News tagged with: hungarian roots

Rákóczi Association Summer Camps Await Youth

Hungarian Folk Dance Camp in Sátoraljaújhely The camps of the Rákóczi Association will start this Sunday, where a total of...

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Hollywood Actor Finds Grandfather’s Grave in Hungary

Dean Norris, known from the popular TV show Breaking Bad, is currently in Hungary, looking up his Hungarian roots. As...

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Hungarian Roots: Hollywood Legend Robert Downey Jr.

The Hollywood star's great-great-grandparents are both from Tata, Hungary, and are buried in the Jewish cemetery there. The three-time Golden...

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Jamie Lee Curtis to Help Raise Funds for Mátészalka Synagogue After Weekend Visit

On the occasion of shooting her next movie, titled Borderlands, in Hungary, Hollywood actress Jamie Lee Curtis visited Mátészalka over...

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Three Ministers of Hungarian Origin in New Israeli Government

Three ministers of Hungarian origin will join the newly-formed Israeli government. Future prime minister, Yair Lapid, future defense minister, Benny...

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Hungarian Press Roundup: Antony Blinken Named as Next US Secretary of State

Commentators across the political spectrum try to guess how US-Hungarian diplomatic relations will develop under the new US administration. Hungarian...

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U.S. President-Elect Biden Nominates Secretary of State With Hungarian Roots

Antony Blinken, the son of the U.S. former ambassador to Budapest, has the chance to fill one of two of...

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Poet with Hungarian-Jewish Roots Receives Nobel Prize in Literature

American poet Louise Glück, whose paternal grandparents emigrated to the US from Hungary, won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature...

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Gene Simmons of Legendary Rock Band KISS: “When I’m in Hungary, I feel like I’m coming home”

Gene Simmons, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, actor and television personality, guitarist and co-lead singer of the legendary rock band...

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Famous Hungarian-Born Historian John Lukacs Dies at 95

John Lukacs, the internationally renowned Hungarian-born historian, writer and self-proclaimed “reactionary” died of heart failure at the age of 95...

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Director with Hungarian Roots Wins Oscar for Best Documentary Feature

Chinese-American-Hungarian documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and her husband, climber and filmmaker Jimmy Chin, took home the Academy Award for Best Documentary...

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Hungarian Roots: Paul Lukas, The Only Hungarian Oscar Winning Actor

In our Hungarian Roots series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have...

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Hungarian Roots: Charles Simonyi, The Inventor Of Microsoft Excel And Word And The Second Hungarian Who Traveled In The Space

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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HUNGARIAN ROOTS: AMERICAN FASHION KING, CALVIN KLEIN

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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HUNGARIAN ROOTS: NICOLAS SARKOZY FRANCE 23rd PRESIDENT FROM 2007-2012

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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HUNGARIAN ROOTS: JOSEPH PULITZER, THE FATHER OF THE WORLD FAMOUS AWARD

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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HUNGARIAN ROOTS: NIMRÓD E. ANTAL, FILM DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER AND ACTOR FROM LA

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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Hungarian Roots: Mark Knopfler, Frotman Of Rock Band Dire Straits

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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Hungarian Roots: Monica Seles (Mónika Szeles), Former World-Class Tennis Player

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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Hungarian Roots: Victor Vasarely, “Grandfather” Of The Op-Art Movement

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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Hungarian Roots: Michael “Flea” Balzary, Founding Member And Bassist Of Rock Band Red Hot Chili Peppers

In our weekly series, we write about celebrities – artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists – who have some...

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