entertainment

"The 80 Goes to Sparta" is a touching documentary showing the life of Greeks living in Montreal in the late 1960s, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Writer and director Bill Davies opens with a shot from within...

A bizarre yet hilarious incident took place on Tuesday morning on live television at the ''Kalimera Ellada'' (''Good Morning Greece'') show on the ANT1 television network. When the hosts of the show tried to begin their live interview from Kineta,...

Hollywood star Billy Zane was spotted enjoying a break at Mount Olympus, known as the home of Zeus and the major Greek gods since before the time of Homer. Zane, who became known for his villainous role as Caledon Hockley...

Twenty-five-year-old Greek dietician Andreas Botaitis came in second at Wednesday's ''Mister Universal Ambassador'' competition for 2019, which took place in Tokyo, Japan. The young Greek professional, who is currently working as a model, represented Greece in the international competition and...

Top Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari on Monday tried to dispel rumors that she is currently secretly dating Stefanos Tsitsipas, while coyly adding "one never knows what the future will bring." The two tennis stars have become beloved by Greeks...

Brigitte Bardot, one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, was not just a famous actress -- she also explored her talent for singing. The well-known Greek composer and lyricist Giannis Spanos, who died on Thursday,...

A 60-year-old American architect who has two children with ex-wife Christie Brinkley recently got engaged to his 21-year-old girlfriend on Santorini. The couple was vacationing on the idyllic Greek island on September 15 when Peter Cook popped the question with...

Halloween is not an officially observed holiday in Greece by any stretch of the imagination. However, who can say no to dressing up, going out and eating candy? As the tradition of celebrating Halloween sweeps through Greece, there are an...

The Greek Irish Society, supported by the Embassy of Ireland, is offering a mouthwatering two-day festival in Athens in November featuring famous stand-up comedians from the Emerald Isle. Following the popularity of last year's show, two of Ireland’s biggest names...

This year the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) will celebrate its 60th anniversary this year, but organizers have pledged to look forward into the future, rather than looking back into the past. The gala anniversary will also feature the addition...

Greek police removed minors from two cinemas screening the blockbuster movie "Joker" over the weekend. The newly-released film has an "R," or Restricted, rating for its violence and disturbing content. According to a spokesman for the Greek police, the interventions followed...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed Steve Vranakis, until recently the executive creative director of Google Creative Lab, as the "Chief Creative Officer" of Greece on Wednesday. Vranakis departed Google at the beginning of the month and has relocated to...

British scientists have recently determined exactly who is the most beautiful woman on the planet -- according to a mathematical formula used by ancient Greeks. Dr. Julian De Silva, an eminent facial cosmetic surgeon on London's famous Harley Street, led...

Sophia Kokosalaki, a London-based and internationally-acclaimed Greek fashion designer, died on Monday at the age of 47. Media reports suggest that Kokosalaki had been fighting bravely for more than two months against cancer, eventually succumbing to the disease on Monday...

The well-known American actress Katherine Kelly Lang, who became internationally famous as ''Brooke'' on CBS' popular soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful,'' arrived on the shores of Corfu (Kerkyra) on Sunday to take part in the filming of a Greek...