Entertainment
Netflix screens Season 2 of Rome crime series Suburra
Second season of Netflix series Suburra hits TV screens in February.
Netflix has announced that the second series of the crime series Suburra, set in Rome's underworld, will hit television screens on...
Magic moon in Rome's Orange Garden for New Year's Eve
Giant New Year moon installation in Rome's Giardino degli Aranci.
Rome's Orange Garden on the Aventine hill rings in the new year with Museum of the Moon, a giant installlation by British artist Luke...
Rome bans glass bottles for New Year's Eve party
Glass bottle ban in place for New Year party in Circus Maximus.
Glass bottles have been banned from Rome's New Year's festivities in the Circus Maximus area, effective from 20.00 on New Year's Eve un...
Patrick Pistolesi: Rome's cocktail king
How an Irish-Italian is at the forefront in the changing face of Rome's bar scene.
Affable and imposing in equal measure, Patrick Pistolesi has a commanding presence. Just turned 40, he is already a...
How to celebrate Halloween in Rome
Guide to Halloween 2018 for kids and adults in Rome.
Rome embraces the ghoulish festival of Halloween - still a slightly foreign concept in Italy - a little more each year with Halloween-themed event...
Rome Film Fest honours Martin Scorsese
American director to receive Lifetime Achievement Award in Rome.
The 13th Rome Film Fest pays homage to veteran movie director Martin Scorsese who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at 19.00 o...
Bad Times at The El Royale opens Rome Film Fest
Rome cinema festival records increase in numbers of pre-sale tickets.
The 13th edition of the Rome Film Fest opens at 19.30 on Thursday 18 October with Bad Times at The El Royale at the Auditorium Pa...
Rome Film Fest unveils 2018 line-up
Rome Film Fest to premiere The Girl in the Spider’s Web with Claire Foy.The complete line-up has been announced for the 13th annual Rome Film Fest, which takes place at the Auditorium Parco della Musi...
Rome opens beach along river Tiber
Entry to Rome's river beach is free but swimming is banned in Tiber.
Rome has finally opened its long-awaited artificial beach along the banks of the river Tiber, between the S. Paolo and Marconi dis...
Rome rejects Beyoncé request to film in Colosseum
Request by Beyoncé and Jay-Z rejected by Italian culture ministry.A last-minute request by hip hop couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z to film inside the Colosseum was reportedly turned down by Italy's culture m...
Gladiator with live orchestra at Rome's Circus Maximus
Outdoor screening of Gladiator with orchestra in Rome on 8-9 June.Rome is to screen the movie Gladiator, whose soundtrack will be played by a live orchestra, at the Circus Maximus on 8 and 9 June.Ridl...
Mille Miglia vintage car rally comes to Rome
Annual vintage car rally arrives in Rome on 17 May.A fleet of 450 classic and vintage cars from 34 countries arrives in Rome on the evening of Thursday 17 May, in the 2018 edition of the Mille Miglia...
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in Rome
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Rome rings in 2018 with 24 hours of cultural events from 31 December until 1 January. Here is our guide to enjoying New Year's Eve and New Year's Day in the Eternal Ci...
Tightrope act over Rome's Tiber river
Andrea Loreni performs first high-wire act over Tiber in Rome.
Italian performer Andrea Loreni has become the first tightrope walker to conquer Rome's Tiber, walking along a steel wire that linked th...
Kevin Spacey axed from Rome film
Ridley Scott replaces Spacey with Christopher Plummer.
Director Ridley Scott has axed actor Kevin Spacey from All the Money in the World, a film set predominantly in Rome, just six weeks before its r...
Rome Film Fest attracts big names
Movies from 31 countries and numerous Hollywood stars in attendance.
The 12th edition of the Rome Film Fest features screenings, master classes, tributes, retrospectives, panels and special events, a...
Rome series Suburra debuts on Netflix
Suburra is first fully-Italian production for Netflix.
The new television series Suburra, set in Rome, will become the first fully-Italian production on Netflix when it launches on 6 October.
The te...
Celebrity Fight Night comes to Rome
Andrea Bocelli invites stars to Rome for week of charity fund-raising events.Sir Elton John will be among the guest performers at a private charity fund-raising concert inside Rome's Colosseum on the...
Rome celebrates Carnevale
Rome celebrates traditional carnival season with parades and fireworks.
The ninth edition of Carnevale Romano, Rome's traditional carnival season, includes parades, readings, live music and firewor...
Crackdown on gambling in Rome
Rome mayor “declares war” on gambling.
Slot machines are to be prohibited in the centre of Rome according to new regulations proposed by the city's mayor Viriginia Raggi who has "declared war" on g...
