Italian ballet star Carla Fracci who danced with the greats dies at 84

In the span of only three films, writer/director Adam Leon has proven to have a significant feel for New York City and those who populate its streets. His debut film “Gimme the Loot” premiered at SXSW and then the Cannes Film Festival; his follow-up “Tramps” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was picked up by Netflix.

Italy for New York more than two decades ago, all he wanted to do was assimilate. He wanted to sound American.

Vanessa Kirby is fascinating to watch and follow in writer/director Adam Leon’s “Italian Studies,” a purposefully hazy but compelling survey of New York City and its young minds. The Academy Award nominee of “Pieces of a Woman” uses her celebrity presence among regular New Yorkers for something of a low-key “Under the Skin” as she wades through this crowded society with a blank slate perspective forcing us to see it all with the same new lens.

Mac DeMarco and Kenny Beats tried to make an “Italian-American gangster rap” freestyle on the latest episode of the producer’s series The Cave.The YouTube series sees Beats and a guest, including the likes of Slowthai, Thundercat and Danny Brown in the past, make a song from scratch.Asked by the producer what he wanted to make, DeMarco replied: “We’re smoking cigars. I am 25 per cent Italian.

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,

Royal Blood have shared details of a European tour next year – see dates below.The rock duo will kick things off at Paris’ Le Zenith venue on March 10, 2022 before taking in shows across Germany and elsewhere in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Italy. They wrap the tour at Dublin’s 3Arena in Ireland on April 5.Tickets go on sale from 9am BST this Friday (June 11) here.

Paul McCartney once mused in song whether anyone would need him or feed him when he’s 64. Italian singer-songwriter Enrico Ruggeri is asking the same questions, but it’s soccer passes, not food, that he seeks.

child sex abuse has been found hiding in Scotland. The 50-year-old evangelical preacher was arrested on a warrant by Police Scotland after being traced to Hawick in the Borders, where he is said to have been building a new life with his family.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker can’t keep their hands off one another — even at the dinner table. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star and Blink-182 drummer were photographed sharing a sweet kiss while dining inside a Calabasas Italian eatery, Rosti Tuscan Kitchen, on May 25.