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Paolo Sorrentino to Receive Sarajevo Film Festival Honor and Retrospective
Italian auteur Paolo Sorrentino is this year's recipient of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award to be bestowed upon him during the 31st edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, which will also feature a retrospective of his films that will be screened as part of the fest's 'tribute to' program. The honor and tribute will be 'in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of cinema,' Sarajevo fest organizers said on Tuesday. Sorrentino will also hold a masterclass and 'share his thoughts on contemporary art in a conversation with the audience,' they noted. More from The Hollywood Reporter Disney+ Europe Exec on Why Free-to-Air Partners Are "Incredibly Important for Our Business" 'Lost in Starlight' Director Han Ji-won on Blending Romance and Sci-Fi for Netflix's Breakthrough Korean Animated Feature BBC Boss Says "We Need to Protect Our National IP" and Need "Muscular Partnerships With Big U.S. Tech" 'I am deeply honored to receive this prestigious recognition and grateful for the attention given to my filmography,' said Sorrentino. 'I look forward to being with you in Sarajevo. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.' The fest highlighted the effect the Italian director and screenwriter's oeuvre has had on audiences. 'Paolo Sorrentino [has] managed to do what every filmmaker dreams of – he left a global impact through local, personal stories,' said Jovan Marjanović, director of the Sarajevo Film Festival. 'With visually luxurious, emotionally filled, and intellectually insightful style, he won the hearts of audiences around the world who saw his characters, no matter how eccentric or withdrawn, as a mirror of our world, often absurd, sometimes cruel, but always deeply human. The Honorary Heart of Sarajevo is a recognition of the great beauty that he gave us with his films.' Born in Naples in 1970, Sorrentino's first full-length feature film, One Man Up, came out in 2001 and was selected for the Venice Film Festival. His next two films, The Consequences of Love (2004) and The Family Friend (2006) were in competition for the Palme d'Or in Cannes, as was Il Divo, which won the jury prize in 2008. Sorrentino also returned to the Cannes competition in 2011 with This Must Be the Place and in 2013 with The Great Beauty, which won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for the best foreign-language Film. After another Cannes competition appearance in 2016 with Youth, he created and directed the TV series The Young Pope in 2016, followed by the movie Loro in 2018 and the series The New Pope in 2019. In 2021, Sorrentino wrote and directed The Hand of God, which won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice International Film Festival and five David di Donatello awards, followed by Parthenope in 2024. Previous recipients of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo include Meg Ryan (2024), Alexander Payne (2024), John Turturro (2024), Mark Cousins (2023), Lynne Ramsay (2023), Charlie Kaufman (2023), Jesse Eisenberg (2022), Ruben Östlund (2022), Sergei Loznitsa (2022), Paul Joseph Schrader (2022), Wim Wenders (2021), Michel Franco (2020), Mads Mikkelsen (2020), Tim Roth (2019), Isabelle Huppert (2019), Alejandro González Iñárritu (2019), Paweł Pawlikowski (2019), Oliver Stone (2017), John Cleese (2017), Stephen Frears (2016), Robert De Niro (2016), Benicio Del Toro (2015), Danis Tanović (2014), Gael García Bernal (2014), Béla Tarr (2013), Branko Lustig (2012), Jafar Panahi (2011), Angelina Jolie (2011), Steve Buscemi (2007), Mike Leigh (2006), and Gavrilo Grahovac (2006). Previous filmmakers in the spotlight in a Sarajevo Film Festival 'tribute to' program includeElia Suleiman (2024), Jessica Hausner (2023), Sergei Loznitsa (2022), Wim Wenders (2021), Michel Franco (2020), Paweł Pawlikowski (2019), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2018), Joshua Oppenheimer and Oliver Stone (2017), Michael Winterbottom (2014), Cristi Puiu (2013), Todd Solondz (2012), Jia Zhang-ke (2009), Todd Haynes (2008), Tsai Ming-Liang and Ulrich Seidl (2007), Abel Ferrara and Béla Tarr (2006), Alexander Payne (2005), Stephen Frears (2002), Mike Leigh (2001), and Steve Buscemi (2000). Best of The Hollywood Reporter 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts Hollywood Stars Who Are One Award Away From an EGOT 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now
Newsweek
