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When Master of None returns on May 12, it will focus on Dev’s journey of self discovery against a beautiful Italian backdrop. Season 2 promises an adventure for Dev, filled with possibilities of a new life... and new love. Alessandra Mastronardi plays Francesca on Master of None, Dev's second season romantic lead. SPOILERS AHEAD. When Dev and Franc...

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This is the interview #160 I publish with We the Italians. Looking back, I am astonished and proud and honored when I understand how great, committed and excellent are the people that gave me the privilege to share with me and our readers their stories, their pride of being Italian, their knowledge about 159 different point of view from which anali...

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Every year we American cycling fans face a familiar conundrum: How on Earth do we watch the Giro d’Italia? American TV broadcasters rarely carry the Italian tour and the online streaming service Cycling.TV does not either. So we either follow along via Twitter, or we click on a live stream that fills our computer screens with pop-up ads for online...

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"Oggi la competitività di un Paese dipende dalla sua capacità di agire in un'ottica di "sistema", cioè dalla sua capacità di gestire in modo efficiente e coordinato i rapporti tra le proprie componenti interne e quelle deputate a rappresentarlo all'esterno. In questo, il servizio pubblico radiotelevisivo ha un ruolo determinante e insieme dobbiamo...

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There's good news for fans of “The Big Lebowski.” John Turturro, who played Jesus Quintana in the 1998 comedy, will be reprising the role for a spin-off comedy Turturro is directing called “Going Places,” based on a French film of the same name, about a trio of guys who go on a road trip together. Turturro shared the news during an interview with S...

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In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we talk with Gina Barreca, an Italian American author and humorist.  She is the editor of two books that our audience may find interesting: DON’T TELL MAMA: THE PENGUIN BOOK OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WRITING and of A SIT-DOWN WITH THE SOPRANOS: Watching Italian American Culture on TVs Most Talked-About Ser...

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The first time I saw Joe Mantegna in the flesh he was in the flesh, naked as a newborn baby on stage at the Shubert Theatre in a 1969 production of "Hair." It was his first professional acting job in what is now nearly 50 years of steady and acclaimed work on stage, in films and on television. "I have been very lucky," he says on the phone from Cal...

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Aurora Leveroni is a 90-plus-year-old home chef who became known as Nonna Marijuana after she began to support her daughter's use of marijuana to control debilitating seizures. Her YouTube series on cooking with cannabis—and her appearances on Bong Appetit—made her a household name—in certain households, that is. So, who better to teach us the intr...

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The Johnson and Wales University senior instructor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the NBC 10 cooking segment, which became popular before reality TV chefs dominated the small screen with cooking shows. He also explains how dining out has evolved in Rhode Island (or not). How did you get involved in restaurants, and how has the scene changed ove...

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La convenzione tra la Rai e la Presidenza del Consiglio scade a fine mese, per la precisione sabato 29. Cambierà qualcosa nell’offerta informativa e di intrattenimento riservata agli italiani e agli italofili che vivono fuori dalla Penisola? Ma la vera domanda è un’altra: nell’era di internet, della comunicazione istantanea e globale, dei social ne...

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