ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has died at 79.

Vangelis, the innovative Greek composer who won an Oscar for writing the iconic Chariots of Fire score, died Tuesday, the Athens News Agency reported. He was 79. The musician reportedly died in a French hospital while being treated for COVID-19, reports Variety.

Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film "Chariots of Fire" became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79.

Vangelis, the Greek musician who won the Oscar for his 'Chariots of Fire' score and whose other credits included 'Blade Runner,' has died.

The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) will return as a live event on May 9-15.

Just as we’re catching our breath after the Macklowes’ and Mugrabis’ multibillion-dollar matrimonial meltdowns, Page Six hears there’s another mega-divorce in the offing.Sources say real estate mogul Harrison LeFrak — who is reliably on the Forbes list of the richest Americans — is splitting from his wife, Greek shipping heiress Katherine Embiricos LeFrak, who is worth — literally — a fortune.

Wonderwall.comWho doesn't love watching a wedding unfold on the big screen?! April 19, 2022, marks the 20th anniversary of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" starring Nia Vardalos as Toula Portokalos, a 35-year-old member of a boisterous and meddling Greek family who has trouble getting them to accept her non-Greek husband-to-be (played by John Corbett). To celebrate, Wonderwall.com is taking a look at ...

Wonderwall.comWho doesn't love watching a wedding unfold on the big screen?! April 19, 2022, marks the 20th anniversary of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" starring Nia Vardalos as Toula Portokalos, a 35-year-old member of a boisterous and meddling Greek family who has trouble getting them to accept her non-Greek husband-to-be (played by John Corbett). To celebrate, Wonderwall.com is taking a look at ...

Wonderwall.comWho doesn't love watching a wedding unfold on the big screen?! April 19, 2022, marks the 20th anniversary of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" starring Nia Vardalos as Toula Portokalos, a 35-year-old member of a boisterous and meddling Greek family who has trouble getting them to accept her non-Greek husband-to-be (played by John Corbett). To celebrate, Wonderwall.com is taking a look at ...

Break out the Windex, company's coming.Throughout the spring of 2002, moviegoers all over the country were saying "Opa!" to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the tiny rom-com with an A-plus-list producing pedigree that became one of the highest-grossing films of the year and made everyone in attendance at the Portokalos-Miller nuptials feel like part of the family.

Kim Kardashian channeled a sexy Greek goddess at a Coachella party this weekend.On April 16, the SKIMS founder and sister Kendall Jenner attended the Revolve Festival, one of the music festival's many star-studded bashes. Kim wore a gray one-sleeve crop top and matching long skirt with a slit, paired with matching thigh-high gladiator sandals and sunglasses.

Our favorite Greek demigod is back! On April 11, Disney+ announced that Walker Scobell will star as the titular character in the streamer's upcoming live action series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Abduction thriller ‘Silent Road’ teases family friction, multiple plotlines ahead of the MipTV Series Market.

The documentary from journalist and filmmaker Aris Chatzistefanou explores celebrated Greek novelist Nikos Kazantzakis' travels in Asia.

Created by Patrick Sean Smith, Greek premiered on ABC Family in July 2007, and ran for four seasons until March 2011. The series focused on sororities and fraternities on the fictional campus of Cyprus-Rhodes University and starred Spencer Grammer, Scott Michael Foster, Jake McDorman and Jacob Zachar.

Hulu's new true-crime drama The Dropout takes viewers back to the beginning of what would eventually be the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes, asking the question of where the Theranos founder went wrong. For William H. Macy, who plays Richard Fuisz in the limited series, the tale is something of a "Greek tragedy," which he shared in an exclusive interview with PopCulture.com ahead of The Dropout's ...

We have a mythic new delight for fans of Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone Saga, the Hades Saga, "King of Battle and Blood", and "When Stars Come Out."Anyone who's read St. Clair's fan-favorite "A Touch of Darkness" knows that she's obsessed with Greek Mythology, mysteries and intrigue of all sorts, and the afterlife. So, is it any surprise that in her newest ...

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Super Bowl LVI is just around the corner, and the ad teasers have reached mythical proportions. In a new clip from BMW’s contribution to this year’s lineup of commercials, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 74, takes on the role of the Greek god Zeus in the unlikeliest of places…a Starbucks-style coffee shop. As an awkward barista attempts to pronounce his name write, he questions: “Is that like the Greek ...

Super Bowl LVI is just around the corner, and the ad teasers have reached mythical proportions. In a new clip from BMW’s contribution to this year’s lineup of commercials, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 74, takes on the role of the Greek god Zeus in the unlikeliest of places…a Starbucks-style coffee shop. As an awkward barista attempts to pronounce his name write, he questions: “Is that like the Greek ...