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SOPHIE inspired her dual roles in the new Marvel series She-Hulk: Attorney At Law.The show, which premiered on Disney+ today (August 18), sees Maslany star as Jennifer Walters – the cousin of Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) who transforms into She-Hulk after receiving an emergency blood transfusion.During a new interview with Variety, the actor talked about the parallels between the late experimental artist/producer’s music and playing the two roles on She-Hulk.“Musically, SOPHIE just lives in this place that I always want to live in, but there’s a poppiness and femininity combined with these clashing industrial sounds,” Maslany explained to the outlet.“Her music video [for 2018 single] ‘Faceshopping’ was all about skin, commodification of body and being separated into different parts, and that all felt thematically and spiritually connected.”SOPHIE died on January 30, 2021 following an accidental fall in Athens, Greece. She was 34 years old.

Nick Cave has announced a European solo live tour for this summer – you can find all the details below.The Bad Seeds frontman is due to hit the road in June for a run of headline dates, where he’ll be “performing songs from his extensive catalogue”. Cave will be accompanied on stage by Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood.He’ll begin the forthcoming stint with three shows at the Onassis Stegi venue in Athens, Greece on June 1, 2 and 3 before an appearance at the Belgrade River Fest in Serbia on June 18.Two further performances are scheduled for Musiikkitalo in Helsinki, Finland (June 25) and the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, Iceland (July 1).Tickets go on sale at 10am local time this Friday (April 12) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.

Nia Vardalos and her boyfriend are taking things to the next level!

A hotel in Blackpool has officially be named the best luxury hotel on the continent after picking up the accolade at a prestigious hotel awards. BLVD Hotel took home the gong for Best Luxury Hotel in Northern Europe at the World Luxury Hotel Awards.

Rammstein have added a Dublin show to their 2024 European tour – you can find all the details below.The industrial metal band are due to embark on a run of huge stadium gigs next May. Stop-offs are scheduled for Prague, Barcelona, Lyon, Copenhagen and more cities throughout that month and into the summer.In the middle of the tour, Rammstein will perform at the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland on June 23, 2024.Tickets for the upcoming dates go on general sale at 10am BST/11am CET next Wednesday (October 18).

Axl Rose led a whole stadium in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to his Guns N’ Roses bandmate Slash in honour of him turning 58.During their show at the Olympic Stadium of Athens, Greece on July 22, Rose sang the traditional song to Slash while the crowd, made up of 50,000 fans, joined in.Slash expressed his gratitude on Twitter after the show with a tweet that read: “Thank you Athens for a fantastic last night of the European tour! You were no less than incredible! It was a perfect send off that we’ll always remember, cheers!”Let’s hear it for the one and only, legendary Slash! Happy F’N’ birthday

Molly-Mae Hague was left in tears in an incredibly emotional moment as her beau Tommy Fury surprised her with their baby daughter Bambi on their fourth anniversary.The 24 year old former Love Island star was lost for words as she suddenly spotted the boxer, also 24, in front of her.Tommy had secretly jetted off abroad to join his girlfriend of four years so they could celebrate together as a family. Sharing the heartwarming moment on her Instagram stories, former PrettyLittleThing creative director Molly-Mae, who was recently praised for flying on a budget airline to Athens, Greece, told fans how the day had unfolded.

Tommy Fury has been doting over his daughter during a family holiday in Athens, Greece.The 24 year old professional boxer is currently soaking up the sun with his girlfriend, Molly-Mae Hague, and their adorable first child, Bambi.The couple, who met on Love Island in 2019, welcomed their precious baby girl in January this year. Since Bambi's arrival, 24 year old Molly has documented the highs and lows of motherhood on social media.

Molly-Mae Hague has shared an adorable picture with her five month old daughter, Bambi, from her idyllic Greek family holiday with boyfriend, Tommy Fury.The 24-year-old has been embracing motherhood since giving birth to her gorgeous little girl in January, with a few holidays abroad since she was born. Molly and Tommy, who met and fell in love on Love Island in 2019, are currently holidaying with their daughter in Athens, Greece.

