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Hollywood’s award-season prognosticators are busy divining the Oscar chances of prestige pictures like Christopher Nolan’s summer box office hit Dunkirk against festival darlings such as Guillermo del Toro’s Venice-winning aquatic interspecies love story The Shape of Water and unseen 800-pound gorillas like Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers exposé...

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After the public and critics' success at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2017 in Montréal and at the L’Étrange Festival 2017 in Paris, the Italian movie “The Laplace’s Demon” also comes to the United States. The film, in the original language with subtitles in English, will be screened on October 15 at 6 pm at TCL Chinese 6 Theaters in Hol...

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Though he grew up in a traditional Italian-Catholic family in the straight-laced Chicago suburbs, actor Nico Tortorella bucked convention from the start. “Even when I was a hockey player, it was always a show for me. I would score a goal and throw my gloves out over the glass — there was so much flair,” laughs the rakish 28-year-old, who stars in t...

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Storyboard artist, Giacomo Ghiazza, was born in Asti (Piedmont, Italy). Until now, the “comune” has been widely known for its sweet sparkling white wine, made from the Moscato Bianco grape. Today, more and more people living in the northern town or just stopping by Asti’s Palazzo Mazzetti, are discovering An Italian Pencil in Hollywood. Giacomo Ghi...

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“A Rosciolo dei Marsi, piccola frazione di Magliano dei Marsi (AQ) adagiata ai piedi del Monte Velino, in Abruzzo, sono ancora in molti a ricordare il suo nome italiano: Vincenzo Pelliccione. Quello d’arte, invece, è finito nelle nebbie del tempo, assieme al grande talento a cui è associato. Nato il 2 giugno del 1893 da Sebastiano e Carolina Marini...

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The majority of Hollywood actors are only successful at creating one or maybe two characters that are truly memorable over their entire careers, and that’s if they’re really lucky. However, Giancarlo Esposito is definitely the exception to that rule. He’s often been called a “chameleon”, which he actually likes hearing since it means that the roles...

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Mario Maglieri – an owner of famed Sunset Strip clubs Rainbow Bar and Grill, The Roxy Theatre and Whisky a Go Go –  died on Thursday. He was 93. Rainbow Bar and Grill announced the news on its Facebook page. "Dear Rainbow friends and family, it is with great sadness to announce the passing of our beloved Mario Maglieri. Owner and founder of the Rai...

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Julio Vincent Gambuto only has a couple of rules: 1. No mafia. 2. No guns. See, the filmmaker would rather deal in genuine emotion than dwell on what Hollywood wants Staten Island to be, stereotypically. "In some cases it's been done brilliantly -- in some cases, not so brilliantly, but my stories are about family and the real experience of growing...

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A Roma, negli anni Sessanta, potevi veramente credere di incontrare il mitico Charlie Chaplin in un bar del quartiere Appio Claudio, mentre sorseggiava un caffè, o negli studi di Cinecittà, mentre curava le luci per un film. La camminata insolita e i tratti del viso, anche in età avanzata, lo facevano somigliare in modo impressionante al celebre pe...

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In collaboration with the city’s Women’s Advisory Board, the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will present the Phillis Morris Award to Anna Paola Snaidero of Snaidero USA for excellence in the design industry. The award will be presented during the 22nd annual Women in Leadership Awards with a ceremony and reception from 6 to 8 p.m. March 22 at w...

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