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Domina (TV Series)
''Domina'' is a British-Italian historical drama television series created and written by Simon Burke for Sky Atlantic (Italy) and Sky Atlantic (UK). Starring Kasia Smutniak as Livia Drusilla, it examines the power struggles of Ancient Rome from a female perspective. The series premiered on 14 May 2021. ''Domina'' has been renewed for a second series. Premise The series charts the life and rise of Livia Drusilla, the powerful wife of the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar. Cast Main Recurring Guests Episodes Production Written by Simon Burke, the lead director is Australian filmmaker Claire McCarthy. Filming for ''Domina'' resumed at the Cinecittà studios in Rome in July 2020 following delays from the initial start in 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show's title comes from the female version of 'Dominus', the Ancient Roman title for sovereignty, and from which the word 'dominate' originates. As pointed out by Nicola Maccanico (executive vp programming o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Cave
Earl Cave (born 23 June 2000) is an English actor. He is known for his film roles in '' Days of the Bagnold Summer'' and ''True History of the Kelly Gang''. Early life and education Cave was born in London to Australian singer Nick Cave and English actress and designer Susie Bick. He grew up in Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ..., East Sussex along with his twin brother Arthur. He also has a half-brother Luke. He attended Bede's Senior School where he participated in theatre. His twin brother Arthur died in a cliffside accident on 14 July 2015, aged 15. His half-brother Jethro Lazenby died on 9 May 2022, aged 31. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cave, Earl 2000 births 21st-century English male actors Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livia Drusilla
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14. Livia was the daughter of Roman Senator Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife Alfidia. She married Tiberius Claudius Nero around 43 BC, and they had two sons, Tiberius and Drusus. In 38 BC, she divorced Tiberius Claudius Nero and married the political leader Octavian. The Senate granted Octavian the title ''Augustus'' in 27 BC, effectively making him emperor. Livia then became the Roman empress. In this role, she served as an influential confidant of her husband and was rumored to have been responsible for the deaths of a number of Augustus' relatives, including his grandson Agrippa Postumus. After Augustus died in AD 14, Tiberius became emperor. Livia continued to exert political influence as the mother of the emperor. She died in AD 29. She w ... [...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 has a daughter, Sophie, born in 2004 with Italian actor Pietro Taricone who died in an accident in 2010. She has a son, Leone, born in 2014 with Italian film producer Domenico Procacci. The couple later married in September 2019. In addition to Polish, Smutniak speaks fluent 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 Tar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Atlantic (Italy)
Sky Atlantic is an Italian-language pay-TV station owned by Sky Italia. It started broadcasting on 9 April 2014. Programming The channel relies heavily on screenings of US television programmes from HBO and Showtime. Original programming Current *''ZeroZeroZero'' (2020) – Co-production with Canal+ and Amazon Studios *''Devils'' (2020) - Co-production with OCS *''Petra'' (2020) *''We Are Who We Are'' (2020) – Co-production with HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ... *''Romulus'' (2020) *'' Domina'' (2021) *''Blocco 181'' (2022) Former Notes References External links * (in Italian) {{Television in Italy Sky television channels Television channels and stations established in 2014 2014 establishments in Italy Television channels in Italy Sky Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group Limited broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is primarily dedicated to imported programmes from the United States, and holds the domestic rights to HBO and until the end of 2021 Showtime dramas, but also broadcasts many original British produced Sky dramas. It is exclusively available on the Sky satellite TV platform (including Sky Go) and Sky's Now TV platform. Sky Deutschland broadcasts a German-language version of the channel in Germany and Austria, while Sky Italia broadcasts an Italian-language version of the channel in Italy. Their programming is also dominated by HBO and Showtime series, usually dubbed in the domestic language. The Italian channel also premieres Sky Originals produced in the country, like ''The Young Pope'' and '' Gomorrah''. Background Sky Atlantic launched on 1 February 2011 on Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Separated channels with the same name opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Atlantic (Italian TV Channel)
Sky Atlantic is an Italian-language pay-TV station owned by Sky Italia. It started broadcasting on 9 April 2014. Programming The channel relies heavily on screenings of US television programmes from HBO and Showtime. Original programming Current *''ZeroZeroZero'' (2020) – Co-production with Canal+ and Amazon Studios *''Devils'' (2020) - Co-production with OCS *''Petra'' (2020) *''We Are Who We Are'' (2020) – Co-production with HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ... *''Romulus'' (2020) *'' Domina'' (2021) *''Blocco 181'' (2022) Former Notes References External links * (in Italian) {{Television in Italy Sky television channels Television channels and stations established in 2014 2014 establishments in Italy Television channels in Italy Sky Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBCUniversal Television And Streaming
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming is the television and streaming arm of NBCUniversal, and the direct descendant and successor of the former division NBCUniversal Television Group, which existed from 2003 to 2019. History NBC Broadcasting In 2006, NBC Universal sold four stations from its smallest markets. In November 2007, the NBC Owned Television Stations changed its name to NBC Local Media. In March 2008, Local Media decided to focus on growing websites and the top ten market stations, placing WTVJ in Miami and WVIT in Harford up for sale. LXTV was acquired in January 2008 by NBC Local Media followed in March by the purchased of Skycastle Entertainment, Local Media's former outside sales and marketing firm. After NBC Weather Plus was shut down in late 2008, WNBC launched a replacement programming of local information, news and lifestyle as NBC New York Nonstop in March 2009 using LXTV programs. In May 2009, NBC rolled out a tiered affiliation plan. The plan has three l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Studios
Sky Studios is a production company founded by Sky in June 2019 with assets from the now defunct Sky Vision. It develops, produces and funds original drama, comedy and documentary, and has investments in a number of production businesses in the UK and US: Love Productions (wholly owned), Blast Films!, Sugar Films, True North Productions, Chrysalis Vision, True to Nature, Longboat Pictures and The Lighthouse in the United Kingdom; Jupiter Entertainment, Talos Films, Znak & Co. and Catalina Content in the United States. As part of the launch of Sky Studios, the broadcaster also announced that they would double their spend on original productions to over $1.3 billion over the next five years. In September 2019, Sky Studios announced they were launching a US-arm called ''The Hive'', based in New York and Tennessee, utilising expertise from Jupiter Entertainment. In December 2021, Sky Studios sold their minority stake in Bad Wolf to Sony Pictures Television. Sky Studios Elstree I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Italia
Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo and Sky TG24. As of 2018, following an agreement with Mediaset, Sky Italia also operates a series of subscription-based terrestrial channels offering sports, entertainment, and movies. Sky Italia is also the major sports broadcaster in Italy. Pay TV services on Sky Italia satellite platform are encrypted in NDS VideoGuard. History Sky Italia was founded on 31 July 2003 by the merger of TELE+ and Stream TV. Sky Italia uses the Hot Bird 13B satellite at 13.0°E. On 28 June 2010, Sky Italia changed its brands and logos, making them identical to the BSkyB ones. On 1 October 2010, Sky activated its first 3D channel, Sky Sport 3D, available without any extra cost to the Sport pack subscribers. The very first event Sky Sport 3D aired was the 2010 Ryder Cup. On 25 December 2010, Sky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
