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For her role in the film, House of Gucci, Lady Gaga will receive the Icon Award from The Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Film Awards will take place in-person on Jan. 6, 2022 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through Jan. 17. The event will be presented by American Express and sponsored by Entertainment To...

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Italian writer-director Lina Wertmuller, the first woman ever to be nominated for best director at the U.S. Academy Awards, has died at the age of 93, the culture ministry said on Thursday. A filmmaker since the early 1960s, Wertmuller took world cinema by storm with her politically charged films of the 1970s, including "The Seduction of Mimi", "Lo...

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Items from Sylvester Stallone‘s personal collection went on the auction block online and at Julien’s in Beverly Hills on Sunday, and his original, handwritten script for the 1976 Oscar-winner Rocky knocked them out with a winning $437,500 bid. But that’s not all: The Italian Stallion’s American Flag boxing trunks as seen in Rocky III went for $200,...

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LEONARDO SCIASCIA 1921 -2021. An online lecture, panel and film screening on celebration of the centenary of the great Sicilian author. LECTURE: Doing Sciascia Justice: His Legacy on the Judicial Novel. December 6 | 2 pm PST Online - Zoom. Angelo Castagnino (University of Denver) will analyze Sciascia's idea of justice in some of his most important...

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Lady Gaga's awards season has begun! The 35-year-old star was honored by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Friday as she was named best actress for 2021 for her performance in House of Gucci. In her big-screen followup to 2018's A Star Is Born (which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress), Gaga plays the real-life Patrizia Reggiani...

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From December 9 to December 13. Locations: AERO THEATRE - 1328 Montana Ave Santa Monica, CA 90403; LOS FELIZ THEATRE - 1822 N Vermont Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027. Co-presented by Cinecittà. Few Italian filmmakers since Fellini have paired sumptuous visual style with piquant social commentary as effectively as Paolo Sorrentino, who also brings a barbe...

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Renowned Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's latest movie "The Hand of God" made its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 2, 2021. The movie not only won the Grand Jury Prize but was also chosen as Italy's contender for the best international feature film at the upcoming Oscars. Sorrentino said that it was practical for...

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After canceling the 2020 season because of the pandemic, SIFF Cinema Italian Style returned to Seattle for a week in early November, showcasing 13 films to celebrate the festival’s 13th season. “Seattle loves this festival,” declared SIFF’s Artistic Director Beth Barrett. “And it’s no wonder: these films are passionate, heartbreaking, funny, inspir...

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Alfredo James Pacino may have been born in East Harlem New York, but he's the son of two Italian-American parents. The actor has gone on to star as numerous characters of the same heritage, sometimes even winning a cavalcade of awards in the process. Time will tell if this award-winning success applies to his role as Aldo Gucci in House of Gucci, b...

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The archive fashions sported by Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci are very cool (turtlenecks, furry hats, excessive gold jewellery and even a red leather catsuit for Gaga's ‘Black Widow’ Patrizia Reggiani, see image below) – but the locations are as every bit as covetable. The film spans three decades leading up to the 1995...

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