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ROME — Maurizio Pollini, a Grammy-winning Italian pianist who performed frequently at La Scala opera house in Milan, has died. La Scala defined the pianist as “one of the great musicians of our time and a fundamental reference in the artistic life of the theater for over 50 years.” Pollini was considered a pianist with unique intellectual power, whose unrivalled …
The subtitle of the non-fiction book Ridley Scott’s new film House of Gucci is based on is ‘A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed’. Watch House of Gucci trailer: Scott’s film begins in the 1970s, when the Italian fashion house Gucci is under the control of brothers Rodolfo and Aldo. When she meets the impossibly polite Maurizio at …