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Mafia Mamma
''Mafia Mamma'' is a 2023 American action comedy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, from a screenplay by Michael J. Feldman and Debbie Jhoon, and based on an original story by Amanda Sthers. It stars Toni Collette as an American woman who travels to Italy following the death of her grandfather, whom she discovers was a mafia Don. Monica Bellucci and Sophia Nomvete also star. Pre-production began in 2021 with filming in Rome in May 2022. The film was released theatrically in the United States on April 14, 2023, by Bleecker Street, and grossed $7 million worldwide. Plot Kristin, a writer and sales expert for a cosmetics company, is in the throes of a midlife crisis: her only son has just left for college, she catches her husband having sex with a younger woman in the basement of their home, and her bosses at the company treat her with contempt. She receives a call from a lawyer named Bianca in Lazio, learning that her only living relative, her grandfather, has died and that sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Hardwicke
Helen Catherine HardwickeAccording to the State of Texas. ''Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. (born October 21, 1955) is an American film director, production designer, and screenwriter. Her directorial work includes '' Thirteen'' (2003), which she co-wrote with Nikki Reed, the film's co-star, '' Lords of Dogtown'' (2005), ''The Nativity Story'' (2006), ''Twilight'' (2008), '' Red Riding Hood'' (2011), ''Plush'' (2013), ''Miss You Already'' (2015), '' Miss Bala'' (2019), and '' Prisoner's Daughter'' (2022). Early life and work Hardwicke was born in Harlingen, Texas on October 21, 1955, the daughter of Jamee Elberta (''née'' Bennett) and John Benjamin Hardwicke. She has a brother, Jack, and a sister, Irene Hardwicke Olivieri, who became an artist. She grew up in McAllen on the U.S.–Mexico border, where her family owned and operated a farm along the Rio Grande, and was raised as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winery
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of tanks known as tank farms. Wineries may have existed as long as 8,000 years ago. Ancient history The earliest known evidence of winemaking at a relatively large scale, if not evidence of actual wineries, has been found in the Middle East. In 2011 a team of archaeologists discovered a 6000 year old wine press in a cave in the Areni region of Armenia, and identified the site as a small winery. Previously, in the northern Zagros Mountains in Iran, jars over 7000 years old were discovered to contain tartaric acid crystals (a chemical marker of wine), providing evidence of winemaking in that region. Archaeological excavations in the southern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli uncovered eviden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KGET-TV
KGET-TV (channel 17) is a television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate KKEY-LP (channel 13). The two stations share studios on L Street in Downtown Bakersfield; KGET's transmitter is located atop Mount Adelaide. History Founded by businessman Ed Urner, channel 17 first broadcast on November 8, 1959 as KLYD-TV, an ABC affiliate. The station originally operated from studios located on Eye Street in Bakersfield. It was co-owned with KLYD-AM 1350 (now KLHC), and is one of very few TV stations to be started by a daytime-only radio station. Urner would sold the station to Dellar Broadcasting in 1962. The call letters changed to KJTV in 1969. Also that same year, the Dellars sold the station to Atlantic States Industries. On August 5, 1974, KJTV swapped affiliations with KBAK-TV (channel 29), becoming a CBS affiliate. George N. Gillett Jr.'s Gillett Broadca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actors, director, cinematographer or sound engineer and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. In addition, there are numerous roles that serve the organization and the orderly sequence of the production, such as grips or gaffers. Other roles are related with the preparation of a daily production report, which shows the progress of the production compared to the schedule and contains further reports. This includes the storyboard with instructions for the copier and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Huebel
