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He's her husband... she's his wife ... the other girl is the lover ... but whose lover?! "The Perfect Lover" (L'Amante Perfetto), playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June, brings new meaning to the phrase "all's fair in love and war".   Fabulous Dreams Production (FDP) was founded in 2013 to promote Italian culture through theater,...

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After speaking with Giovanna De Luca about the upcoming Eighth Annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, I texted my mom lamenting the fact that I have no Italian genes in my very Anglo-Saxon heritage. This love of Italians stays true despite the fact that this year's fest features a majority of films about the economic troubles occurring in Ital...

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E' Firenze, è la Toscana la nuova sede europea permanente della New York Film Academy, la prestigiosa scuola di cinema con sedi in tutto il mondo I corsi di regia, sceneggiatura, recitazione, montaggio e fotografia della NYFA da oggi possono essere seguiti da studenti di tutto il mondo nella nuova sede di Piazza San Lorenzo 2. Una scuola nuova di...

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By Roberto Natalini The proud son of Italian immigrants from the Friuli region, Lido Cantarutti was born in Santa Cruz, California, where he and his brother grew up helping their father harvest Brussels sprouts along the central coast of California. Lido relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and eventually attended the University of California a...

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  WTI Magazine #18    2014 Feb, 21Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   Without ever having won a prize in his life, without ever having set foot in the United States, without having a face in the limelight, Piero Tosi is so recognized and appreciated for his work, that he will be awarded with an Oscar during the 2014 edition of the...

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Two events to celebrate the role of food in Italian cinema Movie 'n' Food: Sapore di CinemaDinner: 29 April, 7 PM, Ristobar, 2300 Chestnut Street, SF. Costume, book & photo show: 30 April, 6:30 PM, IIC. The dinner on the 29th of April, with menus by renowned chefs Viola Buitoni and Michele Belotti, will serve food which appears in Italian fi...

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WTI Magazine #3    2013 Nov, 1 Author : Cookie Curci      Translation by:   Peter Falk, the veteran actor who portrayed TV's cunning inspector Colombo, did such an excellent job at imitating the Italian American sleuth that most TV viewers believe Peter Falk to be of Italian descent. In reality, Falk is Russian and...

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by Susan Broili   Durham's Natalie Marrone makes her choreographic film debut in "Alto." She will be at its New York premiere at the 15th Annual VisionFest Film Festival. Marrone, who teaches dance at Duke University, was responsible for the dance scenes in the film's Italian Festival. The film has already won a Runner-up Audience...

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La storia di Dino Paul Crocetti, figlio di un montesilvanese emigrato negli Stati Uniti che diventò una star di Hollywood. Il comune rende omaggio al cantante e attore con un premio agli abruzzesi che si sono distinti all'estero.   Il firmamento di Hollywood è coperto di stelle tra le quali tante di cognome italiano, e solo per citare qualch...

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ICI's "Italy in Film" Series Kicks off with "Habemus papam" (We Have a Pope!)In celebration of the election of a new pope, the Italian Cultural Institute of Louisville kicks off its "Italy in Film" series with the award-winning comedy-drama "Habemus papam" (2011) which gives an "inside look" of the election of a pope with an interesting ending.This...

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