Updated with latest photos: The Taormina Film Festival kicked off its 2023 edition on June 23 with a lineup that included the Italian premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny which brought out stars Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen, and the Amber Heard-starring In the Fire directed by Conor Allyn. (Read about Heard’s exclusive interview with Deadline here.) It also features a short-film program curated by Bella Thorne, who is premiering her own short film Paint Her Red.
Other European premieres on tap at Taormina include Eva Vik’s Serpentine, starring supermodel Barbara Palvin. Another supermodel, Adriana Lima, is in town with FIFA: A Love Letter to Rwanda by Craig Goodwill, in which she appears and also executive produced. Later in the festival, Italian artist Marco Perego’s debut feature The Absence of Eden will world premiere with co-stars Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona joining Perego.
Other European premieres on tap at Taormina include Eva Vik’s Serpentine, starring supermodel Barbara Palvin. Another supermodel, Adriana Lima, is in town with FIFA: A Love Letter to Rwanda by Craig Goodwill, in which she appears and also executive produced. Later in the festival, Italian artist Marco Perego’s debut feature The Absence of Eden will world premiere with co-stars Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona joining Perego.
- 6/29/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 69th edition of the Taormina Film Festival has kicked off in Italy at the Teatro Antico amphitheater. Pavarotti Forever kicked off the festival in benefit of the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation with Placido Domingo and Vittorio Grigolo headlining the event.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will hold its Italian premiere during the festival with director James Mangold scheduled to appear alongside his cast including Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas and Boyd Holbrook.
U.S. indie shorts and features will also premiere during the week with Conor Allyn’s In the Fire landing at Taormina alongside stars Amber Heard, Eduardo Noriega and Luca Calvani.
Marco Perego’s The Absence of Eden will have Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona at the festival premiering their film.
Disney Channel alum Bella Thorne is curating the Influential Shorts event at Teatro Antico.
Supermodel Adriana Lima will make an...
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will hold its Italian premiere during the festival with director James Mangold scheduled to appear alongside his cast including Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas and Boyd Holbrook.
U.S. indie shorts and features will also premiere during the week with Conor Allyn’s In the Fire landing at Taormina alongside stars Amber Heard, Eduardo Noriega and Luca Calvani.
Marco Perego’s The Absence of Eden will have Zoe Saldaña, Garrett Hedlund and Adria Arjona at the festival premiering their film.
Disney Channel alum Bella Thorne is curating the Influential Shorts event at Teatro Antico.
Supermodel Adriana Lima will make an...
- 6/25/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
The newly rebooted Taormina Film Festival kicked off on Friday night in the Sicilian city’s landmark Teatro Antico amphitheatre in an unusual but magnificent style with benefit event “Pavarotti Forever”.
Placido Domingo, who was part of the famed The Three Tenors trio with Pavarotti and José Carreras, was among those celebrating the memory of the super-tenor in an event mixing filmed archive material and live performances.
The 82-year-old Spanish star was joined on stage by Italian opera singer Vittorio Grigolo, long tipped as Pavarotti’s successor, and a host of other top classical music stars including Marcelo Àlvarez, Aida Garifullina and Andrea Griminelli.
Talking to Deadline after the concert, Domingo admitted it was emotional singing and then looking up at the big screen to see interviews and performances from the former maestro.
“We have so many amazing memories of our friend and it’s very sad that he can...
Placido Domingo, who was part of the famed The Three Tenors trio with Pavarotti and José Carreras, was among those celebrating the memory of the super-tenor in an event mixing filmed archive material and live performances.
The 82-year-old Spanish star was joined on stage by Italian opera singer Vittorio Grigolo, long tipped as Pavarotti’s successor, and a host of other top classical music stars including Marcelo Àlvarez, Aida Garifullina and Andrea Griminelli.
Talking to Deadline after the concert, Domingo admitted it was emotional singing and then looking up at the big screen to see interviews and performances from the former maestro.
“We have so many amazing memories of our friend and it’s very sad that he can...
- 6/24/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Italy’s Taormina Film Festival kicks off its 69th edition Friday evening against the backdrop of its landmark Teatro Antico amphitheatre with a “Pavarotti Forever” benefit event headlined by Placido Domingo and Vittorio Grigolo.
It’s not the typical opening for a film festival, but it is in keeping with the eclectic programming of incoming artistic director Barrett Wissman, whose interview with Deadline on his plans for the festival can be read here.
Much is riding on the edition, with Wissman being brought in to raise its local and international profile after a turbulent decade, which was compounded by the Covid pandemic.
Topping the bill over the first weekend is the Italian premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny in the presence of Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen. It’s the first time a major Disney production has touched down at the festival since Inside Out in 2015. Indiana Jones,...
It’s not the typical opening for a film festival, but it is in keeping with the eclectic programming of incoming artistic director Barrett Wissman, whose interview with Deadline on his plans for the festival can be read here.
