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Gigli (other)
'' Gigli'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy film. Gigli may also refer to: People * Abel Gigli (born 1990), Italian footballer * Angelo Gigli (born 1983), Italian professional basketball player * Beniamino Gigli (1890 – 1957), Italian tenor * Elena Gigli (born 1985), Italian water polo goalkeeper * Girolamo Gigli (1660 – 1722), Italian playwright * Giovanni Cobolli Gigli (born 1945), Italian lawyer and the former president of Juventus Football Club * Giovanni de' Gigli (dead 1498), medieval Bishop of Worcester * Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli (1892 – 1987), Italian politician * Leonardo Gigli (1863 – 1908), Italian obstetrician who invented the Gigli saw * Romeo Gigli (born 1949), Italian fashion designer * Silvestro de' Gigli (died 1521), medieval Bishop of Worcester Other * Campanelle (also gigli or riccioli), type of pasta shaped like a bell or flower * Gigli saw, flexible wire bone saw used by surgeons See also * Giglio (other) * Gigi (disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigli
''Gigli'' ( ) is a 2003 American romantic comedy crime film written and directed by Martin Brest and starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Lainie Kazan. Despite popular media giving attention and interest to the film during production (primarily because stars Affleck and Lopez were romantically involved at the time), ''Gigli'' was heavily panned, and, in the years since release, it has been considered one of the worst films of all time. It was also one of the most expensive box-office bombs in history, grossing $7.2 million against a $75.6 million budget. To date, it is the most recent film Brest directed. Plot Larry Gigli is a low-ranking Los Angeles mobster who is not nearly as tough as he likes to act. Louis, a higher-ranking member of Gigli's organization, commands him to kidnap the mentally challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor to use as a bargaining chip to save New York-based mob boss Starkman f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Gigli
Abel Gigli Mohamed ( so, Abel Gigli Maxamed; born 16 August 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie D club Ravenna and the Somalia national team. Born in Italy, he represents the Somalia national team. Club career Parma Gigli made his Serie A debut for Parma on 25 April 2010 in a game against Bologna when he came on as a substitute in the 43rd minute for Massimo Paci. In mid-2010 he was sold to Atletico Roma on a co-ownership deal. On 31 August 2010 he joined Viareggio on a temporary deal. He played once in the league and played 3 times in . He was bought back by Parma on 24 June 2011. In July 2011 he joined Fondi on loan. On 11 July 2013 Gigli was signed by Savona F.B.C. However, on 1 August he was signed by Slovenian club ND Gorica. The paperwork was completed on 9 August. On 9 August 2014 he was signed by Serie B club Crotone. Maribor On 1 July 2015 he returned to Slovenia, signing a two-year contract with Maribor. He left the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Gigli
Angelo Gigli (born June 4, 1983) is an Italian professional basketball player who plays for Basket Ferentino of the Italian Serie A2 Basket. He has also represented the Italy national basketball team, Italian national team internationally. Standing at , he is a left-handed power forward (basketball), power forward and center (basketball), center. Early life Gigli was born in South Africa, where his father worked. He moved to Italy when he was two years old. Professional career He began his career with Fortitudo Roma. He then played for Reggio Emilia, Pallacanestro Treviso, and Lottomatica Roma. In July 2011 he signed with Virtus Bologna. On August 5, 2013, Gigli signed a two-year contract with Olimpia Milano, Emporio Armani Milano. In February 2014, he was loaned to Pallacanestro Reggiana for the remainder of the season. In August 2014, he returned to Emporio Armani. Gigli sign with the Serie A2 Basket, Serie A2 club Basket Ferentino on July 29, 2015. Italian national team Gig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli ( , ; 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) was an Italian opera singer (lyric tenor). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation. Early life Gigli was born in Recanati, in the Marche, the son of a shoemaker who loved opera. His parents did not, however, view music as a secure career. Benjamino's brother Lorenzo became a well-known painter. Career In 1914, he won first prize in an international singing competition in Parma. His operatic debut came on 15 October 1914, when he played Enzo in Amilcare Ponchielli's '' La Gioconda'' in Rovigo, following which he was in great demand. Gigli made many important debuts in quick succession, and always in ''Mefistofele'': Teatro Massimo in Palermo (31 March 1915), Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (26 December 1915), Teatro Costanzi di Roma (26 December 1916), La Scala, Milan (19 November 1918), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (28 June 1919) and finally the Metropolitan Opera, New York City (26 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Gigli
Elena Gigli (born 9 July 1985 in Empoli) is a female water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the top goalkeeper at the 2012 Olympics, with 56 saves. She also won silver medal in European championship in Belgrado in 2006. Her club team is Fiorentina Waterpolo Giotti (Italy) and she won the Len Champions Cup and Italian league in 2006/2007. See also * Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in women's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) * List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments * List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of female goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team for the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girolamo Gigli
