Italian film and TV company Wildside is ramping up production of TV series for the international market with a trio of high-profile projects based on hot literary properties, spearheaded by the four “The Neapolitan Novels” books by Italian author Elena Ferrante, the latest of which, “The Story of the Lost Child,” has been named one of the 10 Best Fiction Books of 2015 by the New York Times.
 

 Five Brooklyn pizza enthusiasts showcase the city’s mom-and-pop pizza shops with a book and exhibit of photos, opening in Park Slope on Feb. 13. One of the goals of the “New York City Pizza Project,” which was published as a coffee-table book in September, is to bring attention to a local pizza scene that is threatened by an onslaught of Domino’s and Papa John’s, says one of the photographers.

  The exhibit, "Someplace Else Right Now," features works from local and international artists and continues through March 2.

Justice Antonin Scalia had a range that extended from in-your-face brash to an even-more-in-your-face pugnacious. He was self-aware, describing himself as “something of a shin kicker” and “something of a contrarian.” Sure, Justice Scalia was born in Trenton — predictably, New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, claimed him on Saturday, saying that the 79-year-old justice was “a native son of New Jersey.” 

 In Italy, the number of clubs with teams of both sexes playing in Serie A — the league that on the men’s side includes famed organizations such as A.C. Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and Roma — is much smaller.

 "Fire at Sea" by award-winning director Gianfranco Rosi, set on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, emerged as an early favourite among 18 contenders for the festival's Golden Bear top prize, to be awarded by jury president Meryl Streep on February 20.

 With the fat orange sun shimmering its way over Thompson’s Mountain, promising a June scorcher in Stuart, Va., Leia kicks impatiently at the bucket that milker David Wallace is trying to attach to her udder. When she knocks it away, Wallace tries again. The machine hisses to life; Leia kicks it back off. Wallace sighs and starts over.

 Italian broadcaster, RAI, confirmed that the winner of the Festival di Sanremo 2016, Stadio, won't take advantage of the opportunity to represent Italy at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden. The invitation has been accepted by the runner-up of the Italian song contest, Francesca Michielin.

Justice Antonin Scalia, whose transformative legal theories, vivid writing and outsize personality made him a leader of a conservative intellectual renaissance in his three decades on the Supreme Court, was found dead on Saturday at a resort in West Texas, according to a statement from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. He was 79.