
The Venice Film Festival is the oldest in the world and its jury's decisions are often regarded as good indications of Oscar winners. This year 23 films will be in competition and Italian hopes rest on four very different films....
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A giant advertising poster for Bulgari featuring the American actress Julianne Moore has been banned by the Mayor of Venice, Giorgio Orsoni.
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After 900 years of male domination, the 425-strong Ente Gondola of Venice has accepted its first female member and the feminine word “gondoliera” has entered the language...
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In our series about romantic films set in Italy, we’d like to remind you of a “golden oldie” today. This is the film in which Katherine Hepburn really did take a dive into the canal!
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The city of Venice is selling off some of its historic palazzi in order to make ends meet, reports The Telegraph. Several of the palazzi for sale overlook the Grand Canal and are synonymous with our image of the “Serenissima”.
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An Austrian tourist was fined 1000 euros for buying a counterfeit “designer” bag in Jesolo [Veneto] on Saturday. The 65-year-old woman purchased the fake Louis Vuitton bag for 7 euros from an unlicenced Senagalese vendor on the beach and was then confronted by two police officers...
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Giuliana Coen Camerino, handbag designer and founder of the Venetian fashion house Roberta di Camerino, died during Monday night at the age of 90.
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If you are heading for Venice we are sorry to tell you that the Bridge of Sighs is practically invisible at the moment for it is covered with Bulgari advertising.
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According to the hotel booking site, “Mr & Mrs Smith” this hotel is the most romantic setting in the world in which to go down on one knee and ask for your beloved’s hand in marriage.
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The matter which is exercising the Italian media at the moment is not Angelina’s relationship with her father, her in-laws or her partner, despite recent rumours of an impending break-up.
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