The Cine/Club Scene Mar 7, 2008
Despite this age when teen culture is dominated by MySpace, YouTube and the iPod, 92 young people showed up earlier this year to watch Fellini's "La Dolce Vita," complete with subtitles. And they didn't even have to. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Italy names 100 film treasures Mar 1, 2008
Besides shoo-ins such as Federico Fellini's "La dolce vita," Roberto Rossellini's "Rome, Open City," Vittorio De Sica's "The Bicycle Thief" and Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers," the list includes less-conventional entries such as Marco Ferreri's "The Ape Woman" about a woman affected with hypertrichosis. As far asnumber of films, Fellini leads the list with seven, followed by Luchino Visconti with six, and De Sica, Francesco Rosi and Mario Monicelli with five works each. (Variety)
Students training to handle simulcast of Red Clay Chef Competition Feb 20, 2008
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Best of the best of Oscar Feb 16, 2008
The runners-up: "All About Eve" (1950), "La Dolce Vita" (1960), "Romeo and Juliet" (1968) and "The Age of Innocence" (1993). Best best foreign film. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Finally, healthy food indulgences Feb 14, 2008
" Healthy foods you may already love There's no need to develop a taste for tofu and bean sprouts if you don't really like them. Choosing foods to improve the quality of your diet should start with rewarding yourself for what you're already doing right. Do you order salads with dressing on the side? You're working to control your intake of fat and calories. Do you reach for the skim or 1 percent milk in the dairy aisle? You're cutting back on saturated fats. Anytime you add more vegetables to a... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Top 10 movie romantic moments Jan 26, 2008
La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) Fellini's beautifully choreographed tableau in the Trevi Fountain sees young journalist Marcello (Marcello Mastroianni) rendered helpless as buxom screen goddess Sylvia (Anita Eckberg) draws him into her spell. A paean to those fleeting moments between sunset and dawn when reality slips away to reveal something altogether more magical. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Oscars for Directing - 1950s/1960s Jan 20, 2008
This was Federico Fellini who was chosen for his La Dolce Vita. He lost to Wise and Robbins. (Suite101.com)
Big Ambitions Jan 6, 2008
The screen glows with classic movies such as "La Dolce Vita," with subtitles so the soundtrack doesn't contribute to the already elevated din. The bar is marble, lit from underneath; it's generous and serves more diners than drinkers. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Under the Niwot sun Dec 17, 2007
Shea Homes does Tuscan-style design in Highlands Ranch, including its Tresana neighborhood with its "la dolce vita" (the sweet life) motto. "Tuscan design is very, very popular here. ... There's something romantic about it," said Sheila Schlifkin, senior sales vice president at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Greenwood Village and one of her company's top agents. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Aretha Franklin Nov 29, 2007
Billboard caught up with the 2008 MusiCares honoree the day before she performed in New York at the La Dolce Vita charity benefit on behalf of the Sarah Ferguson Foundation. What one special memory surfaced after revisiting the "Jewels" duets. (Billboard.com)
The Priest, Conan OBrien and Fellinis La Dolce Vita Nov 9, 2007
The Priest, Conan O Brien and Fellini s La Dolce Vita ... He also described his journey from agnosticism to Catholicism, a journey in which watching the film La Dolce Vita was a seminal moment ... It occurred at a particular time and place during a viewing of the Fellini film La Dolce Vita in the basement of the. (New York Times)
Mills told get off 'public stage' Nov 6, 2007
Ferguson spoke at La Dolce Vita, a charity dinner and concert that not only honored Ferguson for her past charitable works but also served as the kickoff of her new organization, The Sarah Ferguson Foundation, which promises to be the "global voice for forgotten children and causes.". Aretha Franklin and Natasha Bedingfield were among the performers at the event, held at Cipriani's. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
* Paint it red, the protester said V\@ Oct 29, 2007
The landmark, designed by architect Nicola Salvi, has been a tourist hotspot since Federico Fellini's 1960 movie La Dolce Vita, which featured actress Anita Ekberg seductively splashing in the fountain's waters ... La dolce vita is an Italian phrase which translates as "the good life." It entered the English language following the popular 1960 film La Dolce Vita ... People who live la dolce vita could be accused of being indulgent or epicurean. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
