Archive | March, 2010

Richard Ledes talks about his new movie “Foreclosure”

By on March 30, 2010 in Featured, Interviews, News

Richard Ledes, Greek-American award winning filmmaker and writer, talks to us about his new thriller “Forclosure”

Laeta Kalogridis Hollywood’s Hottest Screenwriter Talks “Shutter Island” and “Avatar”

By on March 30, 2010 in Interviews

Anyone who would like to become a screerwriter should look up one person-Laeta Kalogridis. The Greek-American is 2010′s hottest screenwriter in Hollywood. We met Laeta at the press junket in NYC for Shutter Island, Martin Scorseze’s latest motion picture starring Leonardo Di Caprio. She talked to us about her Greek background, and what it is [...]

Sid Ganis to Produce 2010 Academy Governors Awards

By on March 28, 2010 in Events, News

Greek American producer Sid Ganis will produce the 2nd annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Tom Sherak announced today. One or more of the Academy’s highest honors – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards and the Honorary Award – will be presented [...]

Mario Frangoulis Talks about His Upcoming US Tour and Film Aspirations

By on March 24, 2010 in Interviews

With his rich booming voice and smoldering good looks, Mario Frangoulis is the contemporary face of opera; young, smooth and sexy. He is a tenor of the 21st Century, with the ability to sing everything from a powerful operatic aria to a hard rock anthem. He’s collaborated with many artists ranging from Placido Domingo, Jose [...]

Cyprus International Film Festival Meets Hollywood

By on March 23, 2010 in Festivals, News

Two Greeks from Hollywood participate in the Cyprus International Greek Festival as members of the festival jury. The two talented artists are composer Demetrios Katis and actress Sophia Shinas. The Cyprus International Film Festival ever since its launch five years ago, remains adamant in its objective of giving young and emerging directors of various aspects [...]

Sasha Grey Takes a Purity Pledge in New Movie

By on March 20, 2010 in Movies, News

After “The Girlfriend Experience” and “Smash Cut” , the horror film by director Lee Demarbre which hits DVD this week, Sasha Grey has landed another role. The Greek-American actress and porn star is set to play a Christian that take a purity pledge not to have sex before she gets married in “Hallows” to be [...]

Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos Stop Florida Suicide Via Twitter

By on March 19, 2010 in News

Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos (foto) were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening when a young man threatened to commit suicide. Moore’s Twitter account, mrskutcher, was among those responding to a message from a young man threatening to hang himself early Friday in Casselberry, north [...]

Dimitri Vorris Set to Direct “Land of The Angels”

By on March 17, 2010 in Movies, News

Independent production company Metaphor Entertainment, LLC today announced plans to produce “Land of The Angels,” a film depicting the termination of Salonica, Greece’s Sephardic Jewish population and the Sonderkommando uprising at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, in which 135 Salonica Jews participated. Having optioned the rights to Holocaust survivor Heinz Salvatore Kounio’s A Liter of Soup [...]

Jay Lo Justin Timberlake and Julia Roberts Join the “Glee Club”

By on March 16, 2010 in News

Julia Roberts and Justin Timberlake are rumored to make a guest apperance on Glee, the popular musical comedy that airs on Fox network. One of the Co- executive producers  behind the very successful show is John P. Kousakis. He was a dear friend to the late Telly Savalas who baptized his son, Peter Kousakis. Ryan [...]

Maria Menounos Talks about Her New Movie “Serial Buddies” and Book

By on March 13, 2010 in Interviews

Maria Menounos, in an exclusive on camera interview, talks about her new movie “Serial Buddies” and reveals that she is writing a book for young girs and women. Menounos works currently for many different shows at NBC and recently participated in Access Hollywood’s Oscar Coverage.