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Why Mike 'The Situation' Was Insecure About 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Jersey Shore, a reality television show that sparked backlash from politicians when it first aired, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a new season of Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. And while Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is a fan favorite, after a six-year hiatus from reality television, he wasn't sure people would like the person he had become. "I was definitely a little bit insecure because the fans had grown to love 'The Situation' and he had abs and was single and ready to mingle," Sorrentino told Newsweek. "And at this time in my life, I wasn't single. I was going through this giant court case...I didn't have a six pack." "I was America going to love me again?" When Jersey Shore premiered in 2009, the cast became overnight celebrities, drawing both massive fan followings and sharp criticism. The New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus called on Viacom, MTV's parent company, to pull the show off the air for perpetuating negative stereotypes of Italian Americans. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stated that the cast misrepresented the state and went so far as to block a $420,000 tax credit for the show. Despite the strong backlash, the show's support was even stronger. Premiering the same year that Twitter exploded in popularity, actor Ashton Kutcher actually created some of the cast's social media handles, Sorrentino said, and they quickly gained millions of followers. "It was definitely gasoline to the fire," Sorrentino said. "I was the GQ sensation of the year. I was on Dancing With the Stars, so to say my stock was soaring." But, as "The Situation" gained fans for his partying and pot-stirring, what the cameras didn't pick up was his serious problem with drugs and alcohol. Mike Sorrentino attends the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on February 18, 2024. Mike Sorrentino attends the People's Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, on February 18, 2024. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic In the years since the original Jersey Show wrapped, Sorrentino has opened up about his addiction and his road to recovery. He entered rehab in 2015 and has been sober ever since. At the same time, he was in the midst of a court case that would ultimately result in an eight-month jail sentence for tax evasion. So, when Jersey Shore: Family Vacation premiered in 2018, Sorrentino wasn't the same guy viewers knew when the show left the air in 2012. It forced Sorrentino to think about what actually made him a successful reality television personality, and he realized it wasn't his drinking or partying. It was his authenticity. "That's where I rebranded myself into Big Daddy Sitch and this person trying to find himself again and my love of food and my sobriety journey and all of those new things for me worked better than before," Sorrentino said. "It was more relatable to the viewer to be someone trying to grow up." Part of his sobriety journey has been helping to open the Archangel Centers in New Jersey, dedicated to helping people overcome their addiction. Launching this summer, Sorrentino views these centers as his legacy, and what once started as something to potentially save one person's life has transformed into something "really, really big." When the Jersey Shore cast returns to television for Season 8 of Family Vacation, viewers will see them travel to South Jersey and adopt a DTF lifestyle—although DTF now stands for "down to farm," as the cast will explore whether they can handle farm life. Sorrentino didn't reveal too many details about the new season, but he seemed confident that he does well on the farm because he actually has eight chickens at his house that provide him with fresh eggs every day. "Long story short, I think the producers got that creative and they were like let's throw these guidos and guidettes in that particular scenario," Sorrentino said. "And then a ton of comedy ensues from there." From the farm, the cast travels to Jamaica for their first international trip since visiting Italy, as Sorrentino has only recently gotten his passport back as part of his plea agreement. And while a lot has changed for the whole cast over the years, Family Vacation still features the stars drinking, partying, and being thrown back into that lifestyle, leaving Sorrentino feeling a bit nervous. "I remember thinking to myself, listen, I gotta do this for myself, I gotta do this for my future family. I gotta stay in my own lane and I gotta run my own race," Sorrentino said. "To be honest with you, I go to bars and clubs and I'm happier and dancing more than the people that are drinking." Part of still having fun in those environments and maintaining his sobriety was finding the new version of himself. He likened it to getting a new haircut. There could be an awkward period with the transition, but he urged people who are trying to socialize while staying sober to "stick with it, you're gonna find it." "I'm proof that you can rebrand yourself and be better than you were before," Sorrentino said. "You gotta believe in yourself that you can do this."
