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Peninta Peninta
''Peninta Peninta'' (in English ''Fifty-Fifty'') is a Greek television series that was first aired from 2005 to 2007 by Mega Channel. Due to the great success, the series returned the 2010–11 season with 15 new episodes. The series stars Petros Filippidis, Pavlos Haikalis, Sakis Boulas and others. It won two television awards in 2007, for the best actor (Petros Filippidis) and the best supporting actor (Pygmalion Dadakaridis). Synospsis The series portrays the lives of three couples in their fifties. The men are frequently flirtatious and they are entangled in various adventures. Cast Main * Petros Filippidis * Pavlos Haikalis * Sakis Boulas * Ava Galanopoulou * Vana Rambota * Maria Androutsou * Pigmalion Dadakaridis * Nikoleta Karra * Sofia Panagou * Thanos Tokakis * Fotini Tsakiri Special guest appearances * Alkis Panagiotidis * Kostas Triantafyllopoulos Kostas Triantafyllopoulos ( el, Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; 8 February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
"Prosopa" Greek Television Awards
The "Prosopa" Greek Television Awards were annual awards about the Greek television. They were the only notable awards in the history of Greek television, since they lasted thirteen years, covering the most successful period of the Greek television. They began in 1997, organised by Tv Ethnos, a magazine issued by the Greek newspaper Ethnos Ethnos (from el, ἔθνος, link=no, lit=nation) may refer to: *Ethnic group * ''Ethnos'' (newspaper), Greek weekly *''Ethnos'', fantasy strategy board game by CMON Limited CMON Limited, formerly known as CoolMiniOrNot is a publicly listed mini .... The last awards were given in 2009. The next years the awards stopped because the productions of Greek television were limited due to Greek debt crisis. The last years the awards were sponsored by telecommunications company WIND Hellas. The awards included many categories such as best production, best drama series, best comedy series, best actor, best actress, best screenplay, best director, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Channel Original Programming
Mega or MEGA may refer to: Science * mega-, a metric prefix denoting 106 * Mega (number), a certain very large integer in Steinhaus–Moser notation * "mega-" a prefix meaning "large" that is used in taxonomy * Gravity assist, for ''Moon-Earth gravity assist'' and ''Mars-Earth gravity assist'' Business * Aixam-Mega, a French automobile manufacturer based in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie * Megaupload, a file sharing site seized by the FBI * Mega (service), a cloud storage and file hosting service * Mega Aircompany, a charter airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan * Mega Enterprise, a South Korean company that specialises in developing games * MEGA International Srl., a French software company * Mega Maldives, a Maldivian airline Music * ''Mega'' (Yacht album), 2005 * ''Mega'' (Blank Banshee album), 2016 * Mega Records, a US record label * Mega Records, former name of Danish record company Edel-Mega Records Radio * MEGA (radio station), a Belarusian Internet radio station * KLOL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Comedy Television Series
Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: * Greeks, an ethnic group. * Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. ** Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all known varieties of Greek. ** Mycenaean Greek, most ancient attested form of the language (16th to 11th centuries BC). ** Ancient Greek, forms of the language used c. 1000–330 BC. ** Koine Greek, common form of Greek spoken and written during Classical antiquity. ** Medieval Greek or Byzantine Language, language used between the Middle Ages and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. ** Modern Greek, varieties spoken in the modern era (from 1453 AD). * Greek alphabet, script used to write the Greek language. * Greek Orthodox Church, several Churches of the Eastern Orthodox Church. * Ancient Greece, the ancient civilization before the end of Antiquity. * Old Greek, the language as spoken from Late Antiquity to around 1500 AD. Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannis Aivazis
Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of '' John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάννης). Variants include ''Yannis'' (Also Janni), ''Iannis'', ''Yannakis'', ''Yanis'', and the rare ''Yannos'', usually found in the Peloponnese and Cyprus. Feminine forms are Γιάννα ( Yianna, Gianna) and Ιωάννα (Ioanna) which is the formal variant used in formal/government documents. Yannis may refer to: *Abu'l-Fath Yanis, Fatimid vizier *Giannis Agouris, Greek writer and journalist *Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer * Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer *Yiannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer *Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player *Giannis Apostolidis, Greek footballer *Yiannis Arabatzis, Greek goalkeeper * Yannis Bakos, economist * Ioannis Banias (1939–2012), Greek politician *Yannis Behrakis, Greek p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Giannatos
