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Naman Ramachandran Producer and actor Sadie Frost has joined Contro Vento Film’s psychological drama “To Love a Narcissist” as an executive producer. The film is directed by and stars Raffaello Degruttola (“Ted Lasso”). Producer Sadie Kaye and executive producers Bill Bossert and Lyndsey Marshal round out the production team as the film gears up for the international festival circuit.

Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) long-serving French sales exec Noemie Weisse is retiring after three decades at the U.S. outfit, with SPT expanding Zelda Stewart‘s role.

Joe Keery is making his first public comments about his breakup from longtime girlfriend Maika Monroe.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent The Eternal City’s glitterati celebrated Sofia Coppola on Wednesday at an American Academy in Rome gala in the 17th century Villa Aurelia on Janiculum Hill. The Oscar-winning director of “Lost in Translation,” “Marie Antoinette,” “Bling Ring” and, most recently, “Priscilla” was honored with a McKim Medal that “marks the profound relationship between Italy and the United States and recognizes the works of individuals who have contributed to the intense artistic and humanistic dialogue between the two nations,” as a statement put it.

Boy Meets World star Trina McGee is pregnant with her fourth child at the age of 54.The actress played Angela Moore on the ABC TV sitcom and said she is taking a break from social media ahead of welcoming her first child with her husband of 16 years. Trina took to Instagram on Monday, 3 June to share the unexpected news by sharing a post which read: "At the tender age of 54 I have found myself pregnant.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In building the world of Netflix’s “Ripley,” production designer David Gropman needed to incorporate grand Italian train stations and works of art from the early 1960s. The series, shot in black and white, is based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” about a con artist named Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott), who befriends a wealthy shipping heir, Dickie Greenleaf, played by Johnny Flynn.

Steven Littles (The Prisoner’s Daughter) has signed with Bailey Rae Harrison at Exclusive Artists Agency.

Netflix is putting toxic masculinity under the comedy microscope.

Shay Mitchell has been dating Matte Babel since 2017, but she doesn’t plan on ever getting married to him.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award-winner Rome Flynn (With Love, How To Get Away With Murder) is set to recur in the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem for Season 4.

Rafael Nadal returned to his hallmark competition: Roland Garros. Two years after his glorious 2022 victory, when he was crowned champion for the fourteenth time by tournament by defeating the young Casper Ruud, the 37-year-old Spanish athlete has once again stepped onto the French tennis courts greeted by his fans with a warm ovation.

A searing historical drama set in mid-19th century Bologna, and a TIFF award winning coming-of-age story open in limited release. The fascination with female conductors continues in doc Maestra. Netflix starts a small run with Richard Linklater comedy Hit Man. A24’s I Saw TV Glow is steady on under 400 screens. Evil Does Not Exist from Sideshow/Janus Films pops up to 138 runs.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Director Francesca Archibugi, whose feminist fascist-era saga “La Storia” was Italy’s biggest TV event of 2023, is set to return behind camera on World War II drama “The Italian Chapel” set in Scotland’s Orkney Islands. Inspired by a true story, “Italian Chapel” is centered on a clash between the local Orkney community and prisoners of war who are confined there. Against this backdrop, a secret romance springs up between an Italian prisoner and a Scottish islander.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Paul Feig was just a couple of days away from wrapping the sequel to “A Simple Favor” in Italy when he got to share some very good news with the cast – the first film is currently the No. 1 most watched movie on Netflix. “I sent it to all my main cast saying, ‘Hey, we’re doing the right thing here,” Feig says on a phone call from the movie’s Rome set.