Girolamo Gigli (or ''Gerolamo''; 14 October 1660 – 4 January 1722) was an Italian writer and playwright. Biography Born in Siena to the Nenci family, he was adopted by an uncle, from whom he took the surname, Gigli. He married young to Laurenzia Perfetti, with whom he had twelve children. In 1698 he taught at the University of Pavia and later in that of Siena, as Tuscan professor of Literature. He was a regular visitor to the Accademia degli Intronati (he also became secretary), where he was nicknamed "L'Economico" ("The Budget").Guido Davico Bonino, Roberta Turchi (1987''Il teatro italiano: La commedia del Settecento'' T. 1, Volume 4, p.3 Works Gigli adapted French comedy with a lively and spontaneous humor. For example, ''Il Don Pilone, ovvero il bacchettone falso'' (1711) is an adaptation of ''Tartuffe'' by Molière. Here, Gigli uses the language of Siena to make a witty satire of personalities of the era. In ''La sorellina di don Pilone'' (1712), Gigli teases his own family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Giovanni Cobolli Gigli (born 4 January 1945) is an Italian lawyer and the former chairman of Juventus Football Club. He has a business degree from Bocconi University. After starting out working in marketing for a multinational pharmaceutical company, in 1973 he joined Turin company IFI S.p.A. In September 1980, he became the executive assistant to the CEO of the Fabbri Editorial Group. He became the general manager of that company in 1984 and, as RCS Group became stockholder of the Fabbri Editorial Group, in 1991, he was named CEO of Rizzoli's book sector. In November 1993, he joined the Mondadori publishing group and became CEO of parent company Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., as well as the director of many other companies within the group. In November 1994, he left to become CEO and general manager of the Rinascente Group. He stayed there until July 2005. In 2003, he became the chairman of Federdistribuzione, and he has also been the deputy chairman and director of Confcomme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni De' Gigli
Giovanni de' Gigli was a fifteenth-century canon of Wells and Bishop of Worcester A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca .... He was nominated to the bishopric on 30 August 1497 and consecrated on 10 September 1497. However, before he could return to England to serve as bishop, he died in Rome on 25 August 1498.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 280 Citations References * Bishops of Worcester 1498 deaths 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli
Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli (28 May 1892 – 22 July 1987) was an Italian engineer and politician. From 1935 to 1939, he was member of Benito Mussolini's Italian fascist government as minister of public works. Early life and family Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli was born in 1892 in Trieste, then part of the Imperial Free City of Trieste and its Territory, into a family of national liberalism persuasion. There is a dispute about his family origins. According to Pietro Valente, Cobolli Gigli was born from Nicolò Cobol (Koper, 1861 – Trieste, 1931), an elementary school teacher and Italian irredentist, to which Trieste has dedicated a Carso trail (''la Napoleonica'') for his creation of municipal recreation centers during the Habsburg times of Austria-Hungary. The name was later changed to Cobolli during Fascist Italy. The addition of ''Gigli'' to the surname was related to the experience of irredentist fighting during World War I. The unredeemed volunteer fighters in the Italian Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Gigli
Leonardo Gigli (30 April 1863, Sesto Fiorentino – 4 April 1908, Florence) was an Italian surgeon and obstetrician remembered for describing Gigli's operation, and for designing the Gigli saw to simplify its performance. Biography Leonardo Gigli was born in a villa in the town of Sesto Fiorentino on 30 April 1863. He attended school and university in Florence, graduating in medicine and surgery in 1889. He initially worked as assistant to the professor of clinical paediatric surgery, and became assistant in clinical obstetrics and gynaecology in Florence under Professor Domenico Chiara in November 1889. When Chiara died in 1891 Gigli left Italy, travelling to Paris to work under Tarnier, then to London and Wrocław where he worked under Professor Heinrich Fritsch from November 1892 to June 1893. During his time in Wrocław, he was also able to attend surgery with Mikulicz; here he first designed the wire saw which was manufactured by the Haertel company. He wrote about th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo Gigli
Romeo Gigli (born 1949) is an Italian fashion designer who was described in the late 1980s as singlehandedly changing the course of fashion by the ''Los Angeles Times''. Early life Gigli was born in Castel Bolognese. Orphaned at the age of 18, he went travelling for the next decade, eventually finding his way to New York City in 1977, where he frequented the nightclub Studio 54 and met Bianca Jagger. His style in New York was admired and he was asked to consult on fashion for the designer Piero Dimitri. Career Returning to Italy, Gigli studied fashion before establishing his first label in 1981. This failed three years later, at which point he established a partnership with Carla Sozzani. In 1985, a 25-piece collection was shown in Milan. This was bought by the high-end fashion retailers Browns in South Molton Street, London and Joyce in Hong Kong. By 1986, Gigli was gaining a strong international reputation and influenced other designers with what the ''Los Angeles Times'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvestro De' Gigli
Silvestro de' Gigli, of Lucca, was a medieval Bishop of Worcester, the second of four Italian absentees to hold the see before the Reformation. He succeeded his uncle, Giovanni de' Gigli, was nominated on 24 December 1498 and consecrated about 6 April 1499. He was implicated but never charged in the 1514 murder by poison of Cardinal and Archbishop of York Christopher Bainbridge Christopher Bainbridge ( 1462/1464 – 14 July 1514) was an English Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Of Westmorland origins, he was a nephew of Bishop Thomas Langton of Winchester, represented the continuation of Langton's influence and teaching .... He died on 16 April 1521.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 280 The position was then held by Giulio de' Medici, the Cardinal protector of England. Citations References * Bishops of Worcester 1521 deaths 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops 15th-century English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
