LOS ANGELES TIMES. Robert Saviano wrote about the Neapolitan organized crime syndicate the Camorra. He now lives on the run, because it wants to quiet him. (Read the article by Scott Timberg)
NEW YORK MAGAZINE. Interview with Matteo Garrone. The Jolly young Italian director of the relentlessly bleak gangster movie Gomorrah (which opens tonight), isn’t going to win any Oscars on February 22... (Read the article by Carl Swanson)
New York Times. There are no colorful characters in “Gomorrah,” Matteo Garrone’s corrosive and ferociously unsentimental fictional look at Italian organized crime; no white-haired mamas lovingly stirring the spaghetti sauce; no opera arias swelling on the soundtrack; no homilies about family, honor or tradition; no dark jokes; no catchy pop songs; no film allusions; no winking fun; no thrilling violence. (Read the article by Manohla Dargis)
Il remake di un ritornello tedesco degli anni '80 torna ad essere popolare grazie alla popolaritá in Germania del calciatore italiano.
US. NEWS. The top diplomatic adviser to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met this morning with U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones at the White House, where he was expected to offer Italy's support on the difficult tangle of issues dividing Washington from Moscow. (Read the article by Thomas Omestad)
NETWORKWORLD. A Google spokesman Friday warned that a proposed new law that would force Italian Internet providers to block access to Web sites that incite or justify criminal behavior could threaten freedom of expression and prove unworkable in practice. (Read the article by Philip Willan)
Milano é vicina all'Abruzzo piú che Roma.
The GOP and Big Business Smear Organized Labor
La capolista vince un intenso derby con il Milan e porta a nove le lunghezze di vantaggio sulla Juventus, bloccata in casa dalla Samp. Crolla la Roma a Bergamo. Spettacolare rimonta della Fiorentina sul campo del Genoa. La fuga dell’Inter sembra definitiva.
REUTERS. Il colosso energetico italiano Edison sta trattando per i diritti di due dei piu' grandi giacimenti di gas Iracheni. "Siamo interessati ad entrambi i giacimenti" ha dichiarato Pietro Cavanna della Edison "Faremo del nostro meglio per affrontare e vincere la competizione per le risorse ed i capitali" (Leggi l'articolo)
ANSA. Da Caravaggio a Milano a Picasso a Palermo, passando per Giorgio Morandi a Bologna e Giotto a Roma. Un elenco di tutte le principali manifestazioni artistiche di febbraio lungo tutto lo stivale. (leggi l'articolo)
ANSA. Gay and lesbian couples in Italy will be puckering up at traffic lights Saturday in one of many initiatives as the country celebrates St Valentine's Day. Gay rights group Arcigay has called on same-sex couples to kiss while waiting for the lights to change in a bid to ''give visibility to all kinds of love''. (Read the article)