Trump tariffs threaten 13% of Italy’s US food exports, and some iconic brands like Vespa
From negotiating tables to eliminate trade tariffs between the US and the European Union (the TTIP talks) to erecting walls to obstruct free circulation of goods. The threat of a worsening – up to 100% - of US tariffs on a series of European products (from farm and food goods to motorcycles) – in response to an old quarrel on meat imports – is abov...
Un mentore alla moda: Diesel incontra gli studenti IACE
Quando sei uno studente delle superiori, magari appassionato di stile e tendenze, cosa può capitarti di più allettante che trovarti seduto nello showroom Diesel di Chelsea, circondato da oggetti di design ed abiti super cool, e sentir parlare esperti del marchio, vedendoti arrivare alla fine, vera ciliegina sulla torta, lui, Stefano Rosso, figlio d...
Controversial documentary SmoKings released in the US on VOD March 7
On March 7 2017, 102 Distribution released on US digital platforms SmoKings, a documentary by Michele Fornasero telling the incredible story of two Italian brothers who started an online store for cheap cigarettes and "stoke the ire of both Big Tobacco and the Big Apple" (Marton Dunai, The Wall Street Journal). It’s like a gangster movie, a controv...
Nielsen Ranks Castello del Poggio as America's #1 Italian Moscato
Castello del Poggio’s IGT Moscato (SRP: $13) is now the top Italian Moscato in the U.S, according to Nielsen. Castello del Poggio sold more than 250,000 cases nationally in 2016. Overall, the winery saw a 19% sales volume increase, outpacing the Moscato category’s 2.8% volume growth. “Our Italian Moscato has taken off in the U.S with Castello del P...
Tutta la storia di Ralph Minichiello, il marine italo-americano che dirottò il Boeing nel 1969 da Los Angeles a Roma
Nel 1969 tutti i giornali e le tv del mondo ne hanno parlato. E’ stato forse l’unico italiano a fare la guerra in Vietnam ma non ha nulla a che a fare con John Rambo, il personaggio interpretato da Sylvester Stallone, al quale è stato spesso accostato. A 19 anni era già un veterano di guerra, un marine pluridecorato con 5 medaglie al valore. Robert...
Sacco Sez: Brock Olivo and 'Playing for Pizza'
A few days ago while scrolling through Twitter, I saw that Special Teams Coordinator Brock Olivo will be hosting a football camp in Italy, where he coached earlier in his career. For me, that connected some dots in the worlds of literature and football. I knew that Olivo majored in literature at the University of Missouri, so at his introductory pr...
The Italian Oscar-winner makeup and hairstyling team behind Suicide Squad
If I had to extrapolate a “common denominator” from the Italian artistic team that won this year’s Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup and Hair Styling for David Ayer’s, Suicide Squad (2016), I would say first and foremost that they are all represented by The Milton Agency (with offices in Los Angeles and London).Secondly, it looks like th...
Interview with Anthony Barrese
Anthony Barrese’s conducting career includes many engagements on both sides of the Atlantic but he is perhaps best known to many Americans for his work with the Florida Grand Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera North, and Boston Lyric Opera. A winner of the Georg Solti Foundation award, he is both a conductor and a musicologist. Of particular...
7 questions for Eataly USA CEO Nicola Farinetti
What does Eataly stand for?Eataly is a simple idea. We want to put together under one roof three experiences: eat, shop, and learn. We want to bring quality to people in a casual environment. Today, that might sound normal. But back in 2002, when my father [Oscar] started designing Eataly, it wasn’t at all. Quality food was thought too upscale, too...
NIAF Elects New Board of Directors
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) has elected a new Board of Directors for the 2017-2021 term, during a March 23, 2017 meeting at the New York offices of Pepper Hamilton LLP. Patricia de Stacy Harrison, president and ceo of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and former NIAF vice chair; and Gabriel A. Battista, former president,...
To My Hero of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow* A Tribute to Joseph Barbera
From the earliest days our ancestors walked this earth they sought out activities during their leisure time to amuse themselves or else divert their attention from the rigors of life. These activities are today collectively called “entertainment”. Whether passive forms of entertainment, such as spectator sports or reading, or active forms, such as...
Il geniale spot di KFC sulla “Chizza” dove si anticipano gli insulti italiani
McDonald’s ce l’ha fatta, Burger King anche, ora ci proverà Starbucks, ma sono poche le grandi catene del food & beverage made in USA che, in Italia, sono riuscite a sfondare. Tra quelle che all’estero volano e nel nostro Paese, invece, stentano un po’ a farsi spazio c’è, ad esempio, KFC – Kentucky Fried Chicken, la catena di fast food specializzat...