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2013 In Italian Television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 2013. Events *16 March - 22-year-old singer Daniel Adomako wins the fourth season of '' Italia's Got Talent''. *30 May - Elhaida Dani wins the first season of ''The Voice of Italy''. *9 November - 50-year-old ventriloquist Samuel Barletti wins the fifth season of '' Italia's Got Talent''. *7 December - Olympic gold medal fencer Elisa Di Francisca and her partner Raimondo Todaro win the ninth season of ''Ballando con le stelle''. *12 December - Michele Bravi wins the seventh season of '' X Factor''. Debuts *7 March - ''The Voice of Italy'' (2013–present) Television shows RAI Drama * ''Gli anni spezzati'' (The broken years) – by Graziano Diana, cycle of three TV-movies in 2 episodes about the Italian red terrorism: ''The superintendent'' (with Emilio Solfrizzi as Lugi Calabresi), ''The judge'' (with Alessandro Preziosi as Mario Sossi) and ''The engineer'' (with Alessio Boni as an imaginary FIAT manager). * ... [...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 is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Young (director)
Roger E. Young (born May 13, 1942 in Champaign, Illinois) is an American TV and film director. Career Young graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois. He worked as a producer-director at Channel 6, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana. He then moved to Chicago and became a producer for Foote-Cone & Belding Advertising, where he produced national commercials. Later he moved to directing commercials for the production company of Lippert-Saviano, and then for Topel & Associates, before opening his own production company, Young & Company, producing and directing commercials. In 1977 he moved to Los Angeles and was hired as associate producer on a television film entitled ''Something for Joey''. This led to being offered associate producer of ''Lou Grant''. Gene Reynolds, executive producer of the show, became Young's mentor, and in the second season Young was given the opportunity to direct an episode. He won an Emmy and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasia Smutniak
Katarzyna Anna "Kasia" Smutniak (; born 13 August 1979) is a Polish-Italian actress and model. Personal life Smutniak was born in Piła, Poland. Her father, Brigadier General Zenon Smutniak, is a military pilot and served in the Polish Air Force. At 16, she obtained a glider pilot's license. Her mother was a nurse. She had a daughter, Sophie, in 2004 with Italian actor Pietro Taricone who died in an accident in 2010. She had a son, Leone, in 2014 with Italian film producer Domenico Procacci. The couple later married in September 2019. In addition to Polish, Smutniak is fluent in Russian, English and Italian. Filmography } , - , '' Rino Gaetano: Ma il cielo è sempre più blu'' , , Irene , , TV movie , - , '' Carnera: The Walking Mountain'' , , Emilia Tersini , , , - , ''Il commissario De Luca'' , , Laura Utimperger , , TV mini-series; episode: it, Indagine non autorizzata , - , rowspan="3" , 2009 , , '' Goal! 3: Taking on the World'' , , Sophia Tardelli , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe 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 Petrosino'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Milani
Riccardo Milani (born 15 April 1958) is an Italian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Milani began his career in 1985, as assistant director of Mario Monicelli in '' Let's Hope It's a Girl''. After being assistant of Nanni Moretti, Florestano Vancini and Daniele Luchetti, in 1994 he made his feature film debut with the comedy-drama ''Auguri professore''. In 2001 he made his television debut, directing the miniseries ''Il sequestro Soffiantini''. He is married to actress Paola Cortellesi. He's an atheist but he admires Christian values. Filmography Film * ''Auguri professore'' (1994) * '' The Anto War'' (1999) * '' The Soul's Place'' (2003) * '' Piano, solo'' (2007) * ''Welcome Mr. President'' (2013) * '' Do You See Me?'' (2014) * '' Mom or Dad?'' (2017) * '' Like a Cat on a Highway'' (2017) * ''Don't Stop Me Now'' (2019) * '' Like a Cat on a Highway 2'' (2021) * '' Corro da te'' (2022) Television * ''Tutti pazzi per amore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno (; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song), Nel blu dipinto di blu", for which he received Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year. He is considered the first Italian cantautore.Domenico Modugno: biography Early life The youngest of four children, Modugno was born at Polignano a Mare, in the province of Bari (Apulia), on 9 January 1928. His father, Vito Cosimo Modugno, was a Municipal police (Italy), municipal police commander, w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu (song)
"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (; 'In the blue ky s I waspainted blue' or 'In the blue-painted blue ky), popularly known as "Volare" (; 'To fly'), is a song originally recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno. Written by Modugno and Franco Migliacci, it was released as a single on 1 February 1958. The song spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in August and September 1958, and subsequently became ''Billboard'''s number-one single for the year. In 1959, at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards, Modugno's recording became the first ever Grammy winner for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Winning the eighth Sanremo Music Festival, the song was chosen as the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958, where it came in third place out of ten songs in total. The combined sales of all the versions of the song exceed 18 million copies worldwide, making it one of the all-time most popular songs to come out of Sanremo and Eurovision. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trilussa
