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 MOVIE PREMIERES FRANCE Soleil Paris, June 11 ARGENTINA Soleil Mar del Plata Film Festival, November 22 AWARDS & ACCOLADES Dame Sophia (Italy) Title of Cavaliere
di Gran Croce, Rome, March.
Moscow
International Film Festival (Russia)
Silver St. George Award for her contribution to world cinema, July 29. Shape magazine (USA) Shape magazine rates Sophia among top ten Sexiest Women in the World after conducting a survey among 4000 women. Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina) Lifetime Achievement Award. Treccani Enciclopedia (Italy) Sophia comes first in the Magnificent Ten list of best Italian actresses in the new edition of the Treccani Enciclopedia. She is followed by Anna Magnani and Gina Lollobrigida. ENDORSEMENTS Zyloware Desserts by David Glass Inc. Hartford dessert maker David Glass introduces the Ultimate Sophia Loren Luscious Italian Almond Cake without Sophia's prior agreement. Glass's famous cake is sold on his Internet site, through retail outlets and is served in select American restaurants and airlines. Gran Caffè Ferrero Sophia accepts to endorse Gruppo Ferrero' new product, an iced coffee called Gran Caffè Ferrero, to be released in the fall. The project is abandoned. Porcelanosa - October Godmother and guest of honor, opposite Porcelanosa's image sponsor Isabel Preysler, for the opening of a new ceramic shop in Bologna. PUBLIC APPEARANCES Dame Sophia - March
Sophia
is awarded
in March the title of Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica italian
by
the Italian president
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. The "Knight of the Great Cross" title is the
highest honor for a woman in Italy. Carlo is made a knight during the
same ceremony. Public opposition comes from Italian consumers's rights
association (CODACONS) because Sophia had a criminal record. Sophia
finally keeps the title and Lazio' justice court apologizes.
Evita Premiere - March 25 Sophia attends the premiere of Evita Premiere in Munich, Germany. Soleil Premiere - June 6 Sophia and Roger Hanin attend the premiere of Soleil in Paris. Moscow International Film Festival - July Sophia attends the Moscow International Film Festival where she receives the Silver St. George Award for her contribution to world cinema. "I don't want this award for what I have done," says Sophia, "but rather for everything I have yet to do." Midora International Fair - August 29-30 Sophia is godmother of the famous German jewelry fair in Leipzig, held at the baroque palace Alte Handelsborse. Mar del Plata Film Festival - November 22 Sophia attends the closing gala of 13th edition of the Mar del Plata Film Festival, in Argentina, where the film Soleil is presented. Motor Show di Bologna - December 6 Sophia is a special guest at the evening gala organized by Land Rover Italia during the Bologna Motor Show. Gala for Poor Children - December 7
Sophia attends a charity gala for poor children in Berlin. MAGAZINE COVERS Frau im Spiegel, Grand Hotel, Telewijzer TV SHOWS Sophia Loren: Actress Italian Style Broadcast of the documentary on Biography channel on March 17. EDITOR'S NOTES
Elisabetta Mussolini's Wedding - July 26 Sophia's engagement at the Moscow Film Festival prevents her from attending the wedding of her niece Elisabetta to Andrea Santoboni, in Rome at San Lorenzo in Lucina basilica. |
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Moscow Photo: Gende-Rote 07/97  Sophia Loren: Actress Italian Style  Armani Fashion Show Milan Photo: Richard Young 08/10/97  Moscow Film Festival Press Conference 01/07/97  Soleil premiere Paris Photo: Stéphane Cardinale 03/06/97  Getting ready for TV Show Spain 19/12/97 |
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