Hollywood has failed tremendously in representing minorities in prominent roles through out the history of cinema. This may be why people of African descent are speaking out against the casting of Jolie in the legendary Cleopatra role which they believe should go to an actress of color. An African American magazine, Essence.com, featured an article [...]

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One of the most well known Greek-American directors, Elia Kazan, was born on September 7th 100 years ago on this day. He was a film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and co-founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. Kazan was a three-time Academy Award winner, a five-time [...]

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How do American films depict Greek Americans? Professor Dan Georgakas in an exclusive interview describes how Hollywood has seen Greek-Americans throughout the years.

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John Cassavetes died exactly twenty years ago on February 3rd, 1989. Cassavetes was a Greek American director and actor who is credited with inspiring the American independent film industry with the release of his film “Faces”, which was one of the first independently financed films to receive Academy Award nominations. Gena Rowlands states that her [...]

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The Zurich Film Festival, will honor Costa-Gavras with its Golden Eye award for lifetime achievement. The award presentation will also offer a retrospective of Costa-Gavras’ works.

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William “PoPsie” Randolph was Broadway’s most famous jazz and rock photographer from 1945 to 1975. He photographed everyone from Benny Goodman and Billie Holiday to Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones.

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Charles, George and Spyros Skouras all rose from an impoverished background to become top movie executives in Hollywood during the 20th century.

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Director Peter Bogdanovich leads a discussion at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival in Hollywood to honor the collaboration between director/actor John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands

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The Hellenic Group Theater announces the production of “Babades Me Roumi” or “Baba-Rum” which will be presented at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble March 15th through March 30th 2008.

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