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Martina Stella
Martina Stella (born 28 November 1984) is an Italian actress and screenwriter. Acting career Stella made her cinematic debut at the age of 16 in 2001 in '' L'ultimo bacio''. The film was a success in Italy, and was nominated for multiple David di Donatello awards, including Best Film. ''L'ultimo bacio'' was released internationally, with the title ''The Last Kiss'' for English-speaking audiences. Reviews of Stella's performance as Francesca, a beautiful teenager who seduces Carlo ( Stefano Accorsi) a man in a committed relationship, were generally positive. One American reviewer compared her to "a young Reese Witherspoon", while another described her portrayal in greater depth: Stella proceeded to build a career as an actress in Italian films, including 2002's ''Amnèsia'', which was directed by past Academy Award-winner Gabriele Salvatores. Her film career has also included a small role in the 2004 Hollywood movie ''Ocean's Twelve''. She studied English for her role in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood (film Industry)
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of American cinema is classical Hollywood cinema, which developed from 1913 to 1969 and is still typical of most films made there to this day. While Frenchmen Auguste and Louis Lumière are generally credited with the birth of modern cinema, American cinema soon came to be a dominant force in the emerging industry. , it produced the third-largest number of films of any national cinema, after India and China, with more than 600 English-language films released on average every year. While the national cinemas of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce films in the same language, they are not part of the Hollywood system. That said, Hollywood has also been considered a transnational cinema, and has produced multiple lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scherzi A Parte
''Scherzi a parte'' is a hidden camera-practical joke television series aired in prime time from 9 February 1992, first on Italia 1 and then on Canale 5.Aldo Grasso – Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. The show is characterized by having national and international celebrities as victims. Over the years the show was criticized as some of the pranks appeared to be arranged with the victims. Several practical jokes, including Adriano Celentano's, Giancarlo Giannini's, Claudio Cecchetto's and Alessandro Benvenuti's, were never broadcast because the victims did not sign any agreement for the airing. Editions Victims * Giorgio Faletti * Enrica Bonaccorti * Enrico Brignano * Iva Zanicchi * Claudio Amendola * Daniele Formica * Cristina D'Avena * Evaristo Beccalossi * Claudia Mori * Vittorio Sgarbi * Lamberto Sposini * Alessandro Gassmann * Diego Abatantuono * Enrico Mentana * Leo Gullotta * Anita Ekberg * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Contemporary Film Festival
The ICFF is a not-for-profit, publicly attended film festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, programming international films and taking place during the summer. Founded in 2012, ICFF has grown from a four-day, single-venue festival of 18 films, to a 10-day, nine-city festival of over 130 feature films, documentaries and short films. The ICFF has a monthly program with screenings and events held in its main cities, a Youth Festival program and its main June Festival initiative. Every year ICFF takes place during the month of June in celebration of Ontario’s Italian Heritage Month with screenings in the cities of Toronto, Vaughan, Vancouver, Hamilton, Markham, Niagara, Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City. The ICFF festival screenings in Toronto are held at the TIFF Bell LightBox. The ICFF also runs special events and international programs throughout the year, which aim to involve different niche audiences. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, in 2020 the 9th edition of the ICFF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMBI Group
Ambi or Ambi may refer to: * ''Ambi'' (film), a 2006 Indian Kannada film * AMBI, the Israel Stuttering Association * Ambi Subramaniam (born 1991), Indian-American violinist, pianist and singer * Ambi, Iran Anbi ( fa, انبي, also Romanized as Anbī; also known as Ābnī and Ambi) is a village in Targavar Rural District, Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ..., a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Ambi, Mawal, a village in Maharashtra state, India * Queen Ambi, a character in the video game ''The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages'' {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piper (film Tv)
Piper may refer to: People * Piper (given name) * Piper (surname) Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Comics * Piper (Morlock), in the Marvel Universe * Piper (Mutate), in the Marvel Universe Television * Piper Chapman, lead character in the American comedy-drama series ''Orange Is the New Black'' * Piper Halliwell, one of the lead characters on ''Charmed'' * Piper Hart, Henry Hart's little sister in the Nickelodeon series '' Henry Danger'' * Piper Willis, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Piper Willowbrook, an elf in the Nickelodeon series ''Mysticons'' * Mr. Piper, host on the 1960s Canadian television show of the same name * Piper, an artificial intelligence in '' Emergence'' * Piper, a tactical expert in ''Storm Hawks'' Other * Piper McLean, a daughter of Aphrodite and one of the seven in Rick Riordan's ''The Heroes of Olympus'' * Piper Pinwheeler, a character in the 2005 animated film ''Robots'' * The Piper, a character in ''The Keys t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Ragazze Di San Frediano