New York Post
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Mike Sorrentino calls out 'Jersey Shore' costar Vinny Guadagnino
He wants a courtside situation. Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino is calling out his 'Jersey Shore' castmate Vinny Guadagnino for not bringing him as his plus one to Knicks games. Guadagnino, a Staten Island native, can be frequently seen cheering on his home team from Celebrity Row at Madison Square Garden — and is allowed to invite a guest, but still hasn't brought Sorrentino. 'During the season, I'm on the wood — courtside. It's an amazing experience there. I try to get these guys to go,' Guadagnino told The Post this week, ahead of Season 8 of 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation,' which premieres on MTV on May 29. 'I told you I would go!' Sorrentino shot back. 6 Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino is calling foul on his 'Jersey Shore' castmate Vinny Guadagnino for not taking him to Madison Square Garden for a Knicks game. GC Images Guadagnino, who now lives in Soho, explained the reason: his co-star would need too much time to suit up ahead of the game. 'Yeah, but he's like, 'You got to give me advance [notice] for my outfit,'' he said. But Sorrentino believes his wildly gregarious nature is the real reason behind the snub. 'He's very reserved,' Sorrentino, who lives in Holmdel, NJ, said of his castmate of more than 15 years. 'We went to UFC one time together and he says, 'I am never going out with you ever again.'' 'Yeah, because he wore a shirt that looked like this. And it was hard to not spot him,' Guadagnino retorted, pointing to Sorrentino's blue floral-patterned Versace button down. 6 'Yeah, because he wore a shirt that looked like this,' Guadagnino said of the reason behind the Sorrentino ticket snub. Brian Zak/NY Post Guadagnino was at Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, where the Knicks beat the Celtics — taking them to their first Eastern Conference finals since 2000 — and called it 'the most magical game to be at in the last 25 years.' The reality star is now 'waiting for the right opportunity' to put in a request for tickets to the Eastern Conference finals, where the Knicks are down 0-2 to the Indiana Pacers, and hoping the team doesn't get swept so they return to MSG. 'I don't know, I kind of like space out my appearances. I can't be annoying and be like, 'Can I come, can I come?'' 6 Guadagnino was not a fan of the Versace shirt Sorrentino wore when the pair attended a UFC event together in 2024. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino/ Instagram 6 Sorrentino posed for a photo with President Donald Trump and UFC president Dana White at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino/ Instagram He also explained how the seating process works for celebrity Knicks fans. 'They put you within the first couple rows and sometimes you're on the floor. It just depends who's there and stuff. I'm definitely more of the second row kind of guy.' Another of Guadagnino's castmates, Jenni 'JWoww' Farley is hoping to take him up on the offer. 'I have to go. But he lives in the city, so it's so easy. It's like hours [for me],' said Farley, who also lives in Holmdel. 6 'They put you within the first couple rows and sometimes you're on the floor. It just depends who's there and stuff,' Guadagnino explained of the seating of celebrity Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post However, if she attends, the mom of two would avoid being caught on camera. 'Jenni, when she goes to sporting events, she hides in the nosebleeds in a suite. She doesn't like to be on the floor,' Guadagnino noted. 'I'm not the cool kid. I want to be in the hat, hiding,' Farley admitted. Guadagnino's castmates will be out of luck in the ticket department when the longtime bachelor — who is currently on the celebrity dating app Raya — finds a girlfriend. 6 Guadagnino revealed his celebrity crush — Victoria's Secret model Juliana Nalú. juliananalu/Instagram 'Raya's cool. I pay $30 a month to get left on read by a DJ … Every girl's a DJ nowadays,' he said. At the moment, he has his heart set on one woman — Victoria's Secret model, Juliana Nalú. 'She's my everything. I would sell my soul,' he said. 'Juliana, if you're reading the New York Post, I'm available.'