In commissioners race, no routine days at ‘The Office’ Oct 27, 2007
For political writers, it s La Dolce Vita. (That means The Good Life. (Scranton Times, PA)
Rome's Trevi Fountain flows red after prank Oct 20, 2007
The monument, designed by architect Nicola Salvi, has been a tourist hotspot since Federico Fellini's 1960 movie "La Dolce Vita," which featured actress Anita Ekberg seductively splashing in its waters. Many visitors flip a coin into the fountain; tradition says that doing so promises a prompt return to the Eternal City. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Minister sees red after protester dyes Rome's Trevi fountain Oct 20, 2007
The Trevi, a baroque landmark dating from the18th Century, was popularised by films such as Federico Fellini's 1960 classic La Dolce Vita, in which Anita Ekberg frolics in its waters. The protest leaflet was signed by an unknown group, ATM Azionefuturista 2007. (BBC News -- Europe)
Waters of Rome's Trevi fountain turn red Oct 20, 2007
Actress Anita Ekberg famously frolicked in the fountain's pool in the 1960s film La Dolce Vita. Earlier this year, a 40-year-old office clerk made headlines when she swam naked in the fountain in front of a crowd of tourists. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Smooth operatorHow Rome's popular mayor became the new hero of Italy's left Oct 18, 2007
Hollywood celebrities have been returning to the city in a manner some columnists say evokes La Dolce Vita - the 1960 film depicting Rome as a playground of the rich and famous. Mr Veltroni's critics say his cultural achievements mask civic failures. (BBC News -- Europe)
Ramsay Cooks! Oct 7, 2007
Sunday, October 07, 2007 Last Update: 06:00 AM EDT. AMERICA, THE PREZ DISPENSER. (New York Post -- Gossip)
* Tilda Swinton takes no prisoners Sep 27, 2007
"I call it medieval cinema - that's the best way to describe it," she says of collaborating with Tarr, whom she describes as having a "shamanic, mesmeric power." She says: "One of the things I really value about him is his way of working, which used to be more common. For instance the dubbing issue - Fellini dubbed all his films. I remember as a child watching La Dolce Vita, which has always been one of my favorite films, and not understanding what was this incredible frisson of weirdness... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Alford-Pomeroy: Buy local, eat local hits home Sep 19, 2007
" I mean: Buy products grown and harvested here in the Athens area - foods grown by local people who are producing small enough amounts to care about what they're putting on your table and to consider the long-term effects pesticides may have on them. Now, before you think I'm just another patchouli-wearing, dred-growing tree hugger, know this: I can't afford to buy local produce or meats all the time. And some of those crackers and cookies produced en masse (i.e. Oreos) are quite yummy and I'm... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Paparrazi a lot like private detectives to catch their prey Sep 11, 2007
That character --- Paparazzo, in the 1961 movie "La Dolce Vita" --- is styled after a real Italian photographer named Tazio Secchiaroli. Secchiaroli made a name for himself as a street photographer in the 1950s. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Mega 80's To Perform This Saturday At Football Home Opener Aug 28, 2007
Look for the X-Generation (90's tribute band), and La Dolce Vita, the Tangerine Moon flagship corporate/ wedding band. Also in the works is a female fronted 80's project as well as a high energy dance band called Old Skool. (Wsuathletics.com)
'Hey, I know them! Aug 26, 2007
But it's not all creamy pasta and "la dolce vita" for the busy LaMolinara. He said he'd recently won a music video award for "Alibi," a video he directed for Italian singer Mina (see it on YouTube. (Pensacola News Journal)
Sage still serves up la dolce vita Aug 17, 2007
On a recent Monday night, Sage, the reliable Italian place that just moved from the North End to the South End, was playing "La Dolce Vita." The TV hangs above the bar, and no one complained until about the seventh inning. This might be worrying news for Sox fans (the bartender says it was a fluke; he thought the game was on the West Coast). (Boston Globe)
The one who went before Aug 17, 2007
I loved Fellini's pictures and I admired La Dolce Vita, but I was challenged by L'Avventura. Fellini's film moved me and entertained me, but Antonioni's film changed my perception of cinema, and the world around me, and made both seem limitless. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Roll credits: Scorsese on Antonioni's expanding worlds Aug 12, 2007
