Quentin Tarantino Tackles Old Dixie by Way of the Old West (by Way of Italy)
Any of the Western directors who had something to say created their own version of the West: Anthony Mann created a West that had room for the characters played by Jimmy Stewart and Gary Cooper; Sam Peckinpah had his own West; so did Sergio Leone. Sergio Corbucci did, too — but his West was the most violent, surreal and pitiless landscape of any director in the history of the genre. His characters roam a brutal, sadistic West.
Barack Obama Takes His Campaign Overseas In Rolling Stone Italy
2012 is shaping up to be a very big year for President Barack Obama.
With Mitt Romney supporters coming very close to equaling the amount of Obama supporters, we as a country will be seeing an election that could be neck and neck right until the very end.
Former Italian PM Aldo Moro, From Murder Victim To Sainthood?
Aldo Moro, the forner Italian prime minister who was murdered by the Communist Red Brigades in 1978, may become beatified, the first step toward sainthood, according to the Rome Diocese.
Italy cruise ship disaster crew win seafaring award
(Reuters) - The crew of the Costa Concordia, the huge liner which capsized off the coast of Italy in January killing as many as 32 people, won the Lloyd's List "Seafarer of the Year" award for 2012, the ship's operator Costa Cruises said on Thursday.
Monti says he would consider heading Italy government again
(Reuters) - Italy's technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti gave the first clear indication on Thursday that he would be willing to head the government again if there is no outright winner in elections next year, as opinion polls now suggest.
HuffPost Italia. A Roma il lancio del blog più chiacchierato (e cliccato) d’America
E’ online la versione italiana dell’Huffington Post, il sito americano di news che ha finalmente inaugurato la tanto annunciata nuova realtà editoriale nel Belpaese: innovare il modo di fare informazione riscrivendo le regole del giornalismo sul web. i-Italy ha seguito l’intervista-evento organizzata dall’Enel al Macro, museo d’arte contemporanea, a Arianna Stassinopoulos, definita da Time una delle donne più influenti del pianeta, fondatrice del giornale online premio Pulitzer
Italy’s first hip-hop star brings unique sound to U.S.
Jovanotti may be the biggest name in Italian music that you've never heard of - until now.
The star, whose real name is Lorenzo Cherubini, is bringing his unique blend of orchestral pop and hip-hop to the United States for the first time in his 25-year career. His newest work, "Italia 1988-2012," is his first official U.S. album release.
Bologna's new ice-cream museum charts history of the Italian treat
A new museum outside Bologna charts the rise of gelato – Italian ice-cream – from its early incarnation as a chilled delicacy for Roman emperors to the sweet treat seen on every corner of Italy – and offers to make every visitor an artisan.
Ravioli is a great dish
Ravioli is perhaps the best-known stuffed pasta, more popular even than cannelloni, manicotti or tortelloni.
It has been around for more than 600 years in Italian cuisine, although many other countries have a similar dish, including jiaozi in China, Gujiya in India and in kreplach in Jewish cuisine.
Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2012/09/25/4208300/ravioli-is-a-great-dish.html#storylink=cpy
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September 26, 2012
IAWA Welcomes Emelise Aleandri and Award-Winning Poet, Michael Palma, Saturday, October 13, 2012
Of Begin in Gladness, Lewis Turco writes: "It is always a great joy to discover a poet who is able to say what he means not only clearly but musically, singing into one's ear the intelligence of the world...These poems ride into the heart of language, and they come out trailing melody."
The Italian American Writers Association presents Emelise Aleandri and Michael Palma on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at the Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street in New York City’s West Village, (212-989-9319). The reading takes place from 5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. and kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes after which the featured writers take the stage.
The FIAT Brand Participates in the 2012 MONOPOLY Game at McDonald’s
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — This year marks the 20th MONOPOLY Game at McDonald’s and to celebrate the FIAT brand is offering game players a chance to win a new 2013 Fiat 500. The Game begins on Tuesday, Sept. 25 through Oct. 22 in restaurants and through Saturday, Nov. 3 online with more than 30 Fiat 500 vehicles available to be won.
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Italy Selects Berlin Golden Bear Winner 'Caesar Must Die' as Oscar Candidate
ROME – Cesare deve morire (Caesar Must Die), the Berlin Golden bear winning drama about prison inmates performing a version of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, has been selected as Italy’s official candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, it was announced Wednesday.
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