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Christopher Vourlias Cercamon has closed major sales for “What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?,” from Georgian director Alexandra Koberidze, which had its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.The Dubai-based indie specialist has sealed a multi-territory deal with MUBI, the global distributor and streaming service, which includes the U.S., where the film will be released this fall, Canada, Italy, India, Turkey, and Latin America.Pic has also been sold to the U.K.

Thank goodness Teresa Giudice no longer needs the high end sex toys that ex-husband Joe Giudice had been sending her from Italy.  The Real Housewives of New Jersey star opened up about her red-hot romance with businessman Luis “Louie” Ruelas during Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on March 24 and she got spicy! Teresa said their sex life is “amazing” as they “can’t keep their hands off each other.” The 48-year-old even hinted that a marriage could be on the horizon, as she “feels it.”

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFrench multi-hyphenate Amanda Sthers (“Holy Lands”) has recruited the U.K.’s Kelly Reilly, Italy’s Pierfrancesco Favino and France’s Jean Reno for English-language romantic drama “Promises,” set in Italy and London, which started shooting in Rome on Monday.Based on Sthers’ novel by the same title, “Promises” turns on an unfulfilled love affair between Alexander, played by Favino — who won best actor at Venice last year for his role in Italian drama

Mario Falcone and Becky Miesner were forced to postpone their Italian wedding last May but as restrictions begin to lift they talk exclusively to HELLO! magazine about the prospect of getting married in 2021.MORE: Has your wedding been cancelled by coronavirus? Here's what the rest of 2021 will look like"We're not stressing. Everything is up in air.

Lady Gaga is hard at work right now filming the upcoming movie House of Gucci and we have more photos from set to share with you!

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Laura Pausini received one of the most exciting news in her 28-year career as an artist. Today, she was nominated for an Oscar.

EXCLUSIVE: Rocket Science has scored a raft of international pre-sales on Michael Gracey’s (The Greatest Showman) Better Man, based on the life of singer Robbie Williams.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMUBI has acquired “Ghosts,” a Turkish drama by emerging helmer Azra Deniz Okyay which won the Grand Prize at Venice’s Critics Week. The MUBI deal covers the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia and Turkey.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent“The Mountain Bride,” a new feature film by Italian director Maura Delpero, whose 2019 drama “Maternal” made a splash on the international arthouse circuit, is among projects selected for the TorinoFilmLab’s ScriptLab development workshop.Delpero, who is the winner of last year’s annual Women in Motion Young Talent Award bestowed by the Kering Group and the Cannes Film Festival, is following up her debut drama (pictured), which was set in an Argentinian

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentU.S indie distributor Film Movement has acquired North American rights from Italian sales company True Colours to Palestinian director Ameen Nayfeh’s drama “200 Meters,” about a Palestinian construction worker who takes huge risks to cross the West Bank wall to reach his hospitalized son.In September, “200 Meters,” which marks Nayfeh’s debut, launched from the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Days section, where it won the audience award.

Naman Ramachandran Global distributor, producer and streamer MUBI has snapped up major global markets for Berlinale title “Azor,” a thriller set in the world of international banking.MUBI has acquired all rights in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Italy, India and Turkey to Andreas Fontana’s debut feature, which was presented at the recently concluded Berlinale in the Encounters Section, from international sales company Be For Films.The film uses French, Spanish and English dialogue to tell the

The Pantani Affair Gets International & U.S. Sales Deals

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEmerging Italian helmer Claudio Giovannesi, who made a splash in Berlin with his prizewinning Neapolitan teen mob drama “Piranhas,” is set to direct immigration epic “Vita,” set in New York’s early 20th century Little Italy.Based on Melania Mazzucco’s novel by the same title, winner of Italy’s prestigious Strega Prize, “Vita” is set in 1903 when two kids, a girl named Vita and a boy named Diamante, disembark alone in New York.

Manori Ravindran International EditorStarzplay has swooped for Russell T. Davies’ hit drama “It’s a Sin” in Germany and Italy.The Lionsgate-backed platform, which has been steadily expanding its global footprint in the last year, has bought the five-part series from All3Media International.Produced by RED and commissioned by U.K.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentWritten when the Italian legend was at the height of his powers, the screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Technically Sweet,” which he planned to shoot between “Zabriskie Point” and “The Passenger,” looks set to be finally brought to the big screen.Set in Sardinia and the Amazon jungle, “Technically Sweet” is set up at Brazil’s Gullane, the shingle behind Netflix’s upcoming “Senna” series, and Italy’s Similar, headed by Match Factory founder

Lacuna Coil. However after footage of the band setting up their instruments and donning makeup for the gig the band instead stood completely silently onstage at Milan’s Alcatraz venue.You can view Lacuna Coil’s part of the protest below, whose actions were matched by dozens of other Italian artists.“You were expecting to see a live show while we just stood in silence,” said Lacuna Coil in a statement.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentVoltage Pictures is launching international sales at the EFM on Italian romantic comedy “Per Tutta La Vita” (“For All Life”), from the writer-director team behind global hit “Perfect Strangers.”“Strangers,” a dramedy involving cellphones and personal secrets, grossed over $31 million domestically and spawned remakes in a dozen territories including France, Germany, Spain, Greece and South Korea.