New York Post
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
'Jersey Shore' cast reveals what professions they'd be in
It's a good thing they stayed on the Shore. The stars of 'Jersey Shore' would have pursued professions in healthcare, technology — and even politics had they not been discovered by MTV. Before the show debuted in 2009, Vinny Guadagnino earned a political science degree from the College of Staten Island, and had plans to go on to law school. Advertisement 'I would have been a local Staten Island councilman,' predicted Guadagnino, 37, an Emerson Hill native, during a cast sit-down with The Post on Monday. 'You would have been working at a pizzeria, Vin, who you kidding?' quipped co-star Angelina Pivarnick. 4 'Jersey Shore' premiered on MTV in 2009 and its spinoff show is entering its 8th season. AP Advertisement 'Pizzeria on the side, I'm a man of the people. That's what the councilmen do,' Guadagnino replied. Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi had one more semester left of Ulster County Community College when she joined the series. 'I would have been a vet tech, probably still living with my mom,' said Polizzi, 37, who grew up in Marlboro, NY. 'We would have all been still living with our families,' Pivarnick added. Advertisement Pivarnick, 38, a Staten Island native, worked as an EMT for the FDNY, and predicted she would have eventually become a nurse. 'I was an EMT, so I was going that route anyway. That was my next step,' she said ahead of the Season 8 premiere of 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation' on May 29. 4 Jenni 'JWoww' Farley, Angelina Pivarnick, Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi, Vinny Guadagnino and Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino sat down with The Post ahead of the Season 8 premiere of 'Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.' Brian Zak/NY Post Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino was working as a stripper and drug dealer before signing onto the reality show. Advertisement 'My parents were like, 'Go and have a good time. But when you get home, you've got to get serious and get a real job,'' Sorrentino, 42, said. But he technically would never have to find another gig — as the series became a pop culture phenomenon and over 15 years later, the crew is still filming. The Staten Island native, who grew up in Manalapan, NJ, and earned his associate's degree from Brookdale Community College, believes he still would have become a household name regardless of the show. 'I just feel like the cream always rises to the top and I still would have been the G.O.A.T [Greatest of All Time],' Sorrentino said. Jenni 'JWoww' Farley attended the New York Institute of Technology, but said she had 'no idea' what profession she would have ended up pursuing. 'I went to school for animation and software design, but I am not great at it, so I probably wouldn't have succeeded,' said Farley, 40, a native of East Greenbush, NY. 4 The reality stars revealed crazy fan encounters they'd had over the years. Brian Zak/NY Post With over a decade and a half of fame also comes crazy fan stories. Advertisement 'I have fans that show up to my house because they think that they're talking to me and it's a catfish. So women have full relationships with me and they bring their children to meet me,' Guadagnino said. Sorrentino recounted a run-in with a fan at a Barnes and Noble in Holmdel, NJ, during a book signing for his memoir 'Reality Check.' 'He goes, 'Listen, the Gambino crime family has just kidnapped my family. You're going to need to call Jay-Z and the Illuminati to release them,'' he recalled. The castmates also reminisced about star-studded encounters, with A-Listers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Beyoncé, who are fans of the show. Advertisement 'Leo had approached us at a club and … the first thing that came out of his mouth was 'GTL all day.' That was pretty surreal,' said Sorrentino of the catchphrase 'Gym, Tan, Laundry' the cast coined. 4 'That was a great time, still my favorite picture,' Farley said about bumping into Leonardo DiCaprio at a nightclub. Courtesy Jenni Farley The group met Queen Bey at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. 'And she was pregnant and she was going to announce it at that VMAs when she did the baby bump, and she got to hug us right before and we all kind of were like, 'Did you feel that?'' Farley said. Advertisement 'It felt like heaven,' Guadagnino said. 'We didn't wash our face for a while,' Polizzi added.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
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Lawmakers will try again Thursday to pass bill slowing Nebraska minimum wage increases
