Sergio Citti
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Nick Vivarelli
Strike shuts Italo exhibs
Italian cinemas, theaters and concert halls were shuttered Friday as all sectors of the country's entertainment industry went on strike to protest draconian arts-funding cuts planned by Silvio…
Fancy footwork can’t save ‘Dancing’
Argentine soccer icon Diego Maradona's fancy footwork riveted Italians in the 1980s and, more recently, on pubcaster RAI's "Ballando con le stelle" (Dancing With the Stars).
Fox Int’l hopes Crime pays
Feeding an Italian fascination for the felonious, Fox Intl. Channels is launching Fox Crime, a theme web focused on crime and courtroom drama, which will bow on News Corp. paybox Sky Italia on Oct…
Oscar bans Italo entry
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has rejected Italy's foreign-language Oscar candidate, "Private," because it is not "predominantly" in Italian.
Fair and balanced
Rupert Murdoch has assured Italian prime minister and media mogul rival Silvio Berlusconi that his Sky Italia pay TV platform will remain impartial in the upcoming elections.
Cecchi chain off auction block
A Rome court halted Monday's auction of seven of Italian movie mogul Vittorio Cecchi Gori's theaters, giving him time to settle debts incurred by his Cecchi Gori Group.
Eye of the ‘Tiger’
"This movie will be released in every theater in Italy. Without exception," Roberto Benigni boasted cheekily Oct. 4 to Italo journos convened en-masse in Rome's Grand Hotel St. Regis, following the…
Mediaset piles on mogul woes
Talk about a double whammy. Just as Silvio Berlusconi's approval ratings have plummeted to an all-time low, Mediaset -- the Italo TV-mogul-turned prime-minister's web -- is getting trounced in the…
Cuts threaten Venice fest, La Scala
The Venice Film Festival and Milan's La Scala Opera House are among cultural institutions that will be hanging in the balance if draconian spending cuts planned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's…
