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David di Donatello 2026 Winners

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Francesco Sossai’s The Last One For The Road won best film and director at the 71st edition of Italy‘s David di Donatello awards unfolding in the historic Cinecittà studios in Rome on Wednesday evening.

The road movie, which originally premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2025, stars Sergio Romano and Pierpaolo Capovilla as two fifty-something men from Italy’s northern Veneto area who befriend a timid student from Naples, played by Filippo Scotti.

Having led at the nomination stage making it into 16 categories, the picture also won best actor for Romano, original screenplay, cinematography, editing, original song, production design, casting and producer.

Further multiple prizewinners of the night included Italian opera director Damiano Michieletto’s directorial debut, the Venice-set Antonio Vivaldi-inspired tale Primavera; Silvio Soldini’s World War Two drama The Tasters about a group of young women forced to work as food tasters for Adolf Hitler who lived in fear of being poisoned, and Italian martial arts action-thriller Forbidden City.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Oscar-winning picture One Battle After Another won the Best International Film Prize, beating contenders I’m Still Here, The Voice of Hind Rajab, The Brutalist and It Was Just An Accident.

In honorary prizes, Oscar-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro was feted with the Special Prize Cinecittà 91 for his career including Francis Ford Coppola’ Apocalypse now, Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and Warren Beatty’s Reds as well as films with Dario Argento, Woody Allen, Carlos Saura, Richard Donner, Alfonso Arau and Paul Schrader among many others.

Director Gianni Amelio was celebrated with an honorary career prize, while the Special David Prize went to animator and director  Bruno Bozzetto. Gennaro Nunziante’s record-breaking box office hit comedy Buen Camino starring Checco Zalone won the Spectator prize.

2026 Winners

Best Film
The Last One For The Road, Francesco Sossai

Best Director
Francesco Sossai, The Last One For The Road

Best First Film
Margherita Spampinato, Sweetheart

Best Original Screenplay
Francesco Sossai,  Adriano Candiago, The Last One For The Road

Best Adapted Screenplay
Doriana Leondeff, Silvio Soldini, Lucio Ricca, Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Ilaria Macchia, The Tasters

Best Producer
The Last One For The Road, Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Film, with Rai Cnema, in collaboration with Philipp Kreuzer for Maze Pictures, Cecilia Trautvetter

Best Actress
Aurora Quattrocchi, Sweetheart

Best Actor
Sergio Romano, The Last One For The Road

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Matilda De Angelis, Fuori

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Lino Musella, Feeling Better

Best International Film
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Casting
Adriano Candiago, The Last One For The Road

Best Cinematography
Paolo Carnera, Forbidden City

Best Composer
Primavera, Fabio Massimo Capogrosso

Best Original Song
Krano, The Last One For The Road

Best Art Direction
Andrea Castorina,  Marco Martucci, Forbidden City

Best Costumes
Primavera, Maria Rita Barbera, Gaia Calderone

Best Make-up
Esmé Sciaroni, The Tasters

Best Hair
Marta iacoponi, Primavera

Best Editing
Paolo Cottignola, The Last One For The Road

Best Sound
Gianluca Scarlata, Davide Favargiotti, Daniele Quadroli, Nadia Paone, Primavera

Best Special Effects
Forbidden City, Stefano Leoni, Andrea Lo Priore

Best Documentary
Roberto Rossellini, Living Without a Script, Ilaria de Laurentiis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti

Best Short
Everyday in Gaza, Omar Rammal

Youth Prize
The Tasters, Silvio Soldini

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Benjamin Satterley Dead: AEW Wrestler Known As Pac Passes Day After Match

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Benjamin Satterley, the high-flying champion wrestler known variously to AEW and WWE fans as Pac, Bastard, Adrian Neville and Neville, has died. That, according to an announcement from All Elite Wrestling. He was 40.

Details surrounding his passing are unclear. Pac was featured at AEW’s All Out pay-per-view from Chicago on Saturday night. He challenged Andrade El Idolo for the AEW National Championship, but lost.

The statement from AEW reads in part, “A native of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Satterley began his wrestling career in 2004 and went on to perform for wrestling organizations all over the world, captivating fans with innovative high-flying moves and incredible in-ring ability. Pac signed with All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and held multiple AEW Championships and competed in some of the most memorable matches in AEW history. Our condolences go out to Satterley’s family, friends and fans.”

