As the last Bloomberg Ranking’s analysis of global health report, Italy is the second healthiest country in the world. If the old italian proverb, “la salute prima di tutto” (“Health first”) is right, this is the perfect first Italian Good News of this 2016.

 Silvana Pampanini, an Italian actress and beauty who was one of the country's leading post-war cinema stars, has died at the age of 90, local media reported on Wednesday.

 Six years ago, Steve Sando was scrolling through mail orders at his specialty-food company, Rancho Gordo, when he spotted one that stopped him short. He fulfilled the order — for several pounds of beans and a copy of his first cookbook — and inscribed the book. “I was a little gushy,” he admitted.

 Mike Piazza is one Hall of a catcher. It took until a fourth try on the ballot, but the former Mets slugger came crashing through the doors of Cooperstown on Wednesday, when he was elected to the Hall of Fame, Class of 2016.

 On paper, David O. Russell’s new film, “Joy,” looks perfectly straightforward, even square. It’s a bootstrap-capitalist fable, a tale of adversity overcome and rags exchanged for riches, a case study in success suitable for a self-improvement seminar.

 The music finally died there in December when the last holdout, Alex Carozza, packed up his accordion store and 50 years of memories and moved off the block. 

 Italian fashion label Dolce & Gabbana is telling a “simple story” set in an Italian village during the summer.

Dolce & Gabbana’s advertising campaign for summer 2016 continues the brand’s familial communications, casting various generations to create a colorful, whimsical and somewhat realistic scene.

 The Italian government has committed to spend millions of euros on some of its most important heritage sites, including Venice and Siena. Cultural sites will also be kitted out with security alarms and video surveillance, the ministry said, adding that this spending would come to €50m.