Or "La Dolce Vita." At the time there were two camps, the people who liked the Fellini film and the ones who liked "L'Avventura." I knew I was firmly on Antonioni's side of the line, but if you'd asked me at the time, I'm not sure I would have been able to explain why. I loved Fellini's pictures and I admired "La Dolce Vita," but I was challenged by "L'Avventura.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Fire hits Italy's 'Hollywood on Tiber' Aug 10, 2007
It is perhaps best known as the creative workshop of Italy's legendary La Dolce Vita director Federico Fellini and the stomping grounds of actress Sophia Loren and even visiting luminaries like Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn. The Cinecitta official speculated the fire may have been caused by a short circuit, but an investigation was ongoing. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Hejdå, Ciao Aug 8, 2007
Alienation has never been more gorgeously indulged than in L'Avventura a mystery that casually abandons its ostensible premise midway through and the stormy triumph of the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, which bestowed its Palme d'Or on Fellini's La Dolce Vita. Seven years later, Antonioni achieved an even greater renown; thanks to his English-language art-house blockbuster Blowup, he was Beckett in bellbottoms. (City Pages)
Masterful artists, fiercely individual Aug 6, 2007
And I resented critics who used the cryptic, gorgeous and innovative L'Avventura as a snob's club to bash Fellini's more accessible, entertaining La Dolce Vita. Bergman easily sparked parodies: the great short The Duve: The Dove, Woody Allen's Love and Death, and SCTV cutting up Bergman by way of Jerry Lewis. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
We all live in an Antonioni world Aug 3, 2007
L'Avventura was released in 1960, the same year as Federico Fellini's La Dolce vita (the two directors were very good friends). Apparently the subject matter is the same: the spiritual malaise of the Italian grand bourgeoisie. (Asia Times Online)
* Curtain falls on modernist master Aug 2, 2007
L'Avventura and Federico Fellini's more flamboyant film La Dolce Vita, to which it was continually compared, tugged the European art film toward fashion. Together they inaugurated a vogue among trendy Americans to punctuate their conversations with "Ciao" (often uttered in a petulant, pseudo-Italian accent) instead of "Goodbye.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Michelangelo Antonioni; known for his cool cinematic style Aug 1, 2007
He was surprised to find that his film depicting la dolce vita in Swinging London, "Blow-Up" (1966), was an English-language hit. The emotional desolation was no less, but glints of humor surfaced. (Boston Globe)
He lit the dark rooms of our souls Aug 1, 2007
Favourite movies: M. Hulot's Holiday, La Dolce Vita and. The Emigrants. (Toronto Star)
Fun and games on the Arab Riviera Jul 21, 2007
Dolce & Gabbana-clad beach vultures would rather settle for a pre- La Dolce vita style (after all, the Italian Riviera is just a five-hour bumper-to-bumper drive away), when Vittorio De Sica used to rub elbows with the stunning duo Sophia Loren and Silvana Mangano. The question of les tables is always prominent. (Asia Times Online)
Birth date, birthday no party for Brady Jul 21, 2007
It's not exactly la dolce vita. Tom Brady's romance with Gisele Bundchen has hit a rocky patch, according to one of Mr. Flip's favorite gossip sources, the New York Post. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Tolkin to write musical 'Nine' Jul 18, 2007
A longtime fan of Italian postwar cinema, Tolkin said he had seen "La dolce vita" and "8" more than 10 times apiece. "At the Oscars one year, I helped (Marcello) Mastroianni up the stairs," he added, "so working on 'Nine' gives me a chance to have fun with things that have always been important to me.". (Variety)
PARIS IS CHURNING Jul 15, 2007
The next day, Paris and pals ordered in from La Dolce Vita restaurant. She had chicken piccata and steak Sinatra. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Viva Valentino! Jul 10, 2007
"La Dolce Vita" - with the soundtrack of Fellini's iconic 1960 movie kicking off Valentino's couture show - was the spirit of the Roman weekend. The designer had come back from Paris to his home city and he embraced it with a light spirit and deep opulence. (International Herald Tribune)
Rome pays homage to Valentino's love of glamour Jul 9, 2007
