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Sarabanda (programma Televisivo)
''Sarabanda'' was an Italian television show initially proposed as a variety and later as a musical game with prizes, adaption of the TV format '' Name That Tune'', presented by Enrico Papi and broadcast on Italia 1 in the time slot of the access prime time from 8 September 1997 to 20 February 2004. After the first closing was resumed from 14 March to 10 April 2005 with the broadcasting of ''Super Sarabanda'', a tournament among the most representative champions of the game. The program was re-proposed from 8 June to 30 August 2009 on Canale 5 in the pre-ward, presented by Teo Mammucari with Belén Rodríguez. The program is back on air for a third time with three special episodes in prime time on Italia 1 from 13 to 27 June 2017 with the return to the running of Enrico Papi. It aired from Monday to Saturday (from April 2000 to June 2001 also on Sunday, from January 2004 only until Friday) with starting time between 7:40 pm and 8:00 pm even if the most common was between 7:56 pm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety Show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical theatre, musical performances, sketch comedy, magic (illusion), magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a Master of Ceremonies, compère (master of ceremonies) or Television presenter, host. The variety format made its way from the Victorian era stage in Britain and America to radio and then television. Variety shows were a staple of English language television from the late 1940s into the 1980s. While still widespread in some parts of the world, such as in the United Kingdom with the ''Royal Variety Performance'', and South Korea with ''Running Man (South Korean TV series), Running Man'', the proliferation of multichannel television and evolving viewer tastes have affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States. Despite this, their influence has still had a major effect on late night television whose la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Riva
Mario Riva (26 January 1913 – 1 September 1960) was an Italian television presenter and actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1941 and 1960. Life and career Born in Rome as Mariuccio Bonavolontà, the son of a composer, Giuseppe (Joseph) Bonavolonta (b.1885) and his wife Teresa Chinzari. His father composed over 500 popular tunes including "Goodbye Nemi" and "Fiocca Snow". Mario attended St Joseph College in Piazza di Spagna in Rome. Riva debuted at young age as a dubber and a radio actor. His film debut was in 1941 in ''Due cuori sotto sequestro'' (''Two Hearts Seized''). He became first known as presenter of the stage show ''Clan'' (1942). After a long season of successes on stage (often in couple with Riccardo Billi) Riva reached the peak of his career with the RAI variety television ''Il Musichiere'' (1957-1960) (the Italian version of Name That Tune). He also appeared on several films, usually in supporting roles. While he was presenting from the Arena di Verona ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Ya!
"Hey Ya!" is a song performed by American hip-hop duo Outkast, specifically group member André 3000, who wrote and produced the song. Along with "The Way You Move", recorded by Outkast's other member Big Boi, "Hey Ya!" was released by Arista Records as one of the two lead singles from the duo's fifth album, ''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'', on August 25, 2003. The track became a commercial success, reaching number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Sweden. "Hey Ya!" received critical acclaim upon release, and is consistently ranked as one of the greatest songs of the 2000s. Writing and recording André 3000 wrote "Hey Ya!" in 2000 and began work on recording it in December 2002 at Stankonia Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. He used an acoustic guitar for accompaniment, inspired by bands such as the Ramones, the Buzzcocks, the Hives, and the Smiths. André recorded the introduction, the first verse, the hook, and the vocals around the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Bonolis
Paolo Bonolis (; born 14 June 1961) is an Italian television host. He made his debut in 1981 on ''Tre, due, uno, contatto...'', a program for children that aired on Italian national broadcaster Rai RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many ter .... Biography In 1982, he moved to Italia 1 where he hosted ''Bim bum bam'', again a program for children. He anchored ''Bim Bum Bam'' until 1990 and then he hosted some variety shows like ''Urka!'', ''Bulli & pupe'', ''Non è la RAI'' and ''Belli freschi''. After that, he signed back with RAI and hosted a few prime time shows like ''I cervelloni'', ''Beato tra le donne'' and the quiz show ''Luna park'', on air in the evening in RAI. In 1996 he went back to Mediaset, where he successfully hosted ''Tira & molla'' and the prime time shows '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Affari Tuoi
''Affari tuoi'' (; en, "Your Business") is an Italian game show based upon the internationally popular game show ''Deal or No Deal''. It aired on Rai 1 from 13 October 2003 to 17 March 2017 in the access prime time range. From 26 December 2020, the program returned to air on Saturday between the access prime time slot and the prime time slot. It is broadcast on public broadcaster Rai 1, and it is also shown regularly on RAI International, RAI's international television service. The show was hosted in chronological order include: Paolo Bonolis (October 2003 – May 2005), Pupo (September 2005 – March 2006), Antonella Clerici (March – June 2006), Flavio Insinna (September 2006 – June 2008), Max Giusti (September 2008 – June 2013) and again Flavio Insinna (September 2013 - 17 March 2017). The re-edition of 2020 sees the conduct of Carlo Conti, who had already conducted the episode of 1 April 2015, exchanging the management of ''L'eredità'', a program that he presented at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Striscia La Notizia
