A new episode of Lidia Bastianich's PBS show "Lidia Celebrates America" premiered this week, titled "Overcoming The Odds." In her trip across the country, Bastianich shares with viewers stories of incredible perseverance in the face of tragedy and trauma, and also looks at how food fosters connection as people rebuild their lives. One such story is...
READ MOREMaria Bartiromo — anchor of "Mornings with Maria" on Fox Business Network, and anchor of "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo" on Fox News Channel — grew up in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. It was "a close-knit neighborhood where most of us knew everyone on the block," as she explains in the new book All American Christma...
READ MOREI have had many clients like the Roy family. Their money is discreet; they don't want it out there for all to see. So when I was first contacted by Succession director and executive producer Mark Mylod, who was looking for locations for two big scenes in the third season, my head was full of ideas. There was a large celebration in central Italy and...
READ MORESebastian Maniscalco visits "The Talk" and opens up his upcoming film "About My Father." "[It's] basically a love story between a father and a son, it's a comedy, I co-wrote it, loosely based on my life. Robert DeNiro plays my father." Natalie Morales asks, "What is that like when DeNiro is your father?" Maniscalco says, "So, DeNiro, the actor he i...
READ MOREThe new show Strappare lungo i bordi (Tear Along the Dotted Line) by Italian artist Zerocalcare is the most bingeable new series on Netflix at just six 15-minute episodes. Zerocalcare, whose real name is Michele Rech, is an Italian cartoonist. His artist name means ‘no limestone’ as he drew inspiration from a TV spot about an anti-scale treatment p...
READ MOREThe Sicilian Tenors PBS Concert Special is hitting the airwaves! Check your local listings for times or visit https://bit.ly/31N4F1U for show listings. The Sicilian Tenors bring together three marvelous Tenor voices, each singing their own interpretation of the world’s best music in a recital that is easy for you to stage and wonderful for your aud...
READ MOREOne of the top entertainers of the 20th century, Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-winning actor Frank Sinatra, is the subject of a high-profile drama series, written, directed and executive produced by Oscar winner Bill Condon, I have learned. The series, which will have access to Sinatra’s music catalogue, is executive produced by Sinatra’s daughte...
READ MOREDiscovery-owned Food Network in the US has signed an exclusive content deal with Italian-American chef Giada De Laurentiis. De Laurentiis will produce and front content for both Food Network’s linear channel and the Discovery+ streaming platform. The first project under the deal is Simply Giada, a series inspired by De Laurentiis’ recent cookbook i...
READ MORESylvester Stallone prepares his television landing. As reported by Deadline, the actor and director of “Rocky” is currently negotiating his signing for the Paramount + drama. ‘Kansas City’, the next project by Taylor Sheridan, creator of series such as ‘Yellowstone’ or ‘Mayor of Kingstown’, and veteran screenwriter Terrence Winter, whose curriculum...
READ MOREThis evening, Rai have confirmed the line-up of Sanremo 2022. 22 of the 24 acts competing in the Campioni category of Sanremo were revealed on the TG broadcast on Rai 1 this evening at 8pm CET. The remaining two acts will be chosen at Sanremo Giovani on December 15. Sanremo 2022 is due to take place between the 1st and 5th of February. Last month,...
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