Films

Hollywood actor Gerard Butler, who played the role of King Leonidas of Sparta in the movie "300," will be in the Peloponnesian for events marking the 2,500-year anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae, the city's honorary ambassador Roi Danali-Apostolopoulou confirmed.

The French Institute's Cine Club series returned with a new cycle titled "War(s) and Identity(ies)," which includes Thursday's screening of "Voir du Pays" (2016) by French sisters Delphine and Muriel Coulin.

An actor that had been remanded in custody for 15 months on charges that he had drugged and raped a 25-year-old taxi driver was acquitted by a court in Athens on Tuesday.

A seven-judge court voted 4-3 in favor of the suspect's acquittal. However, the judges voted unanimously to convict him of illegal drugs possession and handed him a suspended 30-day jail sentence.

It seems hard to believe, but Monica Bellucci - who has spent four decades in the limelight as a model and actress - says she suffers from stage fight.    

Enough viewers saw "The Invisible Man" this weekend to propel it to the top of the North American box office, with an estimated $28.9 million in ticket sales, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on March 1.    

Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures halts a planned three-week "Mission Impossible" shoot in Italy because of a coronavirus in Italy, AFP and Reuters reported.

The star of the series Tom Cruise has not yet traveled to Italy and does not intend to go there under the current circumstances.

Barcelona'nın Arjantinli yıldız futbolcusu Lionel Messi, takımdan ayrılmayı düşünmediğini söyledi.

The 39th Istanbul Film Festival will be held from April 10 to 21. The largest international film event in Turkey, the festival will screen more than 150 feature films.

The Spanish Antonio Gades Group will be on the Istanbul stage with the show "Carmen."

Antonio Gades became a legend all over the world with his works extending from the dance adaptation of Prosper Merimee's "Carmen" to the famous "Bloody Wedding" by Federico García Lorca. He keeps his legacy with a foundation he founded shortly before he died in 2004.

The Technopolis cultural center's Industrial Gas Museum will host the Valentine's Day edition of the "Let's Be Late!" series of events on February 14.