''Le ragazze di San Frediano'' (English: ''The Girls of San Frediano'') is a 1949 novel by Italian author Vasco Pratolini. Plot The novel is set in Florence at the end of the Second World War. The story follows the escapades of a Florentine mechanic, a local " Don Giovanni," who romances several women simultaneously and secretly. His multiple relationships come to the women's attention, and they conceive a plot to punish the mechanic for his behavior. Film adaptations The novel has been adapted to film twice: *In 1954, a cinematic adaptation directed by Valerio Zurlini was released. The film represented Zurlini's directorial debut, and was one of the first movies to be filmed in Florence. The 1954 film starred: ** Antonio Cifariello as Bob; **Rossana Podestà as Tosca; **Corinne Calvet as Bice; **Giovanna Ralli as Mafalda; **Marcella Mariani as Gina; and **Giulia Rubini as Silvana. *In 2007, a television miniseries adaptation aired on Italian television channel Rai Uno. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In Italy
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] |
Romeo And Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Hamlet'', is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the Title character, title characters are regarded as archetype, archetypal young lovers. ''Romeo and Juliet'' belongs to a tradition of tragic Romance (love), romances stretching back to Ancient history, antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as ''The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet'' by Arthur Brooke (poet), Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in ''Palace of Pleasure'' by William Painter (author), William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Count Paris, Paris. Believed to have been written between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aggiungi Un Posto A Tavola
''Aggiungi un posto a tavola'' (ET: Set another place at the table) is a musical comedy written by Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovannini and Iaia Fiastri, with music by Armando Trovaioli. It debuted in 1974 under the direction of Garinei and Giovannini. An English version called ''Beyond the Rainbow'', adapted by David Forrest with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, opened in November 1978 at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End and ran for six months. Background Between 1973 and 1974, Sandro Giovannini and Pietro Garinei wrote with Iaia Fiastri a musical inspired by the novel ''After Me, the Deluge'' by David Forrest (the pseudonym of David Eliades and Robert Forrest-Webb). The total cost of the staging was about 250 million lire, due to the completion of the scenery in wood. The show received its title after a vote of the company, who preferred ''Aggiungi un Posto a Tavola'' (Add a seat at the table) to the alternatives. Actors who played in the first edition include Johnny Dorelli (D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corriere Della Sera
The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015. First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remained unchanged since its first edition in 1876. It reached a circulation of over 1 million under editor and co-owner Luigi Albertini, between 1900 and 1925. He was a strong opponent of socialism, of clericalism, and of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti who was willing to compromise with those forces. Albertini's opposition to the Fascist regime forced the other co-owners to oust him in 1925. Today its main competitors are Rome's ''la Repubblica'' and Turin's '' La Stampa''. History and profile ''Corriere della Sera'' was first published on Sunday 5 March 1876 by Eugenio Torelli Viollier. In 1899 the paper began to offer a weekly illustrated supplement, ''La D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine (2009 Live-action Film)
''Nine'' is a 2009 romantic musical drama film directed and produced by Rob Marshall and written by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella. The film is an adaptation of the 1982 musical of the same name, which in turn is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical 1963 film ''8½''. In addition to songs from the stage musical, all written by Maury Yeston, the film has three original songs, also written by Yeston. The ensemble cast consists of Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, and Sophia Loren. The film premiered in London, opened the 6th annual Dubai International Film Festival on December 9, 2009 and was released in the United States on December 18, 2009, in New York City and Los Angeles, with a wide release on December 25, 2009. Though a critical and commercial failure, ''Nine'' was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Penélope Cruz), Best Art Direction (John Myhre (AD), Gordon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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