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...
READ MOREFrancesca 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...
READ MOREMartin 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...
READ MOREStanley 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...
READ MOREWith more than 17 billion views Naples is the most clicked Italian art city on Tik Tok, followed by Rome with 11 billion and Milan with 7.5 billion. Florence with 1 billion views and Venice with about 980 million. Data released by the Identity Cities Foundation confirm the boom in tourism in the Campania capital. "It is no coincidence that our coun...
READ MOREIf you come from an Italian family or have ever talked to an Italian, then you know that their language is more than just sounds with their mouths, it's very much also hand gestures. We all know the *chef's kiss* hand gestures and, of course, the classic Italian hand movement when you touch all the tips of your fingers together. Well, this Italian...
READ MORETikTok creator and Italian-born cook Nadia Caterina Munno, known affectionally to her fans as “The Pasta Queen,” has signed with CAA. Munno got her start on TikTok in the midst of the pandemic, where she endeared herself to viewers with lively cooking videos focused on Italian cuisine and, more specifically, pasta. The creator and chef is originall...
READ MOREOn TikTok, @CarloAndSarah show the hilarious — and often endearing — situations that arise when cultures clash. In real life, they want to bring people together. Sarah Mollica, 25, and Carlo Bruno Longo, 26, live together outside of Boston. Their cross-cultural comedy has amassed over 4.3 million TikTok followers in less than two years. It’s given...
READ MOREItalian culture revolves around food. Meals in Italy are meant to last for hours and have multiple courses. The restaurant wait staff will leave you alone until you request the check — a significant difference from the rushed meals we favor in the U.S., per Georgetown University. At the root of this cultural difference is the importance Italians pl...
READ MOREKhaby Lame, the Senegalese-born comedian who is the most followed TikTok user in the world, has been granted Italian citizenship. Lame, 22, has lived in Italy since he was one and has said he “always felt Italian”. He received his citizenship during a ceremony in Chivasso, his home town, close to Turin in the northern Piedmont region, on Wednesday....
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