by the El Reportero’s news services
Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañon fulfilled her dream of returning to Cuba after the great concert Peace without Borders performed six years ago, which triggered the admiration of the Puerto Rican singer for Cuba.
On her Facebook and Twitter accounts, Tañon said she feels excited and happy to return to Havana, the ways of which is so close to her homeland Puerto Rico.
Since she arrived yesterday, Tañon has posted on the Internet several pictures of her arrival at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, her meetings with friends and her visits to some places in Havana, as Casa del Cafe and Hotel Nacional de Cuba, where she was greeted by many admirers.
Olga, as she is known by her closest friends, is back and Cubans are eagerly awaiting to hear her sing at least some of her most catchy songs, which have made her one of the most popular female singers of the Latin American music in the recent decades.
Born on April 13, 1967 in the Puerto Rican city of Santurce, Tañon has been awarded two Grammy Awards and two Latin Grammy, with more than twenty albums she is currently considered one of the most versatile Puerto Rican artists due to the variety of music styles through which she expresses her talent.
Classic Italian film La Dolce Vita to be remade
La Dolce Vita, one of the most iconic films of Italian cinema, will have a new version. This is possible, because Federico Fellini’’s family sold the copyright, reported today the specialized media.
According to a press release, AMBI Pictures, along with Italian producer Daniele Di Lorenzo, will assume the remake of the classic movie, but still is unknown, who will direct it and who will take on the leading roles.
Francesca Fellini, niece of Federico Fellini, explained that the family was approached countless times and asked to consider remakes and re-imaginings to prequels and sequels, but they knew it would take very special producers and compelling circumstances to motivate the family to allow rights to be optioned.
AMBI Pictures “have a beautiful vision of a modern film, and considering their Italian heritage and deep appreciation and understanding of my uncle’s works, there couldn’t be a better alignment for this project”, she added.
More than 50 years after its premiere, La Dolce Vita still is one of the most outstanding films of the Italian cinema. This film won the Palme D’or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and was directed by Fellini.
The leading roles were played by Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée and Yvonne Furneaux.
Stolen Auguste Rodin sculpture found after 24 years
Art Recovery International confirmed today, that a stolen sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin was recovered at the auction house Christie’’s in New York. The sculpture disappeared 24 years ago.
The bronze statue, titled Young Girl With Serpent, is believed to be worth around $100,000. The statue was stolen from a house in the US city of Beverly Hills in 1991.
Roding is considered one of the fathers of modern sculpture by the Impressionist style of his works. The French artist also created extraordinary artworks like The Kiss, The Thinker and The Gates of Hell.
