Winds of crisis blow through Venice film festival
The festival lineup has been slimmed and the star wattage toned down while even some of the movie plot lines reflect various forms of fallout from the financial crisis from family and relationships to faith and spiritual values.
Italy as a Renaissance Driver
Regarding "The euro crisis as ethnic conflict": Nicholas Sambanis incorrectly characterizes the euro crisis as an ethnic conflict between Southern Europeans and Germans.
Italians Errani, Vinci to meet in US Open quarters
NEW YORK --Doubles partners and best friends Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci will meet in a U.S. Open quarterfinal in a career year for both.
Carlo Maria Martini, il Cardinale per i non credenti
Muore una figura di spicco nella Chiesa cattolica degli ultimi decenni. Per molti "un mancato Papa", considerato da tutti come un uomo di fede aperto al cambiamento e al confronto, senza alcuna remora nel porsi talvolta in contrasto con le posizioni ufficiali della gerarchia vaticana. Un uomo di chiesa ma soprattutto un grande intellettuale che si poneva continuamente domande, che non esprimeva condanne ma che cercava di capire, di andare a fondo in quelle che sono le grandi tematiche che lacerano il mondo cattolico.
Google Celebrates Maria Montessori’s 142nd Birthday
Born in Chiaravalle, Italy, in 1870, Montessori would have turned 142 on Friday. Google celebrated this special anniversary with a themed homepage Doodle featuring some of the basic toys and tools the Montessori educational method uses to create child-friendly, grade-free and hands-on learning environments, regardless of age differences among the pupils.
Venice Film Festival: Michael Cimino Revisits ‘Heaven’s Gate’
VENICE — Most box office flops rarely even attain the status of film-history footnote. But “Heaven’s Gate,” the 1980 epic by Michael Cimino, became a legend. Its notoriously troubled production and disastrous premiere turned it into a punch line, a cautionary tale, a symbol of all that was wrong with the Hollywood system and its excesses.
Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini died Friday. He was 85
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, a rare liberal within the highly conservative Catholic Church hierarchy who was nevertheless long considered a papal contender in the last conclave, died Friday. He was 85.
Former Italy striker Toni rejoins Fiorentina
It had been rumoured that the 35-year-old forward would be joining Tuscan rivals Siena, but Fiorentina officials made a late swoop for their former player, who has signed a one-year deal."ACF Fiorentina have acquired the rights of Luca Toni. He returns to Fiorentina after five years," the club said on their website (it.violachannel.it).
Perry heading to Italy for trade tour
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry and wife Anita are leaving Tuesday for an eight-day trip to Italy to promote economic development and attend a Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, his office announced Friday
Old mafia killing stirs constitutional dispute in Italy
The dispute, connected to the murder of anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino and his five-strong police escort in Palermo in July 1992, has unleashed a messy clash involving state institutions, politicians, judges and the media.
Italy's Berlusconi hurts shoulder, wrist in tumble
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian premier, has taken a tumble at his villa along Sardinia’s posh Emerald Coast, injuring a shoulder and a wrist, his doctor said Friday.
State TV quoted Dr. Alberto Zangrillo as saying there was ‘‘nothing worrisome’’ about the 75-year-old media mogul’s condition after the fall Thursday on the grounds of Villa Certosa, near Porto Rotondo. The doctor did not elaborate and it was not clear what caused the fall.
Eataly: Give Me a Kiss, Today is My Second Birthday!
The mega Italian wonderland on Fifth Avenue celebrates its second successful year with lots of products on sale but also a special event: a dine-around in all its restaurants featuring food prepared by 1 chefs from 9 restaurants of the Batali-Bastianich group.
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