“Crossroads,” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)Jonathan Franzen dreams big. His newest novel, “Crossroads,” arrives with an audible thud on readers’ doorsteps and will easily hold those doors open at 580 pages.
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“Cloud Cuckoo Land,” by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)How do you follow up a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction? If you’re novelist Anthony Doerr (“All the Light We Cannot See”) you write a story that consists of five separate stories, spans millennia, and all ties together with a fictional manuscript attributed to the ancient Greek novelist Antonius Diogenes called “Cloud Cuckoo Land.”Sound a little, well, cuckoo? It sort of is, but it’s also admirable in its ambition.
Doerr’s ability to juggle
.“Crossroads,” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)Jonathan Franzen dreams big. His newest novel, “Crossroads,” arrives with an audible thud on readers’ doorsteps and will easily hold those doors open at 580 pages.
Nia Vardalos is ready to continue the story.The actress revealed that she has completed the script for the third movie in the rom-com franchise and hopes to film soon.
Third times the charm! After two successful My Big Fat Greek Wedding films, Nia Vardalos has been hard at work on a third follow-up to honor the fan-favorite characters and the legacy of the late Michael Constantine, who died earlier this year.
Nia Vardalos reunited with her My Big Fat Greek Wedding costars Louis Mandylor, Lainie Kazan, and Gia Carides to tribute their costar Michael Constantine who died on Aug. 31 at the age of 94.
The cast of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," reunited on Thursday to honor one of their own. Michael Constantine, the Emmy-winning actor from "Room 222" who also played the Windex-loving father from the romantic comedy about a big Greek family, died on August 31.
Nial Vardalos and several members of the cast of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” got together recently to play tribute to late actor Michael Contantine, who played the father of Vardalos in the hit movie, its sequel and TV sitcom spinoff.
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Beloved actor Michael Constantine sadly passed away last Tuesday, August 31, according to his agent who spoke with multiple outlets on Wednesday. He was 94 years old and died of natural causes.
Twitter, writing: “Acting with him came with a rush of love and fun. I will treasure this man who brought Gus to life.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, has died aged 94.The actor passed away on Tuesday August 31 from natural causes, his agent confirmed to Variety.Constantine played Gus, the father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in both My Big Fat Greek Wedding and its 2016 sequel.Posting a tribute to her on-screen father on Twitter, Vardalos wrote: “Michael Constantine, the dad to our cast-family, a gift to the written word, and always a friend.
Michael Constantine was an actor best known for playing Toula’s father, Gus Portokalos, in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and its sequel.Constantine’s acting career began in the 1950s, with early film roles in “The Last Mile” (1959) and “The Hustler” (1961) and appearances on TV shows including “The Lloyd Bridges Show,” “Bonanza,” “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” and “I Spy.” He costarred as the high school’s principal in “Room 222” from 1969 to 1974, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for his supporting role.
The Portokalos family is in mourning. Michael Constantine, known for his role in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, has died. He was 94.
Michael Constantine, the Emmy-winning actor from "Room 222" who also played the Windex-loving father from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," died on Aug. 31.
Deadline reported. There was reportedly a third installment in development at the time of his death, this time set in the family’s native Greece.
Michael Constantine, known for his role as Gus in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, has died. He was 94.