Can the Big Fat Fairy Tale Last?

The one-woman play that became the most SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT FILM in history is taking its magic to network TV. Or so CBS hopes

By the end of the year, you will drown in big fat Greekness. There will undoubtedly be a Big Fat Greek video game, a Big Fat Greek Vegas revue, a Big Fat Greek chain of diners, Big Fat Greek Underoos. The Greeks haven't had this much influence over the culture since the Greeks.

That Big Fat Greek Wedding movie is still in almost 400 first-run theaters, having pulled in more than $240 million (on a $5 million budget), and is about to pass Raiders of the Lost Ark as the 26th biggest-grossing movie of all time. The DVD just came out....

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