Blind-Sided?

NOT--Sandy's Oscar for Best Actress did not surprise me ONE BIT.  Her inspiring performance in The Blind Side made me hope that someone like the talented Helen or phenomenal Meryl weren't running up against her but Sandra's role as "Mrs. Touhy" prevailed.

Although a tear-jerker, the Blind Side will open up your eyes to an enitrely different view.

Two Thumbs Up. Congratulations to the lovely Sandra Bullock.

Read up on more juicy details.

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Avatar's *stunning* Zoe Saldana rocks Givenchy

Ταινίες της Εβδομάδας: 4 Μαρτίου.

DISNEY Presents:

Μια ανάσα πριν την απονομή των βραβείων Oscar ξεκινά μια κινηματογραφική εβδομάδα με πολλές επιλογές. Την παράσταση κλέβει η πολυαναμενόμενη «Αλίκη στην Χώρα των Θαυμάτων» του Tim Burton, ένα ευπρεπέστατο blockbuster, που θα μπορούσε όμως εύκολα να φέρει την υπογραφή του Chris Columbus. Το «Κουτί» του Richard Kelly είναι ένα φροντισμένο πλην ασυνάρτητο φιλοσοφικό θρίλερ με την Cameron Diaz και τον Frank Langella. Η «Σκοτεινή Πλευρά του Νόμου» είναι μια αστυνομική περιπέτεια από τον Antoine Fuqua («Ημέρα Εκπαίδευσης»). O «Κυνηγός» είναι ένα καλοστημένο θρίλερ από την Κορέα ενώ στους κινηματογράφους βγαίνουν το ποδοσφαιρικού περιεχομένου «Rudo y Cursy» με τον Gaelito Garcia Bernal και το «Guilt» του Βασίλη Μαζωμένου.

SOURCE: Yupi.gr

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Kim Yuna Breaks the Ice with GOLD**

The picture says it all.

Kim Yuna of South Korea breaks the ice--after not succumbing to the "pressure of an entire country on her shoulders".  Breaking the ice is the least of it, Kim Yuna was the winner of GOLD for the women's long program of figure skatingand earned a world record of the highest scoring routine *ever of 150.6. No one has come close to the superstar skater's high score.

Kim's number one rival, Japan's Mao Asada did not walk away empty handed--she became the first woman to land two triple axels at the Olympics acquiring the SILVER medal of the evening.

Last but not least, the lovely Joanie Rochette of Canada stole BRONZE after an emotional performance.  Joanie's mother shockinly passed away a couple days before her short program performance--meanwhile, Joanie skated in her mother's spirit.

Congratulations to these female superior athelets, setting the bar for future Olympian figure skaters!

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Read Further.

Figure skater, Joannie Rochette wins bronze for MOM.

"Joannie Rochette, who stuck to her decision to compete, felt as though her mother was present as she skated to Olympic bronze, said Rochette's boyfriend, ice dancer Guillaume Gfeller. Rochette's mother passed on suddenly this week."

 Full Story.

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Tο νέο τραγούδι του Μιχάλη Χατζηγιάννη !!

  Tο νέο του Μ. Χατζηγιάννη...  

 M.X. forever. <3 *m  -- SEE MORE

Source: Yupi.gr

CHICAGOANS: 'Embrace your Inner Foodie'

 

ATTENTION ALL FOOD LOVERS .. **

  THIS week marks the start of the 3rd Annual Chicago Restaurant Week featuring over 170 exotic and sophisticated 5 star food establishments.  Just to name a few, Japonais--La Madia--Le Colonial offer specialty menues for almost half the price of a regular full-course meal.

  Take advantage FOODIES, the offer only lasts a week!

  **List of restaurants participating.

O Σταύρος Μιχαλακάκος: νικητής του 2ου X-Factor

  X-Factor Fans--

READ UP ON THE WINNER of the famous X-Factor Series, Greece *here*. KUKLOS o Σταύρος.

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A Neighborhood Transformed From Residences to Restaurants

John Theoharis (photo), president of the Greektown Association.

 
By DAN MIHALOPOULOS
Published: February 13, 2010

My great-grandfather passed through Ellis Island in 1902, a 22-year-old laborer with $18 in his pocket and a brother at 111 South Morgan Street in Chicago. The ship’s manifest listed many other men from his poor village of Achladokambos, most destined for the same neighborhood on Chicago’s Near West Side, then the biggest Greek immigrant community in the country.

Few Greeks live in Greektown now, but the neighborhood retains an important role in Chicago’s diverse mosaic. In 2003, more than a century after my great-grandfather came here, my fiancée and I held our rehearsal dinner at Costa’s — one of four Greek-owned businesses burned in a fire on Feb. 1 at Halsted and Van Buren Streets.

READ MORE HERE @ NYTimes.com

Carnival in Greece " APROKREAS "

This is the last weekend to celebrate Apokreas in Greece as lent begins tomorrow.

This year, Orthodox Easter falls in line with Catholic Easter so the festivities began early this year. 

There are events all over Greece; however, the city of Patras is best-known for their festivities.  Typically 30,000 carnival participants parade through Patras on foot and floats.