Word: nia
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Unlike Bette, Greek has a good starting point. The movie was, after all, just a long sitcom episode. It was built from a 1996 routine that Nia Vardalos, a graduate of the comedy troupe Second City, did about her Old World family meeting her Hispanic husband. It then evolved into a one-woman play that Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks' wife, saw in 1997. Wilson approached Vardalos and suggested turning the play into a movie. Vardalos was one step head, having already written a screenplay. It took more than four years to get a studio to make and distribute the film...
...past movie year has been encouraging for women--that statistical majority that in their presence on the big screen is a frail minority. Start with the money. The year's most profitable picture ($236 million on a $5 million budget) was My Big Fat Greek Wedding, with which Nia Vardalos proved that a woman could walk Sylvester Stallone's Rocky road: write a script, then insist that you star in it. Sweet Home Alabama ($127 million at the domestic box office) certified Reese Witherspoon's star magnetism. Sandra Bullock in Two Weeks Notice ($89 million) and Jennifer Lopez in Maid...
...field. Weaker but nevertheless bankable bets are Julianne Moore in Far from Heaven and Diane Lane in Unfaithful. The fifth slot is anybody’s guess. Salma Hayek has the strongest chance for her starring role in Frida, but right behind her are Meryl Streep for The Hours, Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Maggie Gyllenhaal for Secretary and Isabelle Huppert for The Piano Teacher...
JOHN CORBETT AND NIA VARDALOS...
...full of fantasies / Of you and me together,” “Firefly come back to me / Make the night as bright as day / I’ll be looking out for you / Tell me that you’re lonely too” (my worldly friend Nia points out that female fireflies often devour male fireflies if they're not suitable for mating)…The new Tennis Magazine cover story on Anna Kournikova is a wonderful history of a not-so-wonderful player. If you’re befuddled as to what all the fuss...