It’s 7:30 a.m. on a sunny May morning in Rome on a side street outside the studios of Italian state broadcaster Rai. A live audience standing behind metal fencing is watching a lithe group of nuns, one with a mustache, who slowly creep out from a row of white closet doors.
They start dancing, hugging and pirouetting to a ballad belted out by a young Tuscan pop singer. Then the dancers, dressed in Catholic sisters garb, begin playing basketball.
Welcome to “Viva Rai 2!,” Italy’s answer to America’s morning shows. It’s a local ratings phenomenon conceived and conducted by volcanic Sicilian megastar Rosario Fiorello, who is breathing new life into Italian television at a time when doomsayers are sounding the death knell of public TV around the world.
Every morning on weekdays, when “Viva Rai 2!” airs on the pubcaster’s Rai 2 station, ratings soar...
They start dancing, hugging and pirouetting to a ballad belted out by a young Tuscan pop singer. Then the dancers, dressed in Catholic sisters garb, begin playing basketball.
Welcome to “Viva Rai 2!,” Italy’s answer to America’s morning shows. It’s a local ratings phenomenon conceived and conducted by volcanic Sicilian megastar Rosario Fiorello, who is breathing new life into Italian television at a time when doomsayers are sounding the death knell of public TV around the world.
Every morning on weekdays, when “Viva Rai 2!” airs on the pubcaster’s Rai 2 station, ratings soar...
- 5/11/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Southern California local Gwen Stefani will kick off the Hollywood Bowl’s 2022 summer lineup, which marks the venue’s 100th such season. The June 3 in a program also featuring the L.A. Phil, led by musical director Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced today.
The opening night event benefits the L.A. Phil’s learning and community programs and also highlights performances from ballet dancer Roberto Bolle, Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis and dancing sisters group Let It Happen.
Also together for the first time will be members of both the UCLA Bruin and USC Trojan marching bands. The evening will begin with the world premiere of a new fanfare for orchestra, performed by the LA Phil, created by composer John Williams to mark the Bowl’s centennial.
The night concludes with a fireworks display.
Join us on June 3 for Opening Night 2022, a celebration of the Hollywood Bowl's first 100 years!
The opening night event benefits the L.A. Phil’s learning and community programs and also highlights performances from ballet dancer Roberto Bolle, Grammy-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis and dancing sisters group Let It Happen.
Also together for the first time will be members of both the UCLA Bruin and USC Trojan marching bands. The evening will begin with the world premiere of a new fanfare for orchestra, performed by the LA Phil, created by composer John Williams to mark the Bowl’s centennial.
The night concludes with a fireworks display.
Join us on June 3 for Opening Night 2022, a celebration of the Hollywood Bowl's first 100 years!
- 3/15/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Milan’s venerable La Scala opera house on Monday will stage a globally distributed TV gala event featuring its mask-wearing orchestra in the empty venue and a multimedia medley of arias and other performances by opera, ballet, pop music and screen stars, substituting its canceled season opener.
Due to the pandemic, La Scala has been forced to call off its traditional December opera opening, among the top events on Europe’s cultural calendar, for the first time since the Second World War. Until recently, the planned opener was Gaetano Doninzetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with U.S. soprano Lisette Oropesa set to perform the title role.
Oropesa (pictured) would have been the first American to perform the La Scala opening since Maria Callas in the 1950s.
Instead she will be part of a lineup comprising 24 star talents, also including Placido Domingo, tenor Juan Diego Florez, dancer Roberto Bolle, Sting and Italian actor Caterina Murino,...
Due to the pandemic, La Scala has been forced to call off its traditional December opera opening, among the top events on Europe’s cultural calendar, for the first time since the Second World War. Until recently, the planned opener was Gaetano Doninzetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” with U.S. soprano Lisette Oropesa set to perform the title role.
Oropesa (pictured) would have been the first American to perform the La Scala opening since Maria Callas in the 1950s.
Instead she will be part of a lineup comprising 24 star talents, also including Placido Domingo, tenor Juan Diego Florez, dancer Roberto Bolle, Sting and Italian actor Caterina Murino,...
- 12/7/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Crown picked up Best Drama as British shows dominated the Rose d’Or Awards.
Netflix’s royal drama was crowned king of the scripts at the event in Berlin, which is organized by the European Broadcasting Union. It was one of five British winners across the ten awards.
Other UK winners included Hugh Grant drama A Very English Scandal, which won best limited series and TV movie; Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones’ Detectorists, which won best sitcom; Betroffenheit, which won best arts title; Damming The Nile, which was named Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality winner; and The Highway Rat, best kids show.
Elsewhere, Italy’s Roberto Bolle – Dance with Me, starring the eponymous dancer took home the prize for Best Entertainment. Belgium won best reality and factual with Down the Road and Warner Bros’ Sorry About That was named best gameshow.
Absolutely Fabulous’ Joanna Lumley picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award,...
Netflix’s royal drama was crowned king of the scripts at the event in Berlin, which is organized by the European Broadcasting Union. It was one of five British winners across the ten awards.
Other UK winners included Hugh Grant drama A Very English Scandal, which won best limited series and TV movie; Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones’ Detectorists, which won best sitcom; Betroffenheit, which won best arts title; Damming The Nile, which was named Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality winner; and The Highway Rat, best kids show.
