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007 has had a number of iconic cars over the years, the Lotus Esprit from The Spy who Loved me and the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger are arguably the most iconic of the lot.   The secret agent's next car doesn't sound quite as special as these legendary cars though...According to various reports, James Bond is swapping his beloved Aston M...

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by Randy Cordova   Do not expect any "Daddy Dearest"-style revelations from Deana Martin. The singer considers herself blessed to be one of Dean Martin's eight children. "He was good at everything," Martin says about her dad. "He's just classic and timeless. The only negative thing about having him as a father is that we had to share hi...

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The Italian mafia has been a prominent them in the media for centuries. The portrayal of mobsters and the mafia in the U.S.'s motion picture industry has created a stereotype for Italians that is very well accepted in the American culture. In this paper I will discuss various films and TV that address the topic of the Italian mafia and the way in w...

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  WTI Magazine #69    2015 October, 2Author : Edoardo Peretti      Translation by:   Today we celebrate a wonderful 40 years anniversary: in fact, it was October 1975 when the Italian cinemas saw for the first time a movie that would soon have become an absolute cult: "Fantozzi", directed by Luciano Salce and starring the comedian Paolo Villaggi...

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"My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes" compiles the stories of Jews who lived or sought refuge in Italy during World War II and the gentiles who helped them, particularly after German troops occupied the northern half of the country in 1943.   The movie periodically returns to the deeds of Gino Bartali (given a voice-over by the actor Rob...

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by Jim Yardley   Inside the Cinecittà film studios, originally built by Mussolini in part to produce fascist propaganda, a catapult is parked beside Soundstage 13. Not far away, craftsmen touch up chariots. The props are for the remake of the 1959 swords-and-sandals epic, "Ben-Hur," which is consuming much of the vast studio lot, if not all...

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by Daniel Eagan   Starting December 3, New York's Museum of Modern Art spotlights Italian cinema with two film series. "Italian Film, 21st-Century Style: A Tribute to Rai Cinema" features nine movies from the country's most significant studio. "Antonio Pietrangeli: A Retrospective" looks at an underappreciated director whose career stretched...

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Piero Tosi, storico costumista di Luchino Visconti e dei principali registi del panorama italiano dagli anni '60 fino ai nostri giorni, riceverà a Los Angeles l'Oscar alla carriera.Nato a Sesto Fiorentino 86 anni fa, ha lavorato a tanti capolavori tra cui il "Gattopardo", "Rocco e i suoi fratelli" e "Morte a Venezia". Tra il 1964 e il 1983 ha ricev...

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Los Angeles avrà finalmente il suo museo del cinema grazie a Renzo Piano: l'architetto italiano ha firmato infatti il progetto approvato per creare nella città della hollywoodiana un "tempio" dedicato che finora mancava. L'Academy Museum of Motion Pictures si svilupperà su quasi 90mila metri quadri e ingloberà anche lo storico edificio della M...

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by Theatre Director Lorenzo Maragoni 2-day basic acting workshop on Italian-style Comedy (Commedia all'Italiana).   Have you ever fancied yourself acting scenes from an Italian movie? Have you wondered where many Italian actors get their unique sense of humor, how they manage to never take themselves too seriously, and, last but not least,...

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