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Over the past seven decades, no one has explored the story of America in the 20th century quite like Martin Scorsese. The 80-year-old director's most recent films, The Irishman (2019) and Killers Of The Flower Moon, out this Friday, are big ticket affairs that ask even bigger questions about life, death and everything in-between. But 49 years ago,...

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Nobody came to Frankie Valli’s wedding over the summer, which was exactly how the 89-year-old singer wanted it. “Oh, it was terrific,” he recalls of the very private ceremony at Las Vegas’ Westgate Hotel, where Valli and his fourth wife, Jackie Jacobs, tied the knot in June, more than half a century after he set out toward becoming one of the 1960s...

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The Museum of the Moving Image is planning on screening Burt Young films in the coming weeks in tribute to the Oscar nominated actor who died earlier this month in Los Angeles at the age of 83. Young was born and raised in Corona and rocketed to fame playing Paulie Pinnino, the curmudgeonly corner-man in Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky” in 1976, a role...

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Gianna Ranaudo is an actress and producer from the United States who has starred in films such as A Fish Story (2013), A Bronx Tale (1993), and Hurlyburly (1998). Her husband, Chazz Palminteri, is a well-known actor, screenwriter, producer, and playwright who has appeared in films such as The Usual Suspects (1995), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), and...

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Veteran character actor Burt Young, best known and Oscar nominated for his role as the brother-in-law and meat-cutting friend to Sylvester Stallone's prize-fighting protagonist in the "Rocky" films has died at age 83, his manager said on Wednesday. Young's death on Oct. 8 in Los Angeles was confirmed to Reuters by his Los Angeles-based manager Lynd...

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Best known for their haunting '70s soundtracks used in the films of gory giallo director Dario Argento, progressive-rock outfit Claudio Simonetti's Goblin provides the live score for the '80s Italian horror cult favorite Demons at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco on Oct. 27th. Initially working under the monikers Oliver and Cherry Five after bei...

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Casa Italia’s popular film series will start later this year due to the high level of activity at the Casa during Italian American Heritage Month. A pair of films will screen in November, followed by another pair in January. The series is made possible through the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Chicago. “Palio” will be screened on N...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and Aurelio De Laurentiis are pleased to announce the establishment of an annual film production grant program to support aspiring filmmakers who wish to tell compelling stories about Italians and Italian Americans.Officially known as "The NIAF/Aurelio De Laurentiis Film Prizes," this new collaboratio...

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Free and open to the public. OCTOBER 14th and 15th 2023 at the Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave, NE - Atlanta, GA 30306. Enjoy a series of four films that participated in the David di Donatello Awards in 2022 FREE and open to the public at the Plaza Theatre Atlanta. No ticket purchase is necessary but arrive early as seating is on a first come...

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One can practically feel oneself “Getting strong now.” Decades after the iconic underdog movie was released, a new shop outside of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is now officially selling “Rocky” merchandise. According to Billy Penn, a tourism outpost (officially called the Parkway Outpost) was constructed and launched last year near the museum’s s...

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