''Striscia la notizia'' () is an Italian satirical television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Founded in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but ''Striscia'' also satirizes government corruption and exposes scams with the help of local reporters who are also comedians. The program is created by Antonio Ricci and is hosted by two major comedians. The name of the show literally translates in English as "The News Slither". Gabibbo Gabibbo, an Italian cultural icon, is the red mascot of the TV show, with a strong Genoa accent. Always loud, braggart but pungent in his naive but straightforward ways, it is one of the reporters of the program and it also sings and dances the theme song at the end of every episode. The character appears also in another TV show called '' Paperissima''. The ''veline'' The term ''velina'' ( en, tissue paper) is a figurative term in Italian journalism which refers to government-issued prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners scheduled to travel from the Northeastern United States to California. The hijackers crashed the first two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and the third plane into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States military) in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane was intended to hit a federal government building in Washington, D.C., but crashed in a field following a passenger revolt. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and instigated the war on terror. The first impact was that of American Airlines Flight 11. It was crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan at 8:46 a.m. Seventeen minutes later, at 9:03, the World Trade Center’s S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegatto
Telegatto (a composition of ''television'' and ''gatto'', meaning "cat", after the trophy, which is a little statue representing a cat), was an Italian television award first conceived in 1971 following the contest Gran Premio internazionale dello Spettacolo, though the first award ceremony wasn't held until 1984. It was sponsored by the weekly magazine ''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'' and broadcast on Canale 5. The prize was a golden cat statue with the network's initials on its face. It was inspired by a cartoon from the television series ''Super Classifica Show'', a cult show in the 1980s and early 1990s. The award ceremony was cancelled in 2009. On 12 March 2018, on the occasion of a press conference for the photography book dedicated to the event, and a decade after the last edition, the director of ''TV Sorrisi e Canzoni'', Aldo Vitali, hypothesized the return of the event in Milan for October of the same year, to be hosted by Carlo Conti. The show, however, never resurfaced. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario Fiorello
Rosario Tindaro Fiorello (born 16 May 1960), known just as Fiorello, is an Italian comedian, singer, radio, and television presenter. Career Fiorello was born in Catania, Sicily, and raised in Augusta, Sicily. He began his career working in tourist villages, first as a barman, and then as an entertainer. Near the end of the 1980s, Fiorello was brought to Milan by Bernardo Cherubini, whom he had met in Valtur Villages. Bernardo, brother of Jovanotti, who introduced him to Claudio Cecchetto, who directed Radio Deejay and where he met Antonio Germinario, a talent-scout, that become his manager for many years. Soon afterwards, Fiorello began hosting the show "Viva Radio Deejay" with Marco Baldini. Having become popular through the TV show ''Karaoke'', Fiorello went on to host various TV shows. Soon after, he endured a period of drug problems that kept him away from the world of TV. However, he returned to show business and television in the 1990s, displaying great abilities as a sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Gori
Giorgio Gori (born 24 March 1960, in Bergamo) is an Italian entrepreneur, journalist and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has been the mayor of Bergamo since June 2014. Early life Giorgio Gori attended high school at the Liceo classico Paolo Sarpi in Bergamo, where he became a member of the secularist and reformism student group "Action and Freedom". At 18 years old he started working for ''Radio Bergamo'', a liberal station directed by Vittorio Feltri. In the following years he worked for ''L'Eco di Bergamo'' and ''Bergamo Oggi'', two local newspapers. Manager career In 1984 Gori was hired by Rete 4, an Italian TV station owned by Silvio Berlusconi. In 1991 Gori became the director of Canale 5, the main TV channel of Berlusconi's Mediaset. In 1997 he was appointed director of Italia 1, a position he held for two years when he was re-appointed at the head of Canale 5. In 2001 he founded ''Magnolia'', a society of television production that cooperated bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Ruota Della Fortuna
''La ruota della fortuna'' was the Italian version of '' Wheel of Fortune''. The show has run nonstop since 1988 on Canale 5 and Rete 4, and switched from a trilon to an electronic board in the mid 1990s, like the U.S. version. Previously hosted by Mike Bongiorno, the show was hosted by Enrico Papi on Italia 1, and featured Victoria Silvstedt from the French version of the show, La Roue de la Fortune. The Italian version of ''Wheel'' went off the air in 2009. In 1985, the show was one of several game shows that was part of the television series, Pentatlon, which was also hosted by Mike Bongiorno. The show aired on Canale 5. From September 1987 to 1988, the show aired on Odeon TV. This version had the shopping element that the U.S. version, along with several other versions at the time, had. This version had a different host. Differences in Gameplay Compared to American Version The Electronic Puzzle Board (circa 1998-2003) This is the only puzzle board in the world where if m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
