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Gigi Proietti, the much-loved Roman actor, director, musician and comedian, died in Rome today, 2 November, on his 80th birthday. Proietti had been in hospital for heart problems in recent days but was rushed to intensive care yesterday evening in a serious condition, reportedly suffering heart failure. Born in Rome in 1940, Proietti studied for la...

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When The Sopranos first hit the air in 1999, the show faced some backlash from concerned Italian-American groups. Their argument went something like this: The show depicts Italian-Americans like Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and others as born criminals. If you’re a fan of the show, you know the argument doesn’t hold water. Right from the the...

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The “Business Expert Channel” is the new video guide designed to support the internationalization of small and medium Italian companies to the U.S. market. Conceived as an online channel for entrepreneurs, the Business Expert Channel has the objective to gather insightful information provided by recognized professionals and experts, while making th...

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Matilda De Angelis has been gaining traction on screen in her native Italy for the past five years, but now, as she enters the American television fold with HBO's The Undoing, the actress has been given a shocking introduction to an even larger audience. In the David E. Kelley series, De Angelis plays Elena Alves, a young mother who enters the grou...

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The Oscar and Emmy nominated actress from ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘The Sopranos’, Lorraine Bracco, will take a break from Hollywood for her next gig on the island of Sicily, renovating a 200-year-old home she purchased for only one euro ($1.18) for HGTV’s latest show ‘My Big Italian Adventure’. While it was a bargain at its one-euro ($1.18) price point, t...

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For young Taylor Taglianetti, founder of the National Organization of Italian Americans in Film and Television (NOIAFT), her many encounters with the generosity of the Italian American community have made her life’s work about paying it forward. This week, we sit down with Taylor to discover how this philosophy drove her to found a new, booming org...

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Over 26 million Americans of Italian descent currently reside in the United States, making Italian Americans the seventh largest ethnic group. Every October, the Italian-American Heritage Month aims at recognizing the contributions and achievements of these people and their ancestors by celebrating the distinguished cultural contributions of Americ...

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Sip Trip Italy è il viaggio on the road alla scoperta dei grandi territori del vino italiano, firmato e condotto da Jeff Porter, uno dei nomi del vino più influenti in Usa. L’idea è di andare in cerca dell’identità culturale dei territori mettendo in collegamento il vino, il cibo e con le persone,  e con le storie che rendono questi territori così...

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When I began scouting for our Up-and-Comer of the Month feature, I had a funny feeling I’d end up picking someone from Fargo given my affection for Noah Hawley‘s brilliant FX series, but I had no idea who was going to stand out among the show’s lesser-known cast members. The wonderful E’myri Crutchfield announces herself as a rising star with her t...

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Vincent Pastore is a busy man. The ex-Sopranos star, famous for playing cuddly mobster Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, is wrapping up a series of Hollywood movies, teaching theatre and has a podcast focused on the HBO drama that made him famous — not to mention a worldwide tour rescheduled in 2021 with fellow actors from the show. “Suddenly, my...

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