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Join us in celebrating another successful year for the children of the Italian American Academy!The end of the year extravaganza will include a recital on "Fantastic Migrations", a graduation ceremony, the viewing of the movie "migrACTION" by director Marco Lora, raffles, and much, much more! Don't miss the fun! When: Sunday June 9, 2013Time: 2:00...

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Brembo is honored to partner with two-time Academy Award® winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) for "RUSH", a spectacular big-screen re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, which makes its U.S. public release on September 27.   This film is significant to Brembo as it tell...

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by Federica G. Pedriali   I am delighted to announce that Italian actor and playwright Fabrizio Gifuni will come to Harvard, April 25-27 2015, as part of the Cambridge Edition of the Edinburgh Gadda Prize.    Events on Sunday April 26 and Monday April 27 will be of great interest to the wider Italo-American, particularly tho...

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by Arianna Menon   While studying abroad in Italy during his junior year of college, Jordan Ledy couldn't help but notice the voices coming from the TV set during the broadcast of an American show. "They would be speaking fluent Italian, but then Hugh Laurie would pop up and go, 'Oh it's House.' They're like, 'Oh, Dr. House.' Oh my gosh...

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Alex Rocco, the Emmy-winning character actor best known for taking a bullet through the eye as the Las Vegas casino boss Moe Greene in "The Godfather," has died. He was 79. Rocco's daughter, Jennifer, announced his death Saturday. Details were not immediately available.   Rocco's career spanned five decades, and he remained active up un...

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La rappresentazione degli italoamericani da parte dei media contemporanei offre spesso delle immagini negative e corre il rischio di confermare sempre stereotipi già noti. Una possibile soluzione è cercare di sradicare queste idee prestando attenzione al cinema indipendente che tende a controbilanciare le immagini proposte dal cinema di grande cons...

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Nazareth College's Casa Italiana is teaming up with Italian Cultural Institute in New York City and the University of Rochester's Modern Languages and Cultures to bring film director Fred Kuwornu to Rochester for screenings of his films Inside Buffalo and 18 IUS Soli on January 29 and January 30.   Both screenings are free and open to the pu...

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Brown University's Department of Italian Studies will host a festival of Italian movies today through Thursday, including a restored copy of Fellini's masterpiece, "La Dolce Vita," two silent movies from 1913, and the 2014 Oscar winner as best foreign language film, "The Great Beauty." The two silent films — "Spartacus, or The Thracian Gladiator,"...

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Dalia Events, in collaborazione con la Onni, sbarca a Los Angeles per la proiezione speciale della versione restaurata del film "Pane e Cioccolata", prima tappa della manifestazione "Nino! Omaggio a Nino Manfredi", presentata lo scorso 10 aprile presso la sala della Protomoteca del Comune di Roma.   Quasi già tutto esaurito per la proiezione...

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Each year, the world's most beloved movie stars and burgeoning filmmakers flock to France for the Cannes International Film Festival. The festival has become one of the most highly regarded showcases for every genre of excellence in film across the globe.   Tampa will be represented at Cannes this year, thanks to the work of University of Ta...

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