Oliver Stone - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:58:11 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Oliver Stone - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Oliver Stone asks Vladimir Putin to be his daughter's godfather https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/07/22/oliver-stonevladimir-putin-godfather/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:55:38 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=119606 In a scene more bizarre than any of this conspiracy theories, Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to be his 22-year-old daughter's godfather. "Does she want to become an Orthodox Christian?" Putin said when Stone suggested the idea during a sit-down in Moscow on June 19. "We'll make her that [Orthodox]," Stone Read more

Oliver Stone asks Vladimir Putin to be his daughter's godfather... Read more]]> In a scene more bizarre than any of this conspiracy theories, Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to be his 22-year-old daughter's godfather.

"Does she want to become an Orthodox Christian?" Putin said when Stone suggested the idea during a sit-down in Moscow on June 19.

"We'll make her that [Orthodox]," Stone said during a rambling conversation about young people and American culture, according to a transcript of the interview posted online by the Kremlin on Friday.

Stone has interviewed Putin multiple times, including for his 2016 documentary "Ukraine on Fire." Read more

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