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Article: DRAG TEAM VARDALOS GOES FROM `GREEK WEDDING' TO GLAM IN `CONNIE AND CARLA' BY DAVID GERMAIN ASSOCIATED PRESS.(PREVIEW)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2004
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Nia Vardalos still has bridal jitters, even though her big-screen wedding went off without a hitch.
Everyone came, they showered her with gifts, and Vardalos' low-budgeted ``My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' turned into an underdog sensation that took in $241 million.
Vardalos scored an Academy Award nomination for her ``Greek Wedding'' screenplay and found herself on the fast track with her second script, the drag-queen comedy ``Connie and Carla'' (for which the music budget alone equaled the entire $5 million cost of ``Greek Wedding'').
Still, she runs a little scared.
``I am afraid sometimes that I actually have been hit by a bus and that ...