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ROME -- Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer who documented the arrests of Mafia bosses and the bodies of their victims, has died in her native Sicilian city of Palermo. She was 87.Among the authorities announcing her death was Palermo Mayor Leoluca Orlando, who stood vigil next to her coffin during her wake in city hall on Thursday, a day after her death.

After spending the start of the year on the ice rink on Dancing On Ice, Corrie's Sally Dynevor has now jetted off with her husband for a lovely break away.The 58 year old star shared a peek inside her trip to Rome while posing with her rarely-seen husband Tim. Posing on some steps the couple looked smitten as Sally leaned in to her husband for a holiday snap.The mum of actress Phoebe Dynevor also shared a peek at their trip to the iconic Colosseum on a sunny day. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter It appears they've been joined by daughter Hattie on the trip, with Sally sharing a look at the teen gearing up to throw a coin in the Trevi fountain.

Strictly Come Dancing star Neil Jones has moved in with his new girlfriend, according to reports.The star, 39, is said to have wasted no time in moving forward in his relationship with actress Sienna Hollen, a former Miss Romania pageant queen thought to be in her early 20s. Dancer Neil was previously married to fellow pro dancer Katya Jones, however the couple split in 2019 a year after Katya locked lips with comedian Seann Walsh. But the pair insisted their split wasn't due to the kiss in a statement at the time.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian producer Massimo Cristaldi, who as a production manager worked with masters such as Federico Fellini and Francesco Rosi before setting up his own company and shepherding films including prizewinning drama “Sicilian Ghost Story,” has died. He was 66.Cristaldi’s death was announced over the weekend by his Rome-based company Cristaldi Pictures in a statement that did not specify the cause.Born in 1956, Massimo Cristaldi was the only son of prominent producer Franco Cristaldi, the triple Oscar-winner who made Pietro Germi’s “Divorce Italian Style,” Federico Fellini’s “Amarcord” and Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Cinema Paradiso.”In 1974 Massimo Cristaldi started cutting his teeth in the film business first as a production assistant and eventually, starting in the 1980s, becoming a line producer on many of his father’s productions, working with Fellini, Rosi, Tornatore, and many other Italian cinema greats.

Nicola Peltz was wearing a stunning custom-made strapless gown by Italian fashion designer Valentino when she married Brooklyn Beckham yesterday. The dress was created especially for her by the house's creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli. Worn with an elegant, sweeping veil positioned high on her head above her hair, which was styled in an elegant bun, the dress had long sleeves and lace detailing.

wrong reasons. Think that weird feta pasta dish and ramen lasagna… you get my drift? Cue reality star and entrepreneur Kylie Jenner of Keeping Up with The Kardashian fame. Around six years ago, Kylie shared her very own ramen noodle invention on her public Snapchat account - yes, we are going back a while.

Serena Williams and her daughter Olympia’s adorable matching mother-daughter moments. The 40-year-old tennis star and her 4-year-old daughter wore matching pink outfits in the latest set of photos for Serena’s Instagram, which boasts more than 14.5 million followers.“Hey @olympiaohanian, remember that time when we were in Paris? And we slayyyyyyeddddd,” the tennis star wrote in her caption on Monday, April 4.

Putin's Russia is "willing to sacrifice millions of lives" to realise its "crazy ideas", President Volodomyr Zelensky has claimed during an impassioned address to the people of Romania.

Bella Hadid and her boyfriend Marc Kalman enjoy a romantic dinner at Dal Bolognese restaurant in Rome, Italy on Friday (April 1).

Angelina Jolie paid a personal visit to children who have fled from Ukraine.

Angelina Jolie paid a personal visit to children who have fled from Ukraine.

Angelina Jolie went for a stroll in Rome, Italy on March 30 — while it was raining. The 46-year-old star was pictured walking around The Eternal City as it began to pour, causing her to take shelter under her personal tour guide’s black umbrella. Angelina continued to sightsee while staying comfortably dry beside her male companion.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Rome Film Festival is under new management following a political shake-up that has led to the appointment of RAI Cinema executive Paola Malanga as the fest’s artistic director and Gian Luca Farinelli, who heads the Bologna film archives, as president.Malanga, who was appointed late on Tuesday, replaces Antonio Monda, the New York based journalist and film academic who during his seven-year stint at the helm of the event secured a steady stream of high-caliber guests such as Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton and Angelina Jolie, to mention a few names on the Rome red carpet at last year’s edition.Farinelli –– who has been appointed president of the Cinema Per Roma foundation that oversees the Rome fest –– takes the reins from Laura Delli Colli, a prominent film journo and critic who remains on the foundation’s board. The new Rome fest regime was prompted by the election last October of new Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri.The Eternal City extravaganza, which is the brainchild of former Rome mayor Walter Veltroni, has been undergoing management shake-ups due to Italy’s political spoils system ever since its launch in 2006 with Nicole Kidman on the red carpet and ambitions to rival Venice.While Delli Colli exited gracefully, Monda’s departure has been a bit more acrimonious.

Kate Aurthur editorRome Flynn — who played the role of Gabriel Maddox as a series regular on Seasons 5 and 6 of Shondaland’s “How to Get Away With Murder” — is joining “Grey’s Anatomy” in a recurring role. He will play Wendell Ndugu, the brother of Winston (Anthony Hill), and this Thursday’s episode will mark his first appearance on the show.According to ABC’s description of Wendell, the character is “a typical younger sibling with a mischievous sense of humor — he’s hoping to impress Winston with his new sales rep role at a medical technology company.” The logline of Thursday’s episode suggests that the physician shortage at Grey Sloan Memorial, prompted by the pandemic, is starting to become a true crisis — though it’s unclear whether “Grey’s Anatomy” viewers will learn more about Winston’s recently revealed expertise about snakes (or how Wendell might feel about snakes).

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAlec Baldwin will be going back to work as an actor in Italy after the fatal “Rust” accident last October, according to two Italian production companies.Italy’s Minerva Pictures and Andrea Iervolino and Monica Bacardi’s ILBE have revealed that both Alec Baldwin and his brother Daniel Baldwin have been cast in two films they are jointly producing, and which will soon shoot in Rome.Minerva chief Gianluca Curti said Baldwin will be arriving in Rome on Saturday. Daniel Baldwin is already in the Italian capital.Baldwin’s representative did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.Both pics are by Italian helmer Francesco Cinquemani, who directed William Baldwin in the 2021 live-action/animation family comedy “The Christmas Witch,” which Minerva and ILBE also jointly produced.