Much is riding on the edition, with Wissman being brought in to raise its local and international profile after a turbulent decade, which was compounded by the Covid pandemic.
Topping the bill over the first weekend is the Italian premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny in the presence of Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen. It’s the first time a major Disney production has touched down at the festival since Inside Out in 2015. Indiana Jones,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
A non-fungible token based on the Banksy piece “Spike” has sold for over $150,000 via an auction on Valuart, a new platform that mints licensed NFTs derived from original artworks.
Banksy, notably, was not involved in the sale. Instead, the “Spike” Nft was minted and sold by Vittorio Grigòlo, an opera singer and Valuart co-founder, who is in possession of the actual “Spike” piece. Banksy created “Spike” in 2005, acquiring a piece of Israel’s West Bank Barrier, writing a secret word on it, then launching a scavenger hunt; the person who...
Banksy, notably, was not involved in the sale. Instead, the “Spike” Nft was minted and sold by Vittorio Grigòlo, an opera singer and Valuart co-founder, who is in possession of the actual “Spike” piece. Banksy created “Spike” in 2005, acquiring a piece of Israel’s West Bank Barrier, writing a secret word on it, then launching a scavenger hunt; the person who...
- 8/3/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Pavarotti CBS Films Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Ron Howard Screenwriter: Cassidy Hartmann, Mark Monroe Cast: Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Griminelli, Nicolette Mantovani, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Angela Gheorghiu, Carol Vaness, Vittorio Grigolo Screened at: Dolby24, NYC, 6/4/19 Opens: June 7, 2019 I had what passes for a […]
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- 6/12/2019
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
10 “Harry Clarke,” by David Cale, at Off Broadway’s Vineyard Theatre. Patricia Highsmith didn’t write plays, but fortunately Cale does. Playing a charismatic anti-hero, Billy Crudup gives the year’s best non-musical performance. What with his awful father, Harry Clarke is a victim. The wonderful thing about Cale’s play and Crudup’s performance is that Harry never sees himself that way. 9 “Werther,” by Jules Massenet, at the Metropolitan Opera. Opera is theater too, and by far the best performance on the musical stage in New York City came from Vittorio Grigolo in Richard Eyre’s staging of “Werther.
- 12/18/2017
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
Earlier this week, Gabrielle's Angel Foundation celebrated their annual Angel Ball, hosted by Grammy-nominated songwriter Denise Rich, her daughter Daniella Rich Kilstock and journalist, producer and cancer research advocate, Maria Menounos.
Daniel Craig and La La Anthony
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation For Cancer Research
The event took place at Cipriani Wall Street with over 700 guests in attendance. The evening honored producer & humanitarian Niki Cole and Rally Heath Founder and CEO Grant Verstandig.
Guests enjoyed performances by Caly Bevier, Gloria Gaynor, Kool and the Gang and T-pain who closed out the event with a surprise performance.
Additional guests included Daniel Craig, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, La La Anthony, Richie Akiva, Alina Baikova, Maia Cotton, Lameka Fox, Amy France, Vittorio Grigolo, Jeff Gordon, Ubah Hassan, Bregje Heinen, Star Jones, Alla Kostromichova, Karolina Kurkova, Twan Kuyper, Nadine Leopold, Julie Macklowe, Dorina Medley, Riley Montana, Amaury Nolasco, Alice Peneaca, Jourdana Phillips, Jessica White,...
Daniel Craig and La La Anthony
Credit/Copyright: Getty Images for Gabrielle's Angel Foundation For Cancer Research
The event took place at Cipriani Wall Street with over 700 guests in attendance. The evening honored producer & humanitarian Niki Cole and Rally Heath Founder and CEO Grant Verstandig.
Guests enjoyed performances by Caly Bevier, Gloria Gaynor, Kool and the Gang and T-pain who closed out the event with a surprise performance.
Additional guests included Daniel Craig, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, La La Anthony, Richie Akiva, Alina Baikova, Maia Cotton, Lameka Fox, Amy France, Vittorio Grigolo, Jeff Gordon, Ubah Hassan, Bregje Heinen, Star Jones, Alla Kostromichova, Karolina Kurkova, Twan Kuyper, Nadine Leopold, Julie Macklowe, Dorina Medley, Riley Montana, Amaury Nolasco, Alice Peneaca, Jourdana Phillips, Jessica White,...
- 10/26/2017
- Look to the Stars
TV Picks: Tune in to PBS this May 10th for Vittorio Grigolo Stars in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” on “Great Performances at the Met.”Featured is Italian Tenor Vittorio Grigolo, cast as the tortured poet unlucky in love tortured by the devil in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann on Great Performances at the Met, Sunday, May 10 at 12 p.m. on PBS. Soprano Deborah Voigt hosts the broadcast Les Contes d’Hoffmann will be broadcast on Thirteen’S Great Performances at the Met Sunday, May 10 at 12 p.m. on PBS. (Check local listings.) (In New York, Thirteen will air the opera at 12:30 […]...
- 4/28/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
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