by Jacob Bryant Film composer Ennio Morricone is being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Morricone will receive the 2,574th star on the Walk of Fame — located on 7065 Hollywood Boulevard — on Feb. 26 at 11:30 a.m. Event emcee and Hollywood Chamber president-CEO Leron Gubler will unveil the star with help from director Qu...
READ MOREThe cement was barely dry from the hand- and footprint ceremony in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theater (Grauman's Chinese) in Hollywood where director Francis Ford Coppola had just been enshrined before he took the stage to talk about some of his seminal 1970s films with TCM Classic Film Festival host Ben Mankiewicz. Ostensibly, Coppo...
READ MORERobert De Niro's manager, Danilo Mattei, is currently in Abruzzo researching various locations for a film, which will definitely be showing in our region, and which, amongst others, will star De Niro, the Hollywood legend, who actually has roots via his great-grandparents to Ferrazzano (Campobasso). The idea came about after a meeting with...
READ MOREA retrospective of films starring Italy's most iconic actor is coming to Hollywood. The upcoming LA, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest will be dedicated to iconic Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni and include a retrospective of films featuring the beloved leading man of directors including Antonioni, Fellini, De Sica, Germi, Scola and Viscont...
READ MOREby Michael Traversa "Now is the only moment there is to be creative in, it's a realization, this is it. You can't anticipate what may come, you can only wonder about what has happened, this is the moment you can do something about." This is the motto of Robert Forster, revered actor who's been in the business for almost fifty year...
READ MOREThe name Sylvester Stallone has immediate connotations of explosive Hollywood blockbusters, testosterone-fuelled heroism and of course, muscles. Starring in films like Rocky, Rambo and The Expendables means the action star has made a career out of high-intensity cinematic moments. However, this isn't the case when Stallone is off-duty. Awa...
READ MOREby Benedetta Cicconi The story of Valentina Socci, a well-established fashion photographer, who left her beloved city of Milan, Italy, to devote herself to a successful career in Hollywood, reminds of a beautiful modern tale. Over the last few years, she has achieved very good results and all of her efforts have been rewarded. Valentina S...
READ MOREby Hunter Davis 'You went to one of the best hotels in the world, in one of the smartest places, which some of the classiest people have raved about over the decades – and you brought us back a tin of tomatoes! Oh my gawd, what are you like?' That was the reaction of my dear wife and children on my return. I shall explain the...
READ MOREby Nancy Casas The American Cinematheque presented the European Film festival on Thursday, September 24th, for the opening night at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. With special screenings of foreign films from Germany, Greece, and many more, Italian filmmaker Simone Borrelli's short film Eddy was a remarkable humanitarian presentation....
READ MOREby Roberto Natalini Vi piacerebbe vedere l'attrice americana Sharon Stone servire pizza ai clienti in un ristorante di Roma, oppure le star Antonio Banderas e Cameron Diaz con un gigante cono gelato in mano, piuttosto che il regista Quentin Tarantino alle prese con un piatto di spaghetti? Durante il mese di maggio sarà possibile osservare...
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