Venice 2020 Adds Luca Guadagnino Pandemic Short & A “Provocative” School Shooting Drama To Its Lineup

If there are two things that Luca Guadagnino has proven he can do well as a filmmaker, it’s telling stories about teens coming of age and showcasing the beauty of Italy. Thankfully, the director is asked to do both of those things in the upcoming HBO series, “We Are Who We Are.” READ MORE: The 60 Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2020 As seen in the new trailer for the HBO drama, Guadagnino’s show follows the story of two American teens that are living on a military base in Italy.

Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich were spotted together on a lunch date in Los Angeles on Thursday, months after they announced the end of their three years of marriage.Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich enjoyed a friendly lunch outside an Italian restaurant and were seen leaving the spot together in pictures obtained by People magazine.

Jordan Moreau “Call Me by Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino is moving to TV with “We Are Who We Are,” and the upcoming HBO drama has released its first trailer on Sunday.The limited series stars Jack Dylan Grazer, Chloë Sevigny, Alice Braga, Kid Cudi and Jordan Kristine Seamon, who makes her acting debut in the series.The eight-episode show explores the upbringing of 14-year-old Fraser Wilson (Grazer), who moves from New York to a military base in Veneto, Italy, with his mothers, Sarah

Academy Awards. In normal years, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansson, Lady Gaga and more actors would converge on Lido to the snap of camera shutters and cheers from fans.This, of course, is not a normal year.

Are Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich giving love another chance? On Thursday, the two were spotted together in public for the first time since separating in May after nearly three years of marriage.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival – which has long seen thousands of heritage film lovers and distributors flock to the city of Bologna in summer – officially kicked off Tuesday with a freshly restored version of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Cronaca di un amore” (pictured). It’s an emblematic opener in various ways.

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.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentMatt Dillon will join the upcoming Venice Film Festival’s main jury, replacing Romanian director Cristi Puiu, who has bowed out for reasons that are unclear.Dillon will have no trouble traveling to Venice since he is currently in Italy.The U.S.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterMatt Dillon is set for jury duty. The American actor will head to Venice next month for the festival to join the International Jury, replacing Romanian filmmaker Cristi Puiu.Dillon is understood to already be in Italy, thus negating the travel issues presented by the pandemic.

We Are Who We Are, an eight-part television series directed by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) will have its world premiere in San Sebastian as part of the festival's special screenings program. Produced by HBO and European pay-TV group Sky, the series is a coming-of-age tale exploring friendship, first love and sexual identity through the story of two adolescents living on an American military base in Italy.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSan Sebastian Film Festival (September 18-26) has added Luca Guadagnino’s We Are Who We Are to its line-up, with the event to world premiere the eight-part series in full as part of its Official Selection special screenings.Written by Paolo Giordano and Francesca Manieri together with Guadagnino, the HBO-Sky co-production follows two adolescents living on an American military base in Italy.

They been leading quite the jet-setting lifestyle as they've spent the last few months between London, Florida and Croatia.And Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster kept the good times rolling as they enjoyed some quality time together during their holiday in Venice on Saturday.The music legend, 75, and the Loose Women panellist, 49, proved safety comes first as they coordinated in equally-vibrant face masks while enjoying a refreshing walk along the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto

Rod Stewart has been strolling around the streets of Venice with a Celtic -themed face mask while on holiday.

Queen Elizabeth II apparently has no place for pizza in her diet. According to former royal chef Darren McGrady, who worked for the monarch and various members of her famous family for 15 years, she’s never had the Italian staple — at least not on his watch.“In the years that I cooked at [Buckingham] palace, the queen never had pizza,” the culinary pro, 58, told Us Weekly exclusively last month.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterBBC Three has taken UK rights to Luca Guadagnino’s debut TV project, the eight-part series We Are Who We Are, from Freemantle.Starring Chloë Sevigny, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Alice Braga, the show tells the story of two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAcademy Award-nominated “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino’s new series “We Are Who We Are” is heading to youth-skewing channel BBC Three in the U.K.The HBO/Sky co-production, which was acquired from distributor Fremantle, tells the story of two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: And they’re off! Poland is first out of the blocks this year by naming its submission to the 2021 International Oscar race – Malgorzata Szumowska’s Never Gonna Snow Again.The comedy drama is set to premiere in Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.