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Greek Week, which kicked off just after Labor Day weekend in New York, is celebrating the release of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 on Friday, September 8. It brings a week of festivities, including giveaways at screenings and freebies...

  Actress Lainie Kazan; who starred in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” was arrested after allegedly shoplifting $180 worth of groceries from a Gelson’s store in Southern California, on Sunday. According to TMZ, Kazan, who played the role of the mother...

A Greek couple married for seventy years that has lived the American Dream has recently returned to their village near Kozani in northern Greece. This is where they first met and fell in love. Mike Daniel (Michalis Daniil), ninety-five years...

The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) is set to expand its mission and scope of action with an ambitious agenda under the umbrella program Global Greek Film Initiative (GGFI). LAGFF is an annual film festival that showcases new works...

Rapper Ja Rule filmed an advertisement for a Greek-American restaurant in LA, where the entertainer professed his love for Greek food.

Nicholas Christakis is an author, physician and a social scientist.  He was trained in internal medicine and worked as a hospice doctor for many years, taking care of people who were in the process of dying. His interest in social...

Comedian Seth Meyers explained the Greek debt crisis and the standoff between Europe and Greece to his American audience in a new segment that he likes to call “Up S#!%'s Greek,” during the "Late Night Show with Seth Meyers." The...

Stavros Anthony, a Greek-American whose parents came to the US from Cyprus in the 1950's, has announced his candidacy for Mayor of Las Vegas. Anthony, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department retired captain who also holds a master's degree and...

 By Lauren Perry* - I’m ¼ Greek and a baptized Greek Orthodox. Now, ¼ might not seem like a lot, but let me tell you, whatever my grandfather’s lineage was, it was overcome by the Greekness of my grandmother’s...

The Baltimore-Piraeus Sister City Committee is celebrating Greek cultural heritage and special cuisine with the 2nd Baltimore Greek Week commencing on Sunday, March 18, and culminating on March 25, with a parade in Greektown commemorating Greece’s National Independence Day...

As a ‘seasoned’ individual, having experienced both sides of the Greek/non-Greek fence where marriage is concerned, I feel somewhat qualified to address this topic with first-hand experience, even though my story may not be a common one. Back in the...

Ms. Cathy Nakos runs her own management company, CN Productions, in Nashville, Tennessee and serves as the artist manager of two country artists who are at the top of their game, Andy Griggs, and Buddy Jewell. Regarding her Greek heritage,...

THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 31 - 6:30 to 11 pm - at YOLK RESTAURANT - 1120 S. Michigan Ave. It'll be another big one but still room for a few more RSVPs. This exclusive event courtesy of the Greek Media...

When Patricia V. Davis, author of Harlot’s Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece was a divorced, foreign woman living in Greece she ran her own imports and education business there. But she says that was...

Rita Wilson is warming up her vocal chords for an upcoming performance at the legendary Cafe Carlyle in New York City. The Greek-American actress-producer, known for her roles in films like "Sleepless in Seattle," and television shows including CBS's "Good Wife" and...