Julia Drummond News Today

Artists and music lovers explored the ever-evolving boundaries and themes of jazz music at the ninth annual BRIC JazzFest last weekend. 

Bella worries for her children as the Ainsworth family returns for a second season.

Hotel Portofino, a sumptuously glamorous ITV1 period drama, follows a rich Englishmans daughter determined to make her luxury seaside hotel on the Italian Riviera a success.

McElhones expat embraces the risk of creating a new, uncertain life running a luxurious hostelry in PBS period drama.

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The six-episode drama Hotel Portofino presents viewers with an unequal mix of banal storytelling and relevant social commentary. The series picturesque setting in the namesake Italian resort, moreover, fails to mask the amoral maneuverings of the titular hostelrys inhabitants. Having first aired on BritBox in January, the glossy soap opera -- created and written by former journalist Matt Baker and directed by British filmmaker Adam Wimpenny -- debuts on PBS Sunday, June 19

McElhones expat embraces the risk of creating a new, uncertain life running a luxurious hostelry in PBS period drama.

“Hotel Portofino” is mostly a hodge-podge of elements from “Upstairs Downstairs”-like British historical dramas: watchable, but doesn't justify most viewers’ time.

"The reason I work on music every night is so I can survive, emotionally" says Julie Kathryn, aka I Am Snow Angel.

Come for the scenery. Stay for the scenery in a new UK period saga.

Berlitz, room for one? A glass of limoncello and an Italian phrase book is all you need for this Italian postcard soap.