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Art
Painting Made by The Beatles Fetches $1.7M at Auction
During their tour in Japan, The Beatles squeezed in time between shows to work on a special painting called Images of a Woman. This artwork, thought to be the only one created by all four Beatles together, was recently...
Celebrities
Taylor Swift Makes Grammys History With Fourth Album of the Year Win
Taylor Swift won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year on Sunday for her 2022 album Midnights, becoming the single artist with the most awards—a total of four—in the category.
Prior to attaining the coveted award, Swift was tied...
Celebrities
Thaao Penghlis’ Journey from Hollywood Star to Discovering Lost Treasures of Greece
A retrospective one-to-one interview of world-famous Greek-Australian actor Thaao Penglis with the Greek Reporter.
Celebrities
Yorgos Lanthimos May Take on Remake of South Korean Film
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos could be taking on a remake of the South Korean film Save the Green Planet with a production date now in sight.
Following on from CJ Entertainment's report last year that Yorgos Lanthimos may be directing...
Celebrities
Brad Pitt Set to Star in Quentin Tarantino’s Final Movie – Report
A recent report from Deadline suggests Brad Pitt is set to be the lead actor in Quentin Tarantino's last movie, titled The Movie Critic.
This isn't the first time Pitt and Tarantino have teamed up. They collaborated in 2019 for...
Ancient Greece
Netflix Doc Presents Alexander the Great as Being Gay
Netflix's documentary “Alexander: The Making of a God," portrays the Macedonian king as being gay causing anger among many viewers who say it distorts history.
In the opening episode of the series which started airing on Netflix on January 31,...
Media
Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes for Social Media Harming Children
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to families who say their children had been harmed by social media during a fiery hearing in the US Senate.
Zuckerberg, who runs Instagram and Facebook, turned to them and said, "No one should...
Celebrities
Tina Livanos: The Greek Beauty Who Married Both Onassis and Niarchos
Tina Livanos was known across the world for her marriages to two of Greece's most powerful figures, Onassis and Niarchos.
Celebrities
Greek-American TV Star Patricia Kara Releases First Book
Actress, model, and TV personality Patricia Kara has released her first book, a guide to achieving success in the entertainment industry, which, one day after its launch, made it to the number one spot on Amazon's Bestselling New Releases.
The...
Greek News
Greece ‘Worst Performing EU Country’ on Corruption, Media Freedom
Corruption in Greece and Western Europe is getting worse, according to the latest report published by Transparency International.
The report notes with a three-point decline, Greece which is at number 49 is the worst-performing country in the EU.
The organization's latest...
Business
Elon Musk Loses His Spot as World’s Richest Person
Forbes' billionaire list shows Elon Musk is no longer the world's richest person, having been overtaken by Bernard Arnault, head of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH).
With a net worth of 208.8 billion dollars, Bernard Arnault now tops Forbes' Real-Time...
Business
Elon Musk’s AI Start-Up Seeks to Raise $6Bn From Investors
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is discussing plans to secure funding of up to six billion dollars. The Tesla and X leader is reaching out to investors worldwide, including those in Hong Kong, as he aims to compete with...
Greek News
Journalists Who Exposed Wiretapping Scandal in Greece on Trial
Journalists and media outlets that exposed the wiretapping scandal in Greece in 2022 will appear in court on Thursday to face a defamation lawsuit in a case that Human Rights Watch says highlights the country's deteriorating media freedom.
The scandal...
Hollywood
Greeks Nominated for Oscars Go as Far Back as 1935
Yorgos Lanthimos’ film Poor Things which has received Oscar nominations in eleven categories is the latest Greek to be nominated in the history of the Academy Awards.
Its Oscar nominations include Best Picture, Best Actress (Stone), Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo),...
Greek News
Yorgos Lanthimos Nominated for Best Director Oscar
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos' film Poor Things has received Oscar nominations in eleven categories. In addition, the filmmaker himself has been nominated for Best Director, putting him in competition with Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese.
The 2024 Oscar nominations were...