Istat data: in the first 9 months of 2018 Italian wine exports in the world increased
It is still too early for a final balance, but 2018 of Italian wine exports, according to estimates, will mark a new record value, at 6.1 billion euros, slightly higher than in 2017. This trend has been surrogate by data, albeit partial, from ISTAT, which tells us that the main Italian wine markets are growing or stable, with some countries falling...
Transcultural Encounters, Comparative Inquiries: Italian Americans and Greek Americans
This volume contributes to American ethnic and immigration studies by bringing into conversation scholars working in the fields of Italian American and Greek American studies. The aim is to move beyond the “single group approach,” which privileges the study of ethnic singularity, to explore these two groups in relation to each other. We propose to...
“Pour it. Slice it. Cut it” - Three leading Italian food & wine consortiums
Monday, January 14, 2019 at The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square Chicago - Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Gibsons Italia Miami, FL (January 10,2019) – Enjoy European Quality (EEQ), a 3-year project cofounded by the European Community designed to increase the awareness and recognition of European quality products within the food and...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor Joe Lo Truglio stunned by the show's devoted fan base
After its first season, cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine won two Golden Globes. One was for lead Andy Samberg while the other was for best comedy series. The show garnered a lot of attention but last year, after five seasons on air, Fox cancelled the series only for it to be picked up by NBC a few days later. Brooklyn Nine-Nine's sixth season starts o...
NIASHF Inductees: Gina Carano
Muai Thai Champion, Mixed Martial Arts Contender, Hollywood Actress and Fitness Model. From pioneering women’s MMA to blazing a trail in movies, Gina Carano is one of Hollywood’s most unique rising stars. Carano began her training with Muay Thai to competitive MMA, where she competed in Strikeforce and EliteXC. Her popularity led to her being call...
'The Sopranos' at 20: How David Chase's mob series revolutionized television
Twenty years ago, The Sopranos made the airwaves safe for antiheroes and auteurist television, and also paved the way for our current #PeakTV era. If you’re a fan of The Shield, Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones, you owe the show’s creator, David Chase, a debt of gratitude. But we’ve been living in a post-Sopranos world for so l...
L’italiano è meraviglioso e si deve salvare: intervista con Claudio Marazzini
La lingua italiana resta molto bella ma ultimamente si legge parecchio sulle problematiche che l’italiano affronta nelle scuole in Italia con le giovani generazioni e all’estero con le famiglie italo americane. Per capire meglio i problemi della lingua italiana abbiamo intervistato Claudio Marazzini, professore ordinario di storia della lingua ita...
Hollywood Irpina: ecco le stelle del cinema originarie di Avellino
Il cinema americano è stato reso grande da molti italo-americani di seconda generazione figli o imparantati lontanamente con famiglie italiane sfuggite alla guerra e alla fame nelle grandi emigrazioni di massa del secolo scorso. Il mito dell’America ha affascinato generazioni di italiani che hanno costruito un avvenire negli Stati Uniti. L’America,...
Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns Made a Fistful of Dollars and Clint Eastwood a Star
Sergio Leone was born Jan. 3, 1929; he would have been 90 this week. Though he directed only seven films, their impact has been wide and long-lasting, including making Clint Eastwood a star. On Oct. 11, 1967, Variety carried a guest column by Lee Van Cleef shortly before the U.S. bow of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” The actor countered critici...
'The Sopranos' Sequel' Begins Filming In April With A Teen Tony Soprano
"The Sopranos" sequel "The Many Saints of Newark" will soon roll for the cameras. However, this project from series creator David Chase won't be another television show. Instead, it will be a feature-length movie about the life of Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti. Alessandro Nivola has been cast to play the lead in "The Many Saints of Newark." He confir...
NIASHF Inductees: Rocco B. Commisso
Three time NCAA Men’s Soccer All-Ivy League Honoree and Owner and Chairman of the New York Cosmos. Rocco Commisso is one of the most successful Italian immigrant entrepreneurs in America’s history. A member of the prestigious Forbes 400, his illustrious career in cable television spans 40 years. He is the Chairman and CEO of Mediacom Communications...
Crowdfunding for "Churubusco", by Andrea Ferraris
Lorenzo is working on his first feature film as director. He optioned the film rights of the Italian graphic novel called Churubusco written and drawn by Andrea Ferraris, the Italian comic artist who worked for Disney for the past 20 years. This is the story of Gaetano Rizzo, an Italian immigrant, son of farmers during the pre-unification of Italy,...