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Here are the most notable entertainment Italian awards for theater, cinema, television, music and fashion. The more important are the Ubu Awards for theater, the David of Donatello for cinema, the Premio Regia Televisiva for television, the Sanremo Music Festival for music and Miss Italia for fashion and beauty.
Striscia la notizia is an Italian satirical television program on the Mediaset-controlled Canale 5. Launched in 1988, it is meant to be a parody of the daily news, which airs right before the program, but Striscia also satirizes government corruption and exposes scams with the help of local reporters who are also comedians. The program is created by Antonio Ricci and is hosted by two major comedians.
Elisa Toffoli , performing under the mononym Elisa, is an Italian singer-songwriter. She is one of the few Italian musicians who write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop. In Europe she is perhaps most recognised for the single "Come Speak to Me", while American audiences may recognise the song "Dancing" as featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of So You Think You Can Dance. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, "Ancora qui", was featured in Quentin Tarantino's film, Django Unchained and on its soundtrack album, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Barbara Cupisti is an Italian director and actress. As a director, she focuses mainly on human rights documentaries.
Massimo Ranieri is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and theatre director.
Fabrizio Bentivoglio is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter.
Giuliano Sangiorgi is an Italian singer, songwriter and composer, forming part of the rock band Negramaro.
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's David, a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano. There are 26 award categories, as of 2023.
Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi is an Italian actor.
Francesco Benigno, is an Italian actor, director, singer and television personality.
Paolo Bonolis is an Italian television host. He made his debut in 1981 on 3, 2, 1... contatto!, a programme for children that aired on Italian national broadcaster RAI.
Virginio Simonelli, simply known as Virginio, is an Italian pop singer.
Gianfranco Pannone is an Italian film and television director.
Antonio Diodato, known simply as Diodato, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the 70th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Fai rumore" and was scheduled to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, before the event's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Daniele Piombi was an Italian television and radio presenter and television writer.
Ilenia Pastorelli is an Italian actress. In 2016, she made her film acting debut with They Call Me Jeeg, for which she was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Actress award.
Antonella Salvucci is an Italian actress and model.
Antonio Prestieri known professionally as Maldestro, is an Italian singer and songwriter.
Mohammad Phaim Bhuiyan is an Italian actor, producer, director, and filmmaker.