Robert Anderson Huebel (born June 4, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series ''Human Giant'' and for his role of Dr. Owen Maestro on the Adult Swim series ''Childrens Hospital''. He also appeared as Russell on the FX/ FXX series ''The League'' and as Len Novak on the Amazon Prime Video series '' Transparent''. In December 2022, Entertainment Weekly called Huebel "the premier d-bag character actor of his generation". Early life Huebel was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Louisa and Jared Huebel. He attended Annandale High School in Annandale, Virginia, before attending Clemson University, where he studied marketing in hopes of working in advertising. He later moved to New York and began studying improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Career Huebel first began improvising when he was 27 by taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City. His early work was as a sketch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Cremona
Alessandro Cremona (born 1969) is an Italian actor best known in English language cinema for his role of the henchman Marco Sciarra in the James Bond film, ''Spectre'' (2015). Biography He was born in Busto Arsizio in the province of Varese. His family were originally from Piazza Armerina, in the province of Enna, in Sicily. Selected filmography *''Nirvana'' (1997), as a policeman *''20 - Venti'' (2000) *'' Malèna'' (2000) *''Miracle in Palermo!'' (2004), as ''the Boss'' *'' I giorni dell'abbandono'' (2005) *'' Taxi Lovers'' (2005) *''The Bodyguard's Cure'' (2006), as Spada *''Me and Marilyn'' (2009) *' (2010), as Mustafà *''Reality'' (2012) *''Spectre'' (2015), as Marco Sciarra a Ernst Stavro Blofeld henchman *''Medici The House of Medici ( , ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Muge ...'' (2016), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Zeno
Giuseppe Zeno (born May 8, 1976) is an Italian actor of cinema, theatre and television. Career Giuseppe Zeno was born in Cercola, Campania, but he lived in Ercolano and in Vibo Marina. He attended the Nautical Institute in Pizzo Calabro and received a diploma as a sea captain, and then attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Calabria. In 1997, he debuted on the stage in the Greek tragedy ''The Trojan Women'' of Euripides. He was then cast in theatrical productions in Argentina and other countries in South America. Zeno also appeared in several television series, such as ''The Sopranos'', '' Incantesimo'', '' Carabineri'', '' Un Posto al Sole'', '' Gente di mare'', '' St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor'', '' Rossella'', ''Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi'', ''Il clan dei camorristi'', as the boss Francesco Russo ''O' Malese'', '' L'onore e il rispetto'', where he played the lead role of Santi Fortebracci, and ''Il paradiso delle signore''. Personal life On August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Perugini
Alfonso Perugini is an Italian actor, film director and journalist. Career In the United States, in 2015, he directed "New York", a romantic comedy on the independent circuit. After returning to Italy he directed two more films: "Enigma Finale" (2016) and "45 - Good Wine" (2017). In 2019 he was the protagonist in two web-series "Garganta" and "Hotblade" of which he is also a producer. In 2020 he was cast by Paolo Sorrentino as the set designer Dante Ferretti in the film ''The Hand of God''. In the same year he was in the cast of the comedy film direct-to-video ''Tra le righe'' ("Between the lines"), distributed on Amazon Prime Video by director Brando Improta and candidated to the 2022 edition of David di Donatello. In 2023 he co-starred in the film '' Mafia Mamma'', a comedy directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Filmography Film director * ''Drops of memory'' (2009) * ''Alberto Sordi: Il mostro della Commedia all'italiana'' (2010) - Documentary * ''Stalking'' (2011) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Scarpetta (actor, Born 1993)
Eduardo Scarpetta (born 14 April 1993) is an Italian actor. Biography Eduardo Scarpetta was born into the famous family and grew up around actors, playwrights, and theater directors. His parents, Mario Scarpetta and Maria Basile, were actors who met in the theater. His father ran a theater company, but died when Scarpetta was 11 years old. Scarpetta's great-great-grandfather is the Italian actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta. Scarpetta made his theatrical debut at the age of nine in the play ''Felicello and Felicella''. He attended a ''liceo classico'' in Naples and later studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. In 2022, Scarpetta won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of his great-grandfather, Vincenzo Scarpetta, in '' The King of Laughter''. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links Eduardo Scarpettaat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