Elsewhere, Italy’s Roberto Bolle – Dance with Me, starring the eponymous dancer took home the prize for Best Entertainment. Belgium won best reality and factual with Down the Road and Warner Bros’ Sorry About That was named best gameshow.
Absolutely Fabulous’ Joanna Lumley picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a big day for awards nominations… but before we get to the Emmy noms, The Crown, Peaky Blinders and The Handmaid’s Tale are going head-to-head against German series Babylon Berlin in the Rose D’Or awards.
The four shows have been nominated for the European television awards, which cover a broad range of scripted and non-scripted genres.
The nominations (below) comes as the European Broadcasting Union revealed that Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley will be given a Lifetime Achievement award at the event, which takes place on September 19. She will be honored for her work on TV, which also includes Sapphire and Steel, as well as film roles including Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service as well as the more recent The Wolf Of Wall Street.
“I am so thrilled and honored to receive the Rose d’Or in September”, said Lumley. “I can’t...
The four shows have been nominated for the European television awards, which cover a broad range of scripted and non-scripted genres.
The nominations (below) comes as the European Broadcasting Union revealed that Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley will be given a Lifetime Achievement award at the event, which takes place on September 19. She will be honored for her work on TV, which also includes Sapphire and Steel, as well as film roles including Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service as well as the more recent The Wolf Of Wall Street.
“I am so thrilled and honored to receive the Rose d’Or in September”, said Lumley. “I can’t...
- 7/12/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kendall Jenner is starting off the new year on a high note.
The highest-paid model of 2017 is now the new face of luxury Italian leather brand, Tod’s. The 22-year-old model stars in the latest ad campaign for Tod’s Spring 2018 collection alongside famed Italian ballet dancer, Roberto Bolle.
Jenner, 22, and Bolle, 42, combine their unique talents and charm as modern forces in the their respective industries to embody Tod’s stylish and classic identity. Both Jenner and Bolle are seen dressed head-to-toe in the luxury brand’s leather goods as they pose against a beautiful ocean backdrop in Malibu.
In addition to Bolle,...
The highest-paid model of 2017 is now the new face of luxury Italian leather brand, Tod’s. The 22-year-old model stars in the latest ad campaign for Tod’s Spring 2018 collection alongside famed Italian ballet dancer, Roberto Bolle.
Jenner, 22, and Bolle, 42, combine their unique talents and charm as modern forces in the their respective industries to embody Tod’s stylish and classic identity. Both Jenner and Bolle are seen dressed head-to-toe in the luxury brand’s leather goods as they pose against a beautiful ocean backdrop in Malibu.
In addition to Bolle,...
- 1/15/2018
- by Briana Draguca
- PEOPLE.com
Roberto Bolle has already conquered the stage as an international ballet star, and he is quickly taking over Instagram with his stunning photos. Roberto Bolle: Instagram Star Bolle, an Italian ballet dancer, has danced with the Royal Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada and the American Ballet Theatre, to name a few. And he continues […]
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- 7/30/2015
- by Olivia Truffaut-Wong
- Uinterview
The Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has been appointed president of the jury of the International Rome Film Festival, which is scheduled to take place from 27 October to 4 November, 2011.He will be joined by another leading light of Italy’s cultural and entertainment scene, the ballet dancer Roberto Bolle.The international jury, which will be composed of other foreign cultural figures, will select the winners of the Marc’Aurelio Award for Best Film, two Marc’Aurelio Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, and the Marc’Aurelio ...
- 6/1/2011
- BusinessofCinema
The sixth International Rome Film Festival will take place October 27 through November 4, 2011. Oscar®-winning composer Ennio Morricone will head the jury, which also includes Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle, said Rome Fest president Gian Luigi Rondi and artistic director Piera Detassis. The international jury will select the winners of the Marc’Aurelio Award for Best Film, two Marc’Aurelio Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress, and the Marc’Aurelio Grand Jury Prize from among the competition selection. More details are below. The real question is whether Quentin Tarantino will be able to land Ennio Morricone--who is a genius--to do the honors for his spaghetti western, Django Unchained (rumor du jour for the title role: The Wire's Idris Elba). The filmmaker borrowed liberally from old Morricone ...
- 5/31/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Roberto Bolle, performing at London’s Royal Opera House in 2008. Just as Vf Daily’s heartthrob smackdown started heating up, a new candidate entered the race: Roberto Bolle, the 34-year-old Italian ballet sensation, who is the subject of Vanity Fair contributing photographer Bruce Weber’s new book, Roberto Bolle: An Athlete in Tights (teNeues), out this week. Born in Casale Monferrato, Bolle began training in 1994 at Milan's Theatre La Scala Ballet School, where he was chosen by Rudolf Nureyev to dance the part of Tadzio in Death in Venice. Since 2007, Bolle has danced with American Ballet Theatre, where his repertoire includes Albrecht in Giselle, Des Grieux in Manon, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, and Aminta in Sylvia. Roberto Bolle: An Athlete in Tights is the result of a three-year collaboration between the dancer and Weber, who also photographed Robert Pattinson for this month’s V.
- 11/9/2009
- Vanity Fair
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