entertainment

On a day when U.S. President Donald Trump proposed a ‘fake news’ competition, one young Greek went to Europe’s parliament to present a hoax-busting innovation to expose fraudulent media stories. Twenty-year-old University of Macedonia student Valentinos Tzekas met Greek MEP...

Robert Pattinson arrived in Athens on November 21 to promote his latest film "Good Time"; which premieres in Athens movie theatres on Thursday. The 31-year-old movie icon was spotted doing some sightseeing at the Acropolis with a few of his...

A documentary about the rapid rise of neo-Nazism in contemporary Greece has won acclaim by film critics at the International Documentary Film Festival, which is taking place in Amsterdam. Norwegian doc-maker Havard Bustnes, offers a grimly compelling study of this...

The advance premiere of the long-awaited "Nikos Kazantzakis" movie, took place in Herakleion, Crete on Wednesday, in the presence of director Yiannis Smaragdis and cast members. The long-awaited film about the life and travels of Nikos Kazantzakis, is out and will...

An international heartthrob from his "Twilight" trilogy days; British actor Robert Pattinson is exhibiting the full range of his acting chops in the Safdie brothers' crime thriller "Good Time", which has secured some rave reviews. The 31-year-old movie star, whose...

Greek composer and pianist Yanni will hold four concerts in Jeddah and Riyadh, under the supervision of the Saudi General Authority for Entertainment. The first two concerts; which are to take place on November 30 and December 1, are to...

Thessaloniki has just wrapped up its 58th International Film Festival and this year’s celebration was again filled with stellar selections from the works of new and first-time directors around the world. “Ravens” directed by Jens Assur won the Golden Alexander,...

The idea of building an attractive environment for Hollywood studios to shoot movies in Greece has been floating around in the Greek government for more than a year. Now that the country has lost the production of Mamma Mia 2...

After a long year of multi-million lawsuits, golden Greek heiress Athina Onassis has been granted a divorce from Brazilian show jumping rider Álvaro De Miranda Neto. The former couple reached a consensual agreement this past week and according to the...

"Greece in our Hearts," the Star TV show dedicated to the Greek Diaspora worldwide, spotlighted the Greeks of Russia on Tuesday. It hosted the award-winning photo journalist, Anna Pantelia, who spoke about her experiences at the CERN Research Center and of...

Shocking facts about former husband of Athina Onassis, Álvaro De Miranda Neto, have been brought to light by Athina’s long-time work partner Alexis Mantheakis. Mantheakis; who has been a spokesman and advisor to the Onassis family for years, has said...

In less than a decade, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has conquered the international film crowd with a series of films that can be described as weird, quirky and controversial. After a successful run in film festivals around the world, his...

The documentary "Greek Animal Rescue" by Menelaos Karamaggiolis, is a cinematic allegory of what has been happening in Greece in the last seven years; using as examples the stories of stray animals. The protagonist is Menios, a sick and terribly abused...

Nicholas Cage had to register as a tambourine player in an amateur gypsy band of the Greek island of Kefalonia, in order to act in the Hollywood blockbuster Captain Corelli's Mandolin. This extraordinary story was revealed by reputable Greek director...

Ken Loach, Alexander Payne and Krzysztof Zanussi will be in Athens for the 30th Panorama of European Cinema. British director Ken Loach; the winner of two Palmes d'Or awards, is due to speak about the cinema and the current state...