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“Conclave” director Edward Berger and the Oscar-nominated film’s Italian stars Isabella Rossellini and Sergio Castellitto will be celebrated by the Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival, which will run Feb 23 to March 1 at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theater. Berger, whose Vatican thriller just scored four BAFTA wins, will be feted with a be...

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A force in the movie industry since her leading performance in David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet” in 1986, Isabella Rossellini scored her first Oscar nomination on Thursday for her supporting role as a Vatican nun in “Conclave.” After the nomination, Rossellini released a video in which she paid tribute to her parents, Ingrid Bergman and Robert Rossellini...

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The 2025 Golden Globe Awards saw Italian cinema and talent garner both praise and disappointment, with some shining victories and notable near-misses. One of the standout moments of the evening was the victory of Challengers, a sports drama directed by Luca Guadagnino. On the other hand, Vermiglio, the latest film by Maura Del Pero, did not secure...

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In the mystery thriller Conclave, Italian American actress Isabella Rossellini portrays Sister Agnes, a nun who plays a pivotal role during the secretive process of selecting a new Pope. The film delves into the clandestine world of the Vatican's papal conclave, shedding light on the subtle yet significant influence of women within the traditionall...

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Most great female actors get to play a nun at some point in their career: a kind of thespian rite of passage that comes to many in their grande dame years. Isabella Rossellini, however, checked off that box in her very first screen appearance, aged 24: in 1976’s little-remembered Vincente Minnelli musical A Matter of Time, in a bit part opposite he...

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Italian actress Isabella Rossellini will receive the European Achievement in World Cinema award, a lifetime achievement honor, at this year’s European Film Awards. The Italian-American star, daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, was a successful fashion model — famously for French cosmetics brand L...

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“Sharks have two dicks,” actor Isabella Rossellini tells me in a tone so casual, you’d think she was directing me towards the nearest bathroom. We’re in the bed and breakfast attached to her 28-acre estate, Mama Farm, located in Brookhaven, New York—a small Long Island town that is something of a hideaway for untouchable New Yorkers such as Anna Wi...

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Alice Rohrwacher, 41, represents the new guard with her third film "La Chimera" that premiered Friday, a comic tale of corruption that also explores deeper themes. "I wanted to make a film about connections... I show these links and explore important issues like death and the afterlife but in the lightest, most fun and stupid way possible," she tol...

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Italian-American actress Isabella Rossellini is to receive the Special David di Donatello 2023 award, President and Artistic Director of the Academy of Italian Cinema - Premi David di Donatello awards Piera Detassis said on Wednesday. The award ceremony will be on May 10 and will be broadcast live on public service broadcaster Rai Uno. Rossellini,...

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It’s reductive to consider Sicilian carts as mere vehicles. These carts are so rich in color and decorations that, according to Marianna Gatto of the Italian American Museum in Los Angeles, they’re best described as “walking books”. For the painter from Palermo, Gianfranco Fiore (who decorates these carts), they represent the most popular, creative...

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