The actress resisted Howard Hughes' advances and rose to prominence in such films as 'Beat the Devil,' 'Trapeze' and 'Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell.' By Maureen Lee Lenker Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian ...

The Italian movie industry after World War II was a juggernaut that competed alongside Hollywood as one of the world’s leading exporters of films. But when Time magazine examined the might of Italian ...

At prominent Italian courts and in forward-looking cities like Venice, the decades around 1600 saw a remarkable flowering of female musical talent - virtuoso singers especially- who took advantage of ...

Claudia Cardinale in Paris in February 1962 for the release of the film 'La Fayette' directed by Jean Dréville. Born and raised in Tunisia to Italian parents, Claudia Cardinale entranced audiences ...

Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini. With her ...