Eleonora Vallone (born 1 February 1955) is an Italian actress, model and TV-personality.
Born in Rome, the daughter of actors Raf Vallone and Elena Varzi, she made her film debut in 1979 in the "poliziottesco" Gardenia , and later starred in several genre films, also in the more ambitious Alberto Bevilacqua drama film Le rose di Danzica . [1] In 1981 she hosted the Sanremo Music Festival alongside Claudio Cecchetto. [2] In the same years she appeared nude in several men's magazines such as Playmen and the Italian edition of Playboy . [3] [4]
A pioneer and teacher of water gymnastics, Eleonora Vallone founded the first Italian school for water aerobics instructors, and she patented the method "GymNuoto". She also wrote three books about waterobics, "GymNuoto", "GymVasca" and "GymSwim". [5]
Two Women is a 1960 Italian-French international co-production war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica from a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini and De Sica, based on the novel of the same name by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Sophia Loren, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eleonora Brown and Raf Vallone. It tells the story of a woman trying to protect her young daughter from the horrors of war. The story is fictional, but based on actual events of 1944 in Rome and rural Lazio, during what Italians call the Marocchinate.
The Bravo Award was an annual award which was handed out by the Italian magazine Guerin Sportivo to the most outstanding young European footballer.
Anna Hoxha, known professionally as Anna Oxa, is an Italian singer, actress, and television presenter. Oxa has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her numerous participations in the Sanremo Music Festival.
Raffaele ValloneOMRI was an Italian actor, footballer, and journalist.
The Guerin Sportivo is an Italian sports magazine. It is the oldest sport magazine in the world.
A me piace così is the first solo studio album from Emma Marrone published on October 19, 2010 from label Universal Music. The record, preceded by the single "Con le nuvole", consists of twelve tracks, including a cover the song "La lontananza" by Domenico Modugno. In November is published "Special Edition" of the disc, which contains both the traces of A me piace cosi so that the traces of her debut EP Oltre, with the addition of two previously unreleased tracks: "L'amore che ho", scritta da Neffa and the cover of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", sung with Craig David and also included in the digital version of David's album Signed Sealed Delivered (2010).
The Sanremo Music Festival 2011 was the 61st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, during the five nights between 15 February 2011 and 19 February 2011. The artistic director of the show was Gianmarco Mazzi. Broadcast by Rai 1, the festival was presented by Gianni Morandi with Paolo Kessisoglu, Luca Bizzarri, Belén Rodríguez and Elisabetta Canalis.
Maria Chiara Fraschetta, better known by her stage name Nina Zilli, is an Italian singer-songwriter. After releasing her debut single "50mila", she achieved commercial success with the album Sempre lontano, released after participating in the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2010. During the Sanremo Music Festival 2012, Zilli was chosen to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she placed 9th with the song "L'amore è femmina ", included in her second studio album. Zilli returned to the Sanremo Music Festival in 2015, and competed with the song "Sola" from her upcoming album, Frasi&Fumo. She was also a judge of Italia's Got Talent from 2015 to 2017.
The Sanremo Music Festival 2009 was the 59th annual Sanremo Music Festival. It was held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia, during the five nights between 17 February 2009 and 21 February 2009, and it was broadcast by Rai 1. Tha last night of the show was also broadcast live by RTV21 in Albania, RTK in Serbian Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija and by RSI in Switzerland.
Martina Grimaldi is an Italian distance swimmer. She was born in Bologna. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's marathon 10 kilometre, winning the bronze medal.
Chiara Galiazzo is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 2012, after winning the sixth season of the Italian talent show X Factor. Her debut single, titled "Due respiri" and co-written by Eros Ramazzotti, was released on 8 December 2012 and debuted atop the Italian Singles Chart. Chiara released her first studio album, Un posto nel mondo, which debuted at number 2 on the Italian Albums Chart, and spawned the singles "Il futuro che sarà", "Mille passi" and "Vieni con me". In November of the same year, Galiazzo featured on Mika's single "Stardust", which became a number-one hit in Italy.
The Sanremo Music Festival 2008 was the 58th Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo. The first and the second night of the show were held on 25 and 26 February 2008, while the last three nights were held from 28 February and 1 March 2008.
The Sanremo Music Festival 2013 was the 63rd annual Sanremo Music Festival, a televised song contest held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, Liguria, between 12 and 16 February 2013 and broadcast by Rai 1. The show, presented by Fabio Fazio with Italian comedy actress Luciana Littizzetto, featured two different competitions. The Big Artists section included 14 established Italian artists, competing with two songs each. During the semi-finals, a song for each artist was eliminated as a result of votes received by public and journalists. On 16 February 2013, Marco Mengoni, based on a combination of televotes and points awarded by a jury, was announced the winner of the competition, with his song "L'essenziale". The Newcomers' section featured eight songs performed by debuting or little known artists. On 13 and 14 February 2013, music journalists and televotes determined the four finalists of the competition. The final winner of the Newcomers' section, Antonio Maggio with the song "Mi servirebbe sapere", was announced on 15 February 2013, based on points awarded by a jury and on televotes.
Eleonora Abbagnato is an Italian ballet dancer, model, and actress. Between 2013 and 2021 she was Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet.
Mariangela Perrupato is an Italian synchronized swimmer. She competed in the women's duet with Giulia Lapi at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th place. She was part of the Italian team in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing 5th.
The Sanremo Music Festival 1981 was the 31st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia between 5 and 7 February 1981 and broadcast by Rai 1.
Carlo Pedersoli, known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner Terence Hill. The duo "garnered world acclaim and attracted millions to theater seats". Spencer and Hill appeared in, produced and directed over 20 films together.
Virginia Raffaele is an Italian comedian, actress, impersonator and presenter.
"Nessun grado di separazione" is a song recorded by Italian singer Francesca Michielin. Written by Michielin herself along with Cheope, Federica Abbate and Fabio Gargiulo; the song was produced by Michele Canova. Placed second in the Sanremo Music Festival 2016, the song released as a single from the reissued version of Michielin's second studio album, di20are. A bilingual English and Italian version of the song called "No Degree of Separation" represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden.
Tecla Insolia is an Italian actress and singer.