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Tom Hanks and Other Celebrities Dance “Zorba Style” at LA Greek Fest

By on September 19, 2009 in Festivals, News

“This is our Eleventh Year Anniversary and we’re going to celebrate the event in spectacular style,” Fest director Ted Pastras enthused about the 2009 Los Angeles Greek Festival. “We’ll have a lot of show biz celebrities from Hollywood and people from all over Southern California coming to the Byzantine Latino Quarter to enjoy this event. [...]

Robyn Yannoukos wins Student “Oscar”

By on June 13, 2009 in Interviews, News

Robyn Yannoukos, winner of a Student Academy Award for her film ‘Alice’s Attic,’ gave us a brief insight into her creative process. The Student Academy Awards competition is to support and encourage filmmakers with no previous professional experience who are enrolled in degree-granting programs and accredited colleges and universities as full-time students. Actor Gary Oldman, [...]

Talking with Paris Mavroidis about Experimental Animation

By on May 27, 2009 in Interviews

Paris Mavroidis, (www.parismav.com ) a finalist in the 36th Student Academy Awards for his animated short “Divers,” spoke to us about his movie and his Greek background. “Divers” is an experimental animation created by Mavroidis while pursuing his MFA in digital Arts at Pratt institute. As part of the project he developed a choreography based [...]

Wanted: Evan Spiliotopoulos!

By on April 24, 2009 in News

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 [...]