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Mambo Italiano (film)
''Mambo Italiano'' is a 2003 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Émile Gaudreault. The screenplay was written by Gaudreault and Steve Galluccio, based on Galluccio's theatrical play by the same name. Both the play and the film are based on Galluccio's own life and experiences. Plot Angelo Barberini is the oddball son of Italian immigrants Gino and Maria, who inadvertently ended up in Canada rather than the United States. Angelo shocks his parents – and his sister, Anna – by moving out on his own without getting married, and, shortly after that, shocks them further still when he reveals he is gay. But his boyfriend (and childhood best friend), policeman Nino Paventi, isn't as ready to come out of the closet – especially not to his busybody Sicilian mother, Lina. Cast * Luke Kirby as Angelo Barberini * Claudia Ferri as Anna Barberini * Peter Miller as Nino Paventi * Paul Sorvino as Gino Barberini * Ginette Reno as Maria Barberini * Mary Walsh as Lina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Gaudreault
Émile Gaudreault, ( born March 6, 1964) is a Quebec director, author, screenwriter and producer. Since 1994, he has been directing, writing and producing feature films as well as episodes for television series. Several of his films have won awards in Quebec and Canada and have been adapted for the United States and France. Early life Émile Gaudreault was born in Sainte-Foy to a mother who was a teacher and a father who taught theology. During his childhood, he moved to the Lac-Saint-Jean region, first to Lac-à -la-Croix, then to Alma and finally to Jonquière, where he studied art and media technology at Cégep. Career Émile Gaudreault made his debut as an author and also on stage, in the comedy shows of the ''Groupe Sanguin''. For the big screen, he co-wrote ''Louis 19, King of the Airwaves'' (french: Louis 19, le roi des ondes), a comedy that was the highest-grossing Canadian film in 1994 and won the Golden Screen Award, in addition to being the subject of an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian People
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and, at the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film became the highest-grossing romantic comedy domestically of all time, and grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release. It was the highest-grossing film with that distinction for 14 years until the animated film ''Sing'' grossed $268 million in 2016. The film spawned a franchise, which inspired the short-lived 2003 CBS TV series ''My Big Fat Greek Life'' and a film sequel titled ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'', which was released on March 25, 2016 by Universal Picture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Globe
''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Globe'' is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston. Founded in 1872, the paper was mainly controlled by Irish Catholic interests before being sold to Charles H. Taylor and his family. After being privately held until 1973, it was sold to ''The New York Times'' in 1993 for $1.1billion, making it one of the most expensive print purchases in U.S. history. The newspaper was purchased in 2013 by Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John W. Henry for $70million from The New York Times Company, having lost over 90% of its value in 20 years. The newspaper has been noted as "one of the nation's most prestigious papers." In 1967, ''The Boston Globe'' became the first major paper in the U.S. to come out against the Vietnam War. The paper's 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who served as publisher until October 1996, the magazine's original television advertising soliciting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Camacho
Mark Camacho (born April 12, 1964) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. Career He has starred in live-action films, but is best known for his voice acting roles, such as Oliver Frensky in ''Arthur'', Lyle in '' Animal Crackers'', Dad in ''Rotten Ralph'', George Martin in ''Spaced Out'', Harry and Dragon in ''Potatoes and Dragons'', Jerry Atric in ''Samurai Pizza Cats'', Gantlos in the English-language version of '' Winx Club'', Zob in ''Monster Allergy'', Conrad Cupmann in the '' Amazon Jack'' films and Zösky in ''Kaput and Zösky''. He also voiced the character of Jeri Skalnic in ''Still Life''. In the 2007 Bob Dylan biopic ''I'm Not There'', Camacho plays the part of Norman, based upon Dylan's manager Albert Grossman. He was later cast in '' Punisher: War Zone'' as one of ''Jigsaw's'' surviving men. He is married to actress and fellow Montreal native Pauline Little. Their son, Jesse Camacho, is also an actor, best known for the television series ''Less Than Kind''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Tavarone
Dino Tavarone (born December 28, 1942) is an Italian-Canadian actor most prominent in the Cinema of Quebec.Brendan Kelly"Mon ami Dino: Q&A with actor Dino Tavarone" ''Montreal Gazette'', August 4, 2016. He is most noted for his role as mafia boss Giuseppe Scarfo in the television series ''Omertà '', and his performance in Manon Briand's film ''2 Seconds (2 secondes)'', for which he received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actor at the 1st Jutra Awards in 1999. Before undertaking his career in acting, Tavarone spent four years in prison for drug trafficking,Sophie Durocher"Des images qui ne s’oublient pas" '' Le Journal de Montréal'', December 3, 2017. and subsequently opened his own restaurant in Montreal. Filmography Film * '' Zie 37 Stagen'' (1997) * ''2 Seconds (2 secondes)'': Lorenzo (1998) * ''La Position de l'escargot'': Marcos (1999) * ''The Uncles'': Lino Rossi (2000) * '' Café Olé'': Sal (2000) * '' Mambo Italiano'': Giorgio (2003) * ''The American Trap (Le pià ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierrette Robitaille
Pierrette Robitaille C.M. (born June 6, 1950) is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec. Career Robitaille is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, for her role as Mme Therrien in ''It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'' and its sequel ''Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite)'', and a Jutra Award winner for Best Actress for her performance as Vic in '' Vic et flo ont vu un ours''. Her other credits have included the films '' Mambo Italiano'', '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'', ''Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux calvaire)'', ''Wedding Night (Nuit de noces)'', ''A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour)'', ''Alice's Odyssey (L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay)'' and '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché)''. Robitaille was appointed a member of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Lorain
Sophie Lorain (born Sophie-Hélène Lorain; 20 November 1957) is a French-Canadian actress, director and producer. She is known for having played Anne Fortier in the highly rated television series '' Fortier'' that first aired in Quebec, Canada. She is the daughter of actors Jacques Lorain and Denise Filiatrault."Je veux profiter des moments qu’il me reste »" '' Le Journal de Montréal'', 1 April 2017. Her sister is French-Canadian actress Danièle Lorain. In addition to her work as an actress, she has directed the films '' |
Luke Kirby
Luke Farrell Kirby (born June 29, 1978) is a Canadian actor. In 2019, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Lenny Bruce on the television series ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. Early life Kirby was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to American parents. His mother is from Brooklyn, New York, and his father grew up "along the eastern seaboard." His parents moved from New York City, New York, to Canada in 1974. Kirby studied drama at the National Theatre School of Canada, a theatre conservatory which focuses on classical works, and graduated in 2000. Career Kirby has been performing since his teens after he was accepted at The National Theatre School of Canada. He graduated in May 2000 and after two auditions he began working on two separate projects: the CBS/Alliance mini-series ''Haven'', and director Léa Pool's feature '' Lost and Delirious'' (2001). Soon after, Kirby performed the role of Morgan in the Factory Theatre's production of ''Geometry in Venice'' in Toront ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