Trilussa, anagrammatic pseudonym of Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano SalustriSome biographers as Claudio Rendina report ''Marianum'' as his fourth name (Rendina, p.19) (Rome, 26 October 1871 – 21 December 1950), was an Italian poet, writer and journalist, particularly known for his works in Romanesco dialect. Biography Childhood and education (1871-1886) Carlo Alberto Camillo Salustri was born in Rome on 26 October 1871. His father, Vincenzo, was a waiter from Albano Laziale, his mother, Carlotta Poldi, was a Bolognese seamstress. He was the second-born child of the Salustri family and was baptized on 31 October in the Church of San Giacomo in Augusta, when the fourth name, Mariano, was added. A year later, in 1872, at the age of three, his sister, Elisabetta, died of diphtheria. His tormented childhood was affected again two years later, on 1 April 1874, by the death of his father Vincenzo. After the death of her husband, Carlotta Poldi decided to move with her son Carlo t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Placido
Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Bellocchio, winning the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 film ''Ernesto''. He is known internationally for portraying police inspector Corrado Cattani on the crime drama television series '' La piovra'' (1984–2001). Placido's directorial debut, '' Pummarò'', was screened Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Three of his films have competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is a five-time Nastro d'Argento and four-time David di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara. Early life Placido was born at Ascoli Satriano, into a poor family from Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata; he is a descendant of the known brigand Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trilussa - Storia D'amore E Di Poesia
''Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia'' is a 2013 Italian television film directed by Lodovico Gasparini. It was broadcast in two parts on 11 and 12 March 2013 on Rai 1. Plot This historical biographical TV series is based on the life of the Italian poet Trilussa. Cast * Michele Placido as Trilussa * Monica Guerritore as Rosa * Renato Scarpa as Pio XI * Valentina Corti as Giselda * Rodolfo Laganà as Rapiselli * Emanuele Bosi as Arturo * Stelvio Cipriani as Marcello Location The series is filmed in Rome's most famous spots, such as: * Palazzo Venezia * Galleria Sciarra * Villa Borghese * Campidoglio * Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th ''rione'' of Rome: it is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin ''trans Tiberim'', literally 'beyond the Tiber'. Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lio ... * Palazzo Sacchetti * Piazza Campitelli * Piazza Costaguti * Via dell'Arco dei Cenci Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristiana Capotondi
Cristiana Capotondi (born 13 September 1980) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Capotondi was born in Rome to an Italian family of mixed Italian Catholic and Italian Jewish background (her maternal grandfather was Jewish). Growing up in Rome, she celebrated both Christian and Jewish holidays, such as Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, and visited both church and synagogue. She graduated from the Università La Sapienza in Rome with a degree in communication sciences. Capotondi first gained popularity in a commercial ad for the "Maxibon Motta" ice cream. Her acting career began at the age of thirteen in the Italian series ''Amico mio'', aired by RAI. Capotondi debuted in cinema in 1995 with the comedy '' Vacanze di Natale '95''. Between 1993 and 2006 she worked mostly in television, starring in 2004–2006 in the series '' Orgoglio'', aired on Rai Uno. She gained additional exposure in the film ''Notte prima degli esami'' (2006), in which she starred as a main character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barabbas
Barabbas (; ) was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast. Biblical account According to all four canonical gospels there was a prevailing Passover custom in Jerusalem that allowed Pilate, the ' or governor of Judea, to commute (reduce) one prisoner's death sentence by popular acclaim. In one such instance, the "crowd" (''ochlos''), "the Jews" and "the multitude" in some sources, are offered the choice to have either Barabbas or Jesus released from Roman custody. According to the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew,Mark, and Luke, and the account in John, the crowd chooses Barabbas to be released and Jesus of Nazareth to be crucified. Pilate reluctantly yields to the insistence of the crowd. One passage, found in the Gospel of Matthew, has the crowd saying (of Jesus), "Let his blood be upon us and upon our children." Matthew refers to Barabbas onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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