In a recent ad spot from John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor running for an open U.S. Senate seat, he attacked his rival, Mehmet Oz, as “not one of us” and part of the wealthy entertainment elite.
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Amazon Prime Video’s latest Italian content showcase in a scorching hot Rome has lifted the lid on a 15-strong slate of drama series, movies, docs and entertainment shows, while revealing the commentary line up for its UEFA Champions League coverage.
Among its streamer’s latest Italian exclusive content is a doc on late basketball star Kobe Bryant, who grew up in Italy; a feature doc on beloved Italian singer-songwriter Mahmood and a remake of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. There is also a new movie from comedian Maccio Capatonda, several comedy specials, new seasons of LOL and Dinner Club and first looks at scripted series Everybody Loves Diamonds and The Bad Guy.
The Champions League soccer line-up will see Napoli hero and World Cup 2014 finalist Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi, two-time Champions League and World Cup 2006 winner Alessandro Nesta, and his former teammate Massimo Oddo, also a Champions League winner and world champion, joining the team of lineup of journalists and experts for the 2022-23 season of UEFA Champions League.
See the full line up at the bottom.
Kobe – Una Storia Italiana is a documentary on basketball great Kobe Bryant, who grew up in the basketball courts of Italy enjoying pasta, country life, and football. It will be told by people who lived alongside him in those incredible years and show how a teenage young ‘Black Mamba’ conquered Italian basketball and fell in love with the country. Directed by Jesus Garcés Lambert and written by Giovanni Filippetto, it is Alessandro Lostia for Indigo Stories and will launch this year.
“The doc will show the Italian life of Kobe Bryant and will be great for Italian audiences and international audiences,” Amazon Italy Head of Originals Nicole Morganti told Deadline as she
In a recent ad spot from John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor running for an open U.S. Senate seat, he attacked his rival, Mehmet Oz, as “not one of us” and part of the wealthy entertainment elite.
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Leona Lewis has announced the arrival of her first child and revealed her adorable name on Instagram. The 37 year old welcomed her first child, a baby girl, with her husband Dennis Jauch on 22 July, and publicly revealed the happy news on 3 August on social media. Leona and Dennis, who tied the knot back in 2019, shared a sweet snap of their new arrival wearing a pink baby grow alongside the caption: "And then there were three.
Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal are reteaming to star in and produce the upcoming Spanish-language Hulu limited series “La Máquina,” from Searchlight Television. “La Máquina,” which got a straight-to-series order, follows an aging boxer (Bernal) whose crafty manager (Luna) secures him one last shot at a title.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterDiego Luna and Gael García Bernal are teaming to star in a Spanish-language limited series at Hulu produced by Searchlight Television.The pair will star in the drama series “La Maquina,” which hails from writer Marco Ramirez. It follows an aging boxer (García Bernal), whose crafty manager (Luna) secures him one last shot at a title. But to make it to fight night, they must navigate a mysterious underworld force.Both Luna and García Bernal will produce under their La Corriente del Golfo banner.
Former TOWIE star Myles Barnett hasn’t had the best start to the week, after his £100,000 Range Rover was stolen.The 28 year old updated fans on the robbery as he asked for their help on social media, posting a reward for anyone able to find information that could lead to the motor being recovered. Myles, who appeared on TOWIE in 2017 up until 2019, uploaded photos of his expensive stolen vehicle as he arrived in Toulon, France, on his Virgin Cruise holiday with his girlfriend Isobel Scarlet Emery.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDolly de Leon, who recently earned rave reviews for her work in Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” has signed with Jennifer Beaton at Gersh. The signing comes after de Leon scored some serious Oscar buzz after “Triangle of Sadness,” a darkly comic exploration of class and inequality, which debuted at Cannes, where it won the Palme d’Or.
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Vogue X Self-Portrait summer party, Gigi, in a high-shine lime-green dress, played host with editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and Self-Portrait founder and creative director Han Chong.The joined guests at Chiltern Firehouse wearing said zingy Self-Portrait dress, metallic heels, and Self-Portrait’s new-season Bow bag—Han’s first-ever bag design, which he added to his accessories line-up earlier this year. Gigi wore her bright blonde hair in a bun, with strands framing her face. Beauty-wise, she kept things simple, and went for a light blush-colored eye, a slight feline flick, and a nude lip.
Vanessa Bryant took her girls on a family vacation to Italy. To keep their dad’s memories alive, the businesswoman and philanthropist visited Reggio Calabria, a coastal city in southern Italy where Kobe Bryant spent some of his childhood. “Visited Reggio Calabria, a city my husband lived in when he was about 8 years old.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMatt Hearn, producer of “Wolf Creek,” one of Australia’s biggest genre exports, is backing “Penny Lane is Dead,” the feature debut of Australian writer-director and makeup artist Mia’kate Russell.Set up at Melbourne’s Buffalo Media, headed by André Lima, who will produce “Penny Lane is Dead” with Hearn, “Penny Lane” looks like one of the strongest projects being brought onto the market this week at Frontières, in terms of its behind the camera talent package and financing.“Penny Lane” features among Frontières’ six Forum projects, a program reserved for films in advanced stages of financing.The film has drawn down “significant funding” from Screen Australia’s Producer Offset program, which means 40% of the film finance is secured, Lima told Variety. “With the right market partners in place, we estimate that [a further] 20%-30% of the production budget can be raised from our federal and state film agencies through their production investment funding programs,” Lima added.Prosthetics designer Larry Van Duynhoven (“Furiosa”) and costume designer Nicola Dunn (“Very Important Person”) are attached, among key craft collaborators.“Penny Lane” is set on a warm night as 17-year-old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends Toni and Amy.