Cartoon Digital Confab Kicks Off Online From Sardinia With a Focus on Italy

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.

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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Italian island of Sardinia has long been a prime destination for international shoots such as George Clooney-directed TV series “Catch-22” and more recently Disney’s live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.” But the emerald island, as it is known, is also looking to cater to the global animation industry, having forged a partnership with Canada-based software maker Toon Boom, which makes software used by Hollywood studios such as Disney,

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.

reports The Mirror. The fight broke out on a flight from Ibiza, Spain, to Milan in Italy and saw a passenger becoming increasingly irritated.

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.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAmazon Prime Video is stepping up scripted production in Italy with green lights for two new original series: dark Mafia comedy “The Bad Guy,” and young adult coming-of-age drama “Prisma,” which is about twin brothers who go against gender norms in different ways.The new Italian Amazon Original skeins were announced at a Prime Video Presents Italy 2021 showcase event held in Rome, but attended online by journalists. With these new shows, Amazon is

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