Category: Arts & Culture

Star Timothee Chalamet thanks Italian Cinema

TORONTO – The 70th edition of the David di Donatello Awards were hosted at the iconic Teatro 5 in Cinecittà, this past Wednesday. The evening was hosted by actress Elena Sofia Ricci and musician Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr., aka Mika. Ricci herself is a Donatello winner, having won the prize for Best Supporting Actress In 1988 – for her role in Carlo Verdone’s Io e Mia Sorella. Mika, whose music career launched with his 2007 pop anthem “Grace Kelly”, won over the Italian public as the first international mentor invited to the Italian X-Factor in 2014. 

Another Greek Lesson for Italians

TORONTO – Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco’s autobiographical film About My Father was just added to Netflix Canada this month – a story about families meeting. For those unfamiliar with Maniscalco’s comedy, one of the mainstays of his act involves jokes about how his antiquated father raised him. From descriptions of being put through “slave labour” as a child, to his dad killing garden pests with antifreeze, Sebastian’s father is rarely spared his blushes during the act. It’s edgy, irreverent, but always delivered with love. 

CORRIERE CANADESE / “Tucci in Italy”, una nuova serie

TORONTO – Nel 2022, Searching for Italy della CNN, condotto dall’attore Stanley Tucci, è stato cancellato a causa di una riduzione della programmazione originale prodotta da società di produzione esterne. Il programma seguiva l’appassionato di cucina Tucci mentre viaggiava per l’Italia esplorandone le culture regionali, principalmente attraverso le tradizioni culinarie… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>