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On Saturday, June 8th, the merchants of Lafayette Village will come together to bring the Raleigh area a little taste of Italy. Join us for a day of food, fashion, music, and fun for the whole family! The Triangle Sons of Italy Lodge Chapter 2817 will have a booth and we are selling our membership cookbook that will delight your taste buds and...

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This year our Cinema Selection Committee chose three very interesting movies, two comedies and one drama. In selecting these three movies, we wanted to present to our Santa Barbara audience three different aspects of present-day Italian society.   All movies are in Italian and, as in the past, the admission is free.   Read more  ...

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Il Circolo Italiano is proud to host the third annual Italian Heritage Month Movie Night. Come celebrate with them on Columbus Day by watching Emanuele Crialese's critically acclaimed film Nuovomondo! This film tells the story of a poor family from southern Italy and their dreams of emigrating to the New World in the early 20th century.   Th...

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Che gli uomini d'affari di Manhattan tra gli anni '80 e '90 indossassero splendidi completi gessati firmati Giorgio Armani è storia.   Nessun altro stilista, infatti, poteva competere con le famose giacche dello stilista italiano che aveva conquistato gli Stati Uniti realizzando gli abiti di scena di Richard Gere per il cult movie American G...

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by Frank Totaro  Actor Joseph Gannascoli says he turned down a role in a new movie because he didn't want to share the screen with his former castmate on 'The Sopranos' Lillo Brancato. "I'm not here to judge, people have to live with themselves," Gannascoli told the Daily News, referring to Brancato's conviction for his role in the slayi...

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Italian film star Sophia Loren gained fame for her roles in films like "Two Women," "El Cid," "A Special Day," and "Nine." Her Hollywood stardom began in the 1950s, and by the '60s, she became an international celebrity who starred in Italian, American, and French films.   But she didn't take every role that came along. Here are a few she mi...

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by Nick Vivarelli   Italy's Cinecittà Studios are set to welcome Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" with a unique launch from its legendary Studio 5 soundstage, once Federico Fellini's second home, now being turned into a special screening venue equipped for 70mm projection and 888 seats. Tarantino specifically asked Cinecittà to s...

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by Shawn Lealos   What are the 10 best Italian American movies? The best Italian American movies are almost always gangster and mafia related. While some quality movies slip away from that genre, the better movies deal with the life and dangers involved in the mob. From Oscar winning masterpieces to smaller cult favorites, here are the best...

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For most of his life, professional surfer Chris Del Moro has probably spent as much time in the water as on land. When he was just three, while most kids were learning how to swim, he was riding his boogie board on the shores of both the Pacific and the Mediterranean; by the time he was a teen, he began to surf around the world.   From Indon...

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When Flavia Laviosa was a young woman in Bari, Italy, she had a front-row seat for a golden age of artistry in Italian cinema. “I grew up at a time when education became free and accessible to everyone, and I had easy access to film screenings,” says Laviosa, senior lecturer in Italian Studies.   “Those were the years, into the ’70s, when th...

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