This period coincided with an era of Roman glamour - La Dolce Vita - that the current mayor, Walter Veltroni, is keen to recapture. Veltroni gave his full support to Valentino's celebrations, permitting the use of historic venues such as the Santo Spirito in Sassia, founded in 727 as a refuge centre for pilgrims to the nearby tomb of the apostle Peter, and the Galleria Borghese. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
* Fiat aims to be the `Apple of automobiles' Jul 6, 2007
An Old Fiat 500 car tribute to Italian film director Federico Fellini's movie La Dolce Vita is seen during the ceremony presentation of the new Fiat 500 in Turin, Italy, on Wednesday. PHOTO: AFP. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
What's on your top 10 movies list? Jun 30, 2007
NPR: A Totally Subjective Top 10 Movies List. A Totally Subjective Top 10 Movies List. (NPR)
Gucci: Bold and brash Jun 27, 2007
Chris Moore/Karl Prouse. Published: June 26, 2007. (International Herald Tribune)
Builder's blunder almost turns off Rome's Trevi Fountain Jun 14, 2007
The Trevi, a baroque landmark dating from the 18th Century, was popularised by films such as La Dolce Vita. "The problem is that they damaged the aqueduct. It's more than 2,000 years old and has archaeological value as well," Acea's Giorgio Signore told the BBC News website. (BBC News -- Europe)
C'est wow! Cruising Italian style on the Costa Serena Jun 13, 2007
You could say it's la dolce vita at sea. Among the ship's amenities are: Samsara Spa, the largest spa-and-fitness center at sea; three swimming pools, two with their own retractable glass dome roofs; a giant movie screen; five Jacuzzis; a Grand Prix race-car driving simulator; a chocolate bar that offers nine kinds of fruit dipped in a chocolate fountain; and menus created by the Italian culinary innovator Ettore Bocchia. (MSNBC -- Travel)
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Packed like sardines in ship steerage, they're hardly living la dolce vita. Their story will ground even the most jet-setting of S.B.'s readers. (Teen Vogue)
Sex and the city Jun 9, 2007
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood Alfred Hitchcock Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Charles Dickens La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini. Guardian Unlimited. (Guardian Unlimited)
Why Clooney is (almost) as cool as Sinatra Jun 5, 2007
it doesnt matter the ex-TV actor knows that theres more to life than Hollywood and with some of his millions he purchased a historic villa on Italys beautiful Lake Como so he could live la dolce vita in the land where it was created. And as Sinatra once said: You gotta love living 'cause dying is a pain in the ass. (MSNBC -- News)
Arriverderci Roma-Goodbye to Rome May 20, 2007
In the 1960 s, during the times of La Dolce Vita, it seemed that you heard this song in every restaurant with a strolling guitarist/singer. The Italian version, at least in this writer s liberal interpretation, reveals insights into the Italian character and culture. (Suite101.com)
Midnight ramblers are spoiling city life May 19, 2007
Recent cases of footballers behaving badly are prime examples of the less edifying side of the night-time economy, with sporting celebrity, boozing and aggressive masculinity a far cry from the elegant bourgeois sensibility of la dolce vita. Maintaining an appropriate balance between freedom and constraint is a big problem for state governments, city councils, licensing bodies, urban planners, police and the leisure industry. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Clickable CannesFind out where all the action is on our film festival map May 17, 2007
Re-creating the pool party scene from La Dolce Vita ... The Palme d'Or triumph of Italian director Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita in 1960 was the cue for a re-creation of one the film's most famous scenes - a poolside party. (BBC News -- Europe)
Jerry Micco chat transcript May 3, 2007
Is this true or am i seeing things after too much wine and La Dolce Vita. Best to all back in Il Borgo. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Italian studio turns 70 (Katia Dolmadjian) May 3, 2007
Cinecitta's greatest champion, however, would be Mr. Fellini, who chose it for his biggest films, including the iconic "La Dolce Vita" (1960) plus "Satyricon" (1969) and "Amarcord" (1973). Soon afterward, in the 1970s, Cinecitta began to fade as television productions rose, and it nearly went bankrupt in the 1980s. (Washington Times)
No Overlooking Ebert Apr 30, 2007
Programmed this year with a typical mix of Hollywood sheen ("Gattaca," "The Weather Man") and eat-your-vegetables sincerity ("Stroszek," "La Dolce Vita"), it offered moments one wouldn't expect at the same event. It's the kind of festival where "The Fugitive" helmer Davis describes how Dick Cook came to greenlight "Holes," Sony Classics' Barker holds forth on the sound editing in "La Dolce Vita" and Joey Lauren Adams, stealing a smoke, is accosted by a fan asking "You were in that Adam Sandler... (Variety)
