Italian TV host apologizes for gestures mimicking Asians

A pair of San Francisco Bay Area friends who allegedly killed a police officer during a vacation in Italy won’t ever come back home.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentDavid di Donatello Academy president Piera Detassis, who is also Hearst Italia’s film editor at large, is the first woman to head the organization behind Italy’s equivalent of the Oscars, which she has been busy overhauling and pushing toward greater gender parity. The current ratio of women among the academy’s 1,578 voters is roughly 30%, which marks a step forward, though there is certainly room for improvement.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s 66th David di Donatello Awards are set to celebrate on May 11 a year of resilience for Cinema Italiano that also looks likely to germinate some creative renewal, just as Italian movie theaters start to reopen and production is booming.Giorgio Diritti’s biopic “Hidden Away,” about crazed primitivist painter Antonio Ligabue, Gianni Amelio’s wistful “Hammamet,” which reconstructs the Tunisian self-exile of scandal-plagued Italian leader Bettino

Paul Gascoigne is up for a stint on 'I'm A Celebrity. .

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struggled to understand what the football legend was saying. One tweeted: "Is Gazza speaking English? #GMB.

One of the things Pixar does better than anyone, or all animated houses anyhow, is tapping into that feeling of youthful nostalgia and making it universal. What Pixar excel at, seemingly, is mix wistful coming of age stories about childhood or growing up and mix it with a fantasy element.

One of our most anticipated films of the year? “Italian Studies,” the collaboration between Academy Award-nominated actress Vanessa Kirby “Pieces of A Woman“) and Adam Leon, the indie filmmaker behind the American indie writer/director behind acclaimed films like “Gimmie The Loot” and “Tramps.” And we’re fortunate enough to unveil the exclusive first-look image from the film.

Italy’s most popular singers in the ’60s and ’70s who was also beloved by many fans abroad, died Saturday at her home in Milan. She was 81.In announcing her death, Italy’s Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said Milva’s versatile voice “stirred deep emotions in entire generations.” No cause of death was given.Milva also starred as a stage actress, with a repertoire heavily based on the works of German playwright Bertolt Brecht.

Milva, one of Italy's most popular singers in the '60s and '70s who was also beloved by many fans abroad, died Saturday at her home in Milan. She was 81.

Italian singer, actress and TV personality Milva died on Saturday, at her home in Milan. The multitalented artist was 81.

Feeling the love! Joe Giudice is happy with how things are progressing with girlfriend Daniela Fittipaldi following his split from Teresa Giudice, but he isn’t sure marriage the next step.

Seriously, how was this guy able to keep this up for a decade and a half?!