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2016 In Italian Television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 2016. Events *13 May – 26-year-old harmonica player Moses wins the seventh season of ''Italia's Got Talent''. *23 May – Alice Paba wins the fourth season of ''The Voice of Italy''. Debuts RAI Serials * ''L'allieva'' ("The pupil") – by various directors, with Alessandra Mastronardi and Lino Guanciale, from the Alessia Gazzola's novels; 3 seasons (till now). It's the most successful among the Italian forensic dramas and has for protagonist Alice Allievi, a young would-be coroner, professionally capable but maladroit in the private life. * ''Medici'', by various directors, with Richard Madden ( Cosimo de' Medici), Daniel Sharman (Lorenzo il Magnifico) and Dustin Hoffman ( Giovanni di Bicci de Medici); 3 seasons (till now); coproduction with Great Britain. The series, despite its great production values, gets mixed critics, moreover for the excessive historical inaccuracies. *'' The mafia kills only in summer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Television
Television in Italy was introduced in 1939, when the first experimental broadcasts began. However, this lasted for a very short time: when fascist Italy entered World War II in 1940 all transmissions were interrupted, and were resumed in earnest only nine years after the end of the conflict, on January 3, 1954. There are two main national television organisations responsible for most viewing: state-owned RAI, accounting for 37% of the total viewing figures in May 2014, and Mediaset, a commercial network which holds about 33%. The third largest player, the Italian branch of Warner Bros. Discovery, had a viewing share of 5.8%. Apart from these three free to air companies, Comcast's satellite pay TV platform Sky Italia is increasing in viewing and shares. According to the BBC, the Italian television industry is widely considered both inside and outside the country to be overtly politicized. Unlike the BBC which is controlled by an independent trust, the public broadcaster RAI i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thou Shalt Not Kill (TV Series)
''Thou Shalt Not Kill'' (Italian: ''Non uccidere'') is an Italian television crime drama starring Miriam Leone. It aired in Italy on Rai 3 in Italy for season one in 2017. Season 2 premiered on Rai's streaming service RaiPlay. Each season included 12 episodes. In the U.S. and U.K, the series is shown on Walter Presents. This series aired on American PBS stations in fall 2019, and again in 2021. Synopsis ''Thou Shalt Not Kill'' is an Italian detective drama series set in Turin. Valeria Ferro investigates murders with the help of her colleagues in the police department whilst also unravelling her family’s past. Valeria’s mother spent time in prison for killing her husband when Valeria was a child. The series also revolves around Valeria’s relationships with family and her work colleagues, which can sometimes overlap, particularly due to the fact that her mother was convicted by the same police department. Cast *Miriam Leone: Valeria Ferro *Monica Guerritore: Lucia Ferro *Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Pecci
Daniele Pecci (born 23 May 1970) is an Italian actor and director. Born in Rome, Lazio, Pecci has worked in theater as an actor and director since 1990. He rose to prominence in 2004 when he received a main role in '' Orgoglio'' on the television channel Rai Uno Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and gener .... The series ran from 2004 to 2006, and he appeared in all 39 episodes. References External links * 1970 births Living people Male actors from Rome Italian male television actors Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Italian theatre directors {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas ça
''Fais pas ci, fais pas ça'' (English translation: ''Don't do this, don't do that'') is a French television series created by Anne Giafferi and Thierry Bizot. The series debuted on September 8, 2007, on France 2. Cast Main characters Supporting characters Guest actors * Anne Benoît as Andrée (2 episodes) * Arielle Dombasle as Herself (1 episode) * Arnaud Ducret as Michel (1 episode) * Catherine Benguigui as The ANPE employee (1 episode) * Charlie Dupont as Loïc Leguédec (2 episodes) * Émilie Gavois-Kahn as Mika (1 episode) * Helena Noguerra as Child psychiatrist (3 episodes) * Lannick Gautry as Benoit (1 episode) * Lionel Abelanski as The gynecologist (1 episode) * Marie-Christine Adam as The owner (1 episode) * Marie-Hélène Lentini as Madame Descato (2 episodes) * Michaël Abiteboul as Pedro (1 episode) * Naveen Polishetty as Rushik Sanghvi (2 episodes) * Jean-Baptiste Shelmerdine as Olaf (1 episode) * Philippe Nahon as Gérard (1 episode) * Sophie Mouni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Spagnoli
Luisa Spagnoli (; ; 30 October 1877, in Perugia – 21 September 1935, in Paris), was an Italian businesswoman, famous for creating a brand of women's clothing company and chocolate factory Perugina. Perugina Spagnoli was born in Perugia in 30 October 1877. With Giovanni Buitoni, she created the small company Perugina with its headquarters in the historical center of Perugia. Perugina initially began with 15 employees. With the outbreak of World War I when men had to leave for the front, Spagnoli was left to carry on the business alone with her three children, including two sons Mario and Aldo, taking care of them all by herself. After the war, the Perugina factory grew to more than 100 employees. In 1922, a brand of Italian chocolates called Baci ("Kisses") was created. The recipe for Baci now, nearly around 100 years since it was created, remains the same: dark chocolate, gianduia, chopped hazelnuts and crowned with a whole hazelnut. By 1939, her chocolate brand ''Baci Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Ranieri
