Amazon’s Entry into Italy Could Prompt Quantum Leap for Local Industry

Netflix has acquired global rights to The Life Ahead, starring Sophia Loren.The global streamer will release the film, directed by Edoardo Ponti and written by Ugo Chiti and Ponti, later this year.

By Tom Grater

Teresa and Joe Giudice‘s daughters would love to visit their dad in his new home country of Italy but they aren’t planning on doing so anytime soon. Gia, 19, Gabriella, 16, Milania, 15, and Audriana, 11, have already visited Joe since he arrived in Italy last year, but their school schedules are making it difficult for them to do it again in the near future.

Al Pacino has defended his casting as a Jewish person in his new Amazon Prime Video series Hunters.

Droves of Scots kids are in 'isolation and on IV drips' after a norovirus outbreak in Italy.

Over the past few months, Somizi and husband Mohale have had both a traditional and white wedding dreams are made of. In fact, the reality star revealed that fans will be able to get a glimpse into their nuptials in the Showmax series ‘Somizi & Mohale: The Union’ but it seems the couple isn’t stopping there. Somizi recently revealed that he and Mohale are planning a third wedding ceremony – in Italy.

Palomar, the Italian TV and film production company behind “Inspector Montalbano” and “The Name of The Rose,” is launching a unit dedicated to documentaries to be headed by Andrea Romeo, founder and chief of Italy’s Biografilm Festival.

Fond memories! Joe Giudice is currently residing in Italy amid his deportation case, but his four daughters with estranged wife Teresa Giudice — Gia, 19, Gabriella, 15, Milania, 14, and Audriana, 10 — are never far from his mind.

Sure, we co-opted it from Italy, but pizza is just about as American as apple pie, hot dogs and other calorie-laden fare that makes eating a joy. And while celebrities tend to be at the forefront of the latest sugar-free, carb-free, dairy-free craze, even they can't resist the occasionally slice of cheesy goodness. They eat it at on red carpets, on movie sets, in green rooms and—most spectacularly—at the Academy Awards thanks to host Ellen DeGeneres' cleverly planned bit. 

U.S. sales company Shoreline will launch international sales at Berlin’s EFM on “Havana Kyrie,” a drama toplining iconic Italian actor Franco Nero (“Django Unchained”) as a down-on-his-luck Italian orchestra conductor, and featuring Ron Perlman (“Sons of Anarchy”) in a supporting role.

Lewis Capaldi declared his love for Celtic on stage at a televised gig in Italy as a very special attendee watched on.

Schitt’s Creek creator Dan Levy flew his entire cast to Italy as a thank you trip.

The UK leg of their 'Rhapsody Tour' kicks off in June

NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s untimely death has had reverberations around the world, where fans from Italy to the Philippines have united in expressing their grief and honoring the late basketball player, who was one of the most global-facing athletes the league has ever produced.