Adam Schiff Can Help the Late Luigi Del Bianco
No, I'm not talking about the fictional New York County District Attorney from the original Law and Order television show. Although a prosecutor's job is to seek justice on behalf of all the state's citizens. I am of course referring to the man who represents California's 28th Congressional District in the United States House of Represent...
Lady Gaga e Madonna, due "Italian girls" a modo loro
La commozione affiora attraverso gli occhi lucidi. L’abbraccio, per i tempi televisivi, è lungo. È standing ovation. Come una madre con la propria figlia sembrano stringersi. Sono Lady Gaga e Julie Andrews. E’ la serata degli Oscar. Cadono le maschere, spariscono le parrucche, niente trucco questa sera. Lady Gaga sembra interpretare se stessa. &nb...
Buddy Valastro Launches Interactive Online Culinary Program
Buddy Valastro, star of the hit TLC series Cake Boss, today announced the launch of his interactive online culinary program, Baking With Buddy. Through virtual video-based lessons, Valastro presents – in a way only he can – an interactive, hands-on culinary experience that focuses on fundamental and advanced techniques, tools and recipes so that th...
An obscure Italian brand is suddenly the hottest name in teen retail
The Italian clothing company Brandy Melville is the next hot brand in teen retail. The company, which sells a wide array of tiny crop tops, high-waisted bottoms, and slouchy sweaters, didn't exist in the US until five years ago. It still has a small store presence in the country — just 18 stores total — but thanks to a robust e-commerce...
TCM Presents U.S. Television Premiere of HUMAN VOICE, Starring Sophia Loren, Tonight
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will host the U.S. Television premiere of filmmaker Edoardo Ponti's short film Human Voice, starring Sophia Loren as part of the networks five-film tribute to the actress tonight, April. 21. The evening is scheduled to kick off at 8 p.m. (ET) with the U.S. television debut of the internationally acclaimed Human Voice (20...
Tracing your Italian Ancestry with Mary Tedesco
by Silvia Donati If it were not for her nonna, Mary Tedesco would not be doing the work she is doing today: helping people from around the world find their Italian roots. A professional genealogist, Mary established ORIGINS ITALY, an Italian genealogy research firm, after an investigation of her own Italian roots, fueled by her grandmother...
Negli Usa l’Italiano è la quarta lingua più studiata
Tra i paesi anglofoni, gli Stati Uniti d'America e l'Australia sono quelli con un numero maggiore di studenti di italiano, con un'elevatissima presenza soprattutto nelle scuole locali. Negli Stati Uniti d'America, l'italiano è oggi la quarta lingua straniera più studiata ed il numero di studenti è in costante crescita. L'insegnamento della...
Marmomacc, Usa trainano export
Gli Stati Uniti trainano l'export italiano del marmo ottenendo nei primi dieci mesi del 2013 un +29% sui prodotti lavorati per 280 milioni di euro e un +9% su macchinari e tecnologie per 41 milioni di euro. Si tratta di segnali incoraggianti dal mercato Usa nel giorno di apertura della nona edizione di StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas, la più impor...
Il programma di Renzi negli Stati Uniti, tra Silicon Valley e ricordi personali
di Mario Platero Prima tappa americana, la California: il Presidente del Consiglio Matteo Renzi ha organizzato la sua visita a San Francisco con lo spirito e l'attivismo della nuova frontiera. Domenica, alla cena alla Stanford University ci saranno investitori e leggende della Silicon Valley ma anche della politica americana (dovr...
Why Bury Fig Trees? A Curious Tradition Preserves A Taste Of Italy
by Hal Klein On a gray, chilly December morning in Sewickley, Pa., Michele Vaccaro and his assistant are digging a trench in a garden. "It looks like we're burying somebody over here — a body," Vaccaro says. Cast your old Godfather stereotypes aside, because this Calabrian immigrant is carrying on a much more wholesome tradit...
ONE VOICE would like answers to why there is an overwhelming unjust portrayal of Italian Americans by the entertainment industry
by Manny Alfano to Christopher J. Dodd, CEOMotion Picture Association of AmericaDear Mr. Dodd: The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition's sole focus is to battle negative stereotyping and discrimination against Italian Americans. It is the only national Italian American organization with this mandate. As such we would like to...
Back in the Day: Brooklyn-Italian boxing film hits cinemas
Writer, producer and actor William DeMeo, who got his big acting break in A Bronx Tale, is now starring in his new film "Back in the Day," which hit selected theaters and VOD platforms this week. "Back in the Day" is a gritty tale about Anthony Rodriguez, a half Italian – half Puerto Rican teenage boxer growing up on the streets of Bensonh...