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Greek-Australian Singer VASSY Wins Prestigious Award, Releases New LP

Greek-Australian singer Vassy Karagiorgos, better known by her stage name VASSY, recently won the Song Writers Platinum Plaque from the US National Music Publishers’ Association for her 2014 hit "Bad." "I have received other Plaques before, but getting this Gem...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Film Poor Things Wins Five BAFTAs

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos' film Poor Things accrued five BAFTAs along with lead actress Emma Stone taking home the BAFTA for leading actress at the star-studded event. Last night's (Sunday, February 18) 2024 British Academy Film Awards saw Yorgos Lanthimos'...

New Giannis Antetokounmpo Documentary Now on Amazon Prime

A documentary on Amazon Prime Video today will feature the improbable story of Milwaukee Bucks basketball superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo from poverty in Athens to the heights of the NBA. The 1-hour, 48-minute documentary called Giannis: The Marvelous Journey was produced...

Greek Director’s Award-Winning Film ‘Medium’ Makes US Premiere

The award-winning film 'Medium' by Greek director Christina Ioakeimidi made its US Premiere earlier in the week at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Medium is an Ekso Production and made its World Premiere at the 2023 Sarajevo Film...

Greek Minister Blasts Netflix Doc on Alexander as ‘Low-Quality Fiction’

The Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni criticized Netflix's series on Alexander the Great as being "low-quality fiction" that does not represent historical facts. The minister's statement in Parliament followed a question by a nationalist lawmaker who demanded that Greece...

New Netflix Show to Feature Greece’s Luxury Properties

Greece's most luxurious properties may soon appear on Netflix in a new show launched by Nest Seekers, a US-based property seller. "Nest Seekers is eyeing Greece as a potential venue for a new television series, supplementing its existing shows featured...

Putin Delivers a Diatribe on Ukraine, CIA in Tucker Carlson Interview

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who started with a long diatribe on Russian history and its relationship with Ukraine. The two-hour, seven-minute interview was recorded on 6 February and released in...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.