In the AEW, Satterley was the outfit’s All-Atlantic Champion and a two-time World Trios Champion.

He won the NXT Championship in the WWE’s developmental adjunct and later became a two-time WWE Cruiserweight Champion.

Satterley was known as “The Man that Gravity Forgot” for his signature finishing move, a spectacular corkscrew shooting star press off the top rope. You can see it in the video below.

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MTV VMAs 2026 Winners: Madonna Dominates, Taylor Swift Wins Special Honor

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It was like 1998 all over again. Madonna won six Video Music Awards that year for Ray of Light.

Flash forward to tonight, and the pop icon won seven awards, including Artist of the Year, for Confessions II, the sequel to her 2005 album.

Also winning were Sabrina Carpenter for Best Editing and for her collab with the Material Girl on “Bring Your Love.” The duo appeared onstage together to accept.

Taylor Swift won Video of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia” and Best Director for “Opalite,” as well as a special “Artist Director” honor.

Full Winners List

VIDEO OF THE YEAR (presented in show)

Taylor Swift – “The Fate of Ophelia” – Republic Records

ARTIST OF THE YEAR (presented in show)

Madonna – Warner Records

BEST COLLABORATION (presented in show)

Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter – “Bring Your Love” – Warner Records

BEST DANCE, presented by BACARDÍ® Rum (presented in show)

Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records

BEST NEW ARTIST, presented by The General Insurance® (presented in show)

Sienna Spiro – Capitol Records

BEST POP (presented in show)

LISA – “Dream feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi” – Lloud Co. / RCA Records

SONG OF THE YEAR

BTS – “Swim” – BIGHIT MUSIC

BEST HIP-HOP

Cardi B ft. Kehlani – “Safe” – Atlantic Records

BEST R&B

Bruno Mars – “I Just Might” – Atlantic Records

BEST ALTERNATIVE

Olivia Rodrigo – “the cure” – Geffen Records

BEST LATIN

Bad Bunny – “NUEVAYoL” – Rimas Entertainment

BEST K-POP

BTS – “SWIM” – BIGHIT MUSIC

BEST COUNTRY

Ella Langley – “Choosin’ Texas” – Columbia Records

BEST DIRECTION

Taylor Swift – “Opalite” – Republic Records

BEST ART DIRECTION

PinkPantheress – “Stateside + Zara Larsson” – Warner Records UK / Atlantic Records

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records

BEST EDITING

Sabrina Carpenter – “House Tour” – Island

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ariana Grande – “hate that i made you love me” – Republic Records

SOCIAL CATEGORIES:

BEST GROUP

BTS

BEST LONG FORM VIDEO

Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” – Warner Records

BEST ALBUM

Madonna – Confessions II – Warner Records

SONG OF SUMMER –

Ariana Grande – “hate that i made you love me” – Republic Records

SPECIAL AWARDS:

VIDEO VANGUARD – Nirvana

MTV VMA ARTIST DIRECTOR HONORS – Taylor Swift

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MTV VMAs: Taylor Swift Dedicates Video Of The Year Award To Dolly Parton “The Ultimate Showgirl”

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Taylor Swift won the night’s top award at the MTV Video Music Awards, taking home a Moonperson trophy for Video of the Year for “The Fate of Ophelia.”

Swift took the stage to accept the award and said she was “proud” of the work she did on the video, as it was “one continuous shot” and she had to learn “a lot about hiding cuts” in strategic places.

The singer also made a special mention to Dolly Parton, whom she called “the ultimate showgirl.”

“I want to thank and dedicate this award to one person, without whom just this wouldn’t be happening, and that person is the ultimate showgirl, Dolly Parton,” Swift said in her speech. “Every single song that she wrote, her storytelling was so vivid and so rich. It was like listening to her songs. It’s like watching the best music video you have ever seen in your life every single time you hear what she has written, and she handled this thing with such grace and joy and love and gratitude for the fact that she got to do this, and everything that happened in her life or her career, she channeled back into love, and gratitude and appreciation for her fans.”

She continued, “I am lucky I got to be one of them, and I will always be one of them. I love you all so very much, and I think that we were all very, very… I think we were all very lucky to share this planet with Dolly Parton for a time, and thank you for this amazing moment. I love you all.”

Watch Swift’s speech in the video below.

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