Gerard Butler Joins a Big Group of Friends for Dinner in Venice

Jaden Smith makes his way out of Nobu restaurant after grabbing dinner on Monday night (July 13) in Malibu, Calif.

Gerard Butler and girlfriend Morgan Brown ride their bikes as they head to lunch at Point Dume Cafe on Sunday afternoon (July 12) in Malibu, Calif.

Gerard Butler is enjoying a day on the courts with a friend!

Kendall Jenner rocks an almost all-black look as she arrives at Nobu on Wednesday (July 8) in Malibu, Calif.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has wreaked havoc across the globe, we’ve seen damn near every film festival from this spring and summer canceled, or at least, drastically altered. However, according to Venice Film Festival director, Alberto Barbera, this year’s Italian film event will be the first one since the pandemic shut everything down to closely adhere to the structure of previous editions.

Mark David Not quite as famous or grand as the drop-dead-gorgeous palazzo-lined canals of Italy’s Venice, the historic canals in Los Angeles’s Venice Beach, originally dug in 1905 by pioneering Venice Beach property developer and tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in order to drain marshland to make way for residential building, are picturesquely lined with charming and sometimes eye-catching homes built in a wide and fetching variety of architectural styles.

Gerard Butler puts a paper bag in the trunk of his vehicle after doing some grocery shopping with Morgan Brown over the weekend in Malibu, Calif.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCarlo Hintermann’s English-language drama The Book Of Vision will open the 2020 edition of Venice Critics’ Week, the independent sidebar of the Italian festival which is pressing on with plans for a physical edition in September.The film strs Charles Dance, Lotte Verbeek, Sverrir Gudnason, Isolda Dychauk and Filippo Nigro. Terrence Malick served as an executive producer on the project.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTerrence Malick-produced English-language costume drama “The Book of Vision,” directed by Italy’s Carlo Hintermann, will open the Venice Film Festival’s independently-run Critics’ Week section on Sept. 2.

reality show Temptation Island. The programme is similar in format to Love Island, but with couples participating to test the strength of their relationships.

Gerard Butler wears his favorite leather jacket while stepping out for a meal at the popular sushi restaurant Nobu on Sunday (June 28) in Malibu, Calif.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTop Italian film outfit RAI Cinema on Wednesday sounded an upbeat post-pandemic note as it unveiled a slate of 20 upcoming titles to exhibitors and press, comprising new works by prominent Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Gianfranco Rosi, and Susanna Nicchiarelli alongside their U.S.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Italian film and TV industry was on a roll when the pandemic hit the country particularly hard.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAs Cannes kicks off its virtual market, the Venice Film Festival is firmly on track to hold its physical edition in September with plans for a real red carpet and a substantial, albeit slimmed down, lineup.The Palazzo del Cinema has now been reopened on the Lido, and fest staff are working from their offices.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann’s passion project Ferrari is in the market on a new set of tyres ahead of an anticipated spring 2021 shoot.The Greatest Showman and Logan star Hugh Jackman is in discussions to star as Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari and Mann has recently reworked the script, which was originally penned by the late Troy Kennedy Martin (The Italian Job).STX is now handling international sales and will directly distribute the film in the UK and Ireland.