‘Hidden Away,’ ‘Hammamet,’ ‘Bad Tales’ Lead Italy’s David di Donatello Noms

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAmazon Prime Video this month launched the local version of its comedy show “LOL: Last One Laughing” in Italy where it has rapidly become the most watched title ever on the platform’s Italian service, says Amazon Studio Head of Italian Originals Nicole Morganti who in an exclusive interview with Variety discussed Amazon’s local strategy a little over a year after moving into Italy with a multi-genre slate. Edited excerpts.Thanks.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal executive Xavier Albert, who has been Managing Director for France since 2016, is taking on a dual market role with the studio and will also become Managing Director for Italy. Albert will take over the post from Richard Borg who is retiring in July after 30 years with the Universal Pictures International organization.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s 3zero2 shingle, which is a co-producer of Brendan Foley’s pan-European noir “Body of Water,” is ramping up and expanding into film after bringing on board producer Giuseppe Saccà who shepherded Berlin prizewinning drama “Bad Tales.”The Milan-based outfit founded and headed by veteran TV exec Piero Crispino (pictured, left) has been quietly gaining prominence in Italy in the kids’ space by producing shows for Disney that have travelled

Italy, and confirmed their suspicions when they cross-referenced the work with a database of known stolen antiquities, the statement said.Italy for decades has worked to recover looted antiquities that have ended up in private collections, famous museums and commercial antique shops around the world.

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and theatrical distributor MUBI has acquired all rights to Sundance documentary Faya Dayi in the UK and Ireland, Latin America, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey and India.

Lady Gaga has been bringing us so many fashion moments on the set of House of Gucci and we have even more photos to share!

Italy is in a coronavirus lockdown, with live music and theatrical performances barred, cinemas shuttered and many sporting activities limited, competitive ballroom dancing is alive and well here, albeit with precautions.The couples at the New Dancing Days hall are preparing for the Italian Championships in Rimini in July and as such are allowed to keep practicing, given that the government considers their activity in the national interest.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly has officially abolished film censorship by scrapping legislation that since 1913 has allowed the government to censor scenes and ban movies such as, most famously, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom” and Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last Tango in Paris.”The move — which is symbolically important, though censorship is de-facto no longer practiced — definitively does away with “the system of controls and interventions that still allowed

Salma Hayek will be joining the cast of the production, which includes Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto and Jack Huston, Deadline reported today. The Ridley Scott-directed movie is already in production in Italy.

Rangers star Paul Gascoigne plans to continue on Celebrity Island despite being hospitalised with a shoulder injury. Gazza was jetted to hospital from Italian reality series Celebrity Island or L'Isola dei Famosi, as it's known in Italian.

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Aidan Turner has reportedly married girlfriend Caitlin Fitzgerald in a secret ceremony in Italy.The Poldark star, who was claimed to have got engaged in 2018, is said to have married American actress Caitlin after filming of his latest drama Leonardo ended. A source told The Sun: "The couple are both madly in love and couldn't wait to get hitched when their schedules allowed.

Northern Irish star, 68, is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time and has forged an impressive film career. He landed landmark roles in Schindler's List, the Taken franchise, Star Wars, Batman Begins and countless others.

Serie A soccer telecasts are shifting from ESPN to ViacomCBS in the U.S., but prized home-country rights to the Italian league are the subject of a fierce battle between Sky and DAZN.