Close

What comes to your mind if we say: “Tu vuò fà l’americano”? Maybe the Cuban singer Pitbull dancing his “Bon Bon” song surrounded by sexy girls; or the fun video of the song “We no speak americano” of the Australian music duo Yolanda be Cool; or, maybe, a Neapolitan guy playing the piano accompanied by 5 other musicians, with jazz and swing rhythms....

3628

In Season 4 of All in the Family, viewers were introduced to new neighbors Frank and Irene Lorenzo, played by character actors Vincent Gardenia and Betty Garrett. Gardenia portrayed the good-humored Italian husband who always had something cooking in the kitchen for his feisty Irish-American wife Irene. The two were guaranteed to irritate Archie B...

7470

Dennis Farina was born in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood, the fourth son and youngest of the seven children of Joseph and Yolanda Farina. Farina’s father, who was from Villalba, Sicily, was a Chicago-area doctor, and his mother a homemaker. The Farinas raised their children in a North Avenue home in Old Town, a working-class neighborhood with a br...

1193

Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) is one of 24 thespians, and the first and only Italian American actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. She had heads turning as the infamous Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" and mesmerized audiences in her Oscar-winning role as the teacher of a teenage Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker."Born Anna Maria Louisa Ital...

1864

The larger-than-life saga of Italy’s Agnelli household, the billionaires behind automaker Fiat, is about to be realistically reconstructed in a high-end worldwide TV collection that can recount the dynastic story from a feminine viewpoint. The still-untitled Agnelli skein was introduced Saturday by director and producer Ginevra Elkann, who’s the gr...

733

In the Italian American community there are many examples of wonderful personalities who have made great contributions to every field of American society, culture, and economy. None excluded. One of the fields in which there are truly hundreds of examples of exceptionalism is entertainment.   That is why the work done by NOIAFT, National Organizati...

4403

There was no ice. No cold sugary soda, no kids drinking milk, not even beer was chilled. Eggs and many foods were not refrigerated. These were the surprising impressions Stanley Tucci remembers from that formative year as a 13-year-old boy living in Florence, Italy, during his father’s teaching sabbatical. When he could, Tucci ate pizza and schiacc...

4169

Chef Gabriele Bertaccini inspired millions and took a huge swipe at stigma when he recently disclosed his HIV-positive status on the first episode of wedding reality series Say I Do. But before he won audiences over with his authenticity and charm on the popular Netflix series, Bertaccini was busy traveling the world, studying his craft, and eventu...

484

The final episode of the police television series Il Commissario Montalbano was aired last night on Italy's national broadcaster RAI, attracting an audience of more than nine million viewers. Titled Il metodo Catalanotti, it was however only the eighth most-watched episode in the two-decade series which attracted a record 11.2 million viewers in 20...

1072

 Hannah Montana co-creator Michael Poryes has partnered with French kids producer Superprod Group to create an Italy-set tween comedy series, titled Home Sweet Rome. The show, which follows the adventures of American girl Lucy Cole who moves to Rome with her father, will be shot on location in the city by Superprod’s newly-acquired Italian producti...

445