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Italian actress Eleonora Giorgi has died in Rome at the age of 71, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer, her family said on Monday. Since revealing her illness on television in 2023, Giorgi maintained a positive outlook on life, inviting everyone to "live without wasting their time". Giorgi had a long and varied career in Italian cinema a...

A Serie A executive has opened up on ambitious plans to become the first major European league to host regular season games in the US - within three years. Speaking from Serie A's office in New York, Michele Ciccarese, the league's commercial and marketing director, outlined the organization's desire to be a 'trendsetter' by becoming the first Euro...

Sophia Loren made history when she won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1962, becoming the first performer to win for a foreign language role. But the star of the Italian film Two Women wasn’t on hand to collect her trophy at the star-studded ceremony; instead, she stayed home in Rome with her husband, producer Carlo Ponti.  “When I received an Oscar...

Italian menswear brand Boggi Milano has opened its first store in the United States, with two additional retail locations in the pipeline. The first store, located at 115 Mercer Street in SoHo, Manhattan, spans 1,900 square feet and officially opened its doors to the public earlier this month. Marking the start of Boggi Milano’s expansion across th...

When Monica Kennedy booked the trip to the Amalfi Coast, she was hoping the time in Italy would save her marriage. It was 2017. Monica lived in a nice house in Connecticut in the United States. She worked as a clinical paralegal at Yale Law School. She’d been married for over 20 years. Her adult children had gone to college. In her spare time, Moni...

In the diverse culinary landscape of the United States, pasta remains a beloved staple, gracing dinner tables from coast to coast. But when it comes to dressing up those noodles, which sauce reigns supreme? Instacart's recent analysis of 2024 grocery orders offers a saucy revelation: marinara is the nation's top choice. Marinara: The People's Choic...

In a buzzing Roman house, a group of youngsters dance and play music with abandon. It is the summer of 1960, and Italy is experiencing a period of rapid economic expansion that will go down in history as the Italian Economic Miracle. World War II is still a recent memory for many, but the generation born in the late 1940s and early ‘50s is eager to...

While it’s still winter in Central New York, it’s never too early to think about your summer plans. For Syracuse University, students have an opportunity along with community members to travel to Italy. Students will get the chance as part of EDU-Tourism organized by the Whitman School of Management to travel along with professors to Florence for e...

First released in 1960 and directed by the famous filmmaker Federico Fellini, La Dolce Vita has become a cult film. This timeless work of cinema redefined the codes of the seventh art and left an indelible mark. La Dolce Vita follows Marcello Rubini (played by Marcello Mastroianni), a worldly journalist navigating between the wild nights of Rome an...

Mountains, massifs, and valleys blanketed in white meet dense beech forests and frozen lakes. The cyclical slumber of the rich flora and fauna creates, at this time of year, an enchanting landscape, as we wait for the arrival of spring. This is the Sicily of the Nebrodi, a northern-looking land far removed from the sun-drenched summer postcard imag...

Gervasi Vineyard Resort & Spa is used to garnering awards. The destination has taken home a coveted AAA Four Diamond Designation. It's been named one of the most romantic getaways in Ohio by U.S. News & World Report. OpenTable says it's one of the best spots for brunch in America. Its wines win honors. Tripadvisor handed the site a Travelers' Choic...

Two classes at Iron Mountain Schools are taking part in a unique online cultural exchange with students in a school in Italy. On Wednesday, seventh grade students in Eric Penn’s social studies class had their third meeting with their counterparts in Iron Mountain’s sister city of Sassoferrato, Italy. The students in Italy all speak English. North E...