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Between 1960 and 1968 RAI aired Non è Mai Troppo Tardi (It is Never too Late), a show aimed at fighting illiteracy, as more than 10%  of the Italian  Population was still, at the beginning of the 1960s, unable to read and write.  Alberto Manzi was a pedagogue, a writer and, above all, an elementary school  teacher: he was the one who,  with success...

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It can be difficult to watch The Sopranos on an empty stomach. Whether you’re watching Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) in his office, walking into his kitchen at home, or joining the family at Sunday dinner, he’s never far from a plate of food. Tony’s not alone, of course. When Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco) meets up with friends for lunch, they u...

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Cinquant' anni sono una data che segna: ti guardi indietro e rivedi il film di una carriera da record; guardi avanti e scopri che tutto è ancora da scrivere.   Così per il napoletano di Arenella Paolo Sorrentino che festeggia il compleanno, 50 anni il 31 maggio. Se guarda al suo passato ritrova nel carniere 8 lungometraggi, mai uguali tra loro, il...

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Sopranos star Michael Imperioli has revealed the cast’s tradition every time someone got ‘whacked’ on the hit tv series. The HBO gangster drama ran between 1999 and 2007, gaining a massive cult following through its portrayal of the life of Tony Soprano, a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, and his family. Michael Imperioli, who won an Emmy...

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As evidence that there is still fertile terrain to explore in the HBO series The Sopranos more than two decades after the show’s premiere, Drea De Matteo teams with pal Chris Kushner on Made Women. The weekly podcast is the second one involving regulars from that David Chase-created drama, as Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa are also re-watchi...

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Wed, 05/27/2020 - 5:00pm. Stefano Albertini (NYU) in conversazione con Aldo Grasso (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, critico televisivo, Il Corriere della Sera). The episode will be broadcast live on Casa's Facebook Page and website. In ITALIAN. Con un aumento degli ascolti del 20% negli ultimi tre mesi, la televisione in Italia è to...

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Alle prese con un lento recupero delle attività ed in attesa di ricominciare a viaggiare è bello ricordare il viaggio di Donnavventura a Philadelphia. In tre giorni, le giovani protagoniste hanno potuto vedere e provare in prima persona molte delle attrazioni famose della città. Dalla scalinata di Rocky Balboa, in realtà del Philadelphia Museum of...

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Welcome to the Italian Cookery column with Silvia Todesco, and this month one of the classic Italian sauces that always tastes so much better when cooked from scratch instead of out of a jar. Italian tomatoes sauce: the truth about “Marinara” Tomatoes sauce is one of the main popular Italian’s “food” all around the world. And I believe the reason o...

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The two main events in Italian television history that occurred in the 1970s were the advent of color and the introduction of private channels. The story of color TV is truly a political-industrial epic that began in the mid-sixties and ended only towards the end of the 70s after many delays and false starts. In these years RAI’s television monopol...

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As a film curator, people always ask what films or TV shows they should be watching. I have a top ten memorised, which always features all six series of The Sopranos. From the opening with a mob boss walking into a therapist’s office through all 86 episodes, The Sopranos captured life – family, relationships, marriage, race, religion, food, money,...

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