Film Movement Takes U.S. on Mario Martone’s Venice Pic ‘The King of Laughter’ Starring Toni Servillo (EXCLUSIVE)

Jennifer Lopez is endorsing her man Ben Affleck's new movie! The 52-year-old triple threat shared a stunning throwback video from her time in Venice, Italy, promoting the film,, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProminent Italian thesps Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty”) and Silvio Orlando, who plays Cardinal Voiello in “The Young Pope,” had never had a chance to share the screen before director Leonardo Di Costanzo cast them – respectively as a prison guard captain and an incarcerated Mafia boss – in his prison drama “The Inner Cage.”This naturalistic film is shot in an ancient rural prison on the island of Sardinia with real ex convicts and former

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival is exerting a positive impact on the Italian box office where Mario Martone’s “The King of Laughter” (“Qui Rido Io”) got a boost over the weekend from its Lido launch that landed the Toni Servillo-starrer in the number two spot after Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”Italy’s box office results this past weekend saw “King of Laughter,” in which Servillo plays Neapolitan theater luminary Eduardo Scarpetta, score

VENICE, Italy -- All across the Lido, you could see it on the stars' faces: sheer joy.Whether it was Timothée Chalamet's beaming face greeting fans, Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain's playfulness for the cameras, Josh Brolin's ear-to-ear grin in the front row of a “Dune” event or those looks exchanged between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, the 78th Venice International Film Festival mixed elegance and fun in a way rarely seen since early 2020.Reminders of the pandemic were all around — fans

Cynthia Erivo looks stunning in her final look at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

Penelope Cruz and Maggie Gyllenhaal are two of the big winners at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez just made their red carpet debut as a couple… for the second time!

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian auteur Mario Martone is a Venice aficionado. He was recently in competition on the Lido in 2018 with “Capri Revolution,” and then again in 2019 with “The Mayor of Rione Sanità,” a contemporary adaptation of the play about organized crime by late Neapolitan playwright Eduardo De Filippo.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is back on the red carpet!

Guy Lodge Film Critic“I’ve never liked artists who have more fun offstage than onstage,” says Italian comic star Eduardo Scarpetta (played by Toni Servillo) in “The King of Laughter.” If that was indeed Scarpetta’s belief, he would have thoroughly approved of Mario Martone’s big, brash, garishly frosted celebration cake of a biopic, in which everyone involved seems to be having the very best of times, tumbling onto screen with the breathless energy of a community theater crew given a very

Kate Hudson, 42, made quite the impression at the 2021 Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5 when she attended the premiere of her film, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon in an eye-catching fashion choice. The actress wore a magnificent Valentino red gown that had a sheer top and belled out long sleeves as she posed on the red carpet of the event, which took place in Venice, Italy. She also had her long wavy blonde locks down and took a moment to greet and pet an adorable dog that walked up next to her.

Kate Hudson is turning heads at the 2021 Venice Film Festival. Hudson wore a red Chantilly lace and tulle Valentino gown from the Valentino Resort 2022 Prêt-à-Porter collection to the  premiere in Venice, Italy Sunday.

Jessica Chastain gives off retro vibes in a cranberry colored jumpsuit as she arrives at the 2021 Venice Film Festival on Sunday afternoon (September 5) in Venice, Italy.

Kate Hudson crouches down on the red carpet to play with director Ana Lily Amirpour‘s dog at the premiere of Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon during the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on Sunday (September 5) in Venice, Italy.

Anya Taylor-Joy is continuing to bring her fashion A-game.

Cynthia Erivo and Sarah Gadon are both on the jury for the 2021 Venice Film Festival and they just walked the red carpet at more premieres!

The fifth season of Money Heist just premiered on Netflix and stars Jaime Lorente and Esther Acebo are celebrating at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

Ester Exposito is looking amazing at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!