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Daniel Day-Lewis made a rare public appearance six years after he announced he was quitting Hollywood for good. The 66-year-old actor was photographed Thursday stepping out in New York City holding hands with his wife, director Rebecca Miller, 60. The Oscar-winner donned a blue striped T-shirt with a black hooded zip-up sweater over it.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding saga is here!On Thursday, the trailer was released, which shows the Portokalos family in all their glory as they travel to a family reunion in Greece to honor Toula (Vardalos) father's final wish: for the entire family to visit his childhood village and reconnect with their roots.John Corbett returns as Toula's incredibly non-Greek husband, Ian. There's no shortage of drama as Toula and Ian's daughter, Paris (Elena Kampouris), is on a plane with young Aristotle (Elias Kacavas), who she ghosted but also just so happens to be going to Greece.Also returning is Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula, Louis Mandylor as Toula's brother Nick, and Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo. In June 2022, the film's star, Nia Vardalos, took to Instagram to announce they were filming the new movie after photos of the cast began circulating online.«I have an announcement,» Vardalos began in the video shared to her feed. «We are in Greece, filming My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, and thank you so much for the lovely messages of just waiting and everything.

Michel Dimopoulos, former director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, has died. He was 74.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Guns N’ Roses return to the road on a major 2023 world tour produced by Live Nation, headlining stadiums, festivals, and arenas throughout the summer and fall. The band launch this jaunt on June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel at Park Hayarkon and will continue across Europe through July 22, wrapping in Athens, Greece. The band will continue onto North America, starting on Saturday, August 5 in Moncton, NB at Medavie Blue Cross Stadium, and will visit historic venues across the country such as Fenway Park in Boston, MA on August 21 and Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL on August 24. The tour concludes in Vancouver, BC at BC Place on Monday, October 16.  Check out the full confirmed itinerary below.

Brian Eno has announced that he will release new album ‘Foreverandevernomore’ this autumn, singing vocals on the majority of tracks for the first time since 2005’s ‘Another Day On Earth’.First single, ‘There Were Bells’, was written by Eno for a performance with his brother Roger at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece in August 2021. High temperatures on the day of the concert had sparked wildfires around the city. Eno says: “I thought, here we are at the birthplace of Western civilisation, probably witnessing the end of it”.On the inspiration for the album, he adds: “Like everybody else – except, apparently, most of the governments of the world – I’ve been thinking about our narrowing, precarious future, and this music grew out of those thoughts.

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Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson had some strong words for a fan who lit a flare during the band’s recent concert in Athens, Greece.

Naman Ramachandran Vertigo Releasing has acquired Canadian auteur David Cronenberg’s body-horror film “Crimes of the Future” for U.K. and Ireland distribution. The film stars Oscar nominees Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”) and Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) and Palme d’Or winner Léa Seydoux (“No Time To Die”).

Manori Ravindran International EditorA cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that pulled in an estimated $4 billion worldwide is getting the documentary treatment.Sky Germany, the U.K.’s Channel 4 and super-indie Fremantle are backing a three-part doc series about the con, which was spearheaded by the mysterious Dr. Ruja Ignatova, who is still on the run from law enforcement officials.“Crypto Queen” (working title) promises to shed exclusive new light on one of the biggest digital scams of the last decade.

The family is back together for the third movie in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise!

Carson Burton “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” has started filming in Athens, Greece. The franchise’s writer and star Nia Vardalos made the announcement on her  Instagram page, and she also revealed that she is directing this third installment. The film will mark Vardalos’ next feature directorial outing after 2009’s “I Hate Valentine’s Day.”“We are in Greece filming ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ and thank you for all the lovely messages of just waiting,” Vardalos said.

EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Milos (CSI: Miami) is joining the in-the-works mafia series Astoria from actor/writer Theo Nicholas Pagones. The Greek-Italian actress will play Chrysanthi Antonopoulos, the daughter of a Greek Mob boss.

