Auguri Riccardo! Happy Birthday to Riccardo Scamarcio
Happy Birthday, Riccardo Scamarcio! Born November 13, 1979, in Puglia, he’s the super cute Ashton Kutcher of Italy, the boyfriend of Valeria Golino. Celebrate his birthday…
Read articleCarlo! Carlo Verdone, Man of the People at The Rome Film Festival
Actor, writer, director and funny guy Carlo Verdone was in New York City a few years ago for Open Roads: New Italian Cinema. Out for a stroll on…
Read articleSergio Castellitto On Working With Penelope Cruz in “Twice Born”
An interview that I’ve translated from Leiweb.it by Alessandra Mattanza Sergio Castellitto: “Talent isn’t enough; acting takes courage.” The actor returns to the director’s chair with Venuto…
Read articlePlay The 6 Degrees Of Giuseppe Battiston
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a trivia game based on the concept of the “it’s a small world” phenomenon and rests on the assumption that…
Read articleMonica Bellucci and Harrison Ford – AARP Raiders of the Lost Ark
Why do I dislike Monica Bellucci so much? Obviously I’m just jealous but that’s not going to stop me from wondering about the point of Indiana…
Read articleDouble Trouble For Luigi Lo Cascio At This Year’s Venice Film Festival
Yesterday I texted my daughter this simple message “Luigi Lo Cascio” and she texted back something that looked like “@#%mp$@!!!! (translation: holy shit!). She knew what…
Read articleNews From Cannes – Italian Democracy Reigns With Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti, the first non-American Cannes jury president since 2009 has been getting a lot of praise from film festival watchers. Read this from Variety Magazine:…
Read articlePierfrancesco Favino Will Be in Ron Howard’s “Rush”
Pierfrancesco Favino sports a ’70s mustache for director Ron Howard’s new movie, Rush, also starring Chris Helmsworth and Olivia Wilde. Favino will play Formula 1 racecar…
Read articleThe Guardian’s Tom Kingston on Laura Morante
I’d almost fogotten about Laura Morante. Brilliant as the grieving mother in Nanni Moretti’s La Stanza Del Figlio (the son’s room) and unable to save Sergio…
Read articleRoberto Benigni’s Early Years on TV
Roberto Benigni fans will want to send away for a new set of DVDs that will be released tomorrow in Italy - the first three of five…
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