They’ve travelled across Venice, Florence and Rome, but Rylan Clark and Rob Rinder’s epic Grand Tour has come to an end.The pair grew close over the series, bonding over art, music and good food. But in the final episode of the travel series, Rob’s kind gesture to Rylan backfired. Rob surprised Rylan with the chance to sing with an opera concerto, but the presenter refuses and flees the room.

hit with sexual assault allegations, according to reports. Depardieu, 75, dined at an outside table at Harry’s Bar with two women Tuesday afternoon when the infamous Rino Barillari, 79, allegedly snapped photos at the Via Veneto-located cafe.A columnist for the newspaper La Repubblica, Gianni Riotta, who was present when the alleged attack took place, claimed that Barillari had been asked multiple times to stop taking photos, according to The New York Times.As the famed photographer went to leave the bar, one of the women sitting with the French film star, Magda Vavrusova, allegedly followed Barillari into the street while shouting at him.Depardieu then reportedly confronted Barillari “and hit him, hit him, hit him.”“There was a lot of blood,” Riotta said.Magda Vavrusova’s lawyer, Delphine Meillet, told the outlet that Barillari had “violently pushed” her, touching her chest with his arm, before the attack and that Depardieu was defending her when he fell and “slid” into the Messaggero newspaper photographer.

Now a Cannes veteran, French filmmaker Christophe Honoré has returned to the Competition with the world premiere of Marcello Mio, his French-Italian comedy that stars longtime collaborator Chiara Mastroianni — who, in the film, adopts the persona and appearance of her late father, Marcello Mastroianni. The movie received applause that lasted a touch over eight minutes during its unveiling this evening.

is likely to emerge as the item liable to make the one per cent weak at their nipped, tucked, and bio-hacked knees.It’s fortuitous then, that last night, Roman luxury behemoth Bulgari showcased one of the most expensive jewelry designs they have ever created: a jaw-dropping snaking diamond choker crafted from a rough diamond totaling 200 carats which is worth a staggering $43 million—worn on the night by longtime ambassador for the brand, Andy Sachs-approved.By The Serpenti Aertena necklace—described as the most precious design that Bulgari has ever debuted—is just one creation crafted to mark the house’s 140th anniversary. It forms the centerpiece of a celebratory collection designed by jewelry creative director Lucia Silvestri, dazzling with coiling snakes, juicy cabochon-cut gemstones and ancient coins, that was unveiled at the historic Terme di Diocleziano—the site of the largest ancient public baths in Rome.

Demi Moore‘s new horror film The Substance has landed a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.The new film from director and writer Coralie Fargeat is a body horror that focuses on the titular product, which allows people to create a younger and more perfect alter ego.The movie, which also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, made its debut at the festival yesterday (May 19), and critics have shared their praise, with the film debuting with 100 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.IndieWire called The Substance a “camp-adjacent instant classic [that] aspires to cast off with some of the most spectacularly disgusting body horror this side of The Fly or the final minutes of Akira.”Screen International said that “this potent body horror is executed with skill and compassion, bringing fresh insights alongside generous helpings of graphic gore”.“The Substance draws excellent performances from Demi Moore as a has-been Hollywood star and Margaret Qualley as the younger, prettier version she creates by injecting herself with the titular serum,” they added.Deadline suggested the film is like “David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive fused in a telepod with David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers“, calling it “the perfect breakout genre movie of the year”.The ongoing Cannes Film Festival recently saw the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited passion project Megalopolis, which has drawn a mixed reaction including some boos from the audience.The film, which stars Adam Driver as an architect-scientist who wants to improve a fictional version of New York City called New Rome, currently sits at 52 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.The Guardian called the film “a passion project without passion”, though The

Fremantle’s Rome-based company The Apartment has boarded Karim Aïnouz’s next feature Rosebushpruning in partnership with The Match Factory, Mubi, Kavac Film and Rai Cinema.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor The Mediterrane Film Festival, held in the Maltese capital of Valletta, returns for its second edition between June 22-30 with a revamped programming structure led by new artistic director Teresa Cavina. The inaugural Golden Bee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cinema will be awarded to British filmmaker Mike Leigh, following last year’s Memorandum of Understanding between the British and Malta’s film commission to enhance the collaboration between the countries’s screen industries.