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When we think about Made in Italy, the first word that comes to our mind is Fashion. It is an important part of the Italian lifestyle, and it represents some of the best talents of we, the Italians. I've been searching for somebody who could explain to us and our readers why is that, and how this influenced the relationship between Italy and the US...

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As the envelope was opened at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2nd, announcing the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film – "The Great Beauty" – it was Toni Servillo who was the lead actor in the movie.   His long career as a an actor and director has culminated with this honor, to go along being named Best Actor at the 26th European Film...

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Italian film 'La Grande Bellezza' (The Great Beauty) has been nominated for a Golden Globe award, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Thursday. Paolo Sorrentino's film, compared by some to the work of the great Federico Fellini, has been nominated as Best Foreign Language Film in the awards to be announced next month. The Golden Globes hon...

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Brown University's Department of Italian Studies will host a festival of Italian movies today through Thursday, including a restored copy of Fellini's masterpiece, "La Dolce Vita," two silent movies from 1913, and the 2014 Oscar winner as best foreign language film, "The Great Beauty." The two silent films — "Spartacus, or The Thracian Gladiator,"...

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by Melissa Tunstall The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival may still be six months away (Nov. 6-9), but the annual four-day festival salute to Italian cinema hosts a fundraiser to give us a preview of what to expect on Thurs. May 8. for La Grande Bellezza.   The event — an evening of food and film — takes its name from the 2014 Oscar Best...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   We the Italians is very happy and proud about the Oscar to Paolo Sorrentino's movie, "The Great Beauty". We watched the movie months ago in a theatre here in Rome, and immediately recognized it as the masterpiece the Academy later saw, when they awarded it. It is a mo...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:   In the moment of the triumph it is right to leave room to euphoria. The expectation, anticipation, the joy, the victory and then the moment of happiness, either personal or group happiness, from every angle and for every professional level. We now focus our attent...

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Writers write, that's what they do. Jep Gambardella still qualifies, just barely. After the publication of his acclaimed first novel, he chose to spend the rest of his career penning Vanity Fair-style celebrity profiles. It was much easier, but far less satisfying. Gambardella belatedly realizes this holds true for all aspects of his life in Paol...

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Nelle ultime settimane il cinema è stato al centro dell'attenzione, com'è normale che sia nella città di Hollywood e nel periodo delle competizioni più attese, i Golden Globes e gli Academy Awards.   Ma quest'anno al tradizionale interesse per le premiazioni si aggiunge un motivo in più, la possibilità di ritornare a vincere sulla scena cine...

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Italy's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film — "The Great Beauty" — premieres in Sedona at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre Jan. 15-19.   The epic new drama has just been shortlisted for the Oscar and has been a sensation with critics and audiences around the world. "The Great Beauty" has also garnered four Euro...

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