Michalis Giannatos ( el, Μιχάλης Γιαννάτος; 11 July 1941 – 17 September 2013), alternatively spelled as Michael Yannatos, was a Greek actοr. Ηe was born in (Constantinople), Turkey. He left the city for Greece in 1964 during the long expulsion of Istanbul Greeks. Career He studied in Konstantinos Demopoulos' school of drama and first appeared as a professional actor in Georgios Zervoulakos' film ''Oi stigmatismenoi'' (Greek: Οι στιγματισμένοι) in 1966. When still a student, he participated in the theatrical play ''Capetan Michalis'' (Greek: Καπετάν Μιχάλης) next to Manos Katrakis. During his long cinematic career, he appeared in close to 100 films, television series and plays. He was a regular in Theodoros Angelopoulos films since he was one of the director's favorite actors. After ''Megalexandros'' (Greek: Μεγαλέξανδρος) in 1981, Angelopoulos was always calling him to play in his movies. He was fluent in five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Triantafyllopoulos
Kostas Triantafyllopoulos ( el, Κώστας Τριανταφυλλόπουλος; 8 February 1956 – 21 August 2021) was a Greek actor. Biography After studying at the Theodosiadis Drama School of Athens, he graduated in 1977 and played a wide variety of roles on stage from Greek tragedy, Aristophanes and Shakespeare to contemporary American drama (Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Joyce Carol Oates, Thornton Wilder, Sam Shepard). He performed frequently at the National Theatre of Greece, the National Theatre of Northern Greece and at many other major Greek theatres, appearing in both classics and new works. His most notable stage roles include: Joe Keller in '' All My Sons'' by Arthur Miller, Kilroy in '' Camino Real'' by Tennessee Williams, Erie Smith in ''Hughie'' by Eugene O'Neill, Frank Gulick in ''Tone Clusters'' by Joyce Carol Oates, Juror #3 in ''12 Angry Men'' by Reginald Rose, Old Man in '' Fool for Love'' by Sam Shepard, Joseph Garcin in ''No Exit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotini Tsakiri
Fotini ( gr, Φωτεινή) is a feminine Greek given name and may refer to: *Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara (born 1971), Greek theoretical physicist and academic *Fotini Pipili (born 1950), Greek journalist and politician * Fofi Gennimata (1964–2021), Greek politician *Fotini Vavatsi Fotini Vavatsi (born 16 March 1974, in Thessaloniki) is an archer from Greece. She represented Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 51st in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 609. In the first round of elimi ... (born 1974), Greek archer {{DEFAULTSORT:Fotini Greek feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanos Tokakis
Thanos is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by writer-artist Jim Starlin, and first appeared in '' The Invincible Iron Man'' #55 (cover date February 1973). An Eternal– Deviant warlord from the moon Titan, Thanos is regarded as one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe. He has clashed with many heroes including the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Fantastic Four, the Eternals, and the X-Men. In creating Thanos, Starlin drew inspiration from Jack Kirby's ''New Gods'' series for DC Comics, particularly the character of Darkseid. Thanos is usually portrayed as a villain, although many stories depict him as believing his actions to be justified. Perhaps the character's best-known storyline is ''The Infinity Gauntlet'' (1991), the culmination of several story arcs that see him gather the six Infinity Gems and use them to kill half of the universe's population, including many of its heroes, to woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Panagou
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Pannonian Avars, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Channel
MEGA Channel, also known as MEGA TV or just MEGA, is a television network in Greece, that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It is the first and the oldest private television network in Greece. History Mega Channel (1989–2018) Mega is the first private television station to launch in Greece on 20 November 1989 and was the trade name of Teletypos S.A. (Τηλέτυπος A.E.) The channel regularly achieved the top ratings spot in Greece through its varied programming including comedies, dramas, news, current affairs and entertainment shows. Examples include the popular Greek comedies '' Sto Para Pente'', ''Savatogenimmenes'' and ''Maria, i Aschimi''. The channel was also granted the rights to Victoria Hislop's novel The Island. This became a 26 episode drama series called To Nisi. The show was the most expensive show in Greek television history with a budget of €4 million. Financial problems and subsequent closure Since 2012, the parent company had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petros Filippidis
Petros Filippidis or Petros Philippidis ( el, Πέτρος Φιλιππίδης; born 31 December 1962) is a Greek former actor. Filippidis has taken part in many ancient Greek comedies, such as ''Thesmophoriazusae'' and '' The Birds''. He achieved widespread fame starring in 1993 Mega Channel's comedy television series ''High Rock'' along with actor Tasos Chalkias. Since then, he has taken part in numerous television series as well as in film productions. He is perhaps best known for starring in the Mega Channel production '' 50-50'' with Ava Galanopoulou, Maria Androutsou, Pavlos Haikalis, Sakis Boulas, Vana Rambota and others. In 1986, he graduated from the drama school of the Art Theatre Karolos Koun in Athens and studied at Athens Conservatoire thereafter he completed his stage direction studies at Stavrakos School. After the 15th investigating magistrate of the Athens Court of First Instance was summoned Petros Filippidis to testify on 27 July 2021, he fully denied accusat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
