Italian Media Tycoon Silvio Berlusconi Hospitalized After Testing Positive for COVID-19

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEuropean pay-TV operator Sky has greenlit production of Italian prison drama “The King,” toplining Luca Zingaretti, best known as the titular character in the popular “Inspector Montalbano” series.In “The King” Zingaretti will play Buno Testori, chief of the San Michele penitentiary, where “he applies his own personal idea of justice,” according to a Sky synopsis.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorSky Italia has ordered prison drama Il Re (The King), which will star Italian actor Luca Zingaretti, well known locally for the Inspector Montalbano series. The Italian-language series will be set in the prison of San Michele where Bruno Testori (Zingaretti), the director, applies his own personal idea of justice. While outside the prison his life is far from ordered, inside he is the absolute ruler.

Armani.com and social media channels.Armani aims to democratise fashion by streaming the show across multiple channels.“The designer made this decision so that the show, which will be recorded behind closed doors, can be enjoyed by a vast public,” a spokesperson told The Telegraph.Confirming that the show will not be attended by any of the celebrity fans who normally fill the front row, a statement from the brand reads: “Considering that the current situation connected to the pandemic, we won’t,

Tom Grater International Film ReporterFormer Italian PM and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital two days after testing positive for the coornavirus.Representatives of his political party Forza said, “A small precautionary hospitalisation was needed to monitor the progress of COVID-19 but he is fine”.His partner, the the Forza Italia MP Marta Fascina, and two of his children also tested positive.A controversial figure in Italy, the 83-year-old Berlusconi is the controlling

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSilvio Berlusconi has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.The Italian media-mogul-turned politician, who served three terms as the country’s prime minister, has been admitted to Milan’s San Raffaele clinic after he reportedly contracted the virus in Sardinia.Berlusconi, who is 83, spent the night in hospital in Milan where he has been diagnosed with being in the early stages of double pneumonia, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported on

Guy Lodge Film CriticMidway through “The Ties,” a long-absent father and his estranged young son realize they have an unlikely thing in common: They both tie their shoes in an unconventional way that draws light mockery from others. The boy must have learned it from his dad, though neither can remember when; now, as they scarcely know each other anymore, it’s the one literal tie that binds them.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentIn what is being touted as a first, the Venice Film Festival’s opening ceremony is streaming live this evening in roughly 100 Italian movie theaters, followed by the fest’s opening film, Daniele Luchetti’s “The Ties.”The film’s distributor, 01 Distribution, is previewing “The Ties” in cinemas across Italy as a double bill in conjunction with the fest’s opening ceremony.“It’s the first time this has ever been done anywhere in the world,” says 01

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentWhile the Venice Film Festival is taking on strong symbolic significance as a catalyst to help restart Italy’s film industry, cameras are already rolling on sets across the country just as a fresh crop of completed movies is raring to make a splash by launching from the lagoon.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentIn February, “Mission: Impossible 7” was forced to halt production in Italy days before its planned shoot in Venice, as the country contended with one of the highest coronavirus death rates in Europe.Cut to September.

A Whitefield restaurant has been forced to shut after a customer and member of staff tested positive for coronavirus.

American actor Matt Dillon has joined the competition jury of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, replacing Romanian director Cristi Puiu, who had originally planned to participate. Dillon joins president Cate Blanchett in a seven-person jury that also includes French actress Ludvine Sagnier (8 Women), British director Joanna Hogg (The Souvenir), German filmmaker Christian Petzold (Undine), Austrian director Veronika Franz (Goodnight Mommy) and Italian writer Nicola Lagioia.