Pop star Julia Alexandratou's sex tape gives Greece a welcome break from debt crisis blues
(The Independent) Mar 17, 2010
When the Greek pop star Julia Alexandratou released her anthemic 2007 single "The Target is Cash", she was seen as the definition of a good-time gold-digger in Athens' free-spending, credit-fuelled Noughties....

French 'game show' mimics torture
(BBC) Mar 17, 2010
A French TV documentary shows people in a spoof game show giving what they think are huge electric shocks to contestants....

Sword and sandals epics are back
(Times Online) Mar 12, 2010
Movie technology and contemporary geopolitics have made the Ancient heroic narratives relevant once more...

Sandra Bullock wins worst actress award at Razzies
(BBC) Mar 07, 2010
Sandra Bullock turned up at the Golden Raspberry Awards on Saturday to pick up the worst actress prize just one day before she is expected to win an Oscar....

Concert season opens with international acts
(eKathimerini) Mar 03, 2010
Aerosmith, The Cranberries and U2 just some to visit Athens...

Beatles’ Abbey Road studio is put up for sale
(MSNBC) Feb 16, 2010
Troubled EMI seeking buyer for iconic Beatles studio, source says...

Carnival celebrated throughout Greece
Feb 13, 2010
The last weekend of carnival will be celebrated throughout Greece on Saturday and Sunday, as Monday marks the religious holiday of "Shrove Monday", the beginning of Lent...

Ute Lemper brings her tango to Greece
(eKathimerini) Feb 11, 2010
Multifaceted German-born artist Ute Lemper returns to Greece this month for three performances. Lemper is scheduled to appear at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall on February 18, before taking the Athens Concert Hall stage on February 20 and 21....

Brosnan promotes movie in Greece
(eKathimerini) Feb 03, 2010
Actor Pierce Brosnan has become a regular visitor to Greece. Following the filming of “Mamma Mia!” a couple years ago, he came to Athens recently for the promotion of his new film “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief.”...

Papadakis Taverna in San Pedro is nearing its last dance
(Los Angeles Times) Jan 29, 2010
The Greek gem that's been serving food and entertaining patrons for 37 years will close Sunday. But owner John Papadakis isn't through livening up the area....

Michael Psilakis' personal approach to Greek food
(San Francisco Chronicle) Jan 09, 2010
One could say Michael Psilakis' culinary career began by accident. He had been running the front of the house at Ecco, a Long Island trattoria, for two years when one day the cooks didn't show up for work....

Billy Goat celebrates 75 years of cheezborgers
(Chicago Sun-Times) Dec 27, 2009
Columnist Mike Royko once asked Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis what he would do if he won a million dollars. Sianis told Royko he would keep working at the tavern....

Top Cat voice Arnold Stang dies aged 91
(BBC) Dec 23, 2009
US actor Arnold Stang, who voiced the lead character in 1960s television cartoon Top Cat, has died aged 91....

Nia Vardalos Teaches Daughter Greek – in the Kitchen
(People Magazine) Dec 22, 2009
Nia Vardalos has a special helper in the kitchen for the holidays this year – her 4-year-old daughter....

Holiday season music events to put a smile on your face
(eKathimerini) Dec 22, 2009
Festive offerings range from Verdi opera to lounge exotica and fairy tales...