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Brent Lang Executive Editor Giorgia Meloni is poised to become the next prime minister of Italy. With her victory will come the country’s most far-right government since Benito Mussolini and the National Fascist Party ruled during World War II. If exit polls are correct, Meloni will become the first female prime minister of Italy. Her Brothers of Italy party is projected to win between 22% to 26% of the vote, which would allow her to outflank Enrico Letta, the centre left politician who is her nearest rival. Brothers of Italy are expected to form a coalition government with Matteo Salvini’s League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia. Final results are expected on Monday morning.

Far-right politician Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party appears to be on the cusp of victory in Italy’s general election on Sunday, according to exits polls released shortly after the urns closed at 11 pm local time.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent German media group Bertelsmann has put its TV group M6, France’s second-biggest commercial broadcaster, back on the market following its abandoned merger with TF1. Bertelsmann’s chief executive Thomas Rabe told the Financial Times that he has asked to receive non-binding offers by Friday to “test the market” after being “inundated with expressions of interest.” Bertelsmann’s RTL Group owns a 48.3% stake in M6 Among those expected to bid are a consortium of high-profile French entrepreneurs including Rodolphe Saadé, the French shipping billionaire; Stéphane Courbit, chairman of TV powerhouse Banijay; and Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, chairman of the investment vehicle Fimalac, Variety has confirmed.

Ben Affleck marrying J.Lo with a glowing visage, Love Island contestants offsetting their golden hues with questionable white trousers and too-tight shirts, David Beckham, Leo DiCaprio and various celebrities uploading their holiday goings-on to Instagram. The man tan’s got a bad rep – for good reason – thanks to terrible attempts at fakery. No stranger to being a fake, Donald Trump is the nadir in this respect – smears of cakey foundation missing his ears and hairline; take pity on whoever has to wash his shirts.

READ MORE: Finland's wild PM apologises as topless influencers snapped kissing at official party The horror video was blurred out, so neither the victim nor the perpetrator could be identified from the clip.However, it kept its audio in full - including the woman’s blood-curdling cries for help.The video was filmed by someone in an apartment above the pavement where the horrifying incident took place and was first shown on the website of a newspaper before the populist politician re-posted it.Before being removed the clip attracted widespread criticism from Meloni's opponents, but some praised the wannabe future prime minister - Meloni's coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini, known for equally extreme anti-immigration policies, both expressed admiration for the politician after she posted the now-deleted clip.Salvini's views on immigration are so harsh that he is facing a kidnapping trial after he blocked a boat carrying asylum-seekers, leaving them in the scorching hot sun in the middle of the sea, while he was Italy's interior minister from 2018 until 2019.Meloni heads up the Brothers of Italy party, known for its right-wing views and logo featuring brazen fascist symbols, which is currently in the lead to win Italy's upcoming snap election according to recent polling.The far-right politicians are set to scoop up an easy win when the nation heads to the polls on September 25.The Brothers of Italy have been compared with Trump's government, and Meloni is known to be pally with Steve Bannon, who in addition to having been aligned with the BNP and English Defence League (EDL) in the past, headlined one of Meloni's conferences in Italy prior to the pandemic.Meloni would be Italy's first female prime

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorRoberta Whiteman, a longtime editor for Variety who specialized in international coverage, died June 17 at a hospice facility near Vero Beach, Fla., where she lived. She was 62.Known as Bobbie, the British native was a skilled copy editor and news editor who was an unfailingly sunny presence in Variety‘s newsroom for nearly 13 years.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTop Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset, which is being rebranded as MediaForEurope (MFE), is launching a bid to gain full ownership of its Spanish unit Mediaset Espana in move touted as a first step in its stated plan to gain scale in Europe.The company, which is controlled by the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, after a board meeting late on Tuesday revealed that it has given the go-ahead for a public offer in cash and shares to buy the 44.31% stake it does not already own in Mediaset Espana, which is Spain’s leading private free-TV player. MFE is valuing the Mediaset Espana stake at roughly €780 million euros ($854.6 million).“The offer represents an important step forward in the creation of a pan-European media and entertainment group,” MFE said in a statement.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian commercial broadcaster Mediaset announced on Monday that it will be holding a board meeting to decide whether to raise its stake in Mediaset Espana, following press reports that the company intends to gain full control of its Spanish TV unit.In a statement issued by its MediaForEurope subsidiary, Mediaset, which is controlled by the family of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, said it will hold a board meeting on Monday or Tuesday “with a view to adopting eventual resolutions on the case.”“A study is being made of the strategy regarding the stake held in Mediaset Espana,” the statement said.Mediaset, which currently owns a more than 50% stake in Mediaset Espana, is believed to be mulling the launch of a takeover bid of the remaining more than 40% stake it does not own in the company, which has a market value of €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion) according to Bloomberg.

