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In addition to the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy presents Special Merit Awards recognizing contributions of significance to the recording field, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award. In the days leading up to the 56th GRAMMY Awards, GRAMMY.com will present the tributes to the 2014 Special Merit...

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The 2014 edition of Cinema Italian Style, the Los Angeles glamorous showcase for Italian contemporary cinema, will be dedicated to the producer Franco Cristaldi and his masterpiece Cinema Paradiso, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its theatrical release. CIS 2014 will present a film and a documentary selection of Italy's best and most recent prod...

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Seen from abroad, Italy is mostly a land offering sunny weather, tourism and a bright blue coastline. In a nutshell, Italy is a holiday location. But what does an Italian vacation look like from an Italian perspective? And above all, what do vacations make of Italians? We've picked out five films, belonging to five different historical periods of...

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Ogni autunno Il Museum of Fine Arts di Houston (MFAH) ospita una rassegna cinematografica per onorare il cinema italiano, con pellicole restaurate provenienti dai leggendari archivi di Cinecittà presentate al pubblico in partenariato con il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Houston, l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura a Los Angeles e grazie alla generosità...

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For 38 years running, the Italian Film Festival has brought high-quality Italian feature films, including new releases, to Northern California, thanks to the dedication of Lido Cantarutti, the festival's organiser.   This year's edition presents eight films on the following dates: 27 and 28 September; 4, 5, 11, and 25 October; ...

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With the exception of Louis Zamperini in 2014 "Unbroken", it has been almost impossible to find Italian American positive characters in the Hollywood storytelling of last decades. While Italian Americans have proved their talent and their hardworking attitude with an exceptional positive contribution to American society, economy, culture in any pos...

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by Jill Leovy   Louis DiGiaimo, an Emmy-winning casting director who made his name with "The Godfather" — and whose New York sensibilities flavored a string of successful Hollywood films and TV shows — has died. DiGiaimo, a son of Italian immigrants who lived all his life in his native New Jersey, died in Oakland in that state Dec. 19....

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di Francesca tarantino Ogni volta che leggiamo un libro, immaginiamo scorrendo con la fantasia le pagine, personaggi, luoghi e situazioni. Ogni elemento ci trasmette una sensazione, forte, indifferente, bella, brutta che sia, che ci rimane. Il lavoro dei registi che decidono di portare sul grande schermo i romanzi che più amiamo, non è quindi per...

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Hollywood's elite has descended upon Italy for the filming of Guy Ritchie's new film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander, the chic spy film, which is set the swinging 60s, has been filming in plenty of grandiose locations meant to show off the splendour of the era. From the Spanish Steps in Rome to the s...

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Inside a film set protected from heavy rains by scaffolding, shooting began Monday on the remake of the historical drama Ben Hur in the southeastern Italian city of Matera. Director Timur Bekmambetov selected Matera for its famous ancient cave dwellings known as Sassi in the city's historical centre – a familiar setting from other Hollywood bl...

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