Friday, May 22, 2026

Greece is the Word: Despite Roaring Temps, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Tim Burton Other Stars All Over the Place

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This summer I keep hearing these words: Patmos, Paros, Antiparos. There’s an anti-Paros?

Last summer the A list went to Italy and discovered Tuscany, Venice, etc. It was annoying after a while.

This year, it’s Greece. If you don’t have a villa or a yacht and a private tour of the Acropolis, I don’t want to hear about it!

So who’s there? Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were seen, they own a spread. Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher are renting. So, too, apparently are Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci.

The good news is, Paros is not expensive. Prices for a nice villa with a pool, on the water, begin around 7,000 Euros a week. It’s a steal! But word to the wise: AntiParos is double.

Already installed is multiple Oscar winner Alexandre Desplat. He’s composing himself on the beach.

And this all despite the temperature being 98 degrees earlier today. You can cook the Souvlaki right on the stone steps!

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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