Roberto Bolle’s television specials Danza con me (Dance with Me) which over the last couple of years have welcomed in the New Year with their screenings on 1 January on Italy’s main TV channel, RAI1, mix classical dancers – Anna Tsygankova, Silvia Azzoni, and Virna Toppi this year – with pop stars, actors, comics, such […]
Roberto Benigni
Hui He answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
When did you start singing? I always loved to sing since I was a child. I sang on every occasion, also during public events at school, where my maths teacher heard me and advised me to take singing lesson with her neighbour who was a voice teacher. He listened me, and he told me that […]
Nicoletta Manni answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A in italiano When did you start dancing? I started when I was tiny. Why did you start dancing? It started as a game: my mother had a dancing school and I was always asking if I could go with her. Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Polina Semionova. Which dancer do you […]
Woody Allen in Rome to start his latest movie
After much anticipation, gossip and hearsay, Woody Allen is poised to launch production on his new Rome feature, receiving an official send-off from the mayor of Rome who gave the filmmaker the city’s token of appreciation yesterday. To the delight of onlookers, Mayor Gianni Alemanno presented Allen with a statuette of the Eternal City’s Capitoline […]
Benigni rumoured to join the cast of Woody Allen’s Rome film
The Internet is abuzz today with rumours Roberto Benigni could be climbing on board Woody Allen’s new Rome-based film. Film pundits were busy speculating how the madcap Tuscan comic and director might fit into a line-up featuring Jesse Eisenberg, Penelope Cruz, Ellen Page and Alec Baldwin. The talk was started by deadline.com’s Mike Fleming, who […]
Hollywood comes out to honour Sophia Loren
John Travolta called her the “most delicious” thing to come out of Italy, Roberto Benigni serenaded her with the Neapolitan song “O Sole Mio” and Billy Crystal said she was his “first great love.” Hollywood came out on Wednesday to honor Sophia Loren, 50 years after she become the first person to win an acting […]
