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Sylvester Stallone is selling his lavish home in La Quinta, California, giving fans a chance to explore the property themselves in a digital tour. Photos and a video of the home were published by TopTenRealEstateDeals.com, highlighting the architecture itself as well as Stallone's distinctive decor choices. The property is going for $3.35 million....

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At a time when many of his peers preferred an austere minimalism, Gianni Versace stayed true to himself. The brilliant designer’s flashy signature looks set him apart from anyone else in the fashion world. With bondage-inspired gowns, brilliant prints, and metallic mini-skirts, Gianni and his namesake label pushed the boundaries of fashion. An inno...

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In the 21st century, protecting our homes means, more often than not, installing a top notch alarm system, one of those we regularly set off by mistake in the morning when, before our first coffee, we open the kitchen door to let the cat out. Our fear for intruders, unfortunately well justified, is quite specific: it’s people we’re afraid of and it...

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Mary McLeod Bethune passed from this life 65 years ago in her white two-story house perched in the middle of the school campus she founded against all odds in 1904. Now a part of Bethune is being reborn inside an artists' studio in a tiny 1,000-year-old town on the northern coast of Tuscany. As master sculptor Nilda Comas carefully chips away at a...

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Nico Tortorella—the actor, author, poet, and activist—is once again reintroducing themselves to the world. In 2018, when I first spoke to them about All of It Is You, their poetry book written in 45 days, Tortorella was embarking on a journey of self-discovery. In just two years, after a wildly successful run in the series Younger opposite Sutton...

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In his day, Luca Giordano (1634-1705) was famous, long-lived, and much travelled. Born in Naples, he worked there, in Florence and in Venice, and later in life for the court in Spain, before returning to paint in his native city, which was then under Spanish rule. By the 19th century, however, the baroque, and most especially the Neapolitan Baroque...

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Greater demand for rural property has been widely reported in the UK this year, and recent comments from Italy-based estate agencies suggest the trend has also touched the land of Chianti Classico and Brunello di Montalcino. ‘I have seen many more buyers looking for properties, perhaps as many as four times more than the period before the [Covid-19...

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One of the many nicknames for Venice is The Floating City, and a new luxury cruise ship has sourced the inspiration for the interiors of its ‘floating boutique hotel’ from the City of Water. The completely refurbished S.S. La Venezia has been decked out in traditional Venetian-inspired designs, and its classic appeal makes it look like a modern tak...

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On Thursday, the London-headquartered Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobile NV’s premium brand Maserati Chief Executive said in a statement that the FCA unit had been brewing off an option to a full-fledged shift towards electric vehicles over the next five years, while the Maserati CEO also added that the company was looking to create...

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Italian automakers produce some of the most iconic sports cars in the world. There is the maxim that while manufacturers in other countries concentrate on functionality, Italian car designers are inspired by their hearts and emotions. Even though the soul and emotions always inspire beauty, these Italian cars are also great in terms of performance....

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