Giorgio Armani said dressing George Clooney for wedding
George Clooney is a longtime fan of Giorgio Armani, so it makes sense that the designer outfits him for his upcoming nuptials. According to sources, an entire team from the designer's Milan office reportedly flew up to Clooney's Lake Como, Italy home recently to fit him and his male attendants for his September wedding to human rights lawyer Amal A...
Italy tops world favourite destination list
Italy has retained the top spot for the fourth year in a row thanks to its diverse landscape, abundance of history and culture, and good food. Italy was followed by the USA, for its "friendly people", and Australia. Readers of the luxury travel website also put Sicily in third place as the world's best island, just behind the Maldives...
Ferrero, a fortress of Italian family capitalism
On a day of sorrow -- the funeral of Michele Ferrero, founder of the company that makes Nutella, was Wednesday -- it is worth taking a sympathetic look at the industrial profile (and the strategic prospects) of one of the largest and best- functioning companies in Italy. According to the financial statements examined by R&S Mediobanca,...
EXPO 2015: IL GRANDE SCHERMO PROIETTA L’EMILIA-ROMAGNA NEL MONDO
Sono 20 milioni i visitatori attesi ad Expo Milano 2015, di cui 6 milioni dall’estero. È partita, dunque, la positiva competizione dei territori italiani per attrarre turisti e promuovere le proprie bellezze. L’Emilia-Romagna per farsi vedere nel mondo utilizzerà anche il cinema. Nell’ambito del festival Visioni Italiane, vuole off...
The simple Italian stew that’s comforting, nutritious and so good
By Ellie Krieger Some dishes qualify as comfort food because they bring back personal memories, like the double-crust pie your mom would make after the family's annual apple picking outing, or the butterscotch candies your grandma always carried in her pocketbook. Others, like this hearty Tuscan stew, satisfy in a way that touches...
Small businesses are stepping forward, filling the gap with pre-recession peaks
by Marco Biscella Italy's small businesses are coming out of the woods, according to a survey (the Twelfth Edition of the Italian Small Business Observatory) conducted by Fondazione Impresa [Translator's Note: A research center specialized in small enterprises]. 2015 closed with the growth of all economic variables, and good perfo...
Lina Wertmuller 'may get Governors' Award' +RPT+
Italian director Lina Wertmuller may be chosen to receive this year's Governors' Award or honorary Oscar for career achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, The Hollywood Reporter said Monday. Wertmuller, 88, the first woman director nominated for an academy award for Seven Beauties in 1975 and also known for The Seduction...
Al Pacino presto sul set con Lizzani
Le vicende italiane giudiziarie degli ultimi anni, e soprattutto lo scandalo negli Usa relativo al motivi di sicurezza che ha spinto l'Fbi a esigere un controllo stretto su milioni di telefoni, fanno da cornice alla pre-produzione de L'orecchio del potere, film tratto da un romanzo di Giulio Andreotti (Operazione Via Appia, Rizzoli, 1998) e che sar...
Working with Paolo Sorrentino - Go Out and Get It (Part 1)
"And the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film goes to... Paolo Sorrentino, La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)." Not everyone has the opportunity to sit and watch the Oscars as their mentor (and colleague) wins an award. Stage 32 member Andrea Lodovichetti had that opportunity last week when Director Paolo Sorrentino stepped on stage to...
Nero's Domus Aurea Reopens to the Public
I haven't seen this much excitement over a site's opening since the Colosseum's underground was unveiled back in 2010. And you know what? Having toured both, the excitement over the Domus Aurea may be even more merited. First, the basics. Emperor Nero built his palace back in 64AD. (Yes, he's the "fiddled while Rome burned" guy; although t...
Essere italiani all’estero
L'Italia non è un Paese per talenti e la fuga dei cervelli lo testimonia: siamo al cinquantacinquesimo posto per capacita di valorizzare i talenti e al cinquantanovesimo nella capacità di attirarli mentre recuperiamo nella formazione collocandoci complessivamente al 40^ posto, questo spiega il successo dei nostri "expat" fuori oltre a far crescere...
Brunello Cucinelli, capitalismo dal volto umano su «The Rake»
La copertina, una lunga intervista all’interno (che il direttore ha assegnato sé stesso). Brunello Cucinelli su «The Rake», una delle riviste di riferimento della moda maschile mondiale, analizza la visione di Cucinelli per il futuro della moda (non solo italiana) e Wei Koh, direttore del magazine, scrive che le idee di Cucinelli sul rispe...