Since 1983 ( on the initiative of Culture Minister Melina Mercouri ), the Greek government has been committed to the return of the sculptures to Greece, so far with no success.

Vittorio de Sica directed the film Il Judizio Finale with Katy, Ernest Borgnine, Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano and Melina Mercouri.

* Phaedra ( 1962 ), based on Euripides ' play, directed by Jules Dassin with Melina Mercouri and Anthony Perkins

In 1955 he wrote the score for Michael Cacoyannis ' film Stella, with actress Melina Mercouri, singing the movie's trademark song " Love that became a double-edged knife " (" Αγάπη που ' γινες δίκοπο μαχαίρι ").

In 2002, international singer Olga Tañón, a very important figure in the world of Latin American music, left the company, but her absence was somewhat filled immediately with the signing of rising singer, Melina León and TV personality, Silverio Pérez.

In 1985, former actress Melina Mercouri, then Greece ’ s Minister of Culture, and her French counterpart Jack Lang came up with the idea of designating an annual Capital of Culture to bring Europeans closer together by highlighting the richness and diversity of European cultures and raising awareness of their common history and values.

Providence co-stars Melina Kanakaredes and Seth Peterson have said that it was easy to be upstaged by Allen with her wacky outfits, her perfect timing and her cuteness because the camera loved her.

After the elections of October 1993 he was appointed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( PASOK ) which formed the new government, as Alternate-Minister of Culture with late Melina Mercouri as minister.

He met with Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin in Athens to discuss the idea of setting up a British campaign.

Two matches later, Melina had a one on one rematch with Mickie and pinned her to recapture the title after.

Michelle McCool and Melina are the only women in WWE history to record multiple reigns with both Women's and Divas Championships.

At SummerSlam, Ric Flair defeated Mick Foley in an " I Quit " match by threatening Foley's valet ( Melina ) with a barbed wire bat, forcing Foley to quit.

Another piece it inspired was Dassin's own heist film Topkapi, filmed in France and Istanbul, Turkey with Melina Mercouri and Oscar winner Peter Ustinov.

" Along with his last wife Melina Mercouri, he opposed the Greek military junta.

Heidenreich went on to feud with MNM ( Melina, Johnny Nitro, and Joey Mercury ) after they attacked him while he was eating chocolate with the divas, during an event in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Hemme then feuded with Melina, the valet of MNM, in the process joining forces with the Legion of Doom.

Her feud with Melina continued into November, with Melina defeating Hemme in two televised singles bouts.

Notable winners and shortlisted works have inspired several well-known Australian films from original novels, including The Silver Brumby series, a collection by Elyne Mitchell which recount the life and adventures of Thowra, a Snowy Mountains brumby stallion ; Storm Boy ( 1964 ), by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican and the relationships he has with his father, the pelican, and an outcast Aboriginal man called Fingerbone ; the Sydney based Victorian era time travel adventure Playing Beatie Bow ( 1980 ) by Ruth Park ; and, for older children and mature readers, Melina Marchetta's 1993 novel about a Sydney high school girl Looking for Alibrandi.

During the time that he was flying from Saints, he was billeted just half a mile away at Melina Thibault's home in Mauperthuis, France where he roomed with supply officer Ed Thomas.

In 2007, World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) Women's Champion Melina was painted gold with glitter flames and barbwire by artist Mark Greenawalt.

Guest stars included Ben's parents Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller, as well as John F. O ' Donohue, Run DMC, Melina Kanakaredes, Al Lewis and MTV regular Martha Quinn.

* Several entertainers and other performing artists including Johnny Otis, Kelly Clarkson, Alexander Frey, John Aniston, Jennifer Aniston, Melina Kanakaredes, Zach Galifianakis, Tommy Lee, Demitri Martin, Paul Cavonis, Criss Angel, Elias Koteas, Amy Sedaris, Andy Milonakis and Billy Zane are of Greek descent.

Melina and Nitro made their way to Raw on May 29, with Nitro losing to WWE Champion John Cena.

* March 9 – Melina Perez, American professional wrestler

* Melina Perez, American professional wrestler

Melina Perez ( born March 9, 1979 ) is a Mexican-American professional wrestler.

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Melina as WWE Unified Divas Championship | WWE Divas Champion.

At Judgment Day 2006 Long fired Melina and Johnny Nitro from Smackdown!

Melina, however, turned on Cappotelli and aligned herself with Hennigan, who later changed his ring name to Johnny Nitro.

with a gimmick of a " fixer " for the villainous faction MNM ( Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro, and Melina ).

The trio became known as MNM and on November 10, Melina managed Mercury and Nitro to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, holding it for over two months.

During her time in OVW, Melina, Nitro, and Steven Adkins came up with Melina's trademark split ring entrance.

Melina insulted Mysterio and had Mercury and Nitro attack him, leading to MNM's in-ring debut the next week on SmackDown!

After the match, Melina and Nitro, as part of the storyline, attacked Mercury, blaming him for the loss.

Later that night, Melina lost a singles match against Jillian Hall and after slapping General Manager Theodore Long in anger, she and Nitro were fired from the SmackDown!

The team was broken up because off-screen, Nitro and Mercury did not get along, and WWE management decided to send Nitro and Melina to the Raw brand.

Melina continued to manage Nitro during his successful hunt for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and in another storyline with Trish Stratus.

The storyline turned into a tag team feud when Carlito teamed with Stratus after he saved her from the attacks of Melina and Nitro.

At Saturday Night's Main Event on July 15, Melina and Nitro lost to Carlito and Stratus in a mixed tag team match.

She was one of the last three women left in the match but was eliminated by both Melina and Trish Stratus.