer's strike, but I'm happy to say that the fight is over", Stewart said. "So tonight, welcome to the makeup sex".

By Associated Press

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War epic tops all-time favorite film survey

They may be largely missing from this year's roster of best-film Oscar contenders, but a new U.S. survey shows war and sci-fi epics top the list of all-time favorite movies.

Nearly 70 years after it was made, the Civil War classic "Gone with the Wind" ranked No. 1, just ahead of science-fiction space adventure "Star Wars", in the Harris poll of people's favorite films that stand the test of time.

Coming in third was the sweeping Oscar-winning World War II romance "Casablanca", followed by fantasy film "The Lord of the Rings" in the online January poll of 2,279 U.S. adults.

Harris noted the gender and generational differences among the results with men and younger people such as Generation X favoring "Star Wars" and women and older baby boomers preferring "Gone With the Wind".

"Gone With The Wind" won eight Oscars in 1939, including best picture and best actress for Vivien Leigh. In 1977 "Star Wars" failed to win a best picture Oscar, losing out to Woody Allen's "Annie Hall".

Rounding out the top ten in the survey were musicals "The Sound of Music" and "The Wizard of Oz" at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, followed by "The Notebook" at No. 7 and "Forrest Gump" in eighth place. Tied for No. 9 was "The Princess Bride" and "The Godfather" starring Al Pacino.

One wartime epic film, "Atonement", did make it into the nominees circle of this year's Oscar race for best picture. It will be competing with the gritty chase movie "No Country For Old Men", teen pregnancy comedy "Juno", the period oil drama "There Will Be Blood" and legal thriller "Michael Clayton".

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