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Toddler Dresses As Queen Elizabeth II, Receives Royal Mail
Two-year-old Jalayne Sutherland donned Queen Elizabeth II's iconic powder blue dress and pearls this past Halloween, with her two pet corgis by her side-- just like the Queen herself.
Sutherland first got the idea for the costume after watching her...
Celebrities
Newly-Discovered Tree Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio
Researchers announced on Thursday that they have named a new tree species after actor Leonardo DiCaprio in order to honor his work to help save the world's rainforests.
DiCaprio is well known for being a champion of environmentally conscious causes...
Celebrities
2022 Grammy Awards Postponed Due to Covid-19
The 2022 Grammy Awards will be postponed due to the recent surge of Covid-19 infections. The Omicron variant has propelled cases to the highest they've been since the start of the pandemic.
The Recording Academy and CBS released a joint...
Celebrities
Betty White’s Advice at 100: “Avoid Anything Green”
Greek-American Betty White, whose mother's family hailed from Greece, has some unorthodox advice as she nears her 100th birthday on January 17, 2022: "I try to avoid anything green," she states.
The American comedic giant, a veteran of the iconic...
Celebrities
Hotel Heiress Paris Hilton Starts Metaverse Business on Roblox
Hotel heiress and reality television star Paris Hilton launched her own metaverse business on Roblox on Tuesday.
Hilton is parlaying her success as a celebrity DJ and party host, a role that regularly fetches her $1 million dollars a night...
Environment
DiCaprio’s Message on Climate Change on Netflix’s “Don’t Look Up”
Leonardo DiCaprio on Monday sent a powerful message on climate change following the release of the new film "Don’t Look Up" on Netflix.
The six-time Academy Award nominee explained that Don’t Look Up, in a nutshell, is “an analogy of...
Hollywood
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Brings In $1 Billion at Box Office
Spider-Man: No Way Home, premiered at the Fox Village Theatre in Los Angeles on December 13, 2021, became over the Christmas weekend a $1 billion movie.
After having the third-biggest worldwide opening of all time last weekend, Spider-Man: No Way...
Culture
LA Greek Film Festival Calls for Entries; Announces 2022 Dates
The 2022 LA Greek Film Festival is officially accepting submissions for 2022. The LAGFF announced on Tuesday that the upcoming festival will be held from May 9 to May 15, 2022.
The festival's organizers also described this coming year's hybrid...
Celebrities
RFK Jr. Building Anti-Vaxxer Empire
The undeniable cachet of the American political family the Kennedys is still strong, as RFK Jr. is now building an antivaxxer empire, attracting thousands to his appearances and heading up an organization he says is about protecting children from...
Greek News
Prominent Greek Journalist Giorgos Tragas Dies after Battle with Covid
Prominent Greek journalist Giorgos Tragas died after suffering with the Covid virus at an Athens hospital in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 72.
He had been rushed to Sotiria Hospital with acute breathing problems on December 4. He was...
Celebrities
Elon Musk is “Thinking of Quitting’ His Jobs
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday that he was considering leaving his jobs to become a full-time social media personality.
Musk often uses his platform on social media to be facetious or even flippant about his relationship with his...
Animals
Gisele Bundchen Rescues Sea Turtle Caught in Net
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen, a longtime environmental activist, saved a sea turtle from certain death after it had become entangled in fish nets and was lying upside down on a beach.
While taking a walk recently with her dog on the...
Celebrities
Jennifer Aniston Bombshell Interview: “Why I Never Had Kids”
Greek-American actress Jennifer Aniston responded to the accusation that she "chose her career over having kids" amongst other topics in an in-depth interview with the Hollywood Reporter published on Thursday.
Aniston addressed the darker side of her decades-long success in...
entertainment
Athens Plans Dozens of Events Leading Up to Christmas
The Municipality of Athens is planning dozens of events at 52 locations between December 7 and January 13 to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays.
According to an announcement, the programme involves more than 120 activities for all the...
Celebrities
Did George Clooney Turn Down $35M Turkish Airlines Commercial?
Speculation in social media is rife over which airline's lucrative offer George Clooney turned down. The Hollywood star told The Guardian on Friday that he had to say no to a $35 million airline commercial associated with a country...