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Every city has its own traditions, customs and superstitions, and Chicago is no exception. But it can be difficult to explain to an out-of-towner the street etiquette of “dibs,” the rivalry between the North and South sides, why ketchup on the Chicago hot dog is frowned upon and why anyone would ever drink Malort on purpose. Also, the importance of...

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No family member holds as much cultural cachet as the nonna. Whether Italian or not, I’d like to bet that you can close your eyes and immediately call to mind an Italian grandmother. She’s often wearing an apron, with perfectly coiffed hair and a well-lined face, a symbol of a life well-lived. Above all she’s a domestic goddess, the gatekeeper of r...

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Post the TikTok — take the cannoli. A family of Brooklynites is championing social media creators in New York’s Italian American community who produce funny and authentic content that’s being devoured like fra diavolo worldwide. Siblings Sabino and Michela Curcio and their cousin Rocco Loguercio have run “Growing Up Italian” across social media sin...

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1.7 million viewers tune in to watch 85-year-old Nonna Marianna cook sugo ai piselli or make espresso on her grandson Giuseppe’s account (@sepps_eats). Elsewhere, 77-year-old Nonna Fina (@mynonnafina) is seen being pranked by her granddaughter Maddie, ranking Met Gala looks, and sharing her recipe for lemon biscuits. And then there is 84-year-old N...

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Food can be a love language - as Italians know all too well. A video posted to TikTok by Karissa (@karissaastevens) has gone viral after revealing the massive feast her Italian grandmother prepared after she was informed Karissa was going to quickly drop in. Since the video was posted on June 20, it has received one million views and 93,000 likes....

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Andrea Bocelli is known for his incredible vocal range, but it looks like his kids are just as talented when it comes to the music department. Fans of the Italian singer saw the musical genes on display when he and son Matteo sang a duet of his song "Time to Say Goodbye"during the 2024 Oscars' "In Memoriam" segment. Well, Andrea's 12-year-old daugh...

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A model has gone viral on social media after sharing the "other side" of staying in a medieval-looking village in the north of Italy. In a post recently shared on TikTok, under the username l1sa9s, the poster shows what the town of Apricale, where she's staying on holiday, looks like during the day, a bright idyllic village overlooking green mounta...

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Francesca Scorsese is revealing how she convinced her famous dad Martin Scorsese to appear in her TikTok videos. Francesca, 24, who served as the behind-the-scenes creative director on her dad’s upcoming Super Bowl commercial with Squarespace, tells PEOPLE of their TikTok videos, "I thought people were just going to be like, 'Holy crap, that's Mart...

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Martin Scorsese—responsible for Goodfellas, Raging Bull, The Departed, Killers of the Flower Moon, and far too many more to name here—is widely considered our greatest living film director. But who is the greatest director of our greatest director? That would be Francesca Scorsese, his 23-year-old daughter and a filmmaker in her own right. Earlier...

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Stanley Tucci's got his fans eating pasta for breakfast. In a recently posted TikTok video, Tucci shared how he made a pasta casserole with leftovers. The 62-year-old actor said that he ate the dish for breakfast and prepared the homemade recipe at just 10 a.m. "Breakfast, brunch or lunch? Not sure but it was f'ing delicious. #foodtok," said the vi...

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