by Kley Tarcitano   We are looking for a Pretty, friendly and dynamic girl between the ages of 8 and 12 to help our host Steve Harvey to do an interview with a talent who doesn't speak English... only Italian. Must be fluently in both languages and be LA local. We need by the end of this week 07/09. Please send headshots to my email. Dates...

Los Angeles isn't just the world capital of entertainment anymore. An entire ecosystem has developed around the entertainment industry, creating new opportunities for international cooperation in the digital and technological fields.   So L.A. is now following in the footsteps of the cousin in the North, San Francisco, and establishing its o...

by Barbara Minafra   In Italia non lo ha preso in considerazione nessuno. A Los Angeles hanno deciso che il piccolo Tommaso concorrerà per gli Oscar e i Bafta and Canadian Screen Award. "La ballata dei senzatetto" è lo struggente cortometraggio d'animazione della 38enne Monica Manganelli, scenografa e visual artist di Parma, da tempo al...

By Maite Ballesteros   Diverse musical performances brought an Italian theme night to Beverly Hills. Sotto le Stelle (Under the Stars) celebrated an evening of music and Italian traditions, Saturday, Sept.7   Italian songwriter Erica Mou began the evening bringing her distinctive voice and folk-rock style to an intimate performance at...

by Besha Rodell   The Arts District downtown has become the unlikely ground zero for large, ambitious Italian restaurants. That trend continues next month with the opening of Officine Brera, which begins serving on Feb. 5 adjacent to its sister restaurant, the Factory Kitchen (another large, ambitious Italian restaurant).   But for ow...

In the year 79 A.D., Pompeii vanished beneath thick layers of volcanic ash left by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. But what nature destroyed, it also preserved.   Pompeii: The Exhibition will open at the California Science Center on May 20, 2014. This dramatic 13,000-square-foot exhibit features over 150 precious artifacts on loan from the N...

by Valerio Viale   The 19th edition of the L.A. Shorts Fest – running at the L.A. Live in Downtown from September 3rd to the 10th – showcased a total of 265 films from 26 countries.   This festival's distinguishing feature is that it's officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the winning shorts fro...

Il Presidente dell'Agenzia Ice, Riccardo Monti, sarà in visita ufficiale a Los Angeles dal 14 al 17 febbraio prossimi per prendere contatto con la realtà economica e commerciale californiana e presentare le nuove opportunità di investimento e collaborazione con l'Italia. Tra gli altri, il presidente Monti incontrerà il Consiglio d'Amministrazione...

FIAT Brand North America will bring a splash of color to this year's Los Angeles Auto Show by commissioning noted Italian artist Nicola Verlato to paint an Italian masterpiece, inspired by one of the most recognized fresco works of the Renaissance era, inside a Fiat 500L. Verlato will paint his masterpiece, which will pay homage to elements of Mich...

di Francesco Salvatore Cagnazzo   PERCHE' SE NE PARLA Tutta l'America rende omaggio a Frank Sinatra, The Voice, nato da padre palermitano, esattamente, di Lercara Friddi, e da madre ligure, di Lumarzo. Il 12 dicembre il mito della musica avrebbe dovuto compiere 100 anni, ma le celebrazioni sono già ben avviate.   A New York c'è la mos...