Luisa Ranieri (born 16 December 1973) is an Italian actress. She has been seen in a number of miniseries on RAI and has appeared in numerous films, including 2004's ''Eros'' and 2021's ''The Hand of God''. ''Callas e Onassis'' Ranieri is best known for her television movie portrayal of the opera diva Maria Callas in the 2005 Italian television film ''Callas e Onassis'', which began her acting career. Though a number of fiction and nonfiction movies, and documentaries, have been done on the late shipping magnate billionaire Aristotle Onassis, and of Callas, the TV movie ''Callas e Onassis'' is the only television or movie depiction ever made exclusively devoted to the public and private deep emotional relationship and close friendship between Onassis and Callas. Other appearances Ranieri had a noteworthy acting performance in the 2010 drama film ''Letters to Juliet'' as one of Juliet's secretaries, who is the closest to Sophie, played by Amanda Seyfried. She also played the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libero Grassi
Libero Grassi (; 19 July 1924 – 29 August 1991) was an Italian clothing manufacturer from Palermo, Sicily, who was killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. The businessman wrote an open letter to the local newspaper informing the extortionists that he was no longer willing to pay '' pizzo'', a Sicilian term for protection money. Other business-owners and shopkeepers in Palermo refused to join his public campaign. Grassi was gunned down in the street near his home eight months after writing the letter. Grassi was born in Catania, was married, and had a son and daughter. Following his death, his family have continued his campaign, lending their support to the Addiopizzo movement that is against ''pizzo''. ''Pizzo'' demands Grassi ran the Sigma factory producing men's underwear and pyjamas in Palermo. The company had around 100 employees and a business volume of US$5 million in 1990. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beppe Fiorello
Giuseppe Fiorello, also known as Beppe Fiorello or Fiorellino (born 12 March 1969), is an Italian actor. Career Fiorello was born in Catania, Sicily, the youngest of four children. His elder brother is the noted television and radio personality Rosario Fiorello, better known to Italian audiences as Fiorello. Giuseppe's first job was as an electrician in a tourist village.RAI International Online In 1994, Giuseppe began his career in the entertainment business as a disk jockey on the nationally-aired ''Dee Jay Radio'', using the name Fiorellino. That same year, he made his debut on television as a presenter for the Mediaset programme ''Karaoke'', which his brother had also hosted. Four years later in 1998, he made his screen debut in the film ''L'ultimo capodanno'', directed by Marco Risi. He played the part of ''Gaetano Malacozza''. Since then he has performed regularly in films and television fiction, with many starring roles such as in ''L'uomo sbagliato'', ''Joe Petrosin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Monteleone
Enzo Monteleone (born 13 April 1954 in Padova, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Career Enzo Monteleone made his professional debut as a screenwriter with the screenplay of ''Hotel Colonial'', an Italian-American co-production directed by Cinzia TH Torrini, and starring Robert Duvall, John Savage, Rachel Ward and Massimo Troisi. He has written four screenplays for director Gabriele Salvatores: ''Kamikazen'', ''Marrakech Express'', '' Mediterraneo'', which won an Oscar in 1992 for Best Foreign Film, and ''Puerto Escondido,'' as well as films for such directors as Carlo Mazzacurati, Giuseppe Piccioni, Alessandro D'Alatri, Maurizio Sciarra and Carlos Saura ('' ¡Dispara!'', starring Antonio Banderas and Francesca Neri.) Monteleone's first film as a director was a biopic of the actor Alessandro Haber, ''La Vera Vita di Antonio H.'', which was shown at the Venice Film Festival and which won the Italian Nastro d'Argento award for Best Actor. The next fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Giallini
Marco Giallini (born 4 April 1963) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Giallini is the son of a housewife and a furnace labourer. After attending the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, he began acting on stage, working among others with Arnoldo Foà and Angelo Orlando. He made his film debut in 1995, in the Orlando's comedy film ''L'anno prossimo vado a letto alle dieci''. He appeared on several TV-series and was co-protagonist, alongside Valerio Mastandrea, of the Rai Tre sitcom ''Buttafuori''.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . He is also very active in music videos and short films. In 2012 Giallini won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in '' ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards''. The same year he won the Ciak d'oro as personality of the year. Giallini was married to his wife Loredana for 25 years, and they had two children. He has remained a widower since Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aosta
Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Baltea, and at the junction of the Great and Little St Bernard Pass routes. History Aosta was settled in proto-historic times and later became a centre of the Salassi, many of whom were killed or sold into slavery by the Romans in 25 BC. The campaign was led by Terentius Varro, who then founded the Roman colony of ''Augusta Praetoria Salassorum'', housing 3,000 retired veterans. After 11 BC Aosta became the capital of the Alpes Graies ("Grey Alps") province of the Empire. Its position at the confluence of two rivers, at the end of the Great and the Little St Bernard Pass, gave it considerable military importance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocco Schiavone
Rocco or Rocko is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: First name * Rocco Baldelli (born 1981), American Major League Baseball player and manager of the Minnesota Twins * Rocco Botte (born 1983), American actor and filmmaker * Rocco Buttiglione (born 1948), Italian politician * Rocco Chinnici (1925-1983), Italian magistrate killed by the Mafia * Rocco "Rocky" Colavito (born 1933), American retired Major League Baseball player * Rocco DiSpirito (born 1966), American celebrity chef and reality show actor * Rocco Fischetti (1903-1964), American mobster * Sir Rocco Forte (born 1945), British businessman * Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938), Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist * Rocco Grimaldi (born 8 February 1993), American ice hockey player * Rocco Landesman (born 1947), Broadway producer * Rocco Marchegiano (1923-1969), better known as Rocky Marciano, American heavyweight boxer * Rocco Mediate (born 1962), American golfer * Rocco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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