Archive | April, 2009

Costa-Gavras’ “Eden a l’Ouest” wins top Prize at LA French Film Festival

Costa Gavras, one of the most important modern Greek-French filmmakers is one more time on the spotlight. His new movie “Eden a l’Ouest” (“Eden is West”) won the top critics’ award at COLCOA, a French Film Festival in Los Angeles. “Eden a l’Ouest” is a drama centered around the illegal immigrants living in the EU. [...]

Wanted: Evan Spiliotopoulos!

Evan Spiliotopoulos the co-writer of Pooh’s Heffallump Movie and The Nutty Professor has been picked by Universal to write the sequel screenplay to Wanted, last summer’s action adventure blockbuster. An odd choice? From kid friendly cartoons to assasins who can curve bullets and kill for breakfast? Apparently not. Spiliotopoulos, who has so far written kid [...]

Iron Chef Cat Cora Talks About Family, Pregnancy and Career!

Iron Chef Cat Cora Talks About Family, Pregnancy and Career!

Her future plans iclude a book out in 2010, more Iron Chef, and a new line of merchandise.

7th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles & The Greek

The indian Film festival of Los Angeles opened yesterday at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood with the movie “ THE FAKIR OF VENICE “. The story is about a man who is tasked with finding a fakir – a holy man, known for performing feats of endurance, but instead he finds a poor man who [...]

Anil Kapoor talks about the case of Rubina Ali and “Slumdog Millionaire”

We met Anil Kapoor at the Red Carpet of the Indian Film Festival in Los Angeles that opened last night in Hollywood at the Arclight. In our Q&A Kapoor talks about the case of Rubina Ali, “Slumdog Millionaire”, and his career.

New Column: The A, B G’s of Hollywood

When Hollywood’s Greek Reporter approached me recently with the idea of having me writing a weekly column I can honestly say I was excited. Not only was it a way to devote more precious time to my other great passion, writing – I saw it as a fantastic opportunity to stay connected with the Greek [...]

Greek Hollywood Easter with Tom Hanks and Other Celebrities

On Saturday night, the Christian Orthodox population of Los Angeles gathered at the Saint Sophia Cathedral for Greek Easter’s midnight mass. Most of the people that attend the event are Greek-Americans who live in the “City of Angels”, or friends that came to experience what orthodoxy considers its greatest holy event of the year. Since [...]

A Greek in TV Land’s “The Cougar”

Nick is one of the guys who are competing for Stacey Anderson, a stunning 40-year-old successful realtor from Scottsdale, Arizona in TV Land’s new original series “The Cougar. He grew up in Chicago in a very loving Greek home. His dad is a Chicago firefighter and his mom who taught him how to cook traditional [...]

2009 Tribecca Film Festival Goes Greek

The Tribeca Film Festival today announced that My Life in Ruins, directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mike Reiss, will have a special presentation screening as the closing night film of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by founding sponsor American Express. My Life in Ruins, a Fox Searchlight Pictures release, stars Nia Vardalos, [...]

Patricia Kara tried to “Marry for Money” but it didn’t work…

She is a sexy maid who tries to steal the boss away from his rich older wife. They have a whirlwind romance while wife is sleeping, but they get caught and the older lady finds a new “toy”. Patricia also leaves Adkins, though he quickly finds his new “sugar grandma”. This is the storyline to [...]