Cristiano Ronaldo's heartbreaker as 'Super Mario' is set to be called up to Roberto Mancini's squad.Italy and Portugal have been drawn on the same side of the World Cup qualification bracket in March.Both sides failed to top their groups, and will have to run the gauntlet of the playoffs to earn a spot in Qatar.Balotelli last earned an Italian cap in 2018, but he hasn't been a regular fixture of the Azzurri since 2014.But with his recall, Balotelli could be the man to stop Ronaldo's World Cup dream if the two sides clash in Spring.Balotelli has fallen out of football fans consciousness after his failed return to Serie A with his local side Brescia.It took a detour to Serie B with Silvio Berlusconi's new side Monza to help Balotelli re-find his feet as a striker.Balotelli left Monza over the summer to join Turkish side Adana Demirspor.And Super Mario has bagged eight goals and three assists in 19 Super Lig appearances so far this season. What do you think of Balotelli's recall? Let us know in the comments section According to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, Mancini is set to call up the long-exiled attacker.Aside from Balotelli's Nations League appearance in 2018, he last made a competitive appearance for Italy at the 2014 World Cup.

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Mediaset, the Italian media group controlled by controversial mogul and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has increased its stake in Munich-based ProSiebenSat.1, giving Berlusconi sufficient control to block major corporate decisions by the German broadcaster. Mediaset purchased an additional 3.4 percent in ProSiebenSat.1 late in the week, bringing its direct stake in the German group — which owns national networks ProSieben, Sat.1, and Kabel 1 as well as global production outfit Red Arrow (Love is Blind) — to 13.18 percent.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe battle is heating up between ex-Vivendi boss Vincent Bolloré and Mediaset founder and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, European media barons and former friends.Four years after their botched pay-TV deal, where Vivendi walked away from plans to buy Mediaset’s pay-TV unit — a pact that was supposed to lead to a strategic alliance that could have given the family-controlled companies scale to compete against streamers — the barons and their progeny continue to duke it out.

Former Vivendi Chairman Vincent Bollore and Vivendi Chief Executive Officer Arnaud De Puyfontaine are among those charged by Italian prosecutors for allegedly driving down broadcaster Mediaset SpA’s share price in a market manipulation scheme, Bloomberg News reports.

Mario Balotelli has joined Serie B side Monza having been without a club for five months.

La Dolce Vita showed how it was done in the ‘60s with Anita Ekberg, Marcello Mastroianni, the ultimate little black dress, the Trevi Fountain and a kitten. Paolo Sorrentino followed with Loro, an uproarious look at the life and orgiastic times of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Podcast network Wondery has lined up a new slate of audio programming that will cover topics as varied as the downfall of a powerful politician, the battle for pizza primacy and the rise of Kamala Harris. The four-year-old company, which made an early mark on podcasting with shows like Dirty John and Dr.

Italian media mogul and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has COVID-19 and a history of heart and other medical problems, was admitted early Friday to a Milan hospital, where tests found that he has the "beginnings" of pneumonia, state radio said. Earlier, one of his top aides, Sen.

Former prime minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi has announced that he has the coronavirus.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterOscar-winning Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino has been set to write and direct The Hand Of God for Netflix.The Youth and The Great Beauty filmmaker most recently helmed HBO series The New Pope and Silvio Berlusconi biopic Loro.His latest pic will be produced by Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, with Sorrentino.Plot details have not been released yet but it is based on an original idea by the director and the team are promising “a personal film” taking Sorrentino back to his hometown of Naples, where it will shoot. His debut feature, 2001’s One Man Up, was filmed in the southern Italian city.