ATHENS, Greece -- A more than 3,000-year-old gold signet ring that was stolen from an Aegean island in World War II, crossed the Atlantic, was bought by a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian scientist and ended up in a Swedish museum has found its way back to Greece.It was the latest in a series of coups by Greek authorities seeking the return of works plundered from the antiquities-rich country — even though an initial effort by the Swedish museum to return the ring apparently fell between the cracks of 1970s bureaucracy.The Greek culture ministry said Friday that the gold Mycenaean-era work from Rhodes, decorated with two facing sphinxes, was willingly returned by Swedish officials who provided full assistance with documenting the artifact and its provenance.Greek experts confirmed the identification, and the piece was handed over in Stockholm by Vidar Helgesen, executive director of the Nobel Foundation, to which the ring had been bequeathed by the Hungarian biophysicist. The foundation, which presents annual awards for outstanding achievement in several fields, had given it to the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm.Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni thanked the Nobel Foundation and Swedish authorities for the repatriation, saying it “shows their respect for modern Greece and our constant efforts to fight the illegal trafficking of cultural goods.”The ring, which would have been a status symbol for a local nobleman in the 3rd millennium B.C., was discovered in 1927 by Italian archaeologists in a Mycenaean grave near the ancient city of Ialysos on Rhodes.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Get Ready For It’! Man-band Take That have shot a cameo scene for the Greatest Days film that features hits from the group’s song book.

Emma Stone wears a pretty blue dress for the premiere of her new short film Bleat held at the Greek National Opera on Friday (May 6) in Athens, Greece.

Emma Stone is on the move!

Nina Dobrev snaps a picture with her phone while giving Shaun White a cute kiss during their getaway in Athens, Greece on Sunday afternoon (April 10).

Mickey Rourke didn’t flinch when he was offered the chance to appear in a faith-based film. The veteran actor and former boxer is featured in "Man of God," which centers on St. Nektarios of Aegina, a Greek Orthodox saint known as a priest of the common people during the 19th century.

Maluma and his girlfriend are enjoying a very rare day out!

SOPHIE, the late electronic artist and producer, has had an asteroid named after her. The move came after fans started a petition to lobby the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (WGSBN) to change the name of planet TOI-1338 b after SOPHIE as its pastel-colored surface was similar to the album art for Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides.

SOPHIE last year.Last year, shortly after the musician’s death, a petition addressed to NASA was launched by fan Christian Arroyo to name the planet TOI 1338 b after SOPHIE, receiving over 95,000 signatures and support from SOPHIE collaborator Charli XCX.Arroyo shared an update earlier this week revealing that while it may not have been successful, another galactic entity has been renamed to honour the pioneering producer. RE1, an asteroid discovered by Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic, is now officially known as Sophiexeon.The change was announced by the International Astronomical Union in June of last year.

ATHENS, Greece -- Alekos Fassianos, one of the most important modern Greek painters, died Sunday at his home after a long illness, the state news agency ANA reported. He was 86.Alekos Fassianos was born in Athens on Dec.

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie were a vision as they stepped out with their husbands for a wedding in Athens, Greece over the weekend.The Queen's granddaughters attended the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Philip's godson, Prince Philippos of Greece who remarried his wife Nina Flohr, the daughter of a billionaire.

Princess Beatrice waves while keeping close to husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at the royal wedding of Prince Philippos and Nina Flohr held at the Metropolis Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Saturday afternoon (October 23) in Athens, Greece.

ATHENS, Greece -- Mikis Theodorakis, the beloved Greek composer whose rousing music and life of political defiance won acclaim abroad and inspired millions at home, died Thursday.

Manori Ravindran International EditorCameras have begun rolling on David Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller “Crimes of the Future” with Tanaya Beatty (“Yellowstone”) and Nadia Litz (“Big Muddy”) joining the cast alongside Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart.Principal photography has begun on the movie in Athens, Greece, where shooting will run until September.