Baldassare Forestiere and His Underground Gardens By Giovanni di Napoli
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat; it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Baldassare Forestiere was born on July 8, 1879 in Filari, a small tow...
Barilla Sued For Allegedly Under-Filling Pasta Boxes
by John Kell Barilla, the Italian company that produces one quarter of pasta sold in the U.S., is facing a lawsuit that alleges the packaging is deceiving customers into how much food they're really getting. In a lawsuit filed in a New York District Court, on behalf of four consumers seeking class-action status, it is alleged Bari...
Reader recommendation: The Islands of Divine Music
The Islands of Divine Music, by John Addiego, is a saga of an Italian-American family spanning six generations as they move from Southern Italy to San Francisco to Mexico. I was absolutely enthralled with the lyrical journey on which I found myself. The author took me back to some familiar places and events of my childhood while introducing me to a...
Happy 72nd Birthday to Martin Scorsese! What Is His BEST Movie?
Martin Charles Scorsese is 72 years young today, and since he belongs to the Mt. Rushmore of all time Hollywood filmmakers, I thought I would share my list of his best narrative films. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipi...
Singer Giada Valenti Does Fundraiser to Bring Venetian Romance to the U.S.
Italian singer Giada Valenti, is invited to film her show From Venice With Love as a television special to be broadcast by PBS stations all over the country. But Giada has to pay a large part of the costs of the filming herself and has therefore started a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo – www.FromVeniceWithLove.com For her television spe...
La manager italiana con 5mila dipendenti negli Usa
La manager più in vista di un marchio della moda universalmente noto come Dolce & Gabbana. È stata lei ad aprire il grande negozio sulla Fifth Avenue, il flagship store, e poi a lanciare le boutique di Toronto, Chicago, Aspen e Boston. Una vita sotto i riflettori, immersa nel mondo delle celebrity della moda e dello spettacolo. Federic...
Fiat rolls out the 500X Italian/American brand in a new larger size
by Barbara & Bill Schaffer There is big news at Fiat this summer -- literally -- as Fiat rolls out the 500X adding a seventh model to the Italian/American brand in a new larger size. The Fiat 500X is also the first Fiat crossover adding a whole new dimension to the brand's lineup. Developed from the same basic platform, drivetrain and...
Despite Listing On NYSE, Ferrari To Remain An Italian Company And Tax Resident
by Stephen Edelstein Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] is set to spin off Ferrari, with plans to list it on the New York Stock Exchange later this year, but the legendary brand will remain an Italian company regardless of how the sale goes, FCA says. While most shares will remain with current FCA shareholders, there are plans...
La donna che porta il terremoto dell'Emilia agli Oscar
di Debora Pioli Le cascine disperse nella pianura dell'Emilia e certi mattoni rossi sotto il cielo che ha cancellato ogni traccia di Appenino. In uno di quei borghi di campagna trovi una ragazza dagli occhi grandi, a cui piace disegnare visi con occhi grandi. E immagini tutti i sogni che ci possono stare dentro, quegli occhi, e ch...
Palminteri unveils BiVi, first-ever Sicilian-style vodka
By Eric Althoff Someone had to do it, and it might as well have been Chazz Palminteri. The writer-actor-director, known for his one-man show and subsequent film adaptation of "A Bronx Tale," has gone where no Sicilian distiller has gone before. "My [business partner] Rich DeCicco said to me, 'You know there's never really bee...
Alimentare made in Italy, +23% di vendite negli Usa. A dicembre partirà anche il piano di tutela
Incrementare la quota di export delle piccole e medie imprese agroalimentari italiane attraverso accordi con le catene commerciali e contrastare la diffusione dell'Italian sounding in Canada e Stati Uniti attraverso una poderosa campagna di comunicazione sul vero made in Italy. È l'obiettivo della campagna di promozione del cibo 100% italiano promo...
Jeremy Renner Starring in Rocky Marciano Biopic
by Dave McNaryJeremy Renner will star in a biopic about boxer Rocky Marciano. "Undefeated: The Rocky Marciano Story" is produced by Morris S. Levy, and written by Samuel Franco and Evan Kilgore. Levy is seeking a director. His Mega Films own the rights to the life story, as told by his younger brother Lou Marciano. "Undefeated: T...