Critic to make appearance Apr 26, 2007
Along with "Gattaca," this year's festival is also scheduled to include screenings of "La Dolce Vita," "Come Early Morning," and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," the 1970 film that Ebert co-wrote. Panels made up of Ebert's colleagues will conduct discussions about the movies, Kohn said. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
From his efforts, patrons are well-served Apr 25, 2007
Panzano Provviste e Vino in Southborough is bringing a little bit of la dolce vita to the suburbs with a serve-yourself olive oil dispenser. The extra virgin, cold-pressed oil, called Era Ora (roughly translating to "about time") comes from Calabria in southern Italy and is made for the specialty foods and wine store, owned by and adjacent to Tomasso Trattoria and Enoteca. (Boston Globe)
Woman's naked dip causes sensation in Italy Apr 24, 2007
The 17th century fountain was made famous by Anita Ekberg in Federico Fellini's masterpiece La Dolce Vita. The scene in which the Swedish model is shown frolicking in the fountain is one of the most celebrated in the history of cinema. (Sydney Morning Herald)
In Italy, the sweet life turns sour Apr 1, 2007
Immortalized in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita," the Italian character Paparazzo was originally romanticized as a photographer of the stars who was more mischievous than hazardous, a necessary appendage to Roman glamour. But that character has now been reduced to the likes of Fabrizio Corona. (International Herald Tribune)
A paparazzo's shenanigans leave Italy rapt Mar 30, 2007
ROME: On the list of Italy's countless contributions to Western civilization is the phenomenon of the "paparazzi." Immortalized in Fellini's "La Dolce Vita," the Italian paparazzo was originally romanticized as a photographer of the stars who was more mischievous than hazardous, a necessary appendage to Roman glamour. But that character has now been reduced to the likes of Fabrizio Corona. (International Herald Tribune)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's "Pictures of Assholes" Mar 29, 2007
Here, Gordon-Levitt turns the tables on some marauding photographers who cornered him and a friend (the "La Dolce Vita" moment is a classic). After describing the event on his site, "I do believe that the myth of 'Celebrity' is not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a powerful and fundamental part of a larger movement revolving around greed, apathy and hierarchy that is currently dragging us down, down, down, lower and scarier, and perhaps weaker than we've ever, ever been. Smile! Add... (Salon)
In Italy, scandal doesn't mean the boot Mar 23, 2007
It was Federico Fellini's classic 1960 movie "La Dolce Vita" that chronicled the exploits of a nuisance photographer, Paparazzo, as he stalked celebrities in a carefree Rome. In issuing the new rules, the center-left government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi came under additional criticism because it appeared slow to act as the broader scandal developed, then clamped down only when rumors about the photos of Sircana began to surface. (Los Angeles Times)
Way To Smash That Bottle, Ma! Mar 18, 2007
Stroll the La Strada deck, party on La Dolce Vita and dance by the pool on Ginger. Deck 8, of course, is 8 1/2. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
'Blackmail' probeStars and politicians drawn into Italian paparazzi investigation Mar 16, 2007
Since the days of Fellini's La Dolce Vita the Italian paparazzi have had a notorious reputation ... The word paparazzi was introduced to the world by the 1960s film La Dolce Vita. (BBC News -- Europe)
Paparazzi label doesn't fit photographers Mar 12, 2007
The paparazzi label stuck after director Federico Fellini named the street photographer in La Dolce Vita after his childhood friend who was nicknamed Paparazzi. Loosely translated, the word means noisy, pesky mosquito in colloquial Italian. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Mira Nair Interview, The NameSake Mar 9, 2007
Everyone has lost someone, everyone has been a parent or a child, everyone has been somewhere in that tapestry that we show in "The Namesake, so they relate. And like the lady said, theres very little words, so its anyone. And I made this film like a shameless populist. I made this film to take families to because as a mother of a 15 year old, it is an insult to my intelligence those family films. Theres no film I can take my whole family to and enjoy its very rare. So I... (MoviesOnline)
