Amazon Steps Up Scripted Production in Italy With ‘Bad Guy’ and ‘Prisma’

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are soaking up some alone time following the birth of their daughter, Daisy, last August. The couple was spotted in Venice, Italy, together, and didn't shy away from packing on a little PDA. Though they were seen traveling with their 10-month-old daughter and their dog, the pair did enjoy some solo time, snapping a kissing selfie and going for a romantic gondola ride complete with Aperol spritzes and even more smooches. For the outing, 36-year-old Perry wore a denim

Football legend Paul Gascoigne was a great signing for the Italian version of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, which he filmed this Spring. From jumping out of a helicopter, to going without his beloved ciggies and coffee, it was certainly a challenge for the 54-year-old.

Italy's oldest and largest music conservatory were always told to move “closer, closer, closer” when they played together.“Because you need to hear each other,'' said Cristina Frosini, director of the Giuseppe Verdi Music Conservatory in Milan.

There would have been grimaces in Wales when they were pitted alongside Italy, Turkey and Switzerland in a super-competitive Group A. The Welsh made the semi-finals five years ago as a Gareth Bale-inspired Red Wall cheered their heroes to a journey of a life-time.

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen production designer Daniela Strijleva joined Pixar’s “Luca” in 2016, she knew two things — the saga was set in Italy and it was a fantasy. With 3D animation informed by director Enrico Casarosa’s cartoony 2D drawings, the movie, available June 18 on Disney Plus, is the story of two teenage boys having a carefree summer at the Italian seaside.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAfter making a splash with “Transparent,” Amazon Prime Video’s Italian original series “Prisma” will keep the navigation of gender identity at its core while catering to a young adult audience and connecting with Italy’s neorealist roots.“Prisma,” which is currently shooting, is set in the city of Latina, just south of Rome, and its surrounding area, which used to be a swamp until the land was drained under Fascist rule.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFremantle and Sky Italia are changing the “X Factor” format for the talent show’s upcoming Italian edition.

MILAN -- Carla Fracci, an Italian cultural icon and former La Scala prima ballerina renowned for romantic roles alongside such greats as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, died Thursday at her home in Milan. She was 84.The La Scala theater announced her death with “great sadness,” without giving a cause.

Amazon Prime Video today revealed upcoming projects from its Italian office, including a pair of new original series that have received the greenlight: The Bad Guy and Prisma.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentA new state-of the-art movie theatre called Cinema Troisi is set to open in a Fascist-era building in central Rome on September 30, an event rife with symbolic significance.The projector is latest generation 4K; the sound Dolby 7.1 surround; the bar/bistro will serve gourmet food; and the venue’s plush 300 seats are the same shade of maroon as T-shirts worn by members of the collective of activists and film buffs known as “the Cinema America kids” who

Emilio Mayorga Cartoon Digital, a forum for European digital animation, kicks off today Wednesday with a focus on Italy and executives in attendance from Netflix, Disney, WarnerMedia, Rai Ragazzi, Ubisoft, Entertainment One, Mattel, Gaumont, among other companies.The conference will run entirely online through this Friday.

ROME -- Eurovision Song Contest organizers said Monday that the lead singer of Italian glam rock band Maneskin tested negative for drug use, putting to an end speculation that had tarnished the band’s victory.“We consider the matter closed,” the European Brodcasting Union, which produces the annual kitsch-filled song festival, said in a statement.EBU said it came to the conclusion after it reviewed all the available footage of the TV broadcast Saturday night and saw the negative results of