Emmy Award-winning director Adam Bernstein (“30 Rock,” “Fargo,” “Better Call Saul”) is set to helm new Prime Video Italy original “Costiera,” an English-language action drama set on Italy’s iconic Amalfi Coast. The high-end show is being co-produced by Amazon Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide, the prominent Italian company behind financial thr...
READ MOREEven if you enjoy cooking, it’s hard to get excited watching a pot of pasta boil—but after breaking out the Al Dente kitchen timer, you’ll find yourself singing along while stirring your spaghetti. This clever gadget brings a sense of humor to the otherwise mundane kitchen task. Instead of a boring buzzer, Al Dente uses one of four classic Italian...
READ MOREPrime Video has sent the Italian instalment of the Russo Brothers’ global sci-fi event series Citadel into production and cast Matilda de Angelis (The Undoing, Leonardo) as its lead, as Amazon Italy execs today touted the streamer’s local growth here at the MIA Market in Rome. De Angelis recently made her international breakthrough in Susanne Bier’...
READ MORESperlari, which has recently acquired the historic brand Paluani, lands to Amazon USA to bring sweetness and happiness that makes any moment unique. “To bring our ‘Italian tradition since 1836‘ overseas through the world of online, in order to be found everywhere, even in the United States“. Fabrizio Berra – Head of International Markets – tells us...
READ MOREJames May: Our Man In Japan received incredibly positive reviews as the Grand Tour presenter travelled across the incredible but mysterious world of Japan. Writing haikus as he traveled, James May gave us the ins and outs of what it’s like to be Japanese while exploring the depth of Japanese culture. Now, the second series of the Our Man In… show h...
READ MOREThe Dallas businessman known for conquering the globe’s highest peaks and deepest depths is heading out of this world. Literally. Victor Vescovo, co-founder of private equity firm Insight Equity, is one of six passengers scheduled to head into space on Blue Origin’s fifth human flight. The date for that flight with the aerospace company owned by Am...
READ MOREAmazon (AMZN.O), through its Climate Pledge Fund, has bought a minority stake in Italy's CMC Machinery, a company with technology that makes custom-sized boxes that eliminate the need for single-use plastic packaging, the machines maker said on Wednesday. CMC, which is controlled by private equity firm KKR and counts Amazon and Walmart among its cu...
READ MOREThe Italian Minister of Agriculture, Stefano Patuanelli, has recently signed the agreement between the Italian government and Amazon for the protection of Italian food products on the e-commerce site. The aim of the agreement is to strengthen the protection, promotion, enhancement, and information of Italian PDO and PGI F&B products towards consume...
READ MORETo know Newark is to love Newark. That might be one way to sum up the heartfelt tribute Daniel P Quinn has made to his beloved city in his new insightful book, “Newark, Italy + Me.” Newark remains the largest city in New Jersey with a population of about 312,000. The city is most famous, today, perhaps, because of the large airport named after her....
READ MOREAmazon Studios has unveiled a new high-concept Italian original movie featuring pop star Laura Pausini, who recently collaborated with Diane Warren to perform the Oscar-nominated theme song “Io Sì” (Seen) for Sophia Loren-starrer “The Life Ahead.” The still untitled film, which has begun shooting, is being helmed by Ivan Cotroneo, who is among Ita...
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