State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln talks with State Sen. Tony Sorrentino of the Elkhorn area on May 14, 2025, after the defeat of a Raybould-led bill to slow down annual voter-approved increases to the state's minimum wage because Sorrentino missed the final vote. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — A week after the procedural failure of a proposal to slow down voter-approved minimum wage increases, Nebraska lawmakers on Thursday will reconsider the final vote. If the bill's previous supporters hold, the measure would have enough support to pass. State Sen. Tony Sorrentino of the Elkhorn area, a freshman lawmaker, missed the final vote to pass Legislative Bill 258, from State Sen. Jane Raybould of Lincoln. That's because the vote came up about two hours earlier than expected after lead opponent State Sen. Danielle Conrad of Lincoln realized Sorrentino's absence and changed tactics. The bill failed 31-17. Amending a law that voters enact requires at least 33 votes. LB 258 would make annual bumps to the minimum wage smaller and more predictable, supporters say, and create carveouts to pay teen workers less. One listed 'no' vote, State Sen. Beau Ballard of Lincoln, supported the bill originally but tried to sit out the vote to let lawmakers reconsider the vote. He was marked as a 'no' vote under a rule change in January. A reconsideration motion requires a senator on the 'prevailing' side to want to change a vote, or the requesting senator must have missed the vote. Sorrentino missed last Wednesday's vote, because he was escorting colleagues he met through business to a meeting across the street. Of opponents who consider the issue decided, Sorrentino said, 'We all have to learn the rules of the Legislature.' Multiple senators said such a reconsideration motion on a bill from final reading, while likely allowed under the legislative rules, hadn't been used since 1984. The effort could ignite a rules fight over whether the reconsideration should be allowed. Speaker John Arch of La Vista confirmed this week that a reconsideration motion would come Thursday, though he said he couldn't say when. The Legislature will take up either Ballard's motion or a new reconsideration motion Sorrentino filed Tuesday, the final day he could do so under the Legislature's rules. At least 30 senators must agree to reconsider. Asked to comment on the reconsideration, Raybould said, 'No.' She said a reporter should ask Conrad for comment, who Raybould said was already discussing the motion. Last week, she said she thought Democratic-aligned lawmakers were acting in 'goodwill,' because they knew Raybould had the votes. The fight has been personal for Raybould, a longtime grocery store executive, who views the legislation as creating a 'balance' that progressives, including Conrad, have rejected. 'I have never seen such a blatant, bald-faced, self-serving, self-dealing, selfish, unethical example of self-dealing as this bill in the Legislature,' State Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha said during an April 1 debate. Sorrentino, a former business owner, said he's personally not in favor of a legislated minimum wage, describing himself as a 'true fan of supply and demand.' He said the market is a better indicator. Sorrentino said it's not a vote about 'putting people in poverty, because frankly, I've seen cases where minimum wage is never going to fly, it's way too low.' LB 258 is Raybould's 2025 priority bill. She is the lone Democrat in favor of LB 258 as well as a separate LB 415 to weaken a voter-approved paid sick leave framework that takes effect Oct. 1, after 2024 passage. Republican State Sen. Dave Wordekemper of Fremont opposes LB 258 and the current version of LB 415. There are 33 Republicans in the officially nonpartisan body. There were some initial conversations about attaching LB 258 to LB 415. That approach heightens the risk that voters could repeal the legislative changes and go back to the voter-approved language, which some advocates have discussed as a response to LB 415. Legislative Bill 258, related to the state minimum wage, would remove inflationary bumps after the base wage rises to $15 on Jan. 1, which voters approved in 2022. Future increases would be fixed at a 1.75% annual rate beginning in 2026. That was a deal struck between State Sens. Jane Raybould of Lincoln, the sponsor, and Stan Clouse of Kearney to provide 'certainty.' Average inflation, as calculated by the ballot measure's current language, was 2.6% last year and 4.18% for the past five years. Over the past 10 years, inflation was 2.63%. And over the past 25 years, it was 2.39%, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the Midwest. LB 258 would also create a 'youth minimum wage' for workers aged 14 or 15. Beginning next year, those young workers could be paid $13.50 (the current minimum wage), which would increase by 1.5% every five years, beginning in 2030. The youth minimum wage would stay below $15 — the floor that voters created for all workers beginning Jan. 1 — until 2065 under LB 258, according to a Nebraska Examiner analysis. Teen workers aged 16 to 19 could still be paid a 'training wage,' which would no longer apply to 14 or 15 year olds with the creation of the 'youth minimum wage.' The training wage allows employers to pay teen workers a lower rate for up to the first 90 days of employment. Current law allows the training wage to be 75% of the federal minimum wage, so as low as $5.44. LB 258 would increase the training wage to $13.50 beginning in September. The amended training wage would rise by